Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-12-03
CALL a MAN.


Of twenty three. Being the eldest. child
and only son, he always remained at home
ass;stingl his father uponthe farm. John
was much respected by every. one in the
neighborhood, and many a. bright eyed
girl secretly thought that she would like
to be Mrs. jackson But John was no
ladies man. The fact was, he was bash>
ful. He would .rather hoe potatoes all day
than undergo the ceremony of an, intro
duction' to a young lady. Not that John
disliked the dear creatures far from it,
We belieye that he, in common with all
bashful and woll-meaning men. entertained
the very highest respect and admiration
fer them. And this. no doubt, was the
principal cause of his bashfnlness, He
felt that they were superior beings, and
that he was unworthy TO associate with
them upon terms of equality. But we can
not stop TO meralize. ai - Hff
Nancy Clark was the daughter of very
respectable farmer, whose land joined the
Jackson farm. Nancy was a pretty, sau-
cy, little witch, and she liked John Jacks
son. When they were children they at.
tended the same school, and when he was
few years her senior he was usually her
champion in the childish disputes that
arose, and her companion In coming and
going. At last John became SO much Of
q young man as to. be keptcfrom school, as
she had been, in past years. John discov-
cred, too, he was growing OUT of shape =
His feet and legs appeared very awkward;
he did not know what. To- do with, his
hands; his face panied him, and taking all
in all, he was inclined 10 think he was not
more than half put together -.,,,.ao !,
s.iA AS noyelists say, twas . lovely day in
August. The sun was clear, serere,. and
beautiful, the trees were loaded with gold
en- fruii; and the beautiful birds twiitered
their songs of,loveri rinIthe branches. Earth
.-(there, we've slid down to earth once
more snch lofty. flight they make. my
head dizzy) We were prepared to say
that earth yielded bountiful harvest of
grass ana clover, and honeysuckles, which
this noble yeomanry of Chestervilie had
garnered, within their siorelouses"-but
upon second thought have concluded 10
word ii thus: aThe farmers of Chester
vile had done harvesting - bi
John Jackson,s sister lad quilting that
afternoon His father had gone to "Keith's
Mills TO get some wheat ground. and left
Sohnrto repair some tools, TO be ready on
the morrow TO commence moving, the
meadow grassoi SuidensNrits occurred 10
Joinsthat il: he remained about the house
that afternoon he would be called in at
andrequised 10 sdo,the honorr of
the table,. To avoid this he quickly shoHl-
dersd' his, ,scythe and stole away to the
meadow, half q mile distant fully resolved
that hs would not leave there till it was so
dark he could not see 10 NOW, so as 10
a roid seeing the girlA b.sIioq I'D yu
The meadow was s, surrounded on all
sides. by thick forest. swhich efectually
shut out what little breeze Ahero might be
stirring. The ssubapoured q its rays as
though the little meadow ayas the focus.
point owhereiths ,Iheatcys as 'eeneensrated.---l
John moved and and moved
till he was obliged to -sit-down and cool
off. ThenlitYoccurred1to 10. john that II he
took of his pants she might be much more