The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-01-19
WHOLE NO. 1875.

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"Why uas clerk in his store when yeu
were child. lie Vas the uoblest employer
ever ha5-made me all am. I mean that
be male me upright-for that 10 oil an,
ANYWAY. =
Kelly promised . certifcats-said he
would brin: it over next day, which he did.
During the whole term he was very
faithful in HE ef6cial visits TO the schoei,
and just before the close Of the session ~
friend said
"AlaYy, l wouldn't teach any mors.o
80. must. like it. besides. ! havar
accomplished half want to, yet" F
~ want to continue my music"
s.What else 30 A ask
81 want 70 c.othe Mtuuie.n
~ to fsel.hasl am useful, hat Tan
doing something"
"Iwantto hire you, Mary; and viii nav
vau wages that will enable yeu to do an
this.n ~ nsss sa1e s d 4
''Yoa want to hire me! What can d
for you?''
"Kcep my house, and be my wife, Mary
And then the town superintcndent got his
arm around Mary q aist and held her tisht.
though she struggled little at fret.
"Lst me 60 moment, and viii tell
you." ~
He released the little figure, and Mary
stood before him. trembling. blushins, twin.
ing the strings of the blue hat around her
finger, looking down upon the door, CLAN.
cling once into his earnest eyes, her ereasS
rising and falling ill the cameo swaysd like
ship upon billows. VI
''Do you love me?" ss a..s..s
oWith nv whole soulO
"Did you ever love anybody slss?"
"Never, in all nv lifs."
"Can a lit:le girl like mr''-looking earn.
esty in his face-''can little cir, like me,
devoted, loving you almost to reverence,
make you happy always9"
''None in all tho world but you."
The little maiden stepped close to bis side.
and bid herself under bis arm. -,
The jaunty blue hat is in favorite closet
in nv friends new house, n glass case, on
the under shelf.
A coLoRED BOY SOLD IN CINtINNArr.
The Cincinnati correspondent Of the Mac
a.chsek Press, tells the following story:
There was small colered boy sold Al
auction the other day, in broad daylight in
this city. This was the way Of It. The
South side OF Fifth street, between Main and
Broadway, is occupied almost exclusively
by slavery and Sale Stables" Tho other
day timid looking old gent walked into one
OF these stables. and said he had Just moved
out to Walnut Hilla and ho wanted to pur.
chase a horse to drive in and ont Of town;
he wanted u quiet horse--a nice family
horse--he didn't care about having = very
spirited, or very fast animal-ho wasn't .
fast mamie wanted a good looking and
steady horse. for his wife was very timid,
and be wanted a gentle one on her account.
The nuctloneer assured him he had Just the
thing FOR hun, and brought an awkward
looking old cob, warranted kind aud slow;
there were one or two bids, while the old
gent was describing a very large circle round
the beast, and examining him from safe
distance. Finally, tho old gentleman made
a modest bid, and inst rs he spoke up went
he old cob's heels, and such = rearing. kick.
ing and plugging rs there was for u few
minutes. you never saw. Then the horses
bead dropped down, and he looked ~ stu.
pid as an old COW, but the old gents
faith in that horse was gone; he couldn's
bid on that animal any more. Horse after
horse vas produced. but the moment our
old friend would lid on them they would
begin and 60 through all sorts Of circus
movements--kicking, biting, plInging, DO.
The auctioneer getting mad said '.ths devil
was in the horses" Old gent rssponded--
YES but it was q horse he wanted, not .
devil; he believed he wouldn't buy; be
would 60 in and out Of the city in the om,
n,bus; bis wife never would ride after any
OF those horses, he knew. So anylng, he
walked Of. The stabie-men set themselves
to find out what caused these old fossils Of
horses to kick so, and they discovered .
little imp Of black boy, hidden behind Z
post under the hay. There he lay, and with
a long slender stick, with q pin fastened 10
tho end of it, he would reach out and stick
the horses whenever the old gent bid, there
by amusing himself greatly. Tho auction
eer immediately collared the little dsrkeY
and put him up for sale. The bystandsrs
bid high and higher, knd At last the fright.
ened boy was knocked down to tho highest
bidder. In handing the chattls over the
auctioneer Ioosed bis hold, and away went
the little rascal. For an instant thsrs vas
black limo visible, then it vanished. For
ought know the boy is ronning yet, for
certainly tho momentum with which he
started would keep him moving for some