Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-02-29

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Sometimes Sally thought. or tried
to think. II her father would only give
Thomas few hundred dollars it
would strengthen his hands aud soft
en- his heart, and make another man
Of him-his nature needed encourage
ment, she said, and one good word
said for him would do more than a
thousand against him. And whether
or not Sally was right, nobody agreed
with her.
Whether to press the truth Of
things upon the heart Of Sally more
painfully, or for wha; cause we cannot
tell. but Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher took ev-
ident pleasure in giving the pretty
Jenette expensive articles Of dress or
earrings, hat or ribbon, her childish
fancy coveted.
The first morning she went to
school. II was with 0 heart overflow
ing with curiosity to see Cyrus Batter
shall--her parents had told her that
she must never speak to him. nor look
at him. as long as she lived, and. Of
course. she had said she would not
He must be very wicked. she thought,
and doubles she should know him at
once. BY a black face. crooked
mouth. or some other deformity.
She could not read her book, till
The moan cap,a en- ,,,uch3d;d che xwo,-
der II Cyrus was there, and why she
could not pick him out If he were.-.
When the playing was begun, after
the bread and butter had been dis
patched, every group began pulling at
Jenette: for all thought it would be a
distinguished honor to play with Je-
nette Miller.
But Jenette said, No; she must not
play that day. The truth was. she
feared coming in contact with Cyrus.
All the morning she had felt her
heart drawn toward one little boy
more than all the rest; and when she
saw him sitting alone in the shadow
OF a tree with her books, she skipped
up to him and sshed him If he would
,e'l ner wn'cn OF ~ the little Boys was
0yruS Da..ersnen.
WY saio Cyrus MS eyes nihne
"''n seaflui wonoer'
because answered 5enet'e' my
'ssnes :.a anu mos1er 'o'd me l must sno'
pay WIN MN.
Cyrus wiped away the tears with
MS nanaS' ana; a. soon as ne could
speak Al all sola Inc i,,'ie gifi 'nat ne
was 0yrus Dattersnaii' ana why y
ives 'na' nooooooy wou'o play Win
MN.
70 ! JUST sa'd mat TOT iunf ex'
claimed Jenette, no. knowing wna'
else 70 say; ana kneehng down on tho
grass oesioe 'he poor ooy' sne "iPec
his tears win ner nandkercniet; and
a.'er .ha' 'oio Dim sne woula iove
MN II no one e'se d'o: Inc risner'
m'ghs nave .,emo'ea II 'ney nad seen
no" men "',leuo"ugn'e' Prac'iceo up
on .ne'r 'eacning.
FROM the day Jenes'e came V
school. Cyrus was not lonesome any
more--tney made grapevine swing
where they swung toeether,Ian icune
out deep shadow where they reae
talry stories together; and In the time
OF nuts and berries, they went In search
Of them together. And thus they
continued TIL Cyrus was fifteen years
old. when he took home all his books
and told Jenette he conld not come te
school any more--that he was going
TO stay home and work.
sene''e answered. aa. - l, snss an ne ~, woI'e -
'ea.n more ou' VI scnoo, u.an 'he IN
and when they reached the gate. she
Ioia nim sne woulo steal away IRON
schoo sometimes, ana comesanu sec
him; and that as long as she lived she
would never iorget n'm' ana neve'
like anybody else hall SO well. Faith
fully she kept her promise--many ent
many q time Sally's humble cabin wa
frightened with her blush an hour be
fore he school was dismissed.
When Cyrus was twenty our year,
old there was noworthier and no hand
somer young man in all the neighbor
hood. Jenette said she thought so