Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-02
KISSED 81 MISTAKE.

"Nil y-l hs ., hamr to night, lloity 7"
a n sgt,her a tail. pu .tni II. Z ,oa-
~ 'fs l..t tumtf rel .enrd - thr 'o;s
% "a an1r, as ,a'nsh a. hAd comm. ll,u
6. ne svry wicked AIS. las-,... o. as.iAs 3
sau q 4 s.ion.
Js.,.h Have Nas yR.aic,, vNt tpelv = !,
allsa,N IN ihe i..l.snee 81 toaaS all
mlSs y. AL 10 t.r prc enve of tas %al ne
loved. ApAou (, iImer ii 81 tno country
h-d i uetis. kspl iifai, as tsitsd with ja0rs
- hienco nnong his 1ompscr-. Of STOCK
aud 1rppS, aud hlaircd suLj eta. But the
plinpss Of one pretty isce or foot, comine
- lbs direction, al ..tsi hun l,e ilash al
TX .trins. "a sisa occasions tie never
Know waat 1, 40 with h!s haads or cycs.
In always let Ike scfeulns lin eli mo
rnnu>s-Anlc Kos he ever cunlriycd 70
approach Hester Thomas On the subject oi
has pselt renee tor hUl Temaiss \ mystery 10
h.msclf ard every body else
Blt that young lAiy had quite All amo ut
OF tact aud c,cverness slowed away sanly-
waere II her pretty Il ,le heal, 4Oait ID
WAS set Oh the iimplei. inexperienced
shoulders OF seventeen, Josiah, worth, in y
worldly way, much laore than any OF her
other sui,ors, gooa-iroSing and inteigeut
enough TO satisfy any but an over iastid,ou,
person. unsxceptl which Vas fruit
III source ot merrlmsat, IN Shor., barring
has excessive basaiulness among the youag
people, in their little circle. And 50 whpn
ic&.ah, in his awkward, bundcrins way be
gan 10 cxhibi, his preference for l,er Ia
various little ways, such as waiting on her
to and from Singing School, constituting
ha~ 4 l.
back 10 the solitary church IN the wood.
and singing her out a. qaiiin, parties,
Netty took It oil in the easiest, pleasentest
manner possible. The girls laughed, and
tac young men crackcd their SLY Jokes ut
the expense Of her tImij sui,or but netty
sio"d up for him Independently -encou.-
aged him DOT Of shyness--never nosiced
any unfortunate blnnder very likely
helped him along considerably when his
feelings rescard the "calmNnaling point
one mo 'nligat, s1,unG eyeaing, as thew
were wAlAln. ncsn, together Ir,.r PRAYER.
mestns. Iaa, w's we k ago. lle.ts
hat sAi "yes." an agreed u "uring f,,her
AL a. 'Iler acoIad q. tnc suhicsiN
JOSIAH Ia not been - ihr u ne Stree
--.toh4h'y i'-.ing Ike ! dog ,eats..r, g. -
GA thv prem Sos o. ala sn0sc saee4flil
hs aai Is; plunjerel Is yet neither hai
the c'uisse o. sfetN 70 the relsmnc psFeis
On the sub) 81 aid ue;t,, fe..unc rs
thvush he wanted 10 pet tue % dead eli a.,
long as y ss,ele, az ANY rate to have on.
more confidential talk with him on no 90.
jecs, said:
Mother Is going over to Aunt Ruth, TO
speed the evening. and wants me Ia 90
Blu, guess won',. I've been wo,L;,e
fathers shirts al daY, besides dom. ~.
DAIRY sork, and s,a .s.tued ssI go,
So guess they will have tN 20 ,yitho,, 49,,
ID not cone until eight O'Clock. $40
be putting thing 10 rights thea, aud 1 wi 1
let you ia
Ot course Josiah WAS not too ob,use "a
understand that, and forget lis bashiul.
meas so far as to petition Tor good b, e
kiss, which was peremp,oriiy refused, ot
course.
"No shan's Do take Yourself. off
think I didn't see you fighting around
sarah Jones at Deacon Badgers last even
ing. I've not forgotten that. Sit y
Nov, Hetty--'
But the appeal was broken of by q tan
ulizing little laugh, and as he sprang 70
ws-d 10 take pleaaant revenge on his tor
nien,er, she slipped away and ran up tn
path 10 the house, where he saw her way
her hand as the disappeared within
HE Kitchen porch, and then ne turned irou
the gate and took the road homesard.
Tns tea things had been carried ont, 20
,sy,o.Set back agains, the wall. the ernmo
hra-t,ed frcm the clean. bomemadc carpc'
and H.tly's work stand crasn up 10 'r,n
Of the blazing ire. A borntiiaiiy ple
wissr OF great rod apples and Plate =
cracked walouts were on IL, IN close prex
Unity @ Hetty's work basket.