The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-13

or may be ~ might 60. What do ron pay?' /
Mi. Adam meekly replied that money was
NO objection whatever IN such case; but Je-
rusha's soul was above that sort OF thing, |
and Adams signing that Jerusha didn't smile
pursued his way.
IA snug little cottage, as neat a. . martini
box was the next shrine Of his pilgrimage,
and as he stopped before the gate, . bright,
pleasant, young face smiled at him from the
door, as he made known his errand, and
For poor Mr.. Adam felt as If he were court
ing, and his lady love little Deiphic, alias
litrls doubtful. ssOnly one, Sir, |" said the
pleasant face, as she pulled aside little
white blanket, and disclosed . very
small face, and very like her own, ssthe
daughter Of that house and heart" Our
hunter moved on, and came at length to .
huge, double log house, as big and as airy
as barn. The appearance OF the place
was forbidding as that Of Doubling Castle
| in Bunyon's dream. A hungry looking
woman met him at the door, and before he
could speak, set her arms akimbo, and
opened pair Of very thin lips, 81 know
what you've come for! Your the tenth man
that's baen here in two DAYS after girls, girls,
girls. You town folks are pretty helpless,
fur's know; too stuck up to do your own
work.. Gos girls! To be sure I'VE got girls,
buto-and here she took breath and step
ped towards Mr.. Adam, who incontinently
retreated-"but if had a million OMEN
they shouldn't work out. Some folks are
dreadful sfraid o. spiling their hands. Let
'em do their own work, Isay."
{. The horse was not quite so gay, and the
sun had gone behinda cloud, but Mr.. Adam
drove sadly on.
| lie had reached his sssixtecnthly," and the
miles grew longer as the sun declined. His
hopes regularly rose as he deserted a house
and "spoke" it, and as regularly fell, when
he turned away. He would make one effort
more; it should be on any terms, for he was
/ getting desperate. The girl shout have her
.s,hirds:" he would come within one of big
amy. Ahouse, the most desolate of all, was
in sight. Ragged petticoats decorated the
windows; the chimney had tumbled down,
and a section of stove pipe was thurst out at
!, hole in the wall. The scene was too poor
for Distance to lend it anything at all, and a
nearer view disclosed another and girl.
They lent no willing ear, but Mr.. Adam was
eloquent: he declared the washings never
CACCCuCu ~ uoASA piCOSSs tsAu eAdt luC piSCCo
were never soiled at all. He averred that
Mrs. Eve was the most amiable and affec-
tionate Of women; that she would receive
the girl, like a sister, with open arms; he
promised her two dollars week, first rate
board, little to do, and pleasant ride home
once in two weeks, to embrace her excellent
mother; he asserted that Mrs. Eve and him.
self had no children; expressed the opinion
1 ~ ~. III
that Mrs. Eve had often wished to retire
from society and have no company at all.
The girl conferred privately with her
mother in another room partitioned off with
a very ragged bed blanket, concluded to go,
and--uent.
Mr.. Adam was happy, Mrs. Eve read Mil
toms ''Paradise Regained'' in two evenings
and the girl went home to her mother in five
days, and like Noah's dove, she never re-
turned. And so goes the World. s.The
times are out of joint but according to
the last census, the unhappy baby is not yet
named, who is born to set them right