Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-10-22


peal Of humanity, kept obstinarely on hi,
course ; and The better animal of I, G twa
followed the vessel, until his strength rx.
hausied, and his generous heart chilled by
despair, he sank among the more nercilul
billows.- Chambers Journal.
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BOARDING AssOCND.D
To the Editor Of the Chicago Tribune:
IT was cold November Of ernoon, six
years ago, when alighted 1t the door O
Mr.. Philip CArk,on's farmhouse. and the
wagon and the friend who took me there
drove away. l as a young man, aged 10,
who was driven away br circumstances
aud bv want of cash, to teach a distric,
school. The directors in the town OF Sugar
Loaf had hired me at $50 month and my
board, in lien of which agreed 10 continue
teaching their school for fuur mnn,f 5.
That was what took me to Mr. Cinlkson's 5
He was the director who had hiled me.
was to board at his house first, and then
Ircumnaveate the district. propose now
To narraie my experience while making this
grand tour.
Mr.. Claikson owned farm, Mr.. Clark.
sons wife owned her husband, aud Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarkson's two children owned Mr..
and Mrs. Clarkson. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark.
sons two children were. therefore, the owl.
ers OF the entire establishment. The FIRST
hing | was asked 10 do alie, entering ,he
house Was to kiss the el est, an obstrenrr.
ous litil: termag"rt aged g. survived The
operation, aud thought had performed nav
whole duty to Sally. Jr.,-she Was called al.
ter her moth r or her mother after her.
don't know which-but discovered my mis-.
axe when Mrs. C!arkson sei tv in>i ua,e
that her fr>i-born was handsome, ~ d Il l. d
me if | did NO. thick 81. Oi coarse.
thought So. pro tenn, for il had any doubts
upon the subject, and rather think had
they were h dd,-n in The mysterious r,.ce. Sc,
OF my bosom. l wanted 10 be popular. and
was fully prepared to ag ee with everyhody
on everything. Sally. Jr. WAS placed in my
arms I" nurse, while her mother WAS gett'n.
supper and her father doing III. chores.
found had my hands fail She may have
been very handsome. but certainly she wa
equally Troublesome, If not more s.
Her beauty did not compensate frr hen
boldnrss by any means. | WAS doing m>
hest 10 preserve the peace Of the f,nitv hy
danding Sally, Jr. d, my knee. aud making
faces At her. when a cry from th4 eradlr
showed me- that the Seer .ag par'uer Of thu
iigm had awakened At the request OF
Mrs. Clatksun undertook to rock the er.t-
die With my feet, retaining the precious Sal
~, Ji. III ny arms al + tinp M hsad>
!, u, +-,' l.
thirvisL Frapensi.ies wenlrif lly ,l4yel ,p.'
for one Of her aye. anl III 81 fl Of .l.sr,lc-
ton she stole cigar oul Of my vest k =.
and, msnking il ius stick Of caidv b.
-,an 10 suck il villa al her mj.lI. un'
while my attention was cneroS>, 1 ~ It'll,
rcmmy, a;ho. hy the WAY, ayc, rliuE 10 his
mother, Vas the dead irirge Of hsr ha,-
band, the beauty in y arms BIT o!i' tie e.,
Of the cigar. ana, as j, vas never seen Il
serwnrd, ! have always been un1er the iii.
preston that she swall0 ed II. Sl. wa>
one ut the Youngest cheweEs Of tobacco
ever WAS u qnajn'od "ith. Whatever was
the cause oi 1t. the Young lady took sieh
forthwith. Then trooble began. >h,
grew pale with remarkable raWIl'e. Tim
idly suggested 70 Mrs. Carksan that n,
looked rs if she were thirsty, aud recon-
mendei the application Of water internally
BY this time Sally locked very bad iidesd
| got al rmrd. Tommy te- u 10 veil, III
ceased rocking. thought Sally WIS ias
approaching the condition of corpse
Believing that is would be NOR: satistnc
tory to both pi rites, and to mysel iha
she should die IN her mothers arms. | tnll
Mrs. Clarkson that # she ,ool; Sall1,
| would look after the ham she WIS frfing il
the kiiche.,. She mus, have thought up tt
this time ,ha. was joking abou, the water
| and Sally being thirsty, for Sally ATTRACTED
| no attention. She WAS weak and sick. auC
awfulIy quiet. Poor little thing, rjtie.
her Had she died | would have never for
given myself. ANYWAY Mrs. Clarh<on re
| spondrd 10 my second invitation and cam,
into the parlor She took one glance q
Sally. Her maternal instincts were a
| once aroused. She snatched her from m
arms. la a tone CT alarm she asked m
! what was the matter. plead ignorance
| She proceeded to make diagnosis. On
| symptom which in my confusion had eScaE
ed my eye, attracted her no ice. Sail
clenched tho remains Of the cigar in he
| chubby fingers. Mrs. Clagkson iinmediai,
" informed me that was william. ii
most began to believe it. She accused IN
Of attempting to poison her darling. | di
no. believe that. She sail WAS no uurS,
| fully believed that. informed her III.
| understood | was employed rs y schu,
teacher, Also, that my experience y
houscmaid and nurse was very limited fl
one Of my years. This dialogue was ov,
in far less time than ii can be old. a
this time the ham sizzled. S;zzlei. sizzlet
and Tommy bawled, bawle,i, bawlrd. NJ,
| Clarkson rushed TO the door aud yelled I'd
| Tom, which meant her husband. She tol
him to come quick, that Sally was dyin4
He rushed in excited, with a hnrSewhip i
hi, muscular hand | did not Ike tha
There was something omnoas in the al
pearance Of the whip. A whip in tn
hands OF fond father, ander such cllcun
stances, was, to say the least, alasmn.
Not thai had any ear Of a Eagella,io,
Oh no, hot bit. | was brave though
little timid. got as ne,r the door as pn;
sible. had presenlimenl that il VAS :.
safes place. was not hit afraid thnagl
Oh no, not m"rsel. My hand went M,
chanically toward the door-knob aud lur"
il. thunght little cod mir would l.
good for Sally. ALI this whilr was not
il afraid. The whip had no lcrr rs f
me. These triaing occurrences took ri {
in the twinkling of n star My retlea
open. took up position near the s'"ve i
The kitchen. The sizzling OF The ham VIII
music to my ears. In the meantime Mr.,
Clarksnn began to weep, and i.lcrpolnte
between her sohs words which ARA, e..
closely and consccutiveiy informed Tom. S
that had poisoned Sally, tha, | had mad
her chew toha eco. and her peroraiinn cor
sisted in command to her husband 20 ca
,irn,e me, and Ne need not spare the whil
as she was willing to sacrifice it TO pnnis
me. Her magnanimily and reckless .!
,ravsganee astou;shed me. However, Tol
needed na snccurs .riain;. cs lncitao,ea3