The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-08-21

PLEASE DON'T USE THAT TEHM AGAIN Y
pair. aud now am twenty i've years
old. and haven't anything TO my
name except one black mare aud sioO
tn the bank
'prnperty's gone mp since ! made
that promise" said Uncle Peter war;
~ Il couldn't give yon no half inter
sst IN a farm that's wuth twice as
nuch nav ns Il was ten years ago
Dan STARED resentfully at his rela
tive 4 don't suppose you could
Some men might" be sneered ~
they'd promised
Hum" calculated Peter Cook. some
what uoppused AT this attitude dis
played by the long suffering Dan I'm
tell yon what III do. Danl"
''You i-cdn't trouble to make me an
)tfer, said the young man holly TN
lost tnke my 500 and 80 east There's
money 10 be made back there.
Uncle Peter shook his head Its
the cottrcll streak a-cropping out
Your father wns that way q wander
a.. running 10 aud fro over The earth
looking Tor fortune when one was 10
l.. made NJ home ! told Mary before
she died that hoped the Cottrel
streak wouldn't crop out IN you
naD1'
And what did my mother say 10
thatY' demanded Dan his brows
drawing together
Hunt cougbed Uncle Peter, hdg
citing Ia his cushioned chair Seems
10 me Mary said II the Cottrell streak
would make you like your pa and
your grandpa Cottrel she prayed that
you'd lir BADLY strraked with Il But
your mother didn't have 10 Judgment.
Dan'l" Mr.. Cook wngged his head re
gretfuily.
'She was not 10 the least like you
Uncle Peter. II that is what you
mean. said Daniel quietly facing his
mothers brother With contempt Ia bis
honest eyes i've tried TO keep my
promise 10 yau. Uncle Peter ! can't
believe that 1on're moi going tn make
good your word to me"
4 heavy silence fell between them
The old man hdeeled With the books
and papers 90 hts worm eaten desk
while the sturdy young man stared out
Of the window across the grasses way
ing ia the south wind 10 where the
~blOt" on the farm darkeued the Ter
tilc acres
The "bior consisted Of tifty acre
tract comprising brol<h rocky hills.
nmoue the crcyiees Of which grew
vaunt aud twisted cottonwoods They
called IL the blot because Il was the
oniy bit Of acreage on The hlg farm
that would noi yield neturns to Its
avariclons owner II was strange
formation east up by some freasish
commission Of nature. and II formed
the ~,uihefn boundary ~ the Cook
farm Tine sud again old Peter had
tried e. palm IL OF on an unsnspectinp
tendcrfsra,. but always the victim had
teen forcwarued Of Tia utter worth
NssbesA
Al lasi Peters eyes followed thoss
OF bis nephew through the window.
across The waving srasse. of the hay
srids aBa At last they fell upon the
blot and rested there cnnnlng
leot eame into ,iir drep VET eyes. and
tka "a man .4ttssss....s..a 4. ,btt.tra.. -
be suddenly elapsed bis palm On the
dcss aiid tsisus-i 70 BIS neS,hsm
4 have H. Dani sagncihin. thatii /
make yun q landowner Msshc u viii 1
wasb cat that Csstrrii sIr..akT
laans bnpazsd tasd weni 10 aud n 4
isscssi The ed inan
"i'ieass daut use lhsi term again In /
referring 10 ms father. lie saId
shortly.
Wait a niaute, Sre brre. Dan'I. 4
sul,is,ss ! d>~i ever 10 you The nfp 4
scre iaios yonier unele Peter point
III a nngrf At the 'bioi sTiizi u I
make ~ 10 yon Tor share IN The
farm
Dan sa1shssi aioad -sNha, shah /
o. With Il. anciey BE- aated good BIO 4
IDoreass ~I.pi ln elcaiY
"iAa " goa want taul bat II VIII
n1ste yeu = lsnalsoilsr snd tm ihink
las that salis foe1s soni lhink u1s
he sess ~ 20 ter haring Il i.slsf