The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-05-12
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vish whom she har3ly dared 70 ssusnstsss,
10 more direct way. ''And IL hs said yot
might throw yourself down vinyasd Cid, i
dsn't folles that you are bound to do il
He gnes into sll sorts Of hap hazard scrape,
himself. bot vou ens's follow bin."
bat il looks 80 nice up there, !" plsadst
Ivv. "snd have been twice Ne high Il hoas
don't mind u 1t sli."
'.lf your father chooses to let yea RI,
the risk Of your life, il's none " my look
out, bu, I a'n't going to have you breaking
your neck right under ms nose. II you van
so get up there, I'll show you the way iu th,
tou.-. and you can step right out Of the
window. Joss wait till I've told Ellen abou
the dinnsr.'
As Mrs. Sirnm disappeared, Mr.. Clsrroz
said softly to Ivy, Come !'-snd 10 no.
man' Ivy bounded up the ladder and thfo
an opening in the vine, and stood by biz
s,d~.
I'm ready nov, Miss Ivy ssid Mrs.
simm, rsagPe.rins. "M's' Ivy! Where i
the ch,la Y''
4 merry laugh greeted her.
..Oh, you good for nothing !" cried tbs
good naiured did hous-k-eper, "yoo'l
never de bed"
..No, for good while, | hope," answer.
ed Mr.. Cerrop.
Then he made Ivy sit down by him. and
took from the great basket the 6nsst clustes
Of grapes.
~. that reward enough for coming p
"Com,ng into 80 beautiful place as this
is ike what YOU read yesterday about poe.
Try to Colerijge, 'its own exceeding great
reward.'"
'...nd YOU don, want the grapss2'
~ don't know that brve npy intrinsic
objection to them ~ free g,ft. 1t VA
only the principle that opposed"
VERY vel We will 60 shares, then. You
may have half ~ the free g,ft, and will
have half for the principle. Little tendril,
YOU look u. fresh ~ the morning"
"Don't laiwsy.?"
~ should -ay there was lille more dew
than usual. Stand np and let me survey
you. if perchance | may discover the
cause
ivy rose. made a profound curtsy, and
then turned slowly around, after the manner
Of the revolving fashion figures in a MILL.
nrr'- window.
IL ion't know" continued Mr.. Clerron,
when Ivy, after couple u revo'utio ons, re-
suma'i her seat. "You .eein To he the same.
think u must be tn. froek.'
81 don't wear u frock. don't think il
would impror" my style # beauty, If did.
Papa wears one sometimes"
"And what kind Of IL frock, pray, does
'p pa ~earf"
"Oh. II horrid blue thing. Comes about
down to his knees. Made of some kind el
wapIlen stuff. Ilorr,dr"
"Ant whh. name do you give to that white
thing with blue spr'gs in il ~
This 2"
"Ye.."
"rhis is 4, dress"
No. This. and your collar, and hat, and
shoe, and sash are your dress. This 10 .
frock.'
ivv shook her head doubtfully.
"You know a great deal know"
$50 you informed me ones before"
"Oh. DON'T mention th.f!" said wv,
blushirg, and quickly added. ''Do you know
have discovered the reason Why you liks
ne this morning!"
"And every morning"
"Srr ?"
..if il herause | clear -starched aud ironed
1t myself With my ow"y d"uy hands /; snd
bat, you know, il the reason il LOOKS nicer
nan usual
.sAh, me ! wish | wore dresses"
"You can. il you choose, ! suppose
There Is no one to hinder you."
"Smplcton thn, is not what you were
tnt.ni,d 10 say. You should have asked
he eauss nf 30 singular wish and then
had a pretty li,,l- speech all read for you,-
/, vrritahle compliment"
-it il we'll did not ask, then. Mamma
does not approve vt compliments. and per-
h htps ~ would have made ms vain"
"ln,orrtg, bic Why did snu not ask me
- hst .he -u."eh was, and thus give me an
To relieve myself. Why, a
upIs might die o. plethora of hnttery, II
u. had NOBODY but you to discharge II
tgalu>t."
..IIs mus, take care, then, that the supply
d ,rs not exceed the drman -
Political ECONOMY. upon my word
What shalt w. have nextf"
"Dom"s,ic. l suppose you would Ike
Men generally, indeed prefer !, TO the other,
| am told"
"Ah. Ivy, Ivy! little you know about men,
nv child"
H. leaned back in hi. seat and vas ellen.
FIR some minutes. Ivy did not care to in-
tsrrupt h,- thinking. Presently he said,-
..ivv, how old arr yun -
II ~h.Il b" seventeen the last day Of this
III arh'
A short pause.
"Aod ,nen eighteen"
.'Anh then nineteen"
"AnJ th~p twenty. 10 three years you
wslI he TWENTY"
'Iiorrid old, isn'i itp
H.,urned hi. head, ana look ID down up
on Der with what Ivy thought a eurious kind
~ smile, bui only said,-
You must rot say 'harridf so much.
By.and-hv lev grew rather tired ef sitting
silent and watching the rustic Of the leaves,
which h,d every other prospect /; she sarned
her face littis 50 that she could loek at
hlm. lie .st with folded arms. loeking
straight ahead; and she though, hts fsee
w~rr traualsi exprrsssau. Sac test as u
she would ike very mash 70 smoosh ea' sas
~rieklr. u hys forehead and run her hnsers
through BIS bar, a. she sometimts did Tor
her fVthsr. She I'D = great mind TO ash
him u sbs sh ssi then she reflected thai u
ishr ~ - ~ Hrrvau.. Thea she won
dr. 4 Z 1n hai fe. s's,trn her le-s'as, aud
has 3uuc 'hrv were ts s1t sisre. Dsts.min-
Ell. At length, to have change at soms
ssnd, she said. softly
"Ns. C!FFron -
lie roas-d b'm>e,s suddenly, saa stood
an.
"ltheusht rsvh.p. y''a bad sss hsad'
sch4''
~, Isr. 8at tht. IS 10. c'nhios 'ht
har Z ,,s.ts~. = II :"
"Nn, 30 mueh ss il 10 climbing iht
piss, :"
"Ssrpose ~s take vacation 10 day. and
issv ~~,i sst. IN. ssste ef IN. ssm sphesc S'
"fes, STR, ars ready"
lev dii nns fatty understand the nature
II ht- proposition; hot II be bad peoroset
sn spas giI..l. round the earth in forty
minutes" .h. ~auld have said and acted
YES SIR. ! am ready" is,s the saus.
Hs,sak up the haskell Of grapes which b
b II eat cred ard led the way through tht
~,ntew. downstairs. tvv wais~d for hfn
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