The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-01-19

psped Into every package ~ The poiio
drawer. mast not have her child 81 drest
Of Santa Claus dls,stbei by rough kno
tdgs.
N ~ss hard - get rtnpe started
her erapd Of Eiitgivins, II Was siiIi bar
ef 10 &c, her sis'itd sgsin on the homewK
trail.
with Dieey grandchildren AID the q
eitsmeni Of the picspirry eamss Of "i,Ir
Up Dc Rpg." Frog II De kiidle.' "A
Ny Sheep Is Moved Assy" ard the rest I
ih,m, s. was ali but mldilsht when Dice
foIeibiy set the ehild on the home road.
Miss Lslty, s.sre ff Tempes proves
oyers;sy ber time wi.h lbe thirteen grabs
children, had grosn tired Of awaiting hs
maid, and bad bat lsst gyticn Into bad, ID
door b, log Lfs Ir 10 admit Tempe, whe
Tempe turst pauliog 10.
The ssheu grsyIess Ike down iha
oyenpr,ad lbe negros black In moment
OF intense fright lay on lhe maids roun
face, her eyes wire Ike white lishts roll
irg In her hesd
Miss Lalty, Niss Lsli,! Lave Of good
ses, she eihd. -
Be done, Temp, ,ap siuls.ed Mlss Lsl
ty, lifiirg L,r h,sd r. ! $ Grip, n ille,
nishtcsp
Come to de sipder, Mist Lslty.
Tempe, MA sils yols
watched 'em some Vile 10 ! callet
you, painted Tempe.
Wa'cned wh6f Watched wbatf
Dem. Dem Den called Mis- Carter'l
cook -'oman, den dIs soon as che cotcf
sight Of d N she d,s th'ood her sp'on ovei
her hesd-apc-~4 4nd--she ub She boiler
30 she 10 dat Was mo'n human eye could
stand and she run back 10 her Kitchen
aod could ges make out to GIT heat
Be quiei Now, then. What are you
talking Of said Miss Lalty with real afper.
ity, for she dttested to see sprnging in
Temps's mind the superstitions to which
uti law was WIN
Miss Lalty, you des ccme to de winder
and lock fer yo'self, urged Tempe.
10 order to convince Tempe that moth
Ing was amiss, Miss Lslty went to the win
dow.
A heavy wind had blown up. There
would be real Christmas cold on the NOR
row to nip the last roses. Moonlight and
shadows were shaken helter skelter over
Nj the world Ia sight. Wind and shaken
and drifting shadows wrought
confusion with most familiar OF jects. Just
such confusion and bewilderment swept
INTO Miss Lslly's brain; for there on the
,reen In front Of her own house we've two
gentlemen In the costume Of thirty years
20. The two were engaged in furious
ombat, hand TO hand. Oae was suited en-.
irely In gray and the other wore clothing
4 a very dark hue, 10 the Iush Of the COM
ut the faces Of the two could not be dis.
erned, but every thrust and turn and parry
nd blow could be distinctly seen. The two
In dta,hlike siletce.
Do you see 'em, Miss Lslty? whispered
'empe.
Lord, have mercy ,jaculattd Miss Lal-
y.
How long mistress and maid looked at
be swift, silent, furious combat neither
new.
Suddenly heavier cloud and rush Of
ain blurred cut every veslige Of moonlight
nd complete darkness hid the strange com.
atants.
Perhaps II was the Christmas eve vision
vehe ment combat, perhaps 1t was Tenn
els unanswered question Of the afternoon,
lat caused Niss Lalty's thoughts to 70
aveling sg ,Ir the backward path. Tempe,
Ill trembling with fright, had begged
ave to draw her pallet close to the foot Of
iss Lalty's bed. Perhapsii II was the same
,sire for compsnionship and the cheer Of
1man speech that prompted Miss Lslty
tell, or rather to muse aloud, OF things
at she bad never told before, things that
lie had not permitted her thoughts to
we'll on for thirty long years.
She mused aloud on the simple story Of
llage society Of primitive days at the
,uth. The tale Of q Christmas I've call
ade by certain young lawyer Of great
omise and brillisncy upon a young lady
rare beauty and charm Miss Lalty
ushed under her nightcap lilies at the
mem mbrance Of her youthful attractions
lie tale ilcluded another young lawyer,
10 brilliant ard promising, who happened
call the same hour on the same. young
iy. The young lady, out Of mere thought
10 coquetry, showed tristan ardent inter-
10 one visitor, and then an unmistsks.
partially for the other. IL was with 3
oughtless amusement that the young lady I
ted the faint glow Of Jealousy that fitted Z
ross The countenance Of one OF the vi:i 4
70; the CLEAN Of anger that sped over the
,e OF the other. q
When the two callers had been some A
urs gone there came to the young lady q
, hint Of personal encounter, fierce d
1 surely fatal to one or The other Of these =
pc two ycang lawyers, had not friends .
both interfered. The Iumor, to be sure, '
not 10 any connect the encounter with !,
call OF the aiternoon--for in the good
days what lAdy's name ever entered 10 4
report q any dispute or difficulty Of Ii
! loversf n
Difference Of political conviction 10 that b
81 exciting year 10 Southern politics was H
,use enough for any encounter. The
at rally OF the old line Whigs, with their h
Igs and chorusts Of "Tippeeanoe and
Ter, too" was provocative OF many q q
ht. The stories Of that ~ondeiful exu. r
ant campaign lives yet Oh the lips Of the I
ID folk OF the South, The exciting cam a
do Of ls4o when log cabins deeked with d
N skins were plscsd on improvIsed nai b
dragged over The country roads from b