The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-06-15
patron, were csrslnlr growing Impatient

Tue gas wks gr+sfg, toos neiese
Blily hsd reached the epd OF Chestnut
stree, the lawns he had already cot showed
,Isus Of nosdl q fuaLtf attention, and OF
course ,hosc s;ll swshIng bin had been
anything but iIls Bny kept ou'wardly
eheerfal, bat on bis wsy TO End from hh
work be took to doagiag the ligntrs OF bis
c miracle. Sometimes, however, they cor
nered hin. II say" ore or Aao'her wou'd
ash. Narel's you the hoy who v. eomios
TO cut my grxns wtcn are you goirg TO
donlr
"oh, 10 ia.tA li,,le whise," Billy would
ioy.rhbly reply, besmlog,o rAdiAntly That
nj, p,tton's wsyefiog co d lence wcud he
restore d for ihe lime b,icg. ~ expect to
start on your street il's as soon I. gel
through where am
Another week pussc, Aaa the lswn'osn
ers grew really troubled.
Elm Street Keep, f,r two places where
gardens were sep.- 5n lo1s, narrow
neld OF waving grc,n The dwellefs 10
Spruce Street lbspdo I'D Ih,ir radish.oeds
because OF their fear ~ p prssible snakes
lurking 10 the isttrverlng lange.
Some Of the cott, 81 ''sners grew afgry
others were mcr,ly facetious. Grass De
came the fav' rite topio Of afternoon teas
the favolile ke among the i,lly crowds o
men on the HON coming trains each night
Those whose grass had been cut ered a.
those whose grass was too q ,u'isbing Bill
Iva tulburned ears burned siresh daily be
cause OF the thirgs he overheard laughing
p,ssersby ray TO his neglected patrons
uIs this sc me economical scheme for get
ting grass seed for your lawt' asked one
Expecting to keep scow next winter
shouted another.
"How much do you folks want ton 10
your hay bawled third.
The local ne vspspar spoke openly AM
feelingly OF the d'sgrsceful condition OF lh
once well.kept yards on Butternut Street
A delegation from the Village Improve
ment Association demonstrated PERSONAL
, with the dwellers of Oak Street, feproach
log them scathingly for their untldines'
Even the street commissioner, whose dutie
ended, ordinarily, at the fence line, uT
braided property-holders In grass-grow
Beech Street, and mumbled somethin
about the law.
More than ever Billv's unfeeling patron
made life burden with their queries.
III come, said desperate Billy, on one OF
cssiop, the first of next week.
Next week. gasped the patron, wilt
mock despair. Where will that grass b
by next weekf Are you going to walt u
is up to the stcond-story windows'
Billy had certainly undertaken too muci
It was not the hrst time bis ambition ia
!, plunged him into difficulties, but never b.
fore had the difficulties appeared bi
!, enough TO make lasting impression. Ft
once. however, he was seeing all round hi
. the conse quel ces Of promising to do MOI
: than any one human being could possibl
hone to perform. He wished that he live
on an iceberg, where he would not have
a see any grass.
. Bnly's grass.cuttirg problem threateu'
:. to oyerwhelm him, and the way out Of
was not clear. S,me few persons manage
: to cut their osn grass, but most OF the
. . preferred to wais for Billy.
- Who, after signing contract to have b
:. yn cut for the economical sum OF tive
" tyfive cents, was going to waste time Gu
, ting II bimselft Even ubskilled labor can
"a high in Billy town. IL certainly seem
a. foolish to hire a man at two dollars d'
= to cut grasa, with sturdy young Billy pied
- ed to do 1t by the ID for only quarter.
= There were other boys, OF course, but I
= few who we're not steadily employed we
!, 80 angry with Billy for anticipating the
!, 10 his contracts that they were more tn
:. willing to let hin struggle alone with
ID gigantic undertaking.
The event z when be found Ash SIRE
lawns so overgrown that the lawn-mow
- refused to work, he poured out all bis tro
- bles to Uncle Jerry. Up to that time
~ had borne them alone, but the old man b
70 sharp eyes and had guessed at much OF t
truth.
- Get the boys to help you, suggested I
IN Gle Jerry.
90 90 They won't said Billy. They're all m
at me.
- You'll have to 90 round and tell FOL
that you want to break your contract.
don't want to--it wouldn't b, hone
=, ia be glad to give anybody else the job
=. let him have the nouey. Twelve Law
~ would keep me busy enough frem hord
=. morning to Saturday nish'-out ] did tw'
~. ty two last week.
:. Well, promised Uncle jerry, I'll try
T. ttiok OF some way out Of 1t. How ma
=. asn.mowers could you borrow, at
or pncbf
Most Of the people have their owp,
-. piled Billy. Sometimes | use theirs, sor
times min shichtver runs easiesf,
Well, 90 to bed, ana uCn uleam u
you're cutting grass.
"a Uoele Jerry, ,chucsling softly took lo
:, walk that light. Il terminated a. fqn
q. brick bulliing some two miles from to'
=, This ballding WIS the county poorhou
y, ~ Uncle Jerry, after bsiei in;ervl'w viii
returned, smiling cheerfully.
The NJ Z. morning he rose early, hitcs
W ~ bis horse TO lis ~sg, and drove ever
"a aame road.
When Billy, rubbing bis sleepy eye,
81. bis aching sbirs an hour la'er, looked
:. Of the sindow, be di c3vsrsd nice peri
=, sitting 10 afow slnhl ths 9 "a OF the fr
- porch. uncle Jerry !tsntd sgAln't
81. front fierce.
=, Here, Billy, said he, are ycur ,aoHItu
s. --you'll have TO cut sJrs Cf ttsI gfMi
t.