The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-22
From Gody's Lady's Book.
The ChrisiInas Tree.
BIZ LIZZIE M'ISTYRE.

the younger children of the Doctor. Marion
Grant'y carried from this interview heavy
heart. twas the oil, old story she loved,
was beloved, and her father frowned upon
her lover. There was no personal dislike
between DR.. Grantly and Morton Loring
hut, in years long past, Amos Loring, the
young mans father, ond George Grantly
rivals in love, had sworn an undying bitter
hatred, and for this old quarrel though
| Amos Loring was numbered with the dead.
DR.. Granty was breaking the heart of his
gentle dutiful child Her last words, ,..as she
left him, uttered in low, pleading accents,
were 'Father, you know I will never disc
bey you but it is Christmas Eve; for the
days sake, by the memory of my mother,
who was taken into he,ven seven years ago
this evening, by the love have ever tried
to show you, forget this old quarrel. Let
me bring to you one who, for my sake, will
be son in your old age, who loves and re-
spects you. Father, do not break my heart ~
In reply, the Doctor merely waved his
hand toward the door, and quietly, sadly,
with no violent outbnrst of passion to tell
her bitter grief, Marion passed out. From
the office, across the entry, she went into the
parlor There was blaze of light there, and
round the centre-table were clustered four
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