The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20
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i wish you'd never seen that villain !!
said George Humphreys, getting nr
and pacing 70 and fro the smal}, prettily
furnished sitting room, where he and
his sister we're holding a conversation
on which Lnna all The happiness OF
misery nf h.r future.
L wish that / had never seen him
and TEL; The sob in the young w;f-'>
throat burs' in q gush Of tears. oh
George 4" you RENE mber the dear old
boys and-gi'ls days, when ynn and
were so happy ,o,e'her in the cd home
at Walpole, ar: how nsei to sing
The Wa'cFer,' and the 'Oll sexton
para's f'vo'ite- every night after sup
per, in tie parlor, and low papa would
'pnll me on lis knee afterwara and
finger my curls, and you and I would
have a chase around the old hall :
Those were happy days, George?'
Very happy days. And the young
man's voice struggled little, before i;
conquered the words.
And do yon remember further back
still-the autumn davs when yon climb.
ed the great pear trees and the yellow
fruit tnmblpg down on the grass, as |
stood watching you with wonder and
envy while you called to me up the
great bouche.'
i remember it sll Maryland this
time the voice Of George Humphreys
struggled harder than before, ard he
paused AMI s'roked the bright hair of
his sister. Don't cry, darlington
the tears came in great jets, staining
her checks.
And the time you led me TO school
through the mu'burry fields, and through
the hickory grove, where we used to
throw nuts at the shy squirrels. Oh,
George, | wish that I'd never left the
old home! / wish was the little girl
that papa and you used TO pet
It vas not arrange that the heart ri
George Humphreys vas melted within
him, for it was heart ynnng, and
brave, and manly it was not strange
'ha', as he listened to the sobbei.ont
words IT his only sister, he did no,
consider, that youth of such fonaness
and indulgence as that she pictured,
won'd not be likely 10 discipline lie,
ardent, imrnlsive Bs,ure, for The inev,
table trials Of life. or aenrish the best
possibilities ef lier character. He for.
got, as he locked on the fair, fearful
face Of his sister, that she had b en-
pe'u'pn' and eSactirr, and with ali b..
loving impulses fha, size was ;,ii'Aile
ant' unreasonable it Fever - iich,l, cress.
Cd. George HnnrA,eys ,n', ,|ioueh,.
with hn'ninr i..ii.r aion. of he man
who haa taken 10 wife lis be4n,ifu
sis'.r. ard broken het heas,. Nth nn.
Kindness and ha'~'n.sS ana hi> whole
: al s''rro' with fierce angar tcsar.l
the husband and pity for the w'.e,. ~
be lif'ed Mafv from ihe chair. an'
seated her "H the lounge. and ~, -.
his arm sranna hers 80: -
nve wth this Villain any longer
Come he,k 10 rf": TT take ,enaer
cave Won - Aid IN ''le d,ys befo,a
Won wr.e married Wen ro back anl
live in ,|a ali hesnstna}. and % hum Il
being shaii iare 10 find fanl' with won
sn LONG rs van'vp gnt 4 hl .,kat Ia >he'
ter and defend van.'
And Marv Grover nEt her saif ~rms
around her 'hro,her's neck, and tharktd \
him throngh her snhs. And II was
settled then and there hetwix, the
brother and SISTER ira, Mary should
accompany George when he left tive
ci,v rs 'bnsiness compelled lin 10 a.
the next night Mrs Grover did not ex
pect her husband home until the late
cver'ng train, and she aLa her hrothe,
wonli be several honrs On their inur
uev before he returned to his homp
and learned ali he hal lost And q
flush of triumph wen, over the Young
wife At The thought, for she knew tha'
her husband would be utterly dismayeo
when he came ta understand the de-
cisive step 'tauhich his cruelty has
driven her.
4 hate scenesr exclaimed Geory,
Humphreys, "a he rose to 60 fl, I'll,
night was growing fast, aud he ha,
promised to ineet a friend at the S,
Nicholas. so il is lacky We shall a
void one as the fellow happens 70 b,
absent. BIT haven't done with Rob
!. WtGrovsf yet, snil one day lie sh4,