Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-12-18
From ahs New York Leader
HOW TO MAKE a HERO.
. LITTLE KoEANCB OF THE rIMK
~ AxsE kEsY

Joseph Bluswell was anything bat a
hero. I do not believe that even his very
partial mother ever suspected him of he
roism but if she had done so, everybody
else in the world would, without risiag,
have pronounced him innocent OF the
slightest taint Of it. Ha was, indeed not
'te be too hard upon him, what is com
manly called miIksop. His mother, has
only living parent, had male him afemin-
ate by her tender care and indulgence.
Many of his female aeHuainEAnces pos
sesSed more haFdihood than he, and some
times actually balIied him. He was too
-mach spoiled for anything less than q
miraels to make man Of him. The era
of miracles having long gone by, there
appeared Eittle hops of his redempsioa.--
There is, however, one thing always mi
raeulous lu its effects, esen now; and OF
its magic Influences upon Joseph BIushweH
am about to tell. ...a IF
Joseph-og Joe, as / shall call him for
breTity's sake-when about as soft al he
could be made by excess Of parental fond
ness, tell desperately in love with one
Fanny TIf, blsek-eJsd, keen, quick,
sparkling, audaeioas beauty, who dsspis-
ed her lover most cordially, but accepted
bis homage among other things she yaia-
ed little bat did not care to throw away.
She repaid herself, however, with inter.
est, for her eondsseeasien for sha made
Of Joe her abjecs slave. She compelled
him TO do many things be would never
have dreamed of attempting but for her,
and consequently benefited him inmensr
| ly, There 10 10 better disciplinarian
in the world than high-spiritod We
man. f.. ..- -...r
Poor Joe how be suffered under the
desposic rule Of bis TOO charming tyrsas
He experienced so much Of the variety
and Inconsistency of woman's caprice A.
| To deem it Infinite And he vas right, |
| dare sag. Sometimes be yentured to rea-
son and object, bat . threat of eternal
dismissal quickly silen4ed saeh disaEEsc-
sion on his part, and redaced hin, 10 his
usuai state of ductilisy, On one or two
occasions he carried biz eontumacy so far
1 40 10 thraw Miss Fanuy Tiffinto passion,
and provoke her to esaploy, as she was
TOO apt to do, physical force in subject
ing him, or, as she called Ii, bringing
him to reason. More than onee did she
actually sznite hsr adaEer on the face feu
bis .sImpsrtinence,n which grnerally
consisted in d very MILD remonstrancS
against some pFepostefoas exaction.
Why, she actually obliged Joe to fetet
and carry notes between herself anC
Charlie psddleton TO act a. go-bstweer
for his lady love and bis rival. Joe sal
profoundly ashamed Of this, his last ans
deepest humilisaioa, and kept the secze
rankiy in bis bosom. His mother haS
suffered with him, and, seeing Fanny Tiff'
| rnisusage, had given BIN the full beneR
of her sympathy. Fanny was, however
"a heiress, well conaessea and yerY eligi
BILE; and Mrs. Blaahwell sustained he
sons dropping hopes and courage witl
every consolation and encouragement sh
Ec0uld give. SAe was guilty Of no aeccp
, ltioa, hewsveTs for she entertained n
doahs thai her sons mild perfection
would, ia the end, win the heart and hsai
of the heiress. goa
But tbs lsss indignity Fanny pus apo
Joe was degradation of which be wa
! ashamed to cell hia mother. lie kne,
esbe had too much nasaYnai pride 10 allo,
j him to submit TO tie dabasensssss. an
! therefore Kept mig -wruug to himst Ii, ago
: mining bis soul With ii.
II How dos hased Charley .--how Charls
! despised Joe How often, after the lai
: ser bad banded note 10 the form II twh
! receiveds reAd and answered 1t, ssnokinl
I oniy feasoving bis cigar 10 kiss Pannyl
: seal and signature, J and left with repl,