The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-13

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tsss siia hgmpar fos easiiion Inside
TIRE oass thEi sas iseg3nhla9 ~ strain
scfess the baes, sat- ys iaa 7. hey
sogidBi it Ssl1Y
We'll na 8aAr guess ~ today,
sAsh vas ihe plscld answer "irs
isen ny isHRip daf. al nov I've SO, 10
laafE ~ Use stove kn wash ihr rear
i.d hsse - raj, too isBg fer ne 70
81 ready
On don't meas today wlth \
ffaa 4 uesH move ~ foF good an
al Sell tie farm an H. town folks
hhs THE t~wl D ETA "a So inio bust
pess an yad bc - yt could have com
pnq an see somebody most every day
Fucss We could stand np straight
wiih en-. heyY
Ills wife gsAsl q, him blsnkly for
moment then dro3gpcei upan chalr
Der faFoEtie mode u expressing aston.
thmeni
'fe doni mesB~
Yes. ! % mean issi that I've beeu
thinkiH ga ( fgr consider DE u a
spell. An that iritM from Hiram FOL
Ter cot Wesi sayia he'd made $4,000
merchandising eliBched ihe rircts close
or. I've iaeea fool sairy
4 dunno Lash poiks round here
tay ye'vc done welt
Wet" h. snnrted with profound
SELF disgust +faF fnuniu round here.
mebbe I've cleared % the mortgage
an pul $1,000 10 tho bank au got TO
geth6r = pretty so0d head q STOCK. but
I've BEEN twenty years a.doin Il Saiy
twenty years aH I've worked like a
dog sixteen hours a day au more
want e9in % miss anything for tack o
hard work 10. stree An now there's
Hram. who want thought nigh -
smart a. me AZ school az Reuben
Smith who Keeps The botsl over 10 the
Corners. An' Nathan Taylor. who cells
nA gree rics en- others An ~ 'em
haze hyrU wrarin' good clothes right
along an skin' money over their coun
TORS IN hanifnls. al when there was
offices an' Donors 10 he given II was
them 8s was Nrnt TO-"
He drew bis cnp 4 little lower down
and his collar ltrle higher up and
pceroi AZ her through the narrow sit
~ though expecting some comment
"suli ~ u 7. hey be repeated
She noldei rehectivoly
Il dunno hHt twin. she conceded.
an miss me chickens an butter
maxim. bat they be work. an then. as
yc say. can see somebody most every
day Nno guess ! won't mind"
course yc won't" be declared
"we'l b. town folks an will have to
put on our hest bihs sn' fuckers every
day Ven set on q stuffed cheer talkin'
10 eompny an tnkin'in money an IA the
evenn's thcrc'll be lot gathered round
my store talkln politics an things, an
they won't csal me cent for entertain.
meni. like visitors generly DO, but will
he brlngin' me 10 more money"
aye don't suppose thcre'd be no hitch
bout bout We doln' H. i.lshf" she in
quIred
Hitch r Indignantly when Hiram
NN iktAANll NA amman nav Wfl hBA'
/, an made money, Well, | guess not
But I'li 60 az look round some Folks
IN town arc gener'ly pretty keen scent
ell on money an II they gt wind o
my ncedin q house 10 I've In an a
store 10 merchandise IN they might
think rents ought 10 be little higher
IN hook round sort o casual But we're
sure ye favor the ldce, Sairyf don't
want 10 80 into nothin' that ye couldn't
smooth down 10
"Oh. III Ike II ali right she said
placldly I'm sure TO- We needn't
bother bout that. Lish I've always
haHkcred to shop without elmbin in
an out waggin I'm too betty An
say, Lisb raising her voice as he
opened the door and let IN rush Of
air and whlrling snow. be sure an
beat 'cm down some
II was late IN the evening when be
returned, but from the way the wagon
ratified by the house and the unneces.
sariiy loud Whoa which came 90 her
when Il reached the barn She felt tina,
something mbinHutous had happened
and this feeling was made a certainty
when Lish lung open the daor and she
saw him trying 10 straighten bis face
into an expression Of Indifference
Supper ready. sairyr' be demanded
alrily Il swan, Pm most starvedl'
"Ye know it's ready. Llsh.' she said
quietly. III always is AZ 60 a minute
You know It's been gcttln cold jest an
hour an half. 40 we've hired
placer
"ye aInt wuth cent for news.
sary." be grumhlcd "Ye either scent
Il cut miles ahead or take I, all for
rran,,si ia as soon have stick 20
tell somethin 10 How'd ye know I've
hired placer
'C;oofness land" scnrufully. ITS
,iiekin' out hll over ye, Lish. knowed
!, by The way the wheels went round
when ye went by"
noat suppose tho wheels told yc
what place ] hired an how much I'm
10 pas an when were goln 10 mover
i. asked
no, she confessed. ~eHceptin' they
aid We was considerably SET M. an
egserct from that yc'd goi the old
drug store stand That's the biggest
';ore 10 the best part o the town. an
L Il the only one | know on - helm
Empty Just Bow
I.lsh rhuckied
wheels arr mighty oureliablc things
30 80 hy" be declared. though I did
slnt sort O. casual boa, that yery iden
teal store But law. they wanted 500
monsh for IL much as IA think the
placc could b- gulh for whole year.
I jest lafr@d Then | found Wood A
Cas- dry goods store wond I've empty
the Isl OF Apris. an wcai am looked
thsl over, The drug storc folks said
their islacc hs.in' on the carnnr made IL
ynllntsc. an ~ wosd A 90. was right
D. the middle of hlock | ngeer~d Il
night ~ Cheap enough 10 wAlt Tor TN
AFsli Bng ! didn't look rgund unrh.
Mass they sid $50 Jest ,urn@i an
wkltssi IA.
He stretched himself more cen8forta