The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-04


s1ass him about it, bus he soon made them
!. ly1sr,s
s.He Just told them frankly that the only
woman DO ever loved Tilted hia ye1sn before,
and narrisd another nan. Altar that no one
svsf mentioned tho subject 70 him again ex-
". cohb aid her tai,.iax a.;d., looking
thoughtfully into the Gre. ss
He was asoGhse Of ths clas Of msn Ivas
speaking Of have sssn him fscs death :
scoEe # tinea = qaistly = lace the 6re.
II mattexp vsry little .hat takss me Oh, be
and there's no one Who viii shsd tear for
. man 70 have, isn't it7''
Mrs. Cobb siehed = she said she thoughtit
"Bus did he tell you the name Of the lady
Who Tilted him?"
''Ilknew her 6rst name"
''What was it?'
"Maria. y
The plump little widow almost started ont
Of her chair; her name was spoken exactly
o Sam would have said it.
tDid you know her, too7' hs asked, look
ing 1t her.
..Yes.n
'.lnsinatsly?'
"Yes"
"And vhsre il she now7 Still happy vi,
her husband, / suppose, and neyer giving .
thought g the poor fellow she drovs out into
the world. ss f.ses.
with her hand And speaking unstsadily; 'no,
| her husband = dead
nAh, but still she never thinks of Sam?'
IL
docs sha?''
"Hov can tell :"
"Afe yoa still ffiends7''
Then you ought to know, and you do.
| Tell me-
II an sure don't know why l should,
But if do you must promise me, on your
honor, never 70 tell him, if you ever happen
TO meet him again.
Madame, what you say to me never shall!
be repeated 70 any mortal man, upon my
hsnor.n
"Well. then, she does remember him.
sBut how r.
| As kindly, think, as he could wish.
~ am glad to hear 1t for his sake. You
and are the friends of both parties; We cal
| rejoics With each ether
/ He drew his chair much nearer hers, and
| took her hand. One moment the widow re-
'..ed, but it vas . magnetic touch; the roey
i pain lay qaietly in bis, and the dark beard
bent 20 low that it nearly touched her shout
der. 1t did not matter much. Was he not
rose, bad he NOT dvolt near il for long,
long ims7
"Itwssa foolish quarrel that parted them, =
said the stranger softly.
ibid he tell you about it?
| uYes on board the vhaler'
! "Did he blame her msch?'
'Eot 90 much as himself he said that
his jealousy and ill-temper drove herto breal
off the match; but he thought sometimes il
he had only gone back and spoken kindly tc
her she would have msrried HIM after all. :
II am sure she would" said the widow
piteously, ",he has owned it to me more
than hundred times
''She was not happy, then, with another"
"Mr.-that was to say her husband-wat
very good and kind,' said the woman, think
ing Of the lonely grave on the hillside rather
pententy land thsy lived pleasantly to
gether. There never was harsh word be-
tween them
with Sam? Be honest and say just whaI yot
think.
| Yes"
"Bfavol that Is what wanted to come at
And now have q secret to tell you, and yor
mast break it to her"
Mrs. Cobb looked rather scared,
"What is it2''
| II want you to 20 and see her wherever
she may be, and say to her: Maria -
What makes you start SOP
Nothing, only you speak 50 like some on'
used to know
| "Do II Well, take the rest Of the mes'
sage. Tell her that Sam loved her through
| the whole that is, when he heard she VA
free, he began to work hard at making for
tune; he has got it, and hos coming to share
| it with her, if she will let him. Will you tel
| her this ~
The widow did not answer. She freed he
hand from his, and covered her face with it
by and BY abe looked up again. He wa
waiting patiently.
"Well?'
81 will tell her.
| He rose from his seat, and walked up ant
| down tae room. Then he came back, ant
leaning on the mantel-piece stroked the vel
low hair Of Bowse with his slipper.
"Make her quite understand that he want
her for his wife. She may live where sh,
likes, only it must be with him.
81 will tell her.
"And wha. do you think she will say2" b,
| said IN an altered tone.
'What can shs say but-come?"
i "Hurrsh -
4 Tho stranger caught her out of her chair
~ If she had been child, and kissed her.
1 "Doa't-don' TT she cried out; .'I'm Sam
Maria"
4 .Well, Maria's Sem"
i Off went the dark wig anu the black VIII 5
kers; there smiled the dear face she had no
forgotten. | leave you to imagine the tableau
Even the cat got up to look, pnd Bowse So
on his stump Of tail, and wondered if b,
vas on his heels or head.
The widow gave Que little scream and thsr
abe
But stopl Quiet people, like you and nj.
dear reader, who have got over all these fol
ies, and can do nothing but turn up oul
noses at them, have no business here. vii
only add that two hearts were made happy
that Bowsa concluded after while that al
was right, and SO laid down again. and ths
one week after there was . wedding at III.
house that made the neighbo,ing farmer,
stare. The widow had married her ''frs
/ love-