The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-05-12


will say, that whoever you bring here
b. it Jennie Burns on another | scarcel
] think she can &c to you What | couh
, have heenvI, who have loved you $
long and f,nthflliy And, David, whel
you shut me our Of your life ard hom
tecanse I refused to break the Fifth
Commandment, take care that you do no
shut out Gods blessing at the sam,
time"
saliieghad faivanced TO tile. putsd,
door and was stand ING an the threshold
land the.settIng sun, which, through the
| bazy atmosphere, Mas red as blood, sh0ut
full upon her. As she said the last
words she raised her band TO heaven
and, bathed in that crimson light, she
reminded David OF 1a,artVr In lie flames
He thought that she bad never looked 50
mobile. and that he had never loved her
/ so we'll, but he answered not word.
/ He walked home Nlgl herin silence, and
I refused To enter;fhe house E
Mr. Burch, besides beIag Owner Of the
mills was AN amateurs &llm.r He took
delight in drives and Strange breeds of
aninals, and rare specimens of plants.
1 He seldom visited The mills, leaving the
care Of the business algposf entirely to his
Horeman Beyoiai liGS fjc, s, the towns.
people knew liltia Oh ann, lor he lived in
great seclusi@p at his place, Rigerbank
which was a mile or twc aat of the vii
Ilage.a nae s3dH sis
Having heard thatlfis foreman was
about TO be married, he offered him the
hprettiest Alderney heiftI' on his farm as
a present, and invited him tn come and
select it himself Dagid thanked him
very heartily at the time, bur. had never
ayailed himself of the offer Mr. Burch
supposed this might ne owing to diff
dence, and one day rallied him on the
subject. iaa .T xo
I'm net gplng TO be married, sir--at
least not ut present. said David, looking
Iglum. 5a Ia ae aTt I
'SIndeedi Ehope nothing serious ha,
occurred said Mr.. BGrch lsa ss
- 'Ii's all of" sand David, shaking his
head. ,Fa- sGf ao alaa
"a lovers quarrel, perhaps. If that's
all, don't despair. Young ladies like tc
Tbe coaxed.n .aar ase g88it
/ Not Sallie, sill" said David.
W. 'flsuppose then shehas taken some new
fancy. They're fickie creatures, these
Ewomenkinde What suit them to-day,
lstffeDds Slem tomorrow Well cheer up
my lad, and, lear a to get along without
them, ash do said Mr.. Pnrch, smiling
and laying his hand Lightly on David,s
shoulder. &a h "a m
/ I'm certain Salle never loved any
one but me, answered David, decidedly
'sand since you are so kina as to take an
interest in the affair, will tell you thu
ruth about it. She was unreasonable
enough to expect to saddle me with the
care Of her old father and mother"
And you could not afford to take
Isuch a charge. Well, L am glad you told
tme, for that is easily settled. Rather
than two young people should be dis
lappointed, I'll raise your salary"
s'' 1t was not just that said David
"the bearings have alhttle property o.
their own--but she had some tine spur
motions about the matter, and wanted tC
4 take them into the family 8
Il "Oh! said Mr.. B., and paused absupt
lily, seemingly intently occupied will
4 punching little holes in the ground witt
his gold headed cane Zone shouldn't
be hasty in affairs OF so much importance,
said he a. length. perhaps you ma,
yet induce her to reconsider IA m
1t would be of no use to try" sale
David, for you might as well attemp
t. move the sun as to move Sallie Dear
ing when once she gets set upon anything
! she fancies to be her Duty a Il
Very unreasonable truly" said MI
), b., but there was touch OF sarcasm il
! his tone. And you could not think 0
yielding yourself? afK .e0
| I" Never, sir, necer." # HI ega
swell, you shall have the Alderncy al
the same, for suppose you won't sci
your place "H 8af *
/" Not l., sir, nor buy rope to han.
, myself with, eitherp as9th&
+. Mr.. Burch laughed, and as he walked
: away he said to himself, " guess tn
; heifer will console him for his loss"
J David did not, indeed, buy rope t.
J hang himself; but he slipped his necl
into the matrimonial moose in the cours
OF few months, and moved inlo his new
, house precisely as he had planned Il
do--the only difference being that Jeanni
Burns was his bride instead of Salli
, Dearlug. Tt b4e
Saliie, meanwhile, was not left entirel-
, without consolation, for, ifshe had lost
: lover, she had gained friend, and tina
. friend was no less parsonage than Nj
! Burch.
She was much surprised one day, OF
opening the front door in answer to tn
: summons of the great brass knocker, t.
! behold him standing on the step, ami hi
! horse paving at the gate-about a
! much surprised as you would be if tn
J statue OF Washington, which adorns tn
, square. should dismount from its ranpan
steed and pay you visit. 609.8
He extended his hand smilingiy, anc
inquired for her father and mother, upo,
which Sallia invitad him in Ma 90 Id h,