Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-22

had wandered away from Yankee lanl
in his Younger DAYS, to seek his fortune,
and having been employed by a respect
able Quaker, 10 work Oh farm, he had
contrived by true adroitness, to win the
affections Of the old mans daughter,
and married her. His wife, having cs.
poused one Of the worlds people, con-
trary to the rules Of her order. was, oil
course, lead out OF the society :" il
anything, he felt little reloced at it,
Tor he thought 1t seemed to bring her a
little nearer 10 him.
Ms. Wilder, however, never over
came the habits which had grown up
with her childhood and youth; size
always called her husband William, and
continued through life to speak the
Quaker dialect. But this from her lips,
was never uugratefu or unwclcome to
" illams ears; for one Of the sweetest
sounds that ever dwelt in his memory,
was when he asked her a certain ques-
ton, and her reply was; william thce
has my heart already, and thee shall
have my hand whenever thee may be
pleased to take It,
William " ider WAS thrifty and
stirring man, and in few years he found
himself the owner Of good farm, and
was going ahead in the world as fast as
the best Of his neighbors Nor has the
whole sum Of his fortune yet been stated.
Ito VAS blessed with a daughter; a
bright, rosy checked, healthy, romping
girl, full Of lie aud spirits, and, in his
eyes, exceedingly beautiful. The daugh-
ter al the period which is now more
particularly described, had reached the
age Of eighteen years, and was an Oh
icct oil cngrosslng love to her parents,
and Of general attention ID the neigh
bofhood.
There's that Joe Nelson alongside OF
Debby again. said Mr.. Wilder to his
wife rather petllshly, as they came out
of the church one warm summer after
noon, and commenced their walk home
ward. Il wish he wouldn't make him
self quite 50 thick
Well now, my dear, think thee has
a little too much feeling about it. re-
III iei liiS. " illel. pHhS lolhs Ike
70 DC together, and Joseph IS clever
and respectable Young man nobody
ever says word against him
Yes, hestoo clever ever to be worth
anything, sad Wilder, and he'll yet
take 1t INTO his head, II he hasn't already,
to coax Dolby to marry him. I've no
idea of her marrying a pauper; Eve
worked too hard ior what little proper
" Fe got to be wiling to see 1t go to
feed yagabond, who never earned any
thing, and never wIh. don't believe
Joe VIII ever be worth a hundred do
lars as long as he llve>.
Ny dear, think thee IS little too
hard upon Joseph; thee should remem-
Der that he Is but just out 81 his time.
lis father has been sick several years,
AM Joseph has almost entirely supported
the whole family.
On, don deny bat mes clever
enough, sad Mr. Wider; all Is, don't
like to see hm quite SO thick along
with Deoby. Nv should You teel to
See INN married to ebby, and not
worth decent SUIT OF clothes !!
l should feel, said Mrs. Wider, as
though they were starting IN life as we
did when we We're first married. We
had decent clothes,and each OF us good
par OF hands, and that was all we had
to start with. ! don't think we should
have got along amy better, or been any
happier, i thee had been worth a hun
drei thousand dollars when We were
married.
THIS argument came with sucn force
to Wllder's own bosom that he made no
attemptto answer 1t, but walked on III
silence TIL they reached their dwelling.
Dolby aud Joseph had arrived there be
fore them, and were already seated In
the parior. Seeing Joseph As they passed
the window, Wilder chose not to 60 in,
but continued his walk up the road to
the high ground that overlooked some
of his fields, where he stood Illuminating
for halt Al hour on the prospect OF his
crops, and more particularly upon the
unpleasant subject OF Debby and Joe
Nelson. The Young man became 50 ia
milar and 50 much AZ home at his house,
that he could hardly doubt there was a
strong attachment growing up between
him and Debby, aud he began to feel
very uneasy about 1t. He had always
been fond of Dolby, and her presence