Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-10-19

tile coat tlJt was h'- llilu- 10 Nll-li"
across the back. suit We 70 I. hey;
wouldn't IT, Sa.ry:
We'll. lao. dnI't guess - today .
LlsA. was the placid answer. rs .
pen NV baklu' day. aa' now I've cot - .
black NJ the stove an wash 'h~ E''r. .
Ye'I have I, wait too lpu- ~ iIr - .
lit ready"
"Oh. don't mean today" with /
grin. Il mean move NJ i"r good an /
all. Sell the farm an be town i'.Ns .
like tie best o EN-. Ill - iaip hd>I- /
ness. an yc'd he - ye could have co.l- .
u'uy an see somebody Ia ~ every day.
| guess We could stand NJ straight
with en-. hey
His wife gazed at him hlaukiy for a
moment. then dropped uInu "a chair.
her favorite mode of expressing aston
iShment.
"Ye don't mean
Yes. | d. mean jest that, I've been
thiukiu' un I for cUuSiacr'ble VI
spell. an that letter from Hiram Pot
ter ont west sayin' he'd made $iot"1
merchandiSin' clinched the riyets close
up. I've been fool. Sairy.'
Il dunno. Lish. Folks round here
say we've done well"
Well" he Snorted. with profound
self disgust. for farmin' round here
mcbbe. I've cleared off the mort cage
an put $1,000 in the bank an ct u
gether Il pretty good head . stock, Nut
I've been twenty years a-doin H. SalrF
twenty years. an I've worked Ike Il
do. sixteen hours Il day an more. |
want -oin' to miss anything for lack o
hard work. No. stree. An now there's
Hiram. who want thought nigh 50
smart aS ne at school. an Reuben
Smith. who keeps the hotel over II the
Corners. an Nathan Taylor, who sells
us groceries. an others Nh Of EN-
have been wearin' good clothes right
along an takin' money over their coUn-
tiers in handfuls, an when there was
offices an hoIOrs to be given it was
them as was went TO-"
He drew mis- cap a little lower down
and his collar Il little higher up and
lltfl Ci At MI lAll'h-lA 'Ai' iitill''' CIV
as though expecting some comment.
"Suit We to a T, hey" he repeated
She nodded retiectively.
Il dunno but twill" she conceded.
"Ill miss the chickens an butter
maxim. but they be work. an, then, as
We say. can see somebody most every
day N-no. guess | won't mind"
Course We won't" he declared
"We'l he town folks an will have to
put on our best hhs an fuckers every
day. Yen set on Il stuffed cheer tulkiA
to romp'ny an takin' in money, an in the
my store talkin' politics an things an
they won't cost me a cent for entertain
ment. like visitors gener'ly do but vii
be bringin' me in more money"
I'VE don't suppose there'd be no hitcl
'bout-'bOut We dom it, Lish:" she in
quired.
tch?"-indignantly-"when Hiram
an Reuben an Nathan have all dOne
it an made money! Well, guess not
But I'll go an look round some. Folk,
in town are gener'ly pretty keen scent
ed on money, an if they git wind o
my needin' a house to live in an !
store to merchandise in they nigh
think rents ought to be Il little higher
I'll look round sort o casual. But yer,
sure ye favor the idee. Sairy? | don
want to go into nOthin' that ye couldn'
smooth down to-
ooh I'll lil.a oil WIGHT chm nj,
placidly "I'm sure to. Ye needn'
bother bout that, Lish. I've Away
hankered to shop without climbn' il
an out Il Vaughn. I'm too hefty. Al
say. Lish," raising her voice as h
opened the door and let in Il rush o
air and whirlng snow, "be sure al
beat 'em down some"
1t was late in the evening when h
returned, bat from the way the WACO
ratified by the house and the unneces
sarily loud Whoa" which came to he
when it reached the barn she felt tina
something momentOus had happened
and this feeling was made a certaint
when Lish flung open the door and sli
saw him trying to straighten his fac
into an expression Of Indifference
Supper ready, Sairy?" he demande
airily. Il swan, I'm most starved"
"Ye know It's ready, Lsh." she sal
quietly 1T always is at to a minut
You know it's been gettin cold jest a
hour an half SO we've hired
place"
"Ye amt with a cent for new
fairy" he grumbled. "Ye either seer
1t out miles ahead or take it all #
granted. I'd as soon have a stick
tell somethin' to. How'd We know "
hired a place."
Goodness land" scornfully, at
stickin' out all over ye Lish. l knowe
1t by the way the wheels went rour
when We went by"
Don't suppose the wheels told y
what place hired an how much II
to pay an when we're goin' to move
he asked.
NO" she confessed, "eXceptin' the
said We was considerably set up an
fggered from that ye'd got the o.
drug store stand. That's the bigge
store in the best part o. the town. Il
1t Is the only one | know on as bel
Slpty just now"
Lish Chuckled.
"Wheels are mighty unreliable thin;
to go by" he declared, though | d
hint sort O casual bout that very ide,
teal store. But, law, they wanted SC
month for it, much as I'd think IL
place could be with for Il whole yea
jest laffed. Then found Wood
Co.'S dry goods store would he empt
the LIST OF April an | went an locke
that over. The drug store folks sal
their place bein on the corner made