The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-04-19
TIPTON, CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA, APRIL 10, 1860

only fancy" And here he related how
cleverly he. had outwi,ted the ot'.e,
schcmers, little dreaming that the maste
hand stood before him.
We may perfectly imagine the sort OF
face Murchisson made, how he tried
to smile, and how odd a one it was But
the happy Gray didn't stop to snalyze it,
he thought every one except lluson aud
johnny Doe must rejoice with him
50 Take my advice, my dear fellow, y
Murchisson said at last. "k-ep your
secret awhile. know Huson--a more
stubborn, dogged man does not exist,
when he takes an idea into his head. -
I'll reconcile him to take you, in lieu of
his pet, John Doe"
The night late, Murchisson called at
Huson's. Theexemplary man had found
his way home by train, and not till he
arrived did he know the extraordinary
turn affairs had taken, after he had left
all SO cevcrly arranged. as he deemed
His indignation fell upon poor Lily
head, who. despite her JOY at heart, went
weeping to bed
Murchi,son, of course, did not confide
the fact to Huson that Gray Russell had
proposed to Lily, that would have de-
stroyed all change of advantage to him.
self In fact, he led Iluson to suppose
that Gray was tritllng diskonorably with
Lily's affections.
1.-The viIlain-the mean villain :" ex-
! q Ian h,t th bo
nant feeling another father would have
experienced
"But it won't do to cut him, MUIR
chiSson,' he continued, "such fellow
| amt met with eve.y day. We shall
trip him yet; just keep IA sharp look out
after her, that's ALL
81 Do you know what | have been
thinking, Huson -
"No."
"Why this-down the Eastern line
I've snug shootin. box to let, some
twenty miles off An old woman. whom
| can fully rely upon, is there. l saved
her son from transportation, and she
thinks | can send him out of the country
at any time. if | choose. NV suppose
you take Lily down there, don't tell her
where she is going, and when Russell
irds she is gone, and he don't know
where, he'll come to book"
"By Jove, what a splendid idea ~
The proposed plan was put into execu-
ton. Murchisson ran down at ono aud
prepared all. and Huson, who had pur-
posely sulked all day with his child, next
morning held up flag of peace, in the
shape of trip to enliven her, an as the
best means of producing that result, she
found herself, at the end of her Journey,
locked up in half furnished room, in a
shooting box, with as ug gly and disagree
able an OLD woman to play goaler as any
| one ever met with.
This time it was Murchisson who
called upon Gray Russell, with indiyua-
tion in every feature.
THAT Huson," he said. "has tricked
us all; he's carried the girl off, | don {
know where
Gray quite staggered beneath this
most unexpected blow to his hopes. Tie
had been sitting castle building, with
Lilly for his architect, for at least an
hour, when 10 rushed Murchisson to
crumble the fabric into dust
suspect continued the solicitor,
"that he has sent her abroad 10 order to
coercc her into a marriage with John
Doe'
But She had pledged her word to
me-: exclaimed pe.riticd Gray at last.
"Promises are pie crustS, my dear
fellow, when father holds girl in his
power. under lock and key"
What's to be done % demanded the
agitated lover.
IL really don't know that Huson is
not an easy fellow to deal with, aud the
deuce of the thing is, that John Doe has
money