The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-30

alow of the sunset, middle-aged rido1s
In deep mourning, came by. q Uho thre4
nen foaeand bowed to her. She alao made
. bow to them. as5ssls4a yitsssngY s !
men. 'Nosssmd siAe second; 1t was nine.
! No, aAid the third IL was TO me ahe bow.
j ed They quarrelled over the mater 10,
9onno time but at last agreed that it wosld
bes sbetter, TO rnnSas fast sas they could me-
the Widow, and ask her to Which Of them
abe boweds Thay did, 50. .Feaehed her on
OF breath, gasped to her their questions
snd she oPly .s9syer they got waa 10 the
| Then they uEstlEned to the, eeest-house
1calmlya only to aue1rel again. ,sa g,~,J1I |
I DID y not tell you, said one, that she
bowed TO mel Amt1e gfeateet Ems1etOn
here. 'NoSs seid each Of the other, ,iwo.-
Il An more sef,a simplston than Sop.'-
,fFo@ words comi1g Is hlows. thew hI. i.oueSi uesI
until they were stopped BY the police. VIC
locked them up for the night Ia, separate
cells, and carried them pext day before I
Judge. The judge, h9vipg heard the cause
| OF the dispute, called upon one Of the men
70 prodnce evidence for his claim to be 90
NY lore. said he. ~ 9.ssap' ben Va, ',ls about
eighteen years old, my fafhsr and mother
set eyes ON . young woman whom they
chose to be my wife. They thought ahe
would be faithful, industrious and thriffv.
She was expected, also, to, inherit = few
fields. She Was Of the same caste - our
selves, and Of good family. Proposals.
osS rs5s made d;n AND s,o0IsPtsd e I md
Of tie country, had to visit my ,fnture
mother-in-lAM, At HhGae honse, though not
allowed 70 do "a hY the strict rules Of soci-
ETY.. yet by some contxived chance, my In
eepded vile would show her dee to me I
had mr. 70 trsvsl and. startling y midday,
mos; a5ossse cols1 is Y 81 sGlPS aS sS
home next day. rs this I consSnted. With
al seeming reluctance, although &c had
besh the ob5ect q my journey. and I was
fully persuaded that6 glance at my future
partner in the cool OF tie, mornin6, would
sa Ss etss st san ss Il sss SSsn ss.9 q hs
soundly under : roof which I aalrsady r.
gardvd g my own. In the morning
awoke refreshed, and went out OF doors 10
wash myself as usual. / found, or course,
awaiting me. , brazen pot fu1l Of water
for washing my fAce. hands and feet, as,
zen g piece Of wood charcoal for clean
soon, audi on. looking back, observed 3
beautiful young woman,, Who sat at
slaaie distance from me, washing rice for
our morning meal. Her embarrassed air.
and some smiles which stole over her face
4qnoet against her viii, easily told me that
abe was my betrothed, and I, il defiance
spoke to her, g there was nobody ia SIGHT.
She was not 20 shy - to leave her work
and run away. but stayed, and returned
hort, modest answers % my Queetious.-
Al length went very close to her, tapped
her on the shoulder, snd playfully taking
Up hahd1ni Of the rice she was washing.
had Just nut y into my month, when, TO our
utter confusion, her mother made her ap-
pearance. qpickly removed myself to q
respectable distance, but had mot time to
bite or swallow the rice, and 70 Was Obliged
g keepit between my gunS Snd cheek
This showed q ! lump, which my mother.
,;l,Nes NAV VINO no wss 70 be, most rnioftunately
n:GGh lHr ho a% sae so0 o0' ii, orp,ne,, ,.,d
She you bsye III s rum BON. yes;
answered +, but e doee not gfvs ne any
pain 'at present, 50 7 intend to leSvS i alone
until It forms mattel. ~ ssY You ehunid not do
that child, , continued she, you should get
il cured immediately. Iahau send for Z
doctor No. said ip bitter desperation,
We We haxe z veEy good doctor practising near
home, pnk myself under hilcars.' But my
evasionS And excuses could mol bafle her |
The doctor Was sent for. |
and until he came, Ah4 lectnred me on the |
evil of permitting any. sickness to come to |
a head, Andn0w and then she felt my gum
boil. The doctor at length arrived, and he
one Of . very malisnasf sort, but durable. !
Nov, during all this time my o16ciops mo- |
ther-fnllAw had her eye on my cheek. and |
I had committed myself 50 faf that I could |
not undeceiv07 her. Shame a. oonfeSeiOn OIL
i sfhlsehood, ~ well 40 the far Of exposing
ny preyicuss indiscre etiCp, ,alike kept me
the position to which I had reduced my.
SELF until the doctor, who had been busy |
in the kitchen, suddenly came out, and. |
Before had time to avoid him, put q red |
Not iron hooksint my ghn1 boil: howledl
and jumped, but be had made deep
wound, apd ont Of il came the rice had
inside. An present nov saw the truth, and
you biz simpletoD, when you had only |
rice in your tnobth, Why did you not say
soF / made no answer, but took 70 my |
heels and ran home. Thur lost b good |
wife and the prospect Of good fortune, and |
have ever since Believed myself tho great |
est eimpleton ever born. 80
Having laughed heartily Of this story, |
asked, What evidence have you, Dir, of
your right TO the bow you claimr a
MY story is Short be answered, but /
will show that Ihave - much right TO the |
bow ~ any man. u married early and TIL
ed to be happy, hut found that my wife
could not manage the house without help
another wife (polygamy being |
allowed in my country, and thought that
all would be well llmanaged by the two, and /
should get my rest amer my days labor
u. the fields. Bot. alae. was mistaken.
had no more rest at home. II spoke to
one wife for tQw minutes, the other COM
planned that did not speak 70 her. p was
not able 10 bestow on one the least atten-
lion or kindness by deed, word, or even by
\ look without suffering. from the other 3
ealtusy. Thus lost all peace at home,
md was quite miserable whenever bad
gat ~ d fasss ,yeseag So rx
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