The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-03-02
Uhratrrklp Aonparril.
SATURDAY.. MARCH I'd. 1864.
4 COUNTRY ROMANCE


the neighb9rhooi Of the Hudson UighIaod.
lie vas rich enough to retire. hu, ne eon,1
not bear to give fbg farm NJ. declaring ina,
/ seed time and harvest had become netn,l
necss.itie. IF life to him. and he must 81
on sowing and reaping until the Grea,
Reaper should lay him out of sigh. Of the
harssst.moon forever. Heworged gjth h.
men ike one Of themselves. and told them
MANY stories when they took their ..peon-
ing There was no music swsster tn h;,,
/ than farm music, as be called il. and IA.
/ sharpening Of the sythe under The warm
blue skies. the chlrTup Of the cricket in tb..
grass. the t@litering 0! the swall aws Eittin.
/ round the barn which held their nes,s. the
iIn.l.ug Of the COW bells at Making time
and the song OF the robin a. sunrise. corn.
! pTi-ed M opera for him ever varied and de-
+ ii2hffnl. OF which hts ear never wearird.
Uncle Joshua liked hi- Joke. and liked q
/ have hi. Own way. His wife had been dead
/ inany years, aud be had never signed avay
! his liberty, as hsLeTIned il, by marvin, the
second time. Iii. h0usholi comrrisesi one
widowed sister, older than himself. hi. own
/ laughter Fanny, as sweet gtfI a, ever was
BORN 10 farmer. and n servant. Uncle
! Joshua aiInDs. tdoIzed Fanny. III sent her
! To school, and had her instructed in the
CHEST branches Of study, including what
ever accomplishment she chose to acquire.
! Now, Fanny had n cousin, a tall, hand
some. merry hearted chap, who bad charge
/ oi the neighb0ring farm. Many were the
s.e'gh-riies they had together, in the long,
cold, winters, and many toe cErsC at the bar.
when Fanny. just for the SAGE Of the walk.
T used Ia - down II the three c9rpered Lot.
% bring home the cows. One time, when
cousin Nathan bad taken Fanny to a dane,
some zen miles from homr, and she had
been 80 so1Sht after all the evening that
she had nniF been his partner once, he dis
covered that his heart had passed cut OF
his Possession. a!togathsr, and Oh going
home he Chags ed Fanny with having IA
knowledge # ito whereabouts. Anyhpw.
be said she was the last che who had it,
Fanny looked half placed and half pro.
v0k"d. bat admitted IN It she had met with
similar In.s, and a~ far exchange was no
r"l berry, III" would keep h, since he had
found It, If b" wnu!i be- sat,. fed with hers
10 return. So thry Thought II settled
matter, md next day, after work n. hours.
Nathan "sprucfd up and strulicd over to
Uncle Jnshno'a 10 ask consent. The old
man smoked his pip" in tn" porch. H.
"vrrIn. ur"re had inst begun. The sun
was setrrns, and there was u soft, benign
cxpres-Iuu about the old genrIemuu's mouth
which Nathan thought b rdrd we'll for bis
mission. He was - manly. -tralg htforwnrd
young fellow. and after shaking Uncle
J"~hna's bond, he sat down by his side, aud
sari gentIv--
"Unrlp Jp~hua.''
"WrlI. Nilhun."
.FAnnv"-f, pause which Uncle Joshua
fIlci with two long Whit at hs pipe.)
Fanny and | love each other, Unc!e.'
"The dcuce YOU 90"
",ha referred the TO you, Sir-have you
any uhj"r.lops?'
Amy objections to her referring you to
M OF course havn't-- why should -
"Aov objections to our getting married,
Unc'r Joshua -
"Gaujrs marriod, oh! Well, what would
you DO with wife -
'Lovr and chor,-h her.
"pre~ that mean support her?'
"Nty. OF course. str.'
"AnI what have you got to support her
with :"
..rwa stout arms and n still stouter heart,
-lr"
.WclI, they won't ID for nv Fanny. M.
than, ~ how. Fanny hasn't b""u educated
and arc,npI, he'd mud mal" lady IF just
/ - throw herself away upon some young
e4unfrv chap. who on" OF these DAYS VIII he
such a stulid old farmer RS her father. Now.
I've seen vnu kinder banging round here II
good deaf, but | never dreamed 1t WIS
Fanny va vas after. | don't believe in
Cousins marrying. anyhow, for the Bi0i"
expressly fnrhIds ~
sit forhijs only the marrying Of second
cousins. sir.'
"Wel. whoever wrote that law did not
su"rasr taal first cousins would ever be
such fools IA 10 marry
81 brli-ve could make Fanny happy.
Uncle Jp.hna.'
"Ala,b" yen could; but my grandchildren
would al he idiots
so. Uncle -
uWrU Nathan. faint no use talking
Fanny DON'T know her own mind yet. Tbs
tl,nr h,wcvrr. j. settled Won md she
,anfui marry each other and ~ long
yau i,pa-,ne she ought To be your wife, and
~ha thiaks vau onrht to b. her hu-band,
,h, 1.-. vi, 500 If .arh other the better. -
J,.t Ear, away fram here after this, and
.hpp Fanny GETS over this nonsense and is
married to same one else, YOU can be cnus
ms. til then Won must DO to each other
,nfh,o- S,ro home now. like good lad.
anl vst rid If fbs .mattrr Of moou.hine"
At once. don't want to fall out with YOU.
INV own sisters son. hnt il you persist in
thfs ,na,tcr a, all. then declare war"
Uncle Joshua passed into the house and
closed th" door, shutting Nathan OUT, ana
lri Fanny mex into the house lHSt rs sue
was coming through the hall to Joi" 'hem'
"Fanny." sand Uncle 'ia-hua' craving
: 4. kayn heard