The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-03-02

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aEozaeI.h smile.
'.You and Nathan can't marrv. FANNY
I'm agln il, Ia. Bibles a.in il, and the fa.s,
are agin K. Hes promised to see ron NJ
more Gntll you are The wife Of som, enc
else. lie has given you MP. slick and clean.
and hope you've got too much spupE 70 ba
hankcriHy for him after that,
fanny's cheek flushed v.rv hotIv. The,
gre" white again. She swallowed quick
sab and said
very we'll: If, after all be said to me
last night. he can give me up in this wav
I'm sure dome cars.o
Uncle j0shus thought bv the wav the
biueish shade settled around Fanny's m outh
that she did care vas. eal more than he
imagined she could.
''a hen will Mr.. Jacobs be here. father g,
TO M rro| afternoon IN time fer tea -
Never had Fanny felt such a dread of
"t"-morrow afternoon in all her life II
came nj last. aud she knew the exuac,cd
guest had arrived, because Uncle Joshua
was IN the Parlor down stairs. taIkin. with
somebody, whom, she felt sure, was Jeffrey
Jacobs.
IN run out and get the eggs GU. of the
-pee.ted hens nest" thought Fanny, .be-
'V1t pAA bH iIlE dress.
Funny considered the gathering Of the
eggs her sole rTeragatlve. and had anv che
else touched the hen'- nests, there rrohai "
wonid not have been another egg laid IN
Uncle Jnskus's barn. 50 well was il under
stood among the faathered tribe that Fanny
ncser .shoaed' them Of the nest To get the
fresh egg, or picked the she'd TO hurry out
the little chickens not yet ready to be
hatched.
Fanny hid scarcely reached the hay. NOW
when she heard Uncle .Jushua enter the STA
bic below and commenced tn de>eant upon
the line points of that '.ofi Ok TO his young
guest.
IL would Just like to ge; peep a. that
yonuG man." thought Fanny, and stealing
to the edge OF the NOV. she ventured TO
look down INTO stable below. Alas for
Fanny The board on which she stood
tFipped with her weight. and in IA cloud of
dust, down she went, alightiug squarely on
the back o! that off OK.
Had a witch on her broomstick fallen
before him, Mr.. jacobs could not have
looked more astantshed Fanny could have
cried with vrxatlon and shame. Uncle Joshua
took her Ike baby in his arms. put her
over The next stall, whence she could escape
mt" the house, and went on talking of his
off OK a. II nothing had haprcnrd
At tea Mr.. Jacobs wondered if that grace
full little figure presiding ut the table was
the same that came down upon him with
snch ii perfect rush, IL. he termed IT, out in
the barn. tafnrtunate Tor Fanny. she had
"A fnce VIII ch once seen. ~ eV,r forgottrn
and though -he had com led her hair ririT,r-
emily md changed her dress. and dccked
her hair with DAISIES, Nj. Jacobs made ur
his mind that II WIS the same head which
be had -nen derked IN dust and hay seed Il
lIttle while before.
Never mind" thought. Fanny '.l'il dis
ruise myself in new dress to morrow. III
finish that new silk which father brought
ne from New York. and then he'll be sure
| IN not that dusty little wretch he saw out
in the barn"
With 4 heighted color she talked to Mr..
Jacobs, and the evening slipped away so
that the Young man retired
with firm conviction that country air was
already doing him much good.
The next forenoon, when the home was
quiet aud Fanny imagined that Mr.. Jacobs
was out in the fields with her father, she
took out her blue silk dress and commenced
sewing upon it. Hard Us she tried to keep
her Indignation for Nashnn's quiet aesertior.
her heart would swell and soften in spite of
herself, and the blue silk would have been
ruined If salt water could have spotted it.
Finally she threw aside her morning wrap
per, and tried on the waist 10 see how 1t
would fit, for Fanny was her own dress
maker. Uncle Jnshna's honse had m
-uptrluous furniture. and the only mirror
it contained hung in the pnrlnr down stairs.
Fanny thought she would run down while
no one was about and see how her dress
looked. She certainly looked very sweetlv,
with her bare neck and arms swelling out
from the unfinished waist. and her white
skirt contrasting with the rich blue silk.
Shr walked nt6 the curtninPd parlor turning
herself around and around before the glass;
and we | pleased with the figure she saw
reflected there she made a smiling bow to 1t,
and stepped back few PAGES and cnur;e
sred. held out her hand in most bewt'chng
manner AID said "H0w do YOU do ~ then
drew herself up rs if misunderstanding
wildly ut the glass. then covered her face
with her hands and anrtrd from the room.
What had she seen there? II was another
face hes de her own. with eyes full OF
amused pitv aud mouth ,truggl ng to keep
frum breaking into n smile, Fanny knew
that il was NJ. Jlcoh's fucc, who was SIT
tiue a. the opposite side If the ronm-the
darkness Of which had prevented her from
discovering hlm when she first entered that
he had -eon all her ridiculous gestures and
strange attire.
.l'U burn the blue dress ur.' she OK
claimed ~ soon ms she had regarned her
room 81 shall hate Mr.. Jacobs, | am sure
| shall. Must be- always see me in my most
riiculous phghts?' She actually cried With
vexatIon: then sat down and wished in her
heart she could just get glimpse of Nathan,
she would ike to see If he looked sad or
happy.
When Fanny had told the mornings event
to Uncle Joshua. he onl7 laughed heartily,
and pooh .hooei At it, and told Fanny MI
Jacobs was gentleman. and she must treat
htm n though she did not know he had been
in the rarlor. But woman find. ii difficult
10 forgive the spectator of any OF her siity
ah.urdities, however untntenionaiiv he may
have acted such part and Fanny, not
withstandIng it WAS very plain that Mr..
Jacobs sought her society on all occhslons.
avoided htm as much ~ possible. lie made
M bis mind mt length that her heart vas
IRE engaged. and determined to learn who
his rival was If he could.
In little si,ing-room down stairs stood
n box-lnuuse. answering ut the same time
for cln<st aud couch. IL was simply rough
board box about SIX feet long and two feet
wide with lad To II. Il was far from heIns
air.tight. the back being pretty we'll perfora.
ted with knot holes. Il was no longer used
70 nut anything in, hut i was Uncle Joshnas
favorite resting place when he came IN 1T
night, and had his "washn after hard day 3
work. In this little room was one deep WIN
dow, eurtaiued with ehin,z and opened upon
the porch.