The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-07-23
From Aits. Ei,tI'- Ramble, IN the West.
The Founding.

TIC. a lHrucr whom We III call NAV, whose
mean. were umricr lhsu musl new settler. lived
m 1872 N Illinois. abou. SIX iles from s.. Luui.
0ur ui"uung cHrly Il p'rsuB th.n I"dglug IN The
h""-", vhu iInishcd this ~ lJuatiun, heard Mis-
May S voice III staiI.cd tones, ealing to i,r Nug
baud q" ask What npI.e ls3',ati The dinwsy
husband answered that 1t as proba,iy of an
"ro-' pin Cr a s,rcrch owl tAh! 40 john T. tx
claimed the yoau: wife, II j. y0un. ,luld r.
She sprsns nom the bed. .,tid he, hus band. and
ho'h tan To he door. hr9r,r was set On tie
dovr step covered with Il tlapkpi, which Nrs May
removed, aud there las, ,n' nl,i m snow white
muslin aaI lutn bouutI, .mttut' LIfug II
IN her ar'i- she iDn into the houso and having It
on he. lgy, examined It's features with delighted
curiosity. IL II not beauty Z she c:Ici hook
ing up ~ hci husbands face; "1nd tle way II has
come j. 80 funny lnr sern farmer replied.
!hat he could see 10 iun ~ having other people ;
hrul- lht.st upon hm; but his grumblIug was
hr.hcd by the benevolent woman whose whole
soul vent forth III Kindness towards the little
,Ls' cIcaiute-cYldruDl, not more than four
week, uli-lhus cj.t on het maternal care Not
wlihstanung the dI-p,rasure ot Slr May, which
Size knew - he more appearance 'huu reality She
kept her resolution Of adding tir trouble Of pfo.
Ndrg iur Il to the charge OF her own fuI ,hIl
dr,n
and tie touudlng. increased N beauty, became
the pet If the h.usraoid. Dir. May. hnweyc.
treated the iit'r gil wi an ind ference amount.
,us to- dislike, amt manifested anno,an.e. par,i,u.
hrly when hIs wife would tell her visitor. the
'chlds brief history ulway, prcflcIrr II with II.
exclamation.
/ The way ,lr dear little crca,l,rr came 10 us
W. SO funny 20
. One ,L,y whi,c he W.. oloue in the rp,,, lie was
rla,ip, with Irirr Mr., v.,tu b,,rIiy H.. wife.
sven he set her down quickly pu.h,yg her (rnn,
linn IIocliId ni,J Nr. NAV took her rp and
,roA, cu,unlain,..l, og III, husbands urLud
t,rat.u.r, Il IN. liile Fr.ol.te ct,,Iut. ,,b,n,
lie seemed to hate
You nte mistaken Nancy "rrplirJ The farmer
Il do not hat. tlc ,l,lI SEQ Size Knows lo,,,b.r
10 much Az vours,lin and ~, he smiled and halI
out hrs arms Mary ,uraur from tic Ian oe her
prorcc,rrss and came to hin,. laugh NJ nerrry.
"HutvbV ,Johu do Won always r,pat II = norr
/ thing 50 u1kIndly :" a.Erd HE wife,
"I viii tell ,oI wbv Nancy herause Won tell
ever, body Mi aIou, h,r. and II Grr. me 10 bayr
pcorle sunpo.c am brinru,, IN rohoIy know.
wha as NV own. be.iI..i, Is a i,.,r,ce to ,L.
child NV f YOU will agree 10 what propo.e.
| am willing. for the child, good lu sell out aun
move 10 one of the northern territories Dt,ou
must utomIse never ia Let apysne know that We
ar. MT her uarpnis anil meyer a.ain 10 ollrAr tn
tin. ,furu, v'ay' in vhiclysbs c,a,e tou.n
Mr.. May readily axr.,, Il To tifs genrrouy rro.
posol Tie farmer sold out and remoyed to what
was then the territory q. Michigan We will now
take mp another portion Of the story.
Ia one Of the eastern cities Mr / -- ard Mis-
c., both uf hishly respectable families. had
formed a matrimonial engagement, with t,rr
parcn.s consent But Hpallhl,r .uilur came,
to whom the father. stern and violent man de.
ternincd to wed hrs daughter. The lovers were
secretly marrei and arrangements were made
wth respectable family gong TO Missouri. tr
take lh" BRIDE yi,h trcm the Egsb md who called
himself her brother promising to Join ,her, short
y. tie left the cly .umrDinle before Ms. c..
disappearance and all believed tl't he had gone
ou a set voyage. soon after leaving home MIS-.
c. wrote 4, inform her parents ,h,t she wa,
sale with f.icnds ana lrd To avoid compulsory
Il. rrUEc
After journey Of several weeks the yourg
couple arrived At s., Louis. Notwith.taudiu.
he yHins taken to conceal ,lrir movements IN /
rw month the father learned that his daugh'c
was H tie western country, and wrote to hvl
that her mother heart broken at her loss had fall
en iulp III health Sincerely icgrct,iug his owl
Jr!rrh-F conduct he eutlcatcd ker to retain il
the sprinS at which time he would send for her
1 having uu suspicion that she was married TIN
: letter WAS received by Mrs l. short tim,
| p'eNlous to the birth ol an infant, WHO was M
other than the iuundlIng hforr mcatloued Sh,
res",yrh Ia ."t, ~ un her journey as soon as he
, strength permitted.
| a journey m the spring At that pcriui. from
-. Loris to rttshurg, was both difficult ant
'drlgcrugs Mt l. expected Il return and D.
, rho.gh it best 10 leave their child urging ,ha