Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-28

"Yes-snd his wife"
"Nc, father-nc-d don't say it, lie would
not--eould not-after oil these years
"bidn't tell you so. Polly' knew he
would /, they alwsys do bring back wives"
'Are you sure, fstherf"
mo, but old Gathcrwcoi told me he saw
them in tewn. Sam, who has grown brown
and bearded, ard stout, erd . little foreign
looking woman, very young, with him"
Poor Polly went to bed with = dreadful
heart-schc--Aftera all these years!
Next morning they bad hardly done
breakfast when q chsise was driven upto
the door by Sam himself, and . lady was
| in il.
Poor Polly ran to the door with her f.
Their and mother, to welcome him home.
j "pus your foot on the step, Nina
eyes, uncle, said Nina, with slightly
foreign accent.
Polly no sooner heard the words than she
ran away without q word, and went up
stairs and bad good cry. and then came
down oil bushing and happy TO see sam.
"wha, This Pollyf Ny little PoIly
This fine, tail Hebs, my little Poiiyl
don't believe IL! oh, Polly, how you have
grown! suppose he won't mind my hav-
ing . kiss after oil these years. whoever he
la" and then he kissed trembling Polly on
the cheek-ons-snd then talked to her
father.
lilo had forgotten all-this stout, bearded
man-who was ~ brown ~ gipsy, and
looked as old 40 her father! wss it for
this she had raitcdt This rough looking,
loud talking. smoke-smelline man - this
was what she had waited thirteen years
for
And this. his welcome
And then Polly WAS obliged TO think Of
her little guest.
Who was Nina,
Well, Nina was Nina.
Well. then, she was, with her father and
mother. child then Of three years old, on
board the ship going out, and took fancy
to Sam and Sam TO her and when the ship
was wrecked OF Cape Pattone .hs had man
aged 20 swim 10 shore with her. The
father and mother were both drowned, and
the child thus saved became his. and he
took care ofsit; and this was Nina. HE
little nises Or daughter, and nurse, and
everything.
Old Mr.. Hssesl insisted on their staying
until thoy could move 10 the old plsce,
bought By Sam. and so they used 70 idle
away the time, those three dronss, oil day
long.
Nina, - became her Italian nature, could
do nothing but gather flowers aud sing and
dress herself; and Sam said be bad worked
90 hard on land no wanted . land -hsIidsy
as well % sea one and then Nina wanted
taking care Of. and Polly went with them.
After little. Sam got cross. and ate moth.
ing, and took long walks, and long rides.
and drank vinegar, and talked in low tone
OF voice, and stammered and blushed, and
blushsd, and then left of kissing Polly at
night, and then LEFT of kisaing Polly at I'll.
and then, one day, Polly found herself cry
ing In his arms. with her tears being kissed
away, before she we'll knew hsw she had
come there; and after thst Sam talked
loud, and smoked. and loft of drinking, and
behaved again Ike . rational being, 40
much 10 that emo day he was allowed 10
take Polly 10 chsseh, and have IN interview
with the minister, afsss which they wrote
their names In book, and the bells rang.
IS II no names had ever been written in the
book before.
1t happdncd some weeks after this. ~
Polly and Sam were sitting on tho bench,
that Polly said
"Sam. dear, l want TO ask you one
thing -
"Well, Polly p
"whcn did you frst thiuk-you know
after YOU came home p
'Well, do you remember enc day Nina
and were sitting down on the garden seat,
and yon came 10 fetch us in TO tes, with old
Clip trotting after you. and Nina was max
ing me up bunch of iiowerst"
ayes. Sam, | remember"
"well, dear, | asked you for . tlower."
Yes, | remember"
And you plucked rose with . little
leaf and"
'Put j. in your coat. Yves il then p
"Yea, Polly. it was,-when you came 90
close to me that could almost hear your
heart beating. made up my mind then.
Polly, that WAS not too old, and that
might be happy again.
And are you happy, Sam, dear ?"
don't think Polly heard Sans answer
very clearly; but she seemed quite to I'M
dsrstand that he was