The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-08-05
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Her husband was seized with fever the sum-
mer after, and died also, leaving two children,
Mark and Anna. The blacksmith had six
motherless children 81 his own !; but he set out
for the West,a dAistrS8ghe NE orphans home
with him. He thenGyforth tfeitsH them Ike
hts own offspring, nnanifesting womsn's ten
derness as well as d fathers care for them. !
. Mark wss comeiy lad, with the yellow
curling hair, the clear blue eyes, and the marx
edfsymmetry OF features that belonged to his
uncle. He had an inborh'Iove of reading ana
sfddyt; Ne was FIRST in Hrs class at every Win
tsf's school, ala' had desoured ailthe books
within his reach.h q Then Ne Borrowed ali ofh
copy of AdsmY latin nt,raihnnar FROM Dr..
Greeh6eId, and committed tie rules 70 memo
~ wfthcnt' teSchefa Thae was his intfodtic.-.
ton to the classics. s'''ahl t'hloht
But Mr.. Ifardwick Believed IN ths duty aid
excellence Of work, and Mark. as weli Is fis'
cousins, was trained to make 'himseif hsefpI.
So the Grammar was studied and Virgil read
at chance intervals, when storm Interrupted
outdoor work, Or while waiting 1t the upper
mill fora grisl, ,or- Of uights at the shop by the
light Of the forge fre.,i heiParadigms ware
committed 10 memory with an anvil accom-
panimentand; /; long after, he never couldecan
n lineto Homer without hearing the ringing
blows of bis unele's hammer keeping time to
the verse;. e1s 90 sapit6sI HaisiosyI sft "a
- At sixteensyearsc of age be was ready to en-
ter colleges. though heshsd received little aid
IN h.s. studies, except when some sch oelinaster,
who wafIversed in the humanitles .chanced To-
be bred efos the winter. But his. .unc le was
not able TO- support him at any respectable.
university, and. the lads prospects for such an
education as be desired, seemed to be.nsse Of
the best. q .esxgisl nt3I- ssssasa sSS.got,
At this point an incident occurred which
changed the course Of our hero's life, and as
twill serve to explain low he came to give
his notes to Mr.. Klnloch, on which the admin
lstrators are about to bring suit, it should pro-
perly be related here ~ 9'.sa4 :"
Mark Davenport was at work on farm a
short distance from the village. He hoped TO
enter college the following autumn and he
knew no ,mrans to obtain money fora portion
q hts sout4x except BY the labor OF his hands,
ne, could get twenty dellars a month for the
summer season. Sixty, or possibly severity
dollaEs!zrxhatiGeas oaalsnss uszasaggestr
ed by the sound Of those woFdsl sxyfa
II was damp, drlzzly days, there was not
a settled rain. yet it was too wet to work in
the corn. Mark was therefore busy in pick
ing loose stones from the surface of a field cul-
tivated the, year before, and now, "seeded
down" for grass. 2 "A portion of the field bor-
dered ona pond, ,,and the alders hponits mar
gin formed dense. green palisade, over which
might be eenthe gray surface Of the water
free killed. by the tiny drops Of rain. Low clouds
trailed their gauzy robes over the top Of Mount
Quobbin, and hecks of mist swept across the
blue sides Of the lofler Mount Elizabeth. y
"What perfect day for fishing " Thought
Mark. eff Ihad my tackle here, and frogs
Leg. or a sinner, would soon have pickerel
out from under those lilypad..,'a i 5 saas3
3 Bit be kept at work, and, having his basket
full of stones, carried them to the pond and
pumped them in. 4 "A growi Of anger came up
from behind the bushes. q ~ ~ b ! 4! 80
!ssiwhat the Dstil do yca mean ,you inbber,
thr,v;nva ston.s .vsr h.r. - l.,, .c.,s v.v ~
6.h -, ysfsas n : ~ R
The bu.be. narted AZ the sam. ,;ue ,bou,.
;n,e, H,,sh r.nninr mi =; ..;,i;ne q tb ana f Il.
bo.t and anna rertlv ;,,.t r.aavl i f,;ns ont ~.
line 'F'7' = f77s'' { ,s-.'r 'e :. a -,
ar had kno, ., v,,, v,,, /, ..e tther. sh;,. },
s.,d rf.,s :. ,,,o,,ss,, No.. .hro,. ~. .t....
into The v,,.r.' '~Rut.,, r. ..o.,;,.sa wh;,s
ey.rv q6bre tin,,.d v;tt rd,,n,tion CT ,v,,,
Nave vou e rnov MT an .ot 4 hs ,.,a.a
Il in ihat NAV ,.,h hv von q .nnvhodv ala. $50
a1 would ike a. tns, how a.. =, go;nv - =,
Min vost.e,e ), ,.,s tyngh st.r,,r- ,sh.re std
a,lvanoinr. - a ETss o =
.Yon will find ont. M. yo.oserc.. . vo,,
don't leave , iii, field You ~, on IS. on,r-
terr--deek yet Bullying ysr With his hat off J,
aBless me how the young Vulcan t.lks ~
ssI have talked ali I an soins. to- : Now get
into your boat and be oFps
aI don't propose to Be- X Z hurry !, said
Hugh, with provoking cociness, standing with
his arms a-kifnbo. blsHfseT Il si.As
The remembrance Of Hagh,s usual patron.