The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-01-21
wow LOUISE EAasEp A Crown

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sect 10 ssru ihs test dress tbst csn !
boashi In L,sbuu - real besntif
WAT qosstioa TO ssk. sirii 'erlie
bis lister. OF ooprse I dol
Well. Cls'lis snd bsss deeided
n nsks you 90 tnr. Ifyo1 will drive VI
.ei'-bltder 10 cot our vbesi snd oss .
sill bar vhsitysr nstsfi.ls ioa may .,
r,i sta p.y ,he dressostsr bssidn.
Asteeai Louise eIelsinsd siih o,
iislt.
Bot Ma Sears protested. IL takes
tout-bofse te.m 20 drss The mscbine. Oh
.s.d, spd Lluise never bss driven NOR
thsu . single spsn. Beside, she vonl
have TO operate the lever whick tios sn
throws ctf the bundie. You should hir
some eIperisnced band. for !, 10 = nsn'
sork.
only wish we could, molber. Chsrli
Sears inisrposed. We did pot wish TO Gel
DER, bat fsfn-hsnds csn't be secured .
sny price. Irs Ford was going 10 cbsns,
sork with u,. but be ont bis foot yeste
dsy. and will be crippled for month.
Yonr father slssvs believed IL impose
BILE 10 use . mscbine On the bill lots. .thei
mother said. rm afraid you're too vel
,aresome.
That YES simply becsuse be never tried
mother. tsid Bob. II Ne we're 10 cradle
hose forty scres our bsrv's,ioe would lss
,iil Christm az, I'm sirsid. As for the bur
ile.lever, we hsve set that go II will uori
,utom stically. aud Louise osn give her eu
ire attention 10 driving. Both 6elds csr
ne CO, BY going round them, ascending
me easy slcpe at the north spd coming
iovn the sleeper south end. We'll pui
ii ha blscks on shesd With old Joe and
Dolly behird Louise reslly needs to
irivs only the front team, for the Others
oil follow without any guidance.
Why. OF coursel L,uise eagerly declsr
d. Msms; please don't you ssy another
sord. / sbonld be sshsmed to be coun
Try girl aud 90, able 10 help at time like
this. Haven't I ridden the horse.rake
.pd hsy.,edder ever since was ten years
ole?
Mrs. Sesn sighed, but ssid no mere,
ard directly after breakfast the mex. tnorn
ng Louise climbed TO the seat Of the self
binder. CasrIie handed her the four reils .,
shich shs carefully separated snd grssped
irmly before chirrupipe to the horses.
Soc wore Q "Sbsker" eu0 bonnet OF straw
ihs strings OF which we're tied beneath ber
shio, while her hands we're protected by .
pair Of faxed hid sl5ves. Her short rainy
lay skirt was OF wool. and heavy for the
season. bat msnifesiiy one Of the length
v hicb the 6i ,ui.y OF her seventeen years
u.uslly densoded wonld have been isr
ess ss'e
Pr nce aud Ponp. the blsek fouI.yesr.
,ds. wtre restless o.. frst; dancing
head 10 msnner rather alarming TO their
itiver, bat the older horses preserved 3
,tolid pace which resssn.ed her.
Bot aud Char iie wslked on each side.
)nce 10 ,bs field. they wonld be kept busy
,rrspeing the sca.,ered bundles 10 shocbr.
% that the long straw might be cured BY
yipd srd enp, but row they hsd oppo'
unity to watch their sis.er and psss juds
oent on her skili 10 driving.
Louise found, % Bob had said, thst
, oidios the iescers was efficient. The
,lder horses followed docilely 10 their
.rscks. When called upon 10 pass at right
,nslss from The barn yard to the hisbwsy
,he felt psrvoue. bot the fonr-in.baod end
he ponderous mschine following msde the
iurn wi,bou, off ,ulty. end the nsrrower
Iasssge from the rosd TO the farm ls0e
vss managed With eq1sl esse
Bob snd Charlie watched her psrroSly,
,ut m,ie no comment. Plainly they
we're ssti. fed, or she would hsve heard TO
ne contrary,
Toe lane led over the ttons bridge and
Icross the cretk f rs, snd thence directly
10 the steep hill. With level bresk nesr
he niidle, which msde mp the gresier
part Of v .lieyvisv Firm. o, the summit
sere tbs txo grain g lids OF twenty scres
.sch, wheat h.vios been sown north Of the
,ne and oats 10 the sontb. The latter
vtrs not JET ripe.
By The time they bsd resched the gate
s,diog to the whes,.HeId the blscks hsd
,eeo quieteJ by the steep ascent, ,snd we're
10 longer ptsncips. Bob offered 10 mount
be binder end mske the fret few circuits
i ,bs fiaid. bu, L,oise waved him bsct,
syine.
No, SIR, l shall do the whole thing. for
en- TO have q 20 sosn mean TO esrD
AlIAk 10 thss you throw the mschine
n,o gear,
He did ss sbe Z q,ssted, and she started
o the esss, the horses trsnpliog 10 The
rain, shile 9 sssth eisb. feet 10 width
.. cot clo.e TO the fercs.
Ttus she vent about from right 10 left,
nd ,beo. turning, circled from left to
ishs. cutting the srsin ihrcueh wbicb
he horses hsd sslfed 10 their fsst round.
Formerly e stero farmers slssys eut The
stsvslb BY b.oe, tut 10 recent yesrs
hey hsvs learned lesfou 10 economy Of
i'm. % labor fran the Wet.
Ths .ky sss oloosiess ard The eu, blist
rios rel. Il wss 40 ideal day Tor cu'ina
lrsia' bat 90 tbs, billy Hsld both animals
,ns nsa soon begsn % pant. Al every
hni cifcnt OF the s,sldius grain, the
,res Of sIinh tbraok constantly. L1nise
ested ber ,s.n; snd u tee O'Clock her
iro here e.vs them ss'er, bat cid rot per
pi, then. 70 dick fbeirhi.
Msther is comma 9th luScb, ssid Char
lie. witb el.t o. "a 'cross the slope, Bee.
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