Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-10-27

street door, from which Moses-with
gloves on--was assisting O. lady to
alight. A middle-aged, woman she
seemed, neatly but plainly clad-the
first glimpse I caught Of her face
proposed me in her favor, so hearty,
good-natured, and reliable wasthe ex-
preston. ~ obi ni t7aal1sN ~ tH
The following morning there ap-
pcarep at the back door the same short,
chubby woman, She wore neat
dress Of calico and an apron of ging-
nam, and herhair was put away under
plain but pretty cap. There was
smile on her face, not even when Mo-
ses, comingly silly behind, slipped his
srm around her waist. She shook
him of with si1iltle impatience, 1
thought; however it might have been,
dignity.
After few words Moses took leave
informally, aud heard the door close
behind him energetically. i4sa .ia
The woman presently called Caty,
and l perceived the child hid clean
face and smooth hair, and after little
talk the two set to work with good will,
apparently TO put,tl,e yard in better
order. Boards, sticks, and stones dis
appeared, and after the labor Of an
hour you would not have recognized
the place'as the same one they set to
work in. 70 u'l ix4t r'.ser-l. y
Ineed not relate allmy observations;
suffice that at the end ola week things
wore different aspect atthe old house
there were curtains at the windows
and look of neatness land comfort
everywhere. which had nevr been there
ill after the coming of the chubby
woman, who still continued to keep
busy. By degrees the dresses of the
children were patched, and washed,
and remodled. ssand Moses himself
seemed not to be the Moses OF old, but
a younger and happier man. That
he was married; Il felt pretty confident.
But assurance was soon mode doubly
sure. The pleasant-faced woman had
been an inmate Of the old house about
week, when the servant maid. who
had previously been mistress OF affairs
there, came in one evening to unbur-
den her mind. Moses married, and
she was too much outraged to remain
in the family anylonger. If any man
was mind to marry as Moses had
done, that was all she wanted to know
about him. She liked to see man
wait till his wife was cold, after her
death, before he got another. He
would get paid she was sure, and she
hooded he would. for he deserved to be
turned out of his own house. The
children would be saucy and hate their
step-mother, and she hoped they
would; and if the house burnt down it
would not be the cause of making her
pity the hard-hearted wretch. She
held in her lap the bundle containing
her earthly possessions, while she talk
ed, heaping all manner of abuse on the
newly-married Moses when she had
concluded set out in search Of new
place. doing herself more despite than
she did any one else.
l thought she but gave expression
to the common opinion Of the friends,
for nothing is socommon as to censure
a second marriage. But from the
saopping scene, and from my observa-
tons from the window, | am led to
believe that Moses has done good
thiny for himself and children
Since the departure of the outraged
servant | have seen none take her place,
and from the cheerful activity with
which Caty and the pleasant-faeed
woman move about, l think none is in
deed.
So endeth the chapter Of observa-
tons from my window. ~