The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-03-30
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eaf, remarked Mrs. Lufkin, colaly, a. Der
hs'bsud sat down TO bu supper,
NJ, Lpfkin sho, a quick Tlaroe at bis
wlie's grin ooUnisnsDce he played sec
ord nsdlsw ln the Lsfsin household, but be
wu faihasd with his part. He consider
ID H. ha difseuh ard fatisulng ihsn that
of hfsi violin TO whith most husbands Al
pI'e.
oa this oces,ion be perceived hh wifes
snboj snee and saswtr,d simply and with
great tsei, "Dld, elf
AID iueh .hli,lc,s looaIng mess OF
goods tever see, sle continued, with rls
ing and wrslhfui snlmstion. "ssn't hard
Iva decent ihiBg 10 the whole loi shes
,lm, pimpir.lCoklng woman With face
Ne long rs yoaT arm, md there's little "
start OF girl jist cid tuough TO run hight
over ye. II you dobt lcok cut. There Wal 9
no mao 10 sish, to-day but presume thue
Ia ont--i great, hyS, hulk, probably thai
will set 10 the house ard smoke au old nasty
pipe till we can't hardly itan' Il TO stay on
the premises. Wonder who they b,
She paused for breath, and then eontin.
ued.
Just walt TIL see Wilkinson, III ak
him what be means by letting such folia In
side Of us. We've lived In this tenement
five years now and always paid our rent
prompt, aud he knows I'm particular who
| associate with. I've got nice things ard
try 10 be scmt body and u can't 20 With
nice folks III stay at home. I'm soclsble
and like to run back and forth with my
lshbors, specially when they live iiabt
10 the same houfe with me, but be 1etdn't
think I'm going to have snytiing TO do wi;h
folks as they be, Tor sln'I
There's only Just two kinds Of folks that
live 10 such shape as they do; them that
sin't nobody nor nothing and can't help i,
and them that might be somebody II they
was min'ter. Now there's Ike Pellets
wiie--she twas Nancy Joson. Shen
went to school together. She WAS iist as
bright as was, juss as good looking, and
hal iast rs good chance to be somebody
as did Bat look at her Low Nothing
cor nobody She's smart enough II she's
mn'ter ter be but she sih't min'ter!
tell you what tIs, hate sbiftlessness
I'm goiog to keep my own side OF the house,
and so shall Matte. And don't you dare
to encourage that young one and toll her
over here, for won't have 1t.
At the circle the following week Mrs
Luikin gave a more public expression OF
her opinion Of her new neighbors Who's
them folks that's moved in side Of you she
was asked during the usual gossip OF the
circle.
She flashed sterply contemptuous look {
upon the assembled sisters. "H'm. /
done know who they be, she replied, re- ,
sentfully. Wilkinson can let 10 anybody
hes mih'.er, suppose, regardless CT my
feelings. He's been away now for more'n {
two weeks, so amt seen him, and don't ,
q rear them. see all want Of 'em as
IL is. The way she does her work is enough
! handkercbief on the line one day and a .
towel the mex, and SO on. lbaleve in do. .
log a good big wash Monday morning, ald /
zone with Il his stringing along all the
week ip drib!ets IL Us. no wayat ali She a
iou't do no work morning,-everythD as I
still as death in there till long toward I
night; then she begins 10 hustle-sweep II
and dust and make up beds. You know her /
chambers ard ours open of the same +
hallway, 80 | have good chance to O
see. n
Oh, she let's me alone, that's one comfort 4
and she keeps her young one to home. But il
GU know vas brought up to do my work d
ast sc-molher was splendid housekteper a
ard 1t plaques me most 10 death 10 see a
such sbitlessness. Al
OF course 1t does The circle murmured In d
sympathy. n
One afternoon, a few days later, Mrs. d
.uikin saw carriage, drawn by hand
ONE pair OF horse, stopping before the n
house. Looks like Judge Kenney's team, Il
he soiil quzed; ard 1t /, too. Aud that's Al
e Judge and his wife In the carriage. They Il
must be conicg here. ! was introduced to q,
hem TO the socisble last week and LII bet a,
hey re coming to call. I;t
Firm In this belief she smoothed her hair m
nd opening the front door, walked CON- W
'lscently down the path to meet these most v
esirsble aequaintances. "a
Good afterrocp, madam, was the JUDGES "
ignided greeting, We have come to see L,
cur neighbor, Mrs. Hartwell, who Ia an ca
Id friend OF ours, and Of whose where Cd
bouts We have jlst learned. And with a ne
olIte bow, he passed on with his wife to "
he door Of tie "othtr part which Mrs, "
.ufkin, tram fixed with establishment, pre-. M
entity saw opeIed, and Mrs. Hsrtwell was III
rawn into the arms Of the judges wife in bt
tender en- brace. IN
MY lards ~ss her Inward CALCULATION, sl
q she tuued c,iect,dlv back TO her own m
art, what car Jadge Kenney's folks want ou
,Ith that shitless critteif 10
This que, tion i,p' sted Its,li IL slstently ha
j her miLd during the next two days. Why W,
0 earth, she eIcalmtd impatie1tly to her cd
osbsnd, don't wilkinson come around ard st
ell us who these folks be he's let Into the he
,ber psriS | think We have right to
now. 70,
Oh, guess the, re all right, he replied B,
, tone OF conviciicn utususl TO bin and
lost uuwisc. An instructive friendship 80
I'D fprurg up between Limfeif ard the lit do
e sirl In the other part, expreutd only, se
. yet. BY ,urr pti,ious imiles ard tu'los; u,
I'd The thought Of II WAS warm within
N, tu, while the ban Of bis wiie's dissp. nj
rovAl rested upoL the child ard her moth. ID,
!. II vac not for lin TO champion their le,
zuse, and be knew II. III