The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-10-13
VOLUME XLVI.


= oai 10 tho barn loil the walnut, were ;,
e'ls'aS The eeutat a WuIlam'a su,y.xys
: feelings With Die heart hot wi,htn h,r,
. ne banged away u The Aromatic bean.
: MOI hsing thoFeush,y dry. ths ,,,. A.,
= .hnf erowa fGlt evrcosts rcluetautt,
: "hi'ans hagsrs grew dark, and a. he ro,e
'Fpm the fragrant litter Of broken she'll, Ia
stretch Dis ifgs little there w,ro tuo
= Drown stains upon hs kaces, Ths hav
'eo"led' Then, as sudden thought a..h.
ed INTO bis disturbed mled, he fcll 10 wo, \
msdir k'ckiag The nuts tight aud I,it spt
gathering The broken shells into hcsp 4.
!. something exceedingly precious.
iihs cm he multered, shellsr A vim.
a'e'ive asl at bis legs. slmet hlnss solrr
10 hsppen mighty tu idep. MIseratls old
: pumi a'n'pie eplorcd thless M dix en-
sect d,ht!
haailng to a corner oi the l0f,, he drag.
ged cus tn old sugar trough. Throwing
INTO u handful Of shels he rubbed and
thumped aad whscked and poundea them
with AZ stone until they were ground
ne The pulvesiaed Substance was care.
'aily removed to makc room for other
shelis, aud The process repeated until plle
OF puugcnt brown powder lay bgsIdc tho
sugar trough and the supply cf shells was
exhausted.
Replacing the powder In the trough, the
ooy mixed u to smooth paste with a lit
tie water borrowed from Old Iigts nail.
and pissered portion upon his trousers.
iaboing It In faithfully, as be had seen Miss
L9dusky rub staroh iato hcr liaen collars.
The iesult exceeded his foudtst hopes,
and With suhdued whoop OF trlmumphWn
liam wligaled cut Of The haze sArmenta,
kiektd them once "fpr luck, spread them
Nat on the iloor beside The sugar trough.
and went to work, barelegged, but full OF
bliss
| When the outside was colored 10 his TX
Ink, he ,urned the trousers aud went over
them agsla. Spstters Of vegetable paint
REINFORCED the freckles on his face, and
bis hands were Ike those Of au lndlsn, but
The yellow trousers had ceased to bo vel
low.
william Y II was Misc Loiuaky's voice
calling him to dinner.
William answered with cheerful nOo-
hooi donped his moist and uncomfortable
trouser:, and washed the ground shells
from hands and face at the cistern pump
That the stains remained troubled him rot
1t all. Then, with the mien OF one who
had burned his bridges behind him, ie
marched into the kitchen, and faced the irl-
bunal Of justice.
For full minute Miss I4oduskv stared at
the ,brown.handed rebel without word
When she did speak II was to say, sternly;
March right straight up stairs, sir, and
take off your trousers, then throw em down
to me- Then do you 20 to bed an stay
there until tell you to get up.
William obeyed without a murmur, al
though he cast a longing glance at the din
ner-.abe as he passed. His work had made
him hungry.
few miuutes later wad Of wet WOODEN
chothes struck the back-stairs door, and
Miss Lodusky,as she opened the door, heard
Williams bed creak. Gathering up the
aforetime yellow trousers, she took them
to the window and inspected them critical
ly. As she turned them over grim tmilc
wrinkled her stern vlsaae.
He's done p,et9y 4, d j)b, she remark.
ed.
Little by llt,ls the smile br0sdened and
deepened into an GmuFed cLuekle. After
all, Miss L0dusky's grimDtss WAS ouly
skin.dcep. Underneath 1t was keen sense
of humor.
He's given me my comeupance, tho
laughed, under her breath.
After putting the garments to soak, she
sat down to her solitary dinner. She miss-
cd william from the seat opposite her own,
but was thankful that Mslyina Cobb Lad
been sent for to "sew up" the Hawkins
family only an hour before.
After dinner she washed the powdered
shells Gu. OF Williams trousers, rinfed
them In saleiatus water, and hung them
beside the fire to dry. They were rich
brown--a "handsome color, "a Mas Lo-
dusky had to admit. Indeed, she surveyed
them with genuine satisfaction.
He'll do, abe said to herself, with de-
cided little nod. He's got gumption az
well as fpliit and good sense. An no
wasn't mite saucy, first nor last. He's
carried bis point--an' haven't Lost mine.
She chuekled appreclatiyely, remembering
the tilt Of the day before, Well, there's
no harm done, aud | mistrust William and
IN get Along Hrst-Iate after this.
When William awoke from hls nap late
that afternoon, a big bowl Of milk aud q
plate of tread sat on n chair beside his bod,
but II was morning before Miss Lotusky
entered bis room ard bsde him rise. Over
her arm she carried the neH trousey, brown
brown, and still warm from he
Her face was quite serere, and
the boy knew that hs rebellion was for.
given.
Here's your trousers, WiiiIsm, she ssid,
thtm Cysr the foot board. Now
hurrg up ard get ready for breakfast.
That cIdtd the episode, so far ~ hiis
LodusRy and william were concerned, but
Mrs. Cobb never ceased to wonder what be-
came Of the yellow trousers.
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