Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-11

brother Jacob left him the one-horse
chaise." gtt1lS3E
"You needn't laugh at that, Old
Jacob newell did anything without a
tmeaning to it, That old chaise may
help him to be great man yet; fact
ffs, Ithinis nyselfjif Jacob had left
him money it might have been the
ruin ofhim. Lessithings than one
horse chaise have, made a mans for
tune" * 800, .s..s ..4s..&t
"Well, I'm glad you think SO well
of him; / DON'T" said Spriggs. gJg
h "No,n mutteredsJ Joe, as his neigh.
Ibor turned away; "but if he had mar
riedyour raw -boned daughter that
playson the, forty-pfanner, he'd been
all right"
"a one-horse chaise, ''said Spriggs,
laughing, "what a fortune!'
And so it went on, from mouth to
mouth. =. az 'o''o 1'Esss
Not one of the relatiyes-some of
whom were rich-had profered the
poorest man among them lthe owner,
Of the, one-horse chaise any part OF
the bequeathment left to him or her;
but they had rejoiced in his sdisap-
pointment. - $1,000 ExsR A
The truth is,eyerybody had proph-
esied that John Claire, poor moth
erless boy, would come to ruin; and
they wanted 1.-THE prophesy toprovc a
true one. gg tfIf 90 ;Es q
| He had, in his youth, been wild
and wayWard-someWhat profigate
| in the early days of his nanhood;
but his old uncle had encouraged him
toreform held out hopes to which
heshad hitherto been stranger; and
the love Of the sweet young Jennie
Brazier had completed, as it seemed,
his reformation. W
| Jennie never appeared SO lovely
as on the unfortunate day Of the read
ing of the will, after they had re-
turned to the poor little house that
was Jennie's own. str,sEg9 QTa9;
"No matter, John, "she said, cheer
fully; "youwilI rise in spite of them.
] wouldn't let them think !, was the
least discouraged; that would please
them too well. We are doing finely
now; and You know, if they cut the
railroad through our. little bit Of land
the money we Will get will make us
quite comfortable. Isn't our home a
happy one, if it is small? and John
| by and by!-''-
/ y An eloquent blush-a glance to-
ward her work Basket, from which
peeped the most delicate needle-work
told. the story--that ever-pew story
of innocence, beauty and helpless
ness, thatare akin to angels work.
For once, John Clare stopped the
gessips' mouths. He held up his
hA2d manfully,sworkc steadily at
histrade: and every step seemed a
stead advancesand an upward one.
Baby was just six months old
when the, railroad company. paid
into John Ciare's hands handsome
sum for the privilege of cutting a
railway through his little field.
"a handsome baby, a beautiful,
industrious wife, a good round sum
from the railway company" thought
John with an honest exultation;
"wen, this islivi,ig." a." issssa
"John," said his wife, rising from
her work, "look therew. aaiof9 4
He did, and saw the old onelhorse
chaise dragged by a sta1wart laborer.
"Master said as hewstlie old barn is
| going to be pulled down, so he sent
the chaise," said the laborer.
+ '"Thank him for nothing" said
John bitterly; but, a. glance at bis
wife removed the evil spirit, and a
better one smiledout Of his eyes.
"John, you can spare little money
to haze the old chaise fitted up-you
oughtto, according to the will !" said
Jennie.
"Tis not, worth repairing"
| S"Butyouacould=At least sellitfor
what the repairs, would cost" said
Jennie, in her winning tone, .
eyes, l suppose / could" said
John. 81 agtg isasis & gar8 II @
"Then I'd have it done," said Jen-
ME, tfaud, bless nae, ND keep it, too.
You've got good horse, and you
can have the old chaises made quite
stylish for the baby and me to,ride
in.''
"Well, I'll send it over to Hos
fmer's tomorrow, to see what he'll do
it'for," said John. IA 4
IaLook here! Mr.. Hosmer wants
iyou to come oyer tohis shop!" shout
Fed me apprentice on the following
day, at the top of hts lungs "Old
Joe sHenp's there, and says he's
.xight, down, glad. It's hundreds,
hundreds and hun-~''ies tas
'"stop, boy-what does this m can,
yennie?" cried John, putting the ba-
BY into the cradle, face downwards.
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