The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-02-09

same ID ene hAno,--a big, brown han
used 10 tiroax sofs, and looked DOWN
the ross ftess In ibc ~ide bed.
There were three 10 lhst bed, "a tsnsie'
msu Of ch rub,, one piiios on tnotbef
sbd arm. and feet thrust eseryshere
There was Marine. the hrs' littlckid tba
came after the elier boy, her mo her
naluslay, the swteisst ihlrg that eve
grew or earth, fsiptly hishsd 81 b slstl
nov. hcr carl. In oewy rings. There va
Bsuy, every one of whose ffeckIes b
loved ,--iAirs fsyorf. be hard sh' minis n
cad tnem,--ligils Betty. 'he child 'bs
msde troubh. Thsre sss Raosv,--he re
called lhs day When he trovghi ffm iowf
par OF red morocco 90 for Marine, sne
Rhody cam, apd did LOT speak 8 word
( but lifted her little foot TO his knee stc
hid Il there 8 minute, bare and sr'mec
I looking IN hs face, aud he put the rec
shoes Away till he could Get zone blu'
and bronzi oaes for the others. No, u
was ou, OF the question; he could rot lei
them 20, bis own three airls
Ard In the tiundle, bed there Was Many
th pale silent child he had taken hon
when bis sister died, and had loved before
he had any Of his own to love. No be
couldn't spare Many; the was always 10
dream, bur sne was Many and bis dead
sIster, 100. He knew nothing about ma
doun,s bat II he had, be would hsve said
the young girl Mary must have looked
this way. He did not put things Into
words, but the wotshipful feeling In bis
heart be bad for her he might hsve bad
for that other Mary Of lorg sgo. He had
some degree Il worslipful feeling indeed
for his children, they seemed TO him such
miracles, called into existence as II one
summoned spirits from the Vastly deep
Tue baby .lept with Many her protecti' &
hsnd stiil b, Id still held the small blanket
about him.
He stepped on lightly 10 his stocking
feet 10 th. room where the b 70 were, bow
ipg his height In the doorway. The DARK
head Of Charles lay on the pillow OF the
crosslegged bedstesd. He hsd gone into IN
eoite distance 10 q slumber deeper than
dreams The boy was Li, pride,-a very
different person from Harrlmsn's Charlie !;
HsrrImsn's boy wouli never have come
to any thipg.ii he had lived, He expected
great things frcm Charles. Some day this
fellow would go TO the general court. Yes,
he would do Justice TO an education he
ought O have IL but he couldn't. lfther'
was any grit IN him he'd find way him
self. As for Tom and Billy, the little red
headed rsscals 10 the other ed,-why,
without the twins The place would be as
still ss the grave. They had been fighting
and had fallen asleep with their arms lock-
ed in a wrestling grip, and would wake up
and be at 1t axain at day break And then
the ray Of the lamp caught sp,rEle, and
he saw tear on little joe cheek be bad
bre sent TO bed before the others, for some
mischief he had done. That tear brought
tear to the fathers eye. His mother was
yery tender to little Jo,--doubly tender
since the fall that lamed him. He mus'
make up to the little lad for that tear.
But, good heavens, how was he going to
make up anything to thes. children Tor
hayiog brought them into the world I"
work ard want and. perhaps live In poverty
That was what The woman said, that aftef-
noon, when she wsnleu LOUSY to give her
one. Why we're such women allowed 10
70 about the earth? An angry sparkle
shot across the long-lashed hazel eyes that
little 10 had Inherited.
He lurn.d away, but looked back from
the farther door, as q mlsei might iioR
b.ck at his treasure. HIS wife was staud
/ z there, leaning against the wall he ca"
her shadow trembls. He put bis arm owe
ner shoulder. aud they went down the
nsrlow stairs together.
His vile SAT In The rusf-bottom chair.
very straight and rigid You might have
4 I'd that she was one waiting for sentence
I life or death. He crossed TO the other
pom aid brought back the big and batter.
d Bible, and opened IL az the leaves fol
lrwipg the Apocrypha, where lay all tn
family records they had AT the foot oi
The last page was the date Of the baby's
birth there was hardy room for one NOR
Il was lot an unusa occurrence, by the
time the bab, CANE. But Msrnie's nam.
made him recall the night when she WAS
gwen back to them after the fever, and he
went out into the wintIy dnk, aud saw the
stars shining In lbe dep ~ dnight blue
far, far from universe To universe, and tn
crltp shite fields lrsoing their level wa,
10 the great forest on one side, and Into
the soft, mysterious glow OF the snowy
horizon on the other. And he felt sweet
uonsm.d nnse OF innocence about him,
as n The ecu, of bis mo- her had come on
OF the inmea.urat'e spaces 10 watch over
the lttle enid, He shut the book hur I'D
ly, and sat pulli1g st his sun.blesched
beard
Its no use. he sid can't give up one
Of 'em.
Ii seems such q thing for Marine, said
the wife. Sens = Il We hadn't orter
slight II. Shed be fetched up Ike n
adv. And che does love the things that
aides has.
She lov+r us more.
The siie sighed, long, low Sigh, and
took up her knitting nechsnicaily f"u
don't supprs. ~. stabdln' 10 Charles light,
do ,eg abe SAID Shed send him 10 school
and 10 college, certain. He'd know al
there Ia 10 know. He'd be great man
some day.
And we'd be where we be,
wouldn't let that hinder, she said, bend
ing low over her narrowing.
would
he sin't thsi sort, anyway. hebbe J.
wouldn't be right ter TEX seh chance