St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-06-07
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left without guidance
"But if | could pcrsuade your nm.
Gle to send YOU TO town, where Won
could have a better teacher, and take
full course of lessons what then ~
Nv ewes flashed M 70 meet his
gaze. full of anyious iuauirv and earn.
est Gratitude and tLnrnIt j,;s mai
ancholv face really bcautifnl as hc an
swcrcd nv rlaucc with n fender smile
saving
q have taken an interest in Won
little May, from the first: Won so
closely resemble in form nnI cynros-
sion Of features. thourh entirely diff
fcrcnt in comnlcvion n Jror s;stcr who
was all the relative | had to Iovc and
who went np to ioin the ormcls last
autumn, leaving me alone in this
drcary world"
He, too, was an orphan then. and
had drank dccplv from sorrows cun
and the DREAMY cazc from which |
had shrunk had been called forth by
my resemblance to the loved and lost,
and | had often. bv NV poutinr lin
avcrtcd face. and pccvish rrnlics
broken the delicious spells into which
that memory ry-awakcning likeness had
cast him. \ chord Of symnathv was
touched in my heart. rc~rcttcd that
had ridculed his ~rayc manners
and resolved never to call him nick.
names again.
could not tell Won cvc, If IL,d
time, all that We said a. we rcnonn,cd
our horses hcr5rd thc cows and mr..
sued our wav home. Suffice il to saw
that we wcrc vorv GOOD fr;ond, aftor
that, and. after tafino. , SORT of nrn.
paratorv conrsc in ,T;ra al rain,
inc, unIor Mr. Nnrtnn,, tni,;nn 7 maa
placed bv nv cvcr.ininImnnt I-ncIo
Zcke at an eycoI,ant scLnoI IN tnmn
where I learned MANY rscrrI ,,;rrs
and moJn ranid ,rnoross ~ n,,.
vorite art At tho cv3;r,t;on ,f tbroo
wears I conclndnI .hat aitharO.h Wau
Leslie was "a cbar,n;no nom" ; 80 H 81,
the scbool.~irls Ircl,rnj Wav Nar.an
was ouito 90 nns;naI aaI Ia.,;s o"
chanrnI INV mind as :, "nol,, ~ 80 ,,'2 ,ha
imnnrt,nt ronn;s;tos af I 49,, " VI"
who oncr dccIaroI tLat 7 ,.n,,IJ u' noI.an -,
morr,. ,,,a, n,'on 80, ~ ''''. "o"'u 'e:ci
and he must b, slrndrr and %r,cnfrl
and have black ewes too-hccomc the
wife of the dimniticd. portlv Mr.. Mer-
ton. | cannot tell how il hapncncJ
but my husband is said to make cx.
cellcnt pleas, and when he told me
that he must have his little Nav to
grace that sweet home of his, | could
not say "-No." and | have never
wished that | had.
could not be contcntcd with city
life, however. Like a truc country
girl, pincd for natures wild haunts,
where conld best enjoy my taste for
the beautiful ; and besides, | was M
roDtaHtic and practical cnour rh to think
good deal of sweet butter and fresh
eggs and, as my husband had a
taste tor farm life, and Uncle Zckc
anu Aunt Becky were getting old,
and wanted to give up care, we CON
cludcd to come back to the dear old
homestead, among the quiet scenes of
which we have already found more
peaceful enjoyment than often falls to
the lot OF mortals.
paint Il little, occasionally. and
the walls of our pretty parlor are ear
nishcd with some of my best pieces e;
but the most beautiful work that
adorns our happy home. and the one
Of which | am most proud, is yondcr
sleeping chcrub. whose rarc lovrli.