The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-01-12
WHERE THERE'S 4 WILL THRRE'S
n WAY.
BY MRS F. D. GAGE.


There is q great deal said in these latter
days about "affinities" in the marriage re-
Iation and about congeniahty and all thai
sort of thing. Ii there Is any excess in one
place, is there not sure to he want in an
other? Extremes meet. and SO they did
when Bop Gray, the easiest man in town,
paid his addresses TO Kiuy Logan, the young
school ma am. who had agreed to take the
village school IN the township of Niles
where the big boys always turned the mas
ter out OF duors on Christmas, or made him
treat. Bob Gray had rich father. hard
working mother. and one proud sister. and
could afford to be lazy. SIR. Gray. the Ell
der, came west in very early times, located
near the town of n les, lived 10 log cabin
ten years, shook himself out of joint with
the ague, "wore it OUT" and never had IL
afterward. Buta poor neighbor who had a
large farm a mile from Mir. Gray, could not
wear it out his wife died. his children suf-
tered, he offered his farm very cheap and
Gray bought HIM out promising TO pay
some time.
A year or so afierward, discouraged with
his crops and the inability to pay for the
new farm. he tried to pursuade the former
owner to take it back, which he refused to
do-a law suit ensued, and the matter end
ed By poor Gray bsing obliged to keep the
farm and pay the costs. Terrible was the
blow, but he lived through it; and five
years aitet wards, when the Ohio and Miss
Issippi Railroad passed through the same
farm aud set up a station house exactly in
the centre, he found himself rich man.
He sold town lots at high figures, sent his
son Tommy to Jacksonville. TO be educated,
Susan to Monticello. He dressed himself
in broadcloth-wore Kid gloTes-accepted
the nomination for the legislature and I'M
expeclediy found himself elected and max
ing laws for his cJuntrymen at the capital
of the Prairie State. So much in explana
ton.
Bob came home from Jacksonville with
sheepskin properly tied with blue ribbons
dressed superbIy had the best ''turn out"
in town, wore a tremendous pair of whis-
kers. and of course Kitty Logan felt fatter-
ed when ne offered to see her home frCm
chutch-or called after school 10 take her
out riding. Miss Susan Gray took little
pains to find out that Kitty was distsnlly
related to the Summers and Lincolns of Mas
sachusetts. but somewhow she did not learn
The important fact that Kitty had worked at
straw braidipg in the town of Foxboro'
until she had earned money enough 70 ed
ucate herself
Where there's will there's q way"
said Kitty. ':and know can paddle my
own canoe out west, whers they say moth
ing is wanted but the power to do and the
will to put tie power in motion"
So bidding her few friends good by. for
she vas an orphan. she doDned she prstti-
est little straw hat which her own pretty
fngers had PLANTED. sewed and pressed. and
triIned with neat drRb ribbon with blue
edge, which eorresponded exactly with her
drab travelling dress and eape; and matched
her blue eyes to T. Thus shs started of
| for Illinois. where friend of hers lived and
had written to -her-she thought the school
could be procured. She was little home
sick Whsn she arrived at Niles. and would
bsvs given one of the gold pieces bid avsy