The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-01-22

ish up the corn and potatoes. we Il shar,
with ye till ye can raise of your own
Ef they don't come up to the mark, why
one OF US will have TO ride fifty miles fol
-four for winter use--that's all. You ca,
think of it while you re riding over tn,
! prairie, and have yer mind sot agains
you set back. rayther calcila,e thai
We llhev market for our grain by the
time we We any to spare. There IS talk
of settlement and fort on the river
twenty miles to the North of here, and
an Injin's station to pay off the Injins.--
They're often 10 want of corn when they
We been too lazy to raise it, or their ene-
mics have burnt it, and government will
be glad to buy OF u.s.
Alice looked SO pale something unu-
sual for her, as her asalth was excellent)
| that Mr.. Laucacter decided to leave her,
as their kind entertainer had proposed;
and future events proved how almost
!
previdentially fortunate this decision was.
For, upon entering the cabin after four
days absence, unsuccessful in the object
Of his journey DISCOURAGED and cast down
the first sound that greeted the ears OF
the Young husband was the tiny cry OF
an infant two days old, which lay upon
the bosom Of his Alice, who was half
sitting up, supported by pillows in the
bed. The sight of her sweet face, bearing
the impression OF recent suffering, with
sudden sense of all that she must have
endured in that lonely spot, without even
his presence to cheer her, no physician to
counsel, nor mother to cherish her, un-
manned him. He could but just press
his trembling lips TO her brow before he
gave way to his emotion, and, leaning his
face in his hands upon her pillow, he sob
bed like a child.
1T is I who have made you suffer all
this, my Alice"
"Why, Edwin, dear Edwin, look upI
and see how well am, Nature has
dealt gently with me; and no mother
could have been kinder than Mrs. Potter
has been. Thousands of young mothers
in the midst Of wealth and civilization
have not Jared half so well as l. And |
the child my dear husband-oar edHa-
will you not look at her? VIII you not
kiss baby May?"
May was the name ofhis youngest sis
ter, sweet child whom he loved more
than all the rest of his sisters; and it had
been agreed that, in case their infant was
a girl, she should be called May,
Those cheerful words spoken in a voice
that trembed a little with weakness,
caused him to recover his self-conirol
.'You are heroine, Alice he said,
impe;uously, covering her face with kiss
es; and then he took his daughter in his
arms, gingerly, asi she would fall to pie
ces at touch, and gazed fondly at her
tiny features; while, in the bosom of both
parents, there was anew JOY, which, for
the time, blotted out all recollection of
the adverse circumstances which ushered
in this era of their lives.
Baby May was a promising child,
plump and healthy, with no disposition to
cry, except at rare intervals, full pretty
enough for the drand daughter of a lord,
and fully sturdy enough for the daughter
Of back Woodsman--for such Mr.. Ian
caster now became Take her all in all,
lntecedents, birth and prospects she made
The very good beginning of a heroine
And to hint at the destiny which was be-
ore her, let US say that she had two de-
voted lovers before she was week Old
Daniel and Amos Potter, aged respect
vely nine and eight years, who quarrelled
or smiles and tore each others hair in.
ler defence.
The erection Of another cabin went on
with rapidity. Although the kindness Of
heir hosts would not permit them to feel
heir prolonged visit an intrusion, yet
hey were properly anxious to relieve
.hem as soon as possible. The new
house was to be finished by the time that
Mrs. Lancaster should feel able to take
,harge Of it.
For all their trouble in taking care of
he invalid, and for their board, Mr. Pot
er would accept no remuneration; but he
tired himself out by the day to chop logs
or the cabin, and made arrangements to
el his new neighbors their winter pro-
,isions, there having been fine rain, and
he season now promising well.
Mr.. Lancaster himself fell trees, help
ID to raise the logs to their places, hewed
tut rough furniture, and set himself to
lard labor with a right good will, inspired
o much more than his usual amount of
executive talent by the patience and ad-
nitable spirit of his beautiful wife. He
lad excelled in manly accomplishments,