The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-12
. M'coNNELsyIL OCTOBER le,E 1866


he had intended tn taostiof sHem sfSjr
pher. u0Hai 8Iga s9ssfI rsdio adf nsf
"It'sall througo these beans, ,th ought
ipoor Jack, shat / came, to go away.
Yet would he have, been any nearer
had he stayed at homo IN idleness7 40 3
Pa s'Fifteefi' years had passed away and
FJaclr,had prospered so well that ne de-
teided upon giving UP IBIS seA1life and
eettling in bis native village So bo
took the Jolly old farm and filed II
with his foreign c6riosities, Ahdrgthe
Widow wBligh presided over it.in, great
state.pa.,4 1s.fi s3 ,,i,l ,,.o -, =, "a
"And did Jack marryS" / asked.
| s"Don't interrupt me, Said my friend.
'sFor a long time nc did not aIthough
lhis motherpoiutcd out more thanione
girliin the neigborhOod,o who, would
makesa good WHEAT last he did,
"OhP' said I, with a kind of sigh.
await" continued my friend. noy
zone morning pale thin woman
entercd theivillage, aud when she was
topposite the old black,timbered house,
she asked of "a wagner who was pass.
ing, whether the Widow Bli9h was
still living 2" .b9b1EW1oi yflih haB
Foib'Ay, replied the man sshe belV 1
"sAhd has Jack coeimhome 2Ya,ros
.iHJaek, indeedP said the man. Squire
Bligh's come home, sand he lives in
lthst be4se thsraSn9q asnaus .,sr
"The poor woman looked up atthe
substantial dwelling of, the lad to whom
lshe had given the hatfil of Beans and
| her heart died within her hsih ,yqlaA .
"He'lI'not care for ghellike aof'me,p
said shelto herself fAae ne turned dtosgo
away aeain. o7nio gsisg % osorii sisvss
d- "Butthe shock had ybeenatoo great
for her toll and tFavel-worni frame, and
she had not taken many steps before
she sank down on the ground. ~. I
HThe wagoner ran 70 her assistance.
He raised her head, pushed back her
bonnet. and shouted to the astonished
! Squire who happened to be returning
! from his mornings stroll. 'g.Sis'4q b.
'Measter, rneasteri IL here beant
Nelly Gilesl'r ~ 20 s5ivhn sdi ileea bua
rs qThis was on Saturday, and how
it all came TO, be arranged so soon, or
whether the Squire oven. asked Nelly,
u don't know but tho next Sunday at
| church the ,banns were put up, and in
less than three weeks the Squire. and
Nelly were married, And they live
at the old farm house TO this day, and
the Squire changed Its name 90 the
\ Bean Farm, and SO its been called
lover since. And they've one daughter
las bright lass as need be, ni Sh doet
mot wear little white linen 81 caps .anC B
! short pettiooats, asher mother. used .tc
do; but, for all that, the, Squire says
fshe is the very image of what Nelly
e Giles was when she gave him ee the hat hat
II FrAnd where had Nelly been all these
lyearsH said /. '-' 'l''''' = ~" S''
i teUp far away in the northwith her
I father. He was a poor weak body
and she couldn't leave himti he died
and then sheltFavleda downootoi see II
jack had come home, ,fory Of oouFse
shelknemthat Jack liked q her, and
wonld never marry any one else Only
lyousee, she speyeT expected, him to
prosper she had done" "a t.,,,g,s
2 4 .Hn%ys II % h*ps r. ssi *s,,
IbsiAnd thisswas the story my, friend
told me, and somehow it wove itself in
TO my mind in. connection with the
fairy legend which the lite ones in the
fair haven were pouring over, and /
mingled fiction and fact until / brought
myself almost to. believe that I had
seen the hero Of bean-stalk celebrity
For he did not owe his prosperity TO a
hatful Of beansP' And had henot left
his widowed motherin her1little cottage
1while'he tinto far of landsto bring
hhome gold andiitreasures?g And did
they nOtend their days in, afiiuence,
jnstilike Jack and his mother in the
time -honored story isrl 4. aamoa y.s
,oe oss5 ssi asaaJULIA GODDARD. 3
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