The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-07-28
Hunt For A kinsman.

ttanealoay is an interesting SUI ct fol
them that are fond Of 1t, said Captain Whsr
ton, thoughtfully his gaze fixed on littls
white ssil against tho hors On. And I'll
got some importance, too, view It the right
way, but tell ye I'm always glad when
that DuIbury feiler's headed for home.
II appears as iian afternoon with hin
fuckers you more'n most anyttiag else
said Captain Roger, with grua sympathy
suppose he's still traekin' your Aunt Pet.
TVS hrs!'
Captain Wharton nodded, with grim
smile.
He is so, and I'm about beat out. | ssid
to him today, I've sarched the Plymouth
records and grsndmoiher's diary, and there
Ia no mention made ofhim. He was apoor
tool from Ma'slaeld, and tisnt anyways
likely he was connected with this Duxbury
feller's Boston cousins. 'Tany rate, II he
was and could be KEEP in ignorance OF 1t,
should want to, seems to me. rec'lect
grandmother always spoke Of 1t as merci.
ful dealn' when pneumonia took him OF
Ard Aunt Petty united with her second
inside Of yesr, so her mourning was soon
over. SEEMS kinder hard that he sh'd re-
turn to poster me this way after more. n
forty years
Captain Wharton looked pensively out
to sea for moment, and his old friend
smoked his pipe Ia silerce, for he knew
there was more to come.
Tells a good yarn on himself, though,
that feller does, once In while, said Cap.
tain Wharton, suddenly. That's the only
.eason put up with LilI. seems ne got
so possessed about his mothers folks that
he took Boston directory and went
through the whole list Of Grangers, and
ferrettd 'em all out. II took him weeks to
call on 'em all, from what he says.
Glad to see him inquired Captain Roger,
as his old friend paused.
Some Of EN- were middin' glad, by what
he says, and some weren't. guess he had
varied experiences, first and last. The
very tag one on the list was n. Granger ,
an the book said he was cobbler an
lived in poor place, way off to the east
edges somewheres. 1t seemed a good deal
Of Job to kite way eff to lands end after
cobbler you'd meyer heard Of, but he's a
determined feller, and kind-heartec, too.
Thinks he, z was the initial Of one o. the
first Grangers, II Idock, he was, and this
must be in the direct line, the very link I've
been looking for, and he's fell on hard
times. SO over he went, and finally found
the place, hut the only man in 1t was a
Roossian Jew. The DuXbury feller know
tqg no Roossian language, and the Roos-
sian feler KNOWN only about five words
Of American, and they not Of the best, kind
Of mixed up things.
The Roossian was busy on come shoes,
and he didnt care to be interrupted, and
the Duxbury feller got more an more de-
termined. Folks gathered in the doorway
and on the sidewalk, and last off one o. the
perlice came round. He spoke up pretty
sharp to the Duxbury feler and kind Of
r, requested to know his business.
Well, when he heard 1t he hay -hawed
right out
He hasn't murdered nor made away with
any OF your folks, says the perllce. He's
Z. Granger himself. Had to take some
name folks could pronounce, and picked
tlis out In the apothecary, Just where the
directory happened to fall open. He saved
that one W. out OF his Roossian name.
Twas mostly ia and w's, says the periice.
The Duxbury felleI says there was quite
a crowd followed him to the corner where
he took his car, and they talked to him In
as many as nine languages, he calculated,
all foreign. He said he judged the heft O.
lhtir remarks we're kind OF uncomplmen
tary.
There was chucklrg sound for some
moments. When 1t had subsided Captain
Rogers spoke.
Well, reckon he won't hunt any more
Grangers for ore while, be said, comiorta-
bly,. There's one branch that can get their
breath before he's after en- aasia.
Captain Wharton turned his gtz. from
the white speck sgainst the horizon 10 the
face OF bic frierd.
! guess your not much accustomed to
genealogers, be said patiently. The Dox.
bury fsIler thinks The mother Of Aunt Pet
ty's fret vas Granger, en- her father .
s.de.