The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-01-31
Hannah Fanthorn'S Sweetheart

when sat waiting for him at the old farm
house window. Sometimes on horseback
but oftener on foot, for the Hall was no
very far away. Nowadays you see tn
men and boys all dressed alike, in black
or with, may be, a bit of gray or brown
It wasn't SO then. Will wore blue Goa
with gilt buttons, and knee breeches an,
Isilk stockings, and buckles in shoes, an,
silk vest; and on gala days claret colo
and white silk. Handsome in any one
,|eyes, and wonderfully SO in mine; for
was half Quakeress, half Methodist, ant
never had worn anything gay myself.
Tall Surely he was tall. Never ,
Haslet under six feet, and broader in hi
shoulders than any one Of his. age.--
Straight featured and rosy, and was jus
twenty-five. r -
Will s father was rich Squire Haslet
and they lived at the, Hall,a grand hous,
we thought it, for we were plain people
Fathera Quaker, mother a Methodist, ,ant
be kept to the plain dress and the Ian
guage all his life. In those DAYS there
never was Methodist who wore CAV col
ors or new fashions, and mother took tc
poke bonnets and grave dresses natural
by. aa s 9a
So we were quiet enough; not picture
nor an ornament in the house. Not a id
die, though brother Barzalli begged t.
haEesone. And at dusk Saturday night
work put away and the house clean, Iant
not as much as mouthful cooked the
Sabbath through Every thing cold, and
mother put the key in her pocket, and
took the girls one way to the Methods
meeting, and father took the boys, tc
Quaker meeting, for, that was the com.
pact, and they had never letreligion come
between them.
1t was all SO different at the Squire s
The curtains and carpets and Mrs. Has.
let's caps all aglow with color. And Sun.
day feast day, with more work for the
servants thauany other; and guests from
the city, and the piano, the wondersof all,
and the harp playing. They went to
church if they chose, and sat in the
Squires high-backed pew with curtains.
Mother used to say she was little pref
udiced, that with the organ, and altar cloth,
and fonts and carvings, and painted win.
dows and gay bonnets, the Episcopal
church was, for all the world, like play
house. Sister Ellis used to say to me,
'sFor all that, I'd like pink bonnet ny
self, and go where there was music in the
church" dsfl7aei IS es31ezs isaa aist
Ellis hadn't Quaker bone in her BODY,
nor aMethodist drop in her blood. I al
ways wondered Will didn't come WOO
ing her instead of me. 60 VS.
/ was a bit of a thing, with blue eyes
and skin like wax-not a drop of color
IN it, and didn't there come an artist who
painted miniatures at our place last sum-
mer, and tell me my face vas classical
and nearer the antique than anything
he ever saw? / was pleased with the first,
but the last worried me, for do what
could though it sounded like a complaint,
[ could make no meaning of antique
bus old, SO asked Willie, and said he:
sCome to my house and I will show
you.p.a
So mother let me go, and I went.
There in drawing room was a stand and
on it. a woman in marbleAthat is, the face
and neck of a woman and down to the
waist. A "bust'' he called it. Says
Will: =
"That's antique. 1t is Psyche, and
more like you than any picture could
be-" p
" Neper like me-" said ], and then I
blushed and turned away for not tucker
nor even a scarf had she--and I felt
ashamed.
1t was a splendid house; too grand it
seemed to me to live in; and he took me
all over it, even to the hot house, where
summer flowers grow in the winter time,
and he put some in my hair.
s'White,' said he; s''you look best in
wifite.s'as hai2aaz 9sR sEse PCS
One night I heard father and mother
talking by the kitchen FIRE. Ieaiiia i5s
Says mother: "It's wrong to stand in
the girls way, though he's Episcopal
And think of her being mistress of the
Hall and riding in her coach"
"Tbee thinks too much of the world,
Eunlce, " = says father. ~
But remember, Elias, says my moth
er. sits chance that comes only to few.
And she'd befgood too, Elias. if we died,
and the fear would be off our minds for
the children. 1t is hard to be,poor-to
pinch and save-and know a bad year for
crops, or a spell of sickness would take
all. He loves her and will take good care
of hers and she can go to our meeting
aud his, s So
."Thell have thy way at last. says ia.
ther. "But l d rather see her marry some
young friend with but one COW and two or
three acres. misdoubt the way of the
worlds folk 81 M
But his voice was mild, and I knew he
had yielded. As for the Squire himself
"a handsome. burly red faced gentleman,
with loud voice--rode over one morning
to see father. Mother went into the sit
ting room, and was to stay in the dairy;
how could |, when 1 knew my fate was in
the balance? | crept into the entry and
listened, stopping my mouth with my white
apron lest l should cry out. | heard the
SQUIRE first.
My boy has set his head on your girl,
he said. He might find rie her mate,
but he couldn't find prettier or better.
If you say yes, neighbor Fanthorn, and
his mother will. Sabrina is to be married
soon, and we shall want daughter at the
Hail. q Var sqgsg y
Father said not single word for a