Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-15

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&. Mrs. Benoni Benson was fat, fairs tsn
sY farAxs&saEs wh@R nag hmahaads "a saaH
= bQlser i'm yaEY good ciFCaH ID ances. : !
! called from hsa life Eaak 0f contrfhutinl
Il toF the setssSaf puriHeation IL fiianki I'd
II Mrs. BaBse4a took Fsgags from her grie
Il hnFa pretty @Qtsaga sasslataa 90 khe prin
j, alpaL htrees sas the towp pf Il. "a
I Al FIRST ghe vas ineonsolahIe; and aht
I. uslsd III say. with u solemn sasapkags
! wbicAs eagr4eA conviction 20 eias hearts b
{ hsk haaTefst thak n0shiDgl butt thostl
! 81 FloEence woala havo presented hel
: from terminating her exist enea hy thi
] intervungscn 81 poison. ssAs - i.sf
q Msss Baaaoa ssas III no small degree
: inAeha@d so hsr ghEsr~rainee ia lsas
/ than three montha shs threw aside hcl
mourning, and became ~ lively ~ aver.
s# Touching FloFence, abe had now reaeh.
eaf9he saAtars aus of minsksaa, mEma boz
gan to think heFaaif margiagehles sha
! was quite pretty, and toisrably we'll ac-
eotnpIished, 40 that her wishes in that
reapeos wers very likely e. be sFsalGfiea.
,1Hss sssr ths wny hYaa sagusrh MarSs
hatns fAe vi llaga larger iast geFging ap-
N On fifty, With his gsn Charles, Wh0 was
about half his age. Being Young man
Of agreeable exterior, The latter was
qniSe.s q fayogits vita the young ladies j n
the nsighhoshoods and considered, in
common naFfances quite 'katsh.' 4.
As yet, however, bis affections had
ne#sE beeu seriously ensGBgEed, and
might have ramainsd no, had ii not bean
for the sudden apparatipp, ems morning,
! OF Florence Benson riding on hotso back.
I Il struck him at once that che was Re-
/ msatksbly graceful, and really quite
j pretty. Iherenpoa ba cultivated heF &C.
/ quainsanca With Increased assidaity, aud
! altar while asked fatal question. -.
7 Florence answered In tha afhmatsge,
/ nuds instead Of referring him doubtfuIiy
10 her mother, hinted (bsing q ronaHtie
/ yoaRg LADY, how charming it would be
/ 70 & heal away TO the next town and get
/ married without any one being the Wis
/ CT. ..as-s r--..*s r.. III, @s.z.g-
Charles Markham caught st this hint,
which ehimed With bis OWN temperament
and he resolved 10 adopt it..
| In order that It might be carried cut
/ with perfect success, is wag resolved to
seem Indifferent to each other until she
DAY liked, in order to ward of any sus-
| plcibn which might be a%oused.
So we'll were these arrangements car
risd ou& that AEs. Benson had no Baspi-
eion of what waa going On.
Not 30 with Squire Markham, lie had
obtained clue to the affair in some man
ner 30 that he not only diseov cred the
fact of eIopemsnt, but eyea the very day
on which il was 10 occur.
Sly dog, that ChaEles,' thought he to
himself, as he sat down before the fre,
in bis dressing gown and smoking cap,
/ leisure putting away at q choice Havana.
Bat don's wonder at il hs only takes
afEet me. STILL, | owe him something
for Keeping II 50 secretly from me. Ii
would be good joke, il were little
younger, to cut him oat and marry hsr
in spite Of him.
Squire Markham who wa8 oae OF thoBe
jovi8l widows WAC takes life RS il comes
unsed more and more on this I'd ca, stack
oat By chance, as it were, uRtil be really
began to think il worth SOM ething.
after all, shouted he, Il am not so
old, either, or ut least the ladies say so,
and they ought 60 bsgood judges EuNsugh
matEsgB, | hare been . bachelor good
whlie and oaght to have feu nd oat before
this how much more comfortable ib w0'd
be % have q pretty wife to welcome me
boRs, aRd do the honors Of nay table,
and 10 help ma keep that rascal Charles
in order, Egad Eve half mind to do
it,
Squire Markham took two more whit's !
aud exclaimed .
'Lgow I'll do it,
W hat this MYSTERIOUS IL was, we will |
leave the reader to infer from his very
next movement. Ringing the bell, he /
inquired oE the servant.
1Ia Charles at homer -~. as.
mp sir,' was the reply. 'hs went cat |
this Enoruing, and will be gone MI day. /
Humph that'il do. So much the bet |
ter for my purposes thought he, whsn |
alone. ~ /
Now shall have The ground left sa |
myself. Let me see the rascal intends /
running away next Thursday evening" , /
and te-day IN Monday. Nothing like |
striking when the iron is hot- I'll wEite I
to har in his name, telling har that /
have altered my mind, and win 60 just |
1t dark 20 B.morFow night. She wonat /
suspect anything unit the knot Is tied, |
and then what laugh ws shall haYeF /
Squire Markham did not consider that /
ii might make little difference With the |
brida exuectant. He considered Ii a cap !
iGal joke on his son, buk looked no fur
kher. He accordingly drew his writing !
material towards hims and indicted tho
following cpistle:
sBEARKsT PLozEsck 81 find the day
fixed for our eiopement on some ae-
counts Objectionable, and would like, /
with your CONSENT to substitute to-mor-
row evening, II hear nothing from |
you, I shall infer that you assentto this |
arrangement, shall have q carriage In |
readiness under che old oak tree at half |
past eight O'Clock. You can walk there |
without attracting suspiejony and as
there will be no moon, We shall be able /
to carry out our plans without fear Of
discovery. am happy to sag thas the /
governor doesn't suspect in the least
that daughter il In store for |
him. Wont he be ashamed ?
Your devoted "