New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-06-27
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with the ladies. So, laughing in his pecu-
liar way, he took her arm unceremoniousiy,
and led her off, But was not sorry. A new
resolve had come to me. All had forgotten
for five years came back to me in one hour
I would go back to the quaint old homestead !;
l would see the sun shining in tho corn.felds
again would look on Gods blue sky, un-
dimmed by the diny eity-smoke would
see the little cottage where the woodbine
grew and, as in my boyhood's days, would
hold Ellie's hand, and look into her blue
| eyes once more.
So it came about that long before Beau
champ or Miss Garnet had opened their eyes
in this mortal life, had turned my back to
them both, and my face to my boyhood's
home tried to read, but could do nothing
but think-think of things that had passed
and gone forever. The cars seemed to 60 at
snail's pace-thongh never want to 60
faster, now. had scarcely thought Of the
old place in all these years, and now the
minutes scanned like heurs till got there.
"A wee before the sun gaed doom" sprang
from the train, and strolled along the old
dusty road know 80 we'll. There were the
woods where Ellie and went nutt,ng and
birdnesting there the stream where we
used to wade and fish for trout there the
school-house where we were trained in the
way We should 60: there she church where
used to sit and watch her, during the long,
drowsy summer sermons, and think of the
sky not half 80 blue and beautiful az her eyes
There, too, went carts laden with new-mown
hsy. with girls and boys sitting on them, and
singing as we used to sit and sing and here,
too, was the cottage, at last-the cottage
knew 80 well-with the woodbins clustering
thicker thaa ever over tho windows aad
porch
Just such evenings as this, when the sky
was all gold and azure, and snow and fire
when the trees murmured drowsly in the
SIMMER breeze, as they did no,y-when the
air grew faint and heavy with its burden Of
perfume, Ellie used to
ASt in the sunshine nnder the porch
Under the porch when the was low,
And over her forehead, and over her hair,
The clematis shadows and CO."
And used to lie on the grass at hor feet, and
talk of the glorious time to come. WREN
would bc grown man, and she my darling
little wife. Would that time ever come
nowe
Nothing in tho whole village seemed to nave
changed but myself; and even to ne the
old feeling came back, Us I walked among
the lilies and the blue bells down toward the
porck- t
n would Iwerc boy again. Imurmur-
ed, looking up through the golden haze, and
half-expecting to see Ellie and Carlo stand
ing in the doorway waiting for nae.
And yes! there they stood; both together,
in the way knew SO WE'LL the sweet face as
calm and trusting the blue eyes as cIear and
leving, the dark, wavy hair trimmed with
anemones, and cluster Of jasmines in her
bosom. My heart leaped she wasmy Ellie
still but only came up quietly enough,
and held out both haads. 5g&# #
Back again, at last. Dear Ellie, there is
no place like honep
For one moment she did not know me;
then, the blue eyes flashed, the lovely face
grew radiant, ardwith q great cry Of Frank,
Frank = she half.sprang forward, as if to
throw her arms around my neck.
Iwas willing but she did nothing Of tho
kind after all; only, all flushed aad radi-
ant with pleasure and surprise: she gave me
both hands, and asked me thousand ques-
tons 10 q breath.
Sitting down beside her on the quaiat sofa
oftwisted cedar-boughs, and patting Carlos
shaggy old head, answered, and heard
from her how all my friends were. I told
her Of my city life too-part Of it, At least,
and that part Of it did not include Miss Bella
Garnet. &t@ p} s-e'% ea# i45
My ewn Ellie, she had grown up % fair,
80 lovely, 60 pure, that the daaticst Of the
city bellies had left seemed coarse aad gross
compared to her. Sitting there beside her,
while the sun went down, and the round,
whits summer moon rose, threading her CLOS
sy hair with spears Of silvery light all the
lost love came back, and there was no one
but Ellie and I in tho world again. The
moon sailed up in the sky, and one by ono
the thigh, bright, solemn stars came out
Something in the still beauty Of the night
kept us both silent; and Ellie's sweet face
looked pensive and sad in the moons rays.
At last:
1T reminds me Of other nights, gone Tor
ever, when you, and l, and Carlo sat in tho
self-same spot and watched the moon rise,' I
said. sta Ete E& s# 81 HsatH
A flush, like the tist Of a sea-shell rose to
her clear face, and the blue eyes were shin-
ing with the love-light Of those days Us sbe