The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-02-02
sussn's oueerness. /.
what. sulsn going TO DO


In u, unless for widders and not for then
neither, II they meant to get out OF I
. quick. they could Seemed kinder hesth
enish 10 me. declare I'D most a mini
: 10 put on black ribbon for the old des
con myself fathe'n nobody should.
The other woman smiled toerAntly. Su
sans been coed daughter, she said udioi
ously, and no doubt she mourns rs muci
as .ume that show more.
On, Sissns good, sgteed Mrs. Dunn
Everybody knows that. He wsi dres.
fol cranky, too, sometimes, the deacon WAS
| coulda't lived with him; but never
knew slsan to give him a sharp word.
You didn't say what she's going TO do,
remioded the other presently. She was 4
superior womsun and the tone OF her
voice showed Il. Having married out Of
the villsae she had been long sbsent, and
but las. returt cd for summer visit Her
old friends felt distinctly hsttered by Mrs.
GOrdon's notice
Mrs Damn looked important. You ntv.
er could guess. lis about the cspshesf,
four children.
My land cried Mrs. Gordor, surprised
Into the vernacular. Wouldn't one do her 2
Seems 'twouldh't. Mrs. Dunn was en-
llyipg the gossip hugely. She said oned
be lonely, au betiies, they hadn't ought
to be seperated.
Mrs. Gordon shock her head. Heaven
help her she cried piously. -Four children !
Whose children are they, Mary Dunnf
Remember that Tom Andrews who used
to be such little pickle when Miss Jones
taught No, " No, guess You don't.
Must have been after you married. But
you know Joe-old beau Of yours, want
he? Tom was his brother. Grew up
iik ely fellow, toe; want no real harm In
him, only IN schief. He msrrI, d Mary Jane
Stores, over Spancer way, as good agrl
as ever wac, aud they got sloDg real well
till Tom dled--the summer there was 30
much typhoid fever round, four or five
years ago Mary Jaue had a hard time
after that, but she kept up, an did the
best she could. She thought the world Of
her children, four OF 'em there was--the
baby died fter Tom died. But she kinder
give out all OF sudden last spring, and
died the same week the old deacon did.
SO Susan q G lust stepped Ia an took the
whole lot isbt home with her an there
they've b,cn even snce, Tom, he's the
oldest, an tbou. tor; an the baby she's
two girls-first one an then to'ther. They |
have picked up amszin' since Susan took
'em.
Mrs. Gordon drew long breath. Well, |
she said doub.fully, after second, sup |
pose che knows what she's about. She's
got property enough, mos. likely, II that's
all.
Oh, Susan's well tfl There an't
better farm in the county, an she's mansg
ed 1t this dozen years. She's got agood
man to look after thing', but can tell you
can do anything she sets her hand to /; from
embroideripg a dolly to building hem
house. The folks that SAYS q woman can't
drive nail don't know Susan.
She arn't sending 'em to school, though,
went on Mrs. Damn, garrulously. Any
body d think she would, II only to get rid
OF 'em, but she don't like the way things
20 on. You see we've got a real progres.
sive school board on now, so they have
kindergarten things, an gymnastics, an
DRAWN an all the rest, same's they do In
Boston. But Susan won't have It says IL
spoils the children, and they amt good
for notbin' but being amused, and havin'
things made easy for 'em. She declares
they can't even read nor spell decent, an
don't have no work In 'em when they grow
up. dunno-they come up after my
julia Ann an Reuben got through; but
they don't know how to work the way we
used to. The rsin' generation don't seem
to haue vim In 'em somehow. Now those
sums we used to do In Mr. Rich's school
you know 'em. NV Julia an Reub have
studied geomtry an phys an that, but
they can't do one Of them sums to save
EN- don't know what we're comm TO
But what does Susan dof queried Mrs
Gordon, politely recalling her old friend TO
the matter in hand. Surely they must
learn
Teaches them herself answered Mrs
Dunn promptly. She's got Tom an Mary
stu1yin' Latin already. You know what a
scholar Susan WAS. Johns begun to read,
an ! don't know but Katie knows her
letters. They study and recite at reg'lar
hours, and between timer they learn to
work. They've all got bice little gsrdens,
an Toms always fussin' with tools. Says
hes goin' 10 be 8 carpenter like ti, father
was. Mary real handy with her tewirg
an bouseyork. They've 60. Hannah Horn
for help, same's they always had, and they
dont work TOO hard. ! guess they play !
all they want 20 au' have q real good time.
They seem to set the word by Susan.
Quite the hsppy family altogether. IS
rented Mrs. Gordon, folding away her {
tmbroiderv. Susan's about my age,
! wonder she ntver married.
Forty, las. May, agreed Mrs. Damn.
She's bad chances. Thst last Methodist
minister before thls one, two yesrs sgo, be
wanted to marry ber, everybody knew. G
They said he made Il u,Iect Of prayer,
though she want one Of bis h,ck. He was I
: widower, an married Lois Josselyn wtcn
sus wouldn't have him. An sam Bar. .
Der an Andrew horton both tried II ten {
ycas ago, I'm pretty sure, though you csh't
get anything Gu. Of susaa. :
What becsme of ,hs. young Wluiirel
ssid Mrf. Gordon suddenly. He was pay.
irg sussn = good dial of attention 81 the &
time / married, sud tsed 10 tLitk she