The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-26
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/ through with, they were called lybn
to sound together, and before the
close Of The evening they were allow
ed to commence the notes Of some
easy tunes. 1t is unnecessary here
to give detailed account of the pro-
gress that was made, or to attempt to
describe the jargon of strange sounds,
with which Gibbs's hall echoed that
night. Suffice it to say, that the pro-
fciency Of the pupils was so great,
that on. the tenth evening, or when
the school was half through, the pa
rents were permitted to be present,
and We're delighted to hear their chill
dren sing Old Hundred, Near, St.
Martins, Mortified, and Hallowell,
with SO much accuracy, that those
who knew the tunes, could readily
tell, every time, which one was being
performed. i
Mrs. Brown was almost in ecstacies
at the performance, and sat the whole
evening and looked at Jerusha, who
sung with great earnestness, and with
a voice raised far above all the rest.
Even Squire Brown himself was so
much softened that evening, that his
face wore a sort of smile, and he
told his wife he didn't grudge his five
dollars a Bit
The school went on swimming Civ.
Mr.. Crochet became the lion of the
village and Miss Jerusha Brown
+ thought he improved upon acquain-
lance astonis'1ingly.' Great prepara-
tons were made at Squire Browns
for the important week of boarding
the singing master. They out-did all
the village in the quantity and variety
OF their eatables, and at every meal
Miss Jerusha was perfectly assiduous
in placing all the good things in the
neighborhood Of Mr.. Crotchet's plate.
In fact, SO bountifully and regularly
was Mr.. Crochet stuffed that week.
that his lank form began to assume a
perceptible fulIness. He evidently
seemed very fond of his boarding
place, especially at meal times, and
made himself SO much at home, that
Mrs. Brown and Miss Jerusila were
in state of absolute felicity the
whole week. 1t was true he spent
two evenings abroad during the week
and it was true that one of them was
passed at Mr.. Buck 's.-But Miss Je-
rusha would not believe word OF
such q story. She said there was no
young folks at Mr.. Bucks except
Betsy, and she was sure Mr.. Crotchet
was man of more sense than to
spend his evenings with such a wild
rude thing as Betsy Buck Still.
however, the report gave her little
uneasIness; and when it was ascer.
tanned, that during the week on which
Mr.. Crochet boarded at Mr.. Bucks
he spent every evening at home, ex.
cept the three devoted to the singing
school, Miss Jerusha's uneasiness evi-
IDENTITY increased. She resolved to
make desperate effort to counterfeit
these untoward influences, and to
teach Miss Betsy Buck not to inter
fere with other folks concerns. For
this purpose, she made grand eve.
ming party, and invited all the young
folks of the village, except Miss Buck
who was pointedly left out. The
treat was elaborate for country vii.
lage, and Miss JerusRa was uncom-
monty assiduous in her attentions to
Mr.. Crochet during the evening. But
to her inexpressibIe surprise and cha
grin, about eight o'clock, Mr.. Crotch
ct put on his hat and great coat, and
babe the company good night. Mrs.
Brown looked very blue, and Miss
Jerusha's nerves were in a state Of
high excitement. What could it
mean? She would give any thing in
the world to know where he had
gone. She ran up into her chamber,
and looked out from the window
The night was rather dark, but she
saw him making his way toward Mr.
Bucks. The company for the re.
mainder ofthe evening had rather {
dull time; and Miss Jerusha passed al
most sleepless night.
The next evening Miss jerusha was
early at the singing school. She tool
)her seat with a disconsolate air, open
ing hermusic book, and con mencee
singing Hallowell in the following
words:-
Gas on some lonely buildings top
The sparrow tells her moan,
Far from the tents of 10Y and hope,
4 | sit and grieve alone. =
! On former occasions, when the
scholars were singing before. schoo
commenced, the moment the master
Iopened the door, they broke off short
even il they were in the midst Of
1 tune. But now, when the master en-
tered, Miss Jerusha kept on singing
She went through the whole tune at
ter Mn. Crotchet came in and wen
] back and repeated the latter half of
with aloud and full voice, that caus