The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-04-05

smut up.
"Ha ha! ha = laughed Marchissor
> "the notion Of that carrier pigeon tick
les my fancy, only it would have let
. ter. not number, I suspect, If the mar
auder be the person imagine"
"What do you mean, Murchisson
you never speak at random y
What's your watch,naD like p
"Why good looking, tall, young fel
low, with lightsh brown hair"
"That's the man ~ and Murchisso,
laughed and rubbed his hands. "Yo,
talk of pigeons" he added; " we'll, if
mistake not, this will prove as pretty
one to pluck as you ever met with"
Il don't understand you"
Don't you remember my calling you,
attention to the visible fact, one day ,tha
you had pretty daughter?"
Lilly y exclaimed her father in am
azcnlent
"Just that same Lily. Your carrie,
pigeon is client of mine, or am mucl
mistaken. Lily is the attraction, and 4
We play our cards right there'n be gooe
round sum for both Of u.s."
"Who is he--wLat is hep eogerl,
asked Huson, bis eyes kindlirg with
svidity. Aud Lilly" he continued, all
in one breath.
Murchisson did not choose to fully an
swcr the FIRST two questions,so he repliee
to the last one with
"Of course; LiIy's prudence may b,
| trusted"
"Shc is as innocent az an infant -
But who is this fellow How do you
know all this ?"
"Simply suspect, because / met witt
the youth in your nei ghborhood som.
days since, and wondered what the deuce
he was doing there, especially as he
seemed confused. | won't mention
names I'll. I'm sure. then we'll pnt oul
heads together aud see what's to be
done"
"Tm lost in amazemcut: How did
he see her p
"IIow did he see her, And Muir.
chisson shrugged his shoulders 10 con-
tempt of the question, US he echoed it..
See her." he continued, Why,if un-
mated young ladies' are allowed to fy
about alone, they'll! very soon meet with
some wandering cushat dove ready to
make pair. You sent Lily to my Office
one day this youth saw her coming out,
l suspect. and followed her home"
"The deuce is in the girls :" cxclaim.
cd lIuson. a man need be an argus
and briareus squeezed into one to be
up to them
"And even then, my dear Hu.on,
they'd manage to get alongside one Of
the eyes with styc on it. and hand
tied up with whitlow. But in this one
instance believe the man alone is tc
blame. Leave all to ne III find it Out
and tell you. Say nothing TO Li'y--no
a word, but watch"
"That l will - aud thus the two wor
thies parted.
VIZ tf tsf Scs SaSs SGHeGi iiads fas' :nd
out bit Of nonsense or puPpyism sbou.
him. still less was there anything Of
slang; rare thing now days.
Gray Russell was al only son though h
with very good prospects before him, he
detestcd the idle, ignorant existence of
| half the young men Of fortune who are
content to live mere life If fashion ---
lie wanted to study Sea air, the pleasure
Of the waves, the joy on dry land, each
in its turn, SO he went as mildly, and
ut the time we have become acquainted
with him he was lieutenant in the navy
Just returned from abroad, having been
summoned home by the death of both
parents within few months Of each 9th.
cr. and thus he became master Of avery
large unencnmbcred property, which in.
heritance was in the hands OF Murchls-
son, as solicitor to the estate.
There is a peculiar tenderness for wo-
men. generally speaking, in sailors.-
They not only love, but respect them
To what is it to be attributed? Perhaps
that they have gone away with only a
mother. love in their hearts Severed,
except occnsionly, from the sex, they
never think Of u woman save as crea'
ture born to be all their own mother is.
tuAfTER III.
Gray Russclls heart Was a void !; all he
Lad loved had become too spiritua!ized tt
fill up that aching space, which calleo
out in its mortal sorrow to mere mortal
,y for comfort. Spiritualized beings may
elevate our minds to heaven, where w
hope to meet them, but whilst We arr
clods of earth, ou the earth we cast our
selves for fellowship. And a very pretty
r verdant clod, which might have sladdene'
, the heart of any captive lark, Gray me
! with in Lily lIu>on. She had run 'nt
, his arms. uninten,ionally, j. is true, al"
J somehow he could no. get rid Of the sen
sation of pleasure when he fancied tha
, he still felt her soft, warm breath, as h
hcld her for moment captive
e lie followed her, as We have seen; an
Z, all the remainder Of the day, feelin
. happier and less lonely than he had don
, since his return home, he resol:ed
. continue the samo medIcament whic
4 had commenced his cure. I'VE reail
:, beg pardon for calling Iily's sweet fac
c and smile medicamcnt, but to sooth
4 the too fastilious, aud reconcile them
the expression, we will say that she ",
o as mama to his hcart) A whole da
# vainly he para led her street: he saw
man in .pectecles at the window, but
r Lily. Perhaps, after all, that was nj
It her apartment There was something
S genuine in his feelings that he could nj
u bring himself to 90 off to Murch'sso