The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-02-17

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You care little fSr her, but YOU don't
know how she may feel. You know
os well as do what power that glib
tongue of yours has" =.
Henry Foster felt the blood ting.
linz at his finger tips, hut he kept his
temper down. He we'll know that TX
Bryson could hoe MS true row, or
plow as firm iurrow, or break as
wild colt. or knock a man down os
easily M any boy in the village, and
that there o, the roadway, with hut
six feet of space between them, 1t he
hoovrd him to be careful what words
he said.
"well, Brvson, you must know this
is very strange of YOU. certainly
can 90 where will without consult.
ing YOU"
$50 von can, Mr.. Foster, and do
right. Into that there house and do
wrong YOU can't. mean to marry
jamie Thompson"
"Indeed with her will or no p
Ik's answer was slow and very dc.
liberatc:
"You know what mean, Her will
is all right, if not spoiled by you,
and I d0nt wish it tried. tell YOU
now, Mr.. Foster, once for all, and !
mean It Won and ! can't go through,
that there gate in future 5o,h, and
mean TO. You understand. Good.
night :!
Tx passed on; aud Mr.. Harry Fos.
ter felt sure that his impression was
right when that impression told him
that he had had altogether the worst
of the controversy. But he whistled
a bright air as he moved up the road
seemingly dismissing it all from his
mind.
1t was not very long after this that
the village received their pleasant in.
vitations to John Graham's "house.
warming" The day he hal chosen
had broken clear and beautiful, and
Mt evening the moonlight was bril-.
liant as could be wished.
By early twilight the company he.
gan to arrive, some in teams, many
walking. All our old acqnaintances,
Emma Sharp, and Jennie Keyes, and
Ned Bricc, and all came merrily in, n
little awcd At first to be the guests oI
Mildie Faunce, but soon assured by
the easy welcome they received -
Henry Foster was there too, and
jamie Thompson, and Tx Bryson; and
every one seemed bent on enjoying
themselves
The new clock was Just nearing tho
small hours when Mildie was asked to
favor them with one Of her songs.-
She readily complied, and her sweet
voice was just dwelling on the last
words when, suddenly, with the room
az still as still could be, all the com
pany were startled by heavy thun
der-clap, that made the windows rat
tie and seemingly the whole house t.
shake TO its foundations. Those sit
ting leaped to their feet, and for {
moment or two it seemed rs thongl
the house itself WAS struck. Those
nearest the door opeacd il and look
ed out. The moon in the middle sky
Just gildcd the elge Of an inkv-blacI
thunder. cloud that was fast filling
the heavens, while the lightning eve
and anon shot across the dull black
ness in quick, pulsating CLEANS, ant
the whirl of the wind conll be heard
distinctly on the neighboring hills
There was q seeming dullness in tht
air too, that, with the sobbing moaI
of the distant wind, apparently weigh
ell ' on down with consciousness o
near catastrophe
As the cloud covered the moon an
other deafening crash and lurid 1asl
made all start Graham and some o
the others as quickly rs possible pu
such teams as were exposed unde
the hest shelter he had; but it wa
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