Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-16

cssvsd By Ben ard Mora An6ss~n Il
was -1sp god ~ uearae." Hrs AniefseD
Esid, Iaug1iDg End crying Ia one breath I;
&ne Ralph bad - 70 ovef the whole woD-
CeTsai story two or three times before
thet wpCid be stiitieL q IS
Il wish yoa'd set 10 might, Ralph" Mrs.
Ana.rson sasd, walking fessiessiy about,
and sDkng wktfuliy ansoug4 pc nowy
at.nS1uAM0 in the directicnf0f 16fhtford
Hsassa though ehe could moi see ten
rods Acm the house. snd knew she couid
Ard W think tbst ysg tod her that
s3ssy dl,0M Serse!f, father che broke Out,
~snd that / sh0ujd saow he, the little
trunk, too. dear child Wss there ever
aach . curious tniDgy And thst 10 Whist
ts,st II. IL ierl on the tENpk Mohfbrc.
Well who cares for the A06tfssd psoper-
tyr / guess we've got enough 70 tAke
care of our darling" and tbep the little
woman broke down and cried again.
II think Il liz right she should hsve
come of it, Mr. Anderson. said, grayely,
"aDd think this young uian should De
told the whole story. I don't believe In
plotting and secrecy, and there ID where
our girl has done very wrongly. Iczni
s;:t.s;!S hc- Il INA: that. !" ...
:" But what could fhe poor child dos
And then, you know what determined,
pssspoSaie little thing kbe wss, asso SIT
has had nobody 10 wgtch over he1, sJic
help her-poor lamb q Ben, you musn I
blame her -you mustn't say one weTay
only IL she comes back 10 us-O Ben
ard Mrs. Andersen cried as Il her hear
would break
''Thsre--there, mother, d<nt. You dcr''
TUX would sex,ia the child, do you,-
NY pYetty grille !" aid the strong vclct
troubled. But this story must bt tod
sf,er NC &c; her home, and this rasSIsfy
looked into" he sid, more firmly u
reckon this DeEyies IL ~ the bcssSm Of
fsaIl, and perhaps now the young nasn
has contssf. he cznnot manage things o.
he has dene.''
Before ne wen: 70 bed that might KAlnh
.vaSSd.si nm love iH viois--ss We mus;
les-n 10 cal her now-so his moshe.
who, notwithstanding her mornings pay
TALLY TO Blanche. went over bocy sn0
SOU 70. her rlysg; D striking lusi3ncs oi
the fGkieness 81 The feminine heart
4 have d Suspicion that there Wa vsry
blase sssep inss nags; IN 1hs prairie farm
house, t1oEga the gpps Came down but
lightly aud By ard By CEASED altogether.
ARD tsrsunLi .i1aEi.ss ssss,Es. with c.1ru.fe
lsnyf on one ssGe of its shining lace,
czi1e Cut from behind the clouds, or rp
on. of the far swsy roll OF siiver.whiie
prairie land, aud with numberiess bits vi
queer little Ninking ssars-tke probable
remnants of all the "oic moons since
TIE z0sH begap--shoDe down upon the
ST. palpiiass ing bosom Of the virgin SNOW
with delight
Less vas wskened before light, and scs
20 eating her breakfast, and just - the
q nn came ny, SUsdeD and gliftefing, she
stud THE lssul house door, harncssec in
70 an enchanting hsile scarlet and gilt cut
ter, into which MIRA Anderson seemed de.
tSInined 20 psss every comforter, 10 say
nothing 0fbufIalo robes, that there Vas In
the establishments. And when xt last Ralph
god Into II End Grove away, what tender
thoughts SID hopes and sutIcipasions
went with him-snd, al Whist tender
oprs waited ior his rsiurn y a.l 4, >
Fictos Monitsr6 had sought Miss Blake
sDon s5ses khiyb Z. dspartufe. and laid his
proposition before her She said, very
quietly, that she would decide bet wecn
then AID morning" and she locked 10
wac and pftiY1', siid there was such great
kollose DDder her fyss, which gare eyi~.
dtRe. 81 heavy weeping, that with gen.
lie s@c ~ tsu.ss and : Can't pssssuse OF
the little hsne, 80 cod, add shile, and
nefvesees. ibas lay 10 Der lap, be had with
drawn. AND left Ler 10 her sorrow, 40 he
could not hrs think now II was And he
male . szars: yos that out Of The
piepef y ass father hsd ieft, she should
base Liberal portion, even IL II left HIN
Ehngt
That Dsxi.. alter the family and ser
burned 6im!g 10 the paylor. where
Leightsr cazsd the long, lonely hours
away az one oil the crimson velve'
farteuiis,g lag once oftwice into l4qs room,
win Z iid<, Eeryons step, and returning
sisgh,, dark roced form giided noiselessly
oowh the pafded STARE, and paused n O.
DeD. 10 ,pe ball. Then 1t glided on
tnrongb the dining room, and psusing
sxGsl =. GoOg. seemed listening inisnt3y, 4
Tbe1 douS seemed to open on swift,
DoAselsse hinges, and the figure glided In
70 that gtSll, silent. solemn room where
UtA.h watched alone.
tb0sAN ~ tatAts
kia tear op the sill feee, and then the
noisejess hinges swung hack again, and
The E-E.1e Sgssv siided oas sgsin--out
through the dlningroom and the long
hsii--out the heavy mahogany door, with
itE heavy silver plate bearing his name
Ont through the lightly Ysfirg NOV,
down the long Eight Of marble steps. and
away over the djmly outlined prairie road.
q, such small. small figure, and, ., such
. bite, hopeless, weary fscc II vast Z
Ralph Anderson had the most elastic
sp!sits In the world resoiute, impeiuous.
iDGomiisble, il was impossible for him ",
be long deprcesed or responding
A. be drove swiftly over the white, glis-
tening prairie, over which skics Of pale
sapphire and gold bent like = tent, shut
ting 10 the glory Of the sunshine and the
rosy simmer Of the dawn, he could not
help thinking fhst all this purity and
brightness and psAOs was sweet prophecy
Of The new day thst was dswhing for him.
self and for her. A faint sn,ile rested on
~ rse0laAe fs0e, s0iteniaG and clarifying
= and the blue syes laA soft, shadowy
1epths, fall d undttsfsble lore and ten
derneeA ,a VA. I. E "a aes aSsJls
Victor Montfopd came down the steps
80 meet him, bat RalphS heart was 70 full
a hsA ~ az =