The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-08-25
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. DsLHNAA, AND WHAT CANE OF II.
Thrsvas al~s,. r.s.ry h.oeies .bsu.
: certain way ,hs. Noszaa bal, so3 10 vhch
10 was aiwsy joined heartily b. bis wife
ny osr cousin Nay Ssevess tina. h.d been
-sw.s that tsoas!ed my curiosity snsch,
uotis TIE one ersnifal evening ,hs: Is VA
satisfied By hearing the reason .hy.
siinas long seassnce without telling = has
sass saJ 80, or how be vas jsised 10 is b.
II vss simply this: .hsi every tin. a
word vas spoken that led to the period shea
Charley Morgan ssH met NJ css.sn May,
they souid both laugh very heartily. bs,
would always refuse 20 tell =, uaa. ih-y
laughed. This sas certainly y.ry provo
king, snd bad lille hesitation 10 telling
them so-nas once. bat many times:
vhsch the. laushsd nor. ksartsis than ever.
and al.ass ended b s.s.ing each o,as. AID
Ioot:nz vur..ss.esiona.s-
! Determined 10 have = ISOLATION 81 IL.
rnst'sr. II for M other rssson:: than tia, /,
worried me. ] an bs: Woman, ard hasing
Pleaded % the Possession u curiosity. see
M seasaa sas that fsibI. II nv ser shouid
slicis ID charity, an! no r.s.an wiz .oms-
finss ~ Should not be In!giged. wsth this
rsso.ation. Iss; forth one evening", when ne
three, Norksn, Nay and ays.If, s.rs drawn
MP before the Gre ard settled Tor talk.
There VAS no nee mtactnx matters, vas
ny Fret itSa, and with this though.
Dashed boldly 10 with,
MIR. No gas"-l usually cs'led him
Charley. su; | VAS Js.lroa, Of showing
hin shss I rss really 10 sarss..-"Mr.
Morgan, why do yoa Away. laugh and look
~ Nay when the satIse. 81 your fire., meet.
,ns With her il .possn Of?
Tbs, Sss sure. vas q simple question
and get, instead Of answering /, in simple
VAT. thsy vent back, both Of them, on the
cid plan and laughed a. ,hou,h tbs word.
had ias, 'pessn we're the very b-., job.
in I'll, world. could do nathiny. Of csur..
hat look gravs and solemn, which. in few
ruom,nts, brough, them both round to loos
ing the sans say, sad then Nay spoke to
ms ssrfogsig, and said:
''t0aFn Jane, you take our laughing much
more earnestly than though, yaa would.
Il ,. only little memory between Charlev
and taa that bring. fhs laugh to Us is /. a
aroil remembrance, bar, perhaps, IN telling
}. there would DO nssAlng 10 amusc any
one"
This explanation brouyh. back nv good
hamos 10 M ins.aas, aud, vita . emilia,
ssd
'Sas, May, this - really snkind u you;
Tor 40 long have you excited nv earnestly
that, even we're The story no. worth telling,
you should ssIIit."
We'll, c0a.tn jane shall have ,ha. story,
May, and ! will tell - myself TO herr
A. tbs. declaration | was surprised to see
Nay Gn.h ap to \ brigh, red, and break 90,
Father Vehsmsntiy With:
"S'~, charisy. tia, is really too bad |!
faa shall not do it, sir. II cousin Jane i.
- have the story, will tell her myself"
AMI then af'sr pause, she 'ali, when
ws ara alone"
"fau shall do M such thing, madam
May vas tharIsy's laughing response, a.
LA got up and kIs.sd May directly in .h.
mouth, Jnss 10 time to stop a torrent Of
words that, in another minute, would hav.
poarsi out, "ioa shall do no such thing.
The time shall have my xsy, and eou.in
JAMS shall no, have her curiosity excited any
more without being satisfied"
say there wss 10 be a discussion on tina,
point, but knew that. IN some way, Charley
~o sure TO eoms or victor 80, mere '
saying that would DO back 10 n few mo-
tHsnts, slipped out u the room, anl val ed
sbpu, tn, garden until felt sure the point
~ss settled, ~han | went back and found
Charley and Nay lonstns n, happy a. birds,
and laughing tbs old laugh, =, usual. A..
] entered. Charley drew up the rocking.
char. anl after seeing mo safely deposited
in It. tspths. satd
"Sns. cousin Jane. shall tell you the
story shaut how | fret met my wife
az - Just i've ysars ago tins summer, that
] sas granted exemption for one month
from nv ds.x. and wen, down with INV
ehum, Horace iIgas. to his fathers IN old
Monmouth. tn" garden of that un Justly
nbu'si Stats, Nav Jersey. should never
have farsottsp that visit. even though had
NOS there met with an adventure that had
lie taHu~nes on tho whole failure Of nv lie.
] shsaId remember II for the real true hos
ptia,tts " the .iyau's; for tho solid, old
ttm" tmfnrs 81 the farm, and the quiet way
IN which, within oaupIs Of days after ms
arrival, was pa, into possession Of il, and
mule TO feel that 1t ali belonged to me, to
10 Just What | pleased With. There we're
rIsn'y Of horses, and ~e rode; plenty Of
nah. asi - a.hsd plenty Of wood ooc.
n pfasl.o. ! say wa-hY Which, let It DO
unier.tu j. I do no. mean Iinracs's two
ststsr's, tarr,s ani Ncttre, a, having par
re,r,ssd IN all thsss sports. They rois to
hs cure AMI ohsrminsly they did it, ihpv
h.hei. and, an obliged 10 confess. were
much Tucker than their guest. Bu. they
a'i not shoat, though | shall not sxuIs over
their lack II ths acsnmrlsshmsnt-th
we're chtFmnS enough without 1t. am
sgrs shall excite M ira|ou.v by declaring
that. With one exception. shreh | shall not
mention here, Carrie and Netus iIyss, were
,ha two mnss charming crl. hal ever
sesn ani ~. ja.t hs.tsting "a to Which
II them should fall desperately in love
with, when nv calculations were al ils.
,urhsd hv an accident for - suppose /
,na,t cal --thnu.h really seeming ike a
.reesal Providence. Whs, th,. va. shall
tell IN shs hs-s way knav how
'Far .cma day. after nav arrival NJ the
farm NV rurtl.ty had been mach eVs.,pd
hy shs oectstoua, rans.vr,e lar,.hai by the
yaang ladies on a anrs sea ,oifriIox If the,r
nsn. Nav Stevens hv name. who was. ae
cari}ns So thttr highly tolarei Account. the
nof perfect thing IN shs shape ~ AZ woman.
then living. tried to psr.aaIs ms.eIt
that nnthtr: 10 thai ltas could .lrpsSsCar.
'ts AMI Nsurs. bat suli Ghe rep tllon Of
iA,s Nav sevcns haunspi nc. As Ia.s
va worked into An afsnv II rarlsastfv, and
trah}ei ~tEb some great purpose, saICh
sh9aJi brtn: before u,s tho tLf.cs n my
,hoas hts md u the tive SISTERS causinua3
In What thu. wau'i have
enisd II y. Impossible f3r me oil lh,. time
~ cav bad not heard. one morning., Al.
entered the breakfast raem. the startling
var,S. from <s4t,s.
Mad - she - sausiuS n, las,. I'm -
s;sd'"
"Wh-,her Il VA thai III. train 81 nv
ihsasht. "a apo ihss point At tho ssunr
m amsns. ~ What. Cannot .sv, huG knew
dstrcs'g The whai. matter, | sas Carrie
w,th A. orsn letter IN her hand. and eoHr
bag u ~lsh Nrt,is'. ~Hri.. sn.s tha, the
hitherto susr beard Of Mas Steven. 80.
aaea' 10 h"sstrs n reality. bad n need
t. SIX ;-fes'tos.. Al the information ~.
prassr-i. Nav S,srsn.--,as lrr,s.r-~rsrahl.
May ~. 10 spsnd a saanth At Hysi,.. ADD
,asr ..vs - ~ssses her At aar mamsat-