Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-11-15

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Once upon tioe there vas . fair yeung
maiden whose name vas Mary, although |
hey called her Moll ioe short. She wasn't |
J tall. dark-eysd MAIDEN, with clear, tsans>
parent skin, and lips like Cherries. and |
cheeks suirused with blsshes. Sue didn't
have glossy blsek hair. sweeping back 10
wavy sressss from hss qusen.y brow. aid
her form wasn't biz like Hebe's. Ne.
there wss none 81 thess things-on the con
srasy, she vas snort AMI thin, and had red
hair and irecklss. end she also sportsd sna
gle teeth and wore pads, but still she ~as
right mic girl, and there "a youn" man
who tell in love wi,h her. and his name waS
Bill. although hi, friends called bin. William
when thev wanted 70 hurt HE fssi,nes, for
h dsdn's like Il much. He want 2ns
lootioa. and had esther curly brown bair
or ! mouseaehe. Net much. Bill laid hio-
self out on sosp-locks and wore . goatee
that be had dyed twicc week.
Nov this Bill, he was In love with Mary,
bot did he % and wake deliberate sss o:
himselfs Did he, l say, 20 into . grove
vith her, and In the eofs moonlight, by the
stseamlst thss murmursd sweetly BY, and
With the tender xephyrs siyhing through
tho foliage, fall down on his knees. acre her
jcweled hand, acd breathe his deep s0cc-
zion in the teadef accents Of fond attschs
,nent, and swear "by yon bright orb above
US, always 70 BE- thine r Did he, l cay p
You can Just bet he didn't. You can lay
out your whole revenue safely on that
William knew VOC much about the price Of
pants to 20 Topping around ON the vet
s,sss with bic good clothes on, tesidvs, he
never cared anything about strea NETS or
any kind Of cold wafer, except u mix with
his gin. No, cir; It va exceedingly
ssrarRe, but this infatuated William met 1t
the alley gate, and he stond right up on his
old legs and says. "sav. Moll. old gal. spose.
an Ne get hitched -
but low did Mary bchsvee Did she 90
to dropping TO sleep sver on the bricks in .
dead faint, or did she hide her gentle head
On his shirt bosom 10 conceal her bushes
No, she didn't, aud she didn't say, 81 am
ever thine, nv own love, dear William y
Oh, my, no. She looked right IN his yellow
eye end says. "Im in, Billy; I'm the gal
for these sur, Of things. Go in" And, m
stead Of referring hun to her father, she
only said, "Won't the old man bust right
out when you tell hims Hal IN y and shs
laughed But she didn't ask William 10 try
to mullify her fond father. No, M. Sh,
very wickedly advised him to poke tho old
man in the nose II he gave him any u his
lip" She was = funny g,rl, this Mary.
Nov, the old man went wealthy, for h
sold soap-iat for living. and 90 he didn''
think Bil was noaing around after hi.
stamps; 30, when Bin asked him, he neither
ordered him iicrcrly away, nor did TIN
dewy moisture gather in his eagle eye - h
passed his hemstitched up there and said
"I3less you my children, bless you !! Oh
no, nothing Of the sort. lie just blew hi
cd red nose on his bandenna and told Bill
to take her along, for he Was glad 10 get RI
Of her, he was. aud William would be tn
same way mighty soon, Tor she was awfu
rough on victuals, and always broke PLATED
when she got mad.
So. you see. there really was no necessity
for William to come Mt miinlghts solemt
hour, in cab, and throw . rope ladder up 4
her window, and whistle three times on hi
tin~crs. and then 60 up hand ove' hand, an
bring her down in one hand aud her trun
in the other, and band box and an umbre
Ia under each arm, aud . hole lot Of bun
dies, and then get in the cab and fly to som
distant shore That's the way it woui
have been in novel; but sill said he WASH
on that lay, SO hc just went out in the yard
and out Of pure Joy, he skinned the cat thru
or four times ON the gsapc vine arbor, an
then went AMI got h,s b. tch.r cart, an
drove Mary right down to the magistrate
to get the Job DINE Tor Quartcr-ior b
aasA IN 49,, s,uo. ne. tbo losv s,rirs. ho ~ss
but the very queerest thing Of al ga
With . scowiing vi>agc aud black whiskeri
Who asw At him with draw" dagger and
horse. pistol in each hand, and . snuttere
curse upon his lips, aud cried wildly for
Revenge. LA ha p aud said "'Sdcath +!
and "vIiiian. thou dicstw Not any. Thes
was another fellow in love with Mollic,
, be sure, but he vas wcak>eyed yoan
man, who had sandy hair ard wore spccis
cles and chokcr collars. aud always locke
scared when you holleIed Mt him. So. whe
he saw tina, Bill had the best VI the girI
affections. he looked all serene. and said
Go in. Bil.y,if you banker for her. and a
Billy vas triilc on the banker, he saile
right in.
So william, you see, had no trouble Mt a
and yon couldn't get up an agonizin
novel about him IL you tried. He d,dn
have any urgent business that called him
a foreign land, and 90 had 10 bid her a fon
good>by, AID swear always to be true, On
I en- go away aud forget her. and fall
love with dark>eyed Italian girl. pickin
!. grapes IN a vineyard, with . square TOW,
folded on her head. while his forgotten an
forsskcn Mary gradually faded and pine
away, and bsflled the phvsician's skill, On
: grew psics, and II last, when the June russ
} were in bloom. lying gently down to d.
, while through the open window hoatcd
the bamy odor ofjessamnc aud honey sucl
) IL And William didn't come 1t last, az
filed with dcathess remorse, z daily to III
sweet cemetery and strew flowers on h,
, grave, ami teach his children to lisp he
name. Not at all. That is the way Mr..
: +. ID. +. \. Southworth would have don
0 II, but she wasn't around. Billy vas
= butcher who wore white shirt and shin
bat, and he stayed ut homc and killed be.
. and sold it At big price. aud he stuck I
: Mary, and the kept healthy. and WASH
much on the pine, or the fade, while IL IN
fellows got to lurking around, William a
= ways went right gu: aud batted them 10 tn
' CyVs uc UtU.
And then at last, when all was over. Mar
didn't sit in the room while they dresse
! her In white, and mixed orange blossoms
} her waterfall. aud then 60 gently dow
! stairs With SIX bride maids ct her heel
! and stand up with her own William, an
weep gently while she Vas being marie
J By the minister. and then get los Of pre-.
! ents, and 60 to her new home, and Nv
through oil the happy years with Bill. On
never know sorrow " tscuble ary moee.-
J Why, Of coursc. che didn't. for Il wasn't hs
style. you ses.
: She jos rushed up stairs and put on he
pink m slim and her old sun>bounet, On
bed nary brides maid, and vent to the ~
'stsats's, and never wept particle, and &
no prssents bat fifteen cents from the VI
I man . pay her car (ase home, and whe
! she gOa to the ma istrlte's she lu>t rose
Oh the bench and told Bill ahe didn't q
. much sss 10 splicing and that she dion
, like him anyhow; aud - she went HON,
! and Bill be weas with her, and told b.
: he wasn't sorry, - h. didn't rant her, a
I he guessed abe was bard on her clothe.
!; anyhow, and % they never got married an
; the who'll thing turn-d sut wrong; but
: oouldn't bel i. Il. for amt gong to put fac,
= % record that amt 40. But Il ain't \ b