Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-12-07

| pipe emitted short puffs with surprising rap
idity. A guilty conscience needs no accuser,
and the widows cheek was dyed with blush
es as she thought of the absent Sam. io Ii"a
| q" wonder how women manage when then
get served in that way" said, the stranger,
musingly. :" You never meet them rowing up
and down in that style" .s"
"No," said Mrs. Cobb with some spirit,
If o woman is in trouble she must stay at
home and bear it, the best way she can.-I
And there's more women bearing such things
than we know of, dare say
Like enough. We never know whose
hand gets pinched in trap unless they
scream. And women arc too shy or too
scnsible-whch you choose-for that"
{" Did you ever, in all your wandcrings,
mcetany one by the name Of Samuel Paysonv'
asked the widow, unconccrnedly The stran-
ger looked towards her she was rummaging
the table drawer for her knitting work, and
did not notice him. When il was found, and
the needles in motion, he answered her. So 4
"Payson2 Sam Paysons Why, he was
my most intimate friend Do you know
him ?" "- .'." ... ..'''
ga littlc-that is, used to when was a
girl Where did you meet him pr aa
6 He went with me on the whaling voyage
| told you of-and afterwards to California.
We had tent togcthcr-and some other fel-
lows with us--and we dug in the same claim
for more than six months." ".t' 'I
II suppose he was quite well p -u.g !
Strong as an OK, my dear lady" s.
" And-and happyH" pursued the widow,
bending closer over her knitting
"Hum--the less said about that the better.
perhaps. But he seemed to supply life after
fashion of his own. And he got rich out
there, or rather, will say--well off,"
Mrs. Cobb did not pay much attention to
that part Of the story. Evidently she had
not finished asking questions. But she was
puzzled about her next one. At last she
brought it about beautifully.
"Was his wife with him in California ?''
The stranger looked at her with twinkling
eyes. Re-. g.,r.r-.-.-... ... .......... ii
His wife, ma'am? Why bless you-he
has not got One!" t-'
"Oh, Thought mean heard"-hcrc
the little widow remembered the fate of An
naias and Sapphira, and stopped short before
she told such tremendous fb.
Whatever you heard of his marrying was
all nonsense, can assure you. I knew him
well, and he had no thoughts of the kind
about him. Some Of the boys used to tease
IlIlN uUOul Dut IC SOOH Ill1uC Jncm StOD.
"HowY'
"He just told them frankly that the only
girl he ever loved had Tilted him years before
and married another man. After that no one
ever mentioned the subject to him again, cx.
cept me-
Mrs. Cobb laid her knitting aside, and
looked thoughtfully into the fire. ,
r" He was another specimen of that class of
II -
face death score Of times, as quietly as I
face the fire. 1t matters very little what
takes me off, he used to say; 1--WE nothing
to live for, and there's no one that will shed
tear for me when am gone" It's a sad
thought for one to have isn't ity"
Mrs. Cobb sighed as she said she thought
it was. -"
"But did he ever tell you the name of the
lady who Tilted himw T. a.4.a9 ..-~.,.-.s..l
know her first namc."
"What was it"
"Maria." p' @1@ f 1
The plump little widow almost started out
Of her chair, the name was spoken so exactly
as Sam would have said it.
did you know her too 2" he asked, look
ing keenly at her. .5 ".
"Ycs." .s a,3 .A...-a ... g.s', ... -r
(" Intimately .. .-.s-.. .,... u. ,
eyes"
"And where is she now? Still happy with
her husband, suppose; and never giving
thought to the poor fellow she drove out into
tho world" .. ........ 5 s.s.,,r n e.......
mo" said Mrs. Cobb, shading her face
with her hand, and speaking unsteadly.-
"No; her husband is dead" rI - af
"Ah. But still she never thinks of Sam"
n oslo
"Docs she? ?''
How can tell ?" .-e
"Are you still friends ~ N f sEfe #
"Yes." Es a. ag ns. a.assF..ss f.. s.,.. .
Then you ought to know, and you do
Tell me-"
"l'm sure don't know why should
But If do, you must promise me, on your
honor, never to tell him, If you ever meet him
again." b,r..-s - .-s4.-....,...
- Madam, what you say to me never shall
be repeated to any mortal man, upon my
honor" f Ness @ m
Well, then, she does remember him.
But how?'' f-.4 a
"As kindly, think, as he could wish"
~ am glad to hear it for his sake. You
and | are friends Of both parties; we can re-
joice with each other" @ ss
t1JC uIcW uIS CIltthl iAluClh UC0ICI 1cISs 0Hu
took her hand. One moment the widow re-
sisted, but it was magnetic touch, the rosy
palm lay quietly in his, and the dark beard
bent so low that it nearly touched her shoul-
der. It did not matter much. Was he not
Sans dear friend; if he was not the rose, had
he not dwelt very near it, for long, long
time la "2'a -, :.
"It was foolish quarrel that parted thcm,'
said the stranger softly.
"Did he tell yon about it?"
Eyes, on board the whaler."
"Did he blame her muchs''
/" Not SO much as himself He said that
his jealousy and ill-temper drove her to break
off the match but he thought sometimes if
he had only gone back and spoken to her,
she would have married him after all"
"I am sure she would" said the widow,
piteously. She has owned it to me more
than thousand times"
:" She was not happy, then, with another"
"Mr-, that is to say her husband -
was very good and kind said the little wo-
man, thinking Of the lonely grave out on the.
hillside, rather pcnitently, "and they lived
very pleasantly together There never was
harsh word between Them" i sGf d
"Still-mieht she not have been happier