Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-04-08

hvr hSusi prayers.
An expression Of confidence lay on th'
face of the sleeping child One nard lay
across her breast, and Marann ,ook Ii NJ
1soitly and said musingly:
All. ifthe eye that is always watching
You. and the hand that is ready To help
you in your sleep. without yom knowius
il, could remove The trouble from YOU
hcari! But 'ha; no man can do, only re
....... DO Thou 10 my child, among
sirauserS rs l TO this one'
Black Marsnn was an 'uncamy' wo,
man. that is people were alway 5 s!rsid ol
her. 50 harsh WpPeared To be her aaine :
She had lost her husband nearly eighteen
years before, In making a,fsitsck on the
mail, with his robber companions. he lad
been shot. When the body Of her hus-
band, with ITS biackened face, was carried
into the village. Marann collected rerSels,
and with wonderful frmnesS washed The
! face OF the dead man clean. IS if she
would thus wash away his black guilt
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her son, who was. Lora shortly after his
occurrence, Nas The only one who remain
eaaslive- sfIe grew u2do be fine laI, al
though with singular dark count"nancc
and he was now gone as journeyman
mason on his travels. For ever since the
fine Of Brosi, whose son S.vcrin bad
worked himself ap with his stone hammer
to sucn great distinction, large portion
ufihn village bscanlc masons. Among
the children the talk was ALWAYS about
Scverin, as fa prince in fairy tale AID
thus the onlysci,iIi Of Back Narann had
in spite OF opposition -bcSs nc mss',n,
and was now on his travels; and she who
b a never gone out of The village in her
life, and vino hid a.so no desire to go ont
of it. oi,en said: that Size seemed 10 herr
| self ikea hen which haiclIed o'u s'uck.
and, like the hen, she ueycr ceased cluck-
irg over IT, s
II could hardly he believed that Black
narann was one of tke-mosi cheerful i,tr>
soEs in HE village; she never locket. sad,
and size permitted no ore Ia show com
passion for her, and ON that account she
was not popular. In wiaier sh- was the
/ busiest spinner in the village, and in sum
mer the most active wood>gafherer; 50
that she was enabled 10 sell large pant
OF what she gaibeF- and INV J6irp.' go
her son wss cs,led, nv john w@s Leard
= T. -. q
in every speech OF hers She had taken
! Iiiile Amrei, ..s she had said, not cut OF
kindness, bu; bccsuses SUE y shed ,o have
8 me human creature about her. She sci>
cd yers rudcly Ia aenp.ss AID was proud
! u snonmg thai s.ir Was Oe ettsy, than they
supposed her, ...s. .sslsrif. -i..tI -. .t-,-s
Grow Zach, With whom Dsmi Lac found
a hamc, Mas iae seIy Opposite in chElae>
Ter; he wished 10 be .cos sidered sy ihe
world az a liberal phiianlhropis,. bn,. be
secretly cufed and abused his f:.sailY, aud
Dami especially, for. whcr he received
very tr;iiag hoarl., his real na;ue sss
zschsiis aid lie had learned luis nick>
nene from having once brought home 10
| his VIII. a pa:r .oi eicsan. dead pigeons ,as
| a roasi; bur they were IN faGt . p.f 'os
placked crows. cr9w>Zsch,a Wiz, had a
Msoaaen Iy spent rI,.os I.s OF lis2" .2"ii On! !'fi ia
! knitting so5'lsY j..ci eis ahfh s.tckiifnll ;,
and he uerts wish lis k55iiti,jjng evsfy vf i,esc i
10 ii.e yii'see y serre e he soaaiJ fli g8sslp;
'ie' 'Iiis iaaling. In wLfii be heeltr,i 81 sdrts
al rew 8. served him to a very 'pr.Ii.taihe
purpose. ;a ns rss ! Bfl Tie |: 50 50 called m4tai-
maker Of the d;SJr.ei; rsf 10 tI..'se tala.,icts
YLeTe The IaIsc enslasi es.i.;es are, mar
riascs are as9si.s made .lr,iu;h an inter
n'rdiaie peE'y,. Who wn1h..on.: acgraIeis ipi"rEs
.hImseif Us y The suilsIIs ss'stes qf the
,as.;ic-, aii,l arr apses everything belof>
hand !. And whenever such a marrisge
was brousb 81 a6eut. Cr0w Zach coulc also
play at ti.r Wedding On his violin, Of
which lie ,YsS a naturally gifted master
| He also knew how to blow on the claronet
ana blow on The horn, when his hands
were tired from p'ayins on The violin. lie
! was in i.sct !. universal genius,
! Dami's whining and sensitive character
was highly repugi.at TO. Crow>Zach, and
he therefore tr.ed to drive it out OF him, in
doing which he often made him cry, and
he would tea ;e him whenever he had ian
opportunity. ,..s..
! Thus these two shoots, sprung from the
same earth, were ,ransp,anted TO different
soil. Their situation, suils and indyidu-
nj natures, caused them TO thrive differ
entity, 800 .a.,