Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-19
VIOLA! ~ ! !,
.lE OR 'at} 8ill &
Struggle for q Name,
BY MRS. X. B. EDISON.
(Writsen Esprsssly for Ms Piper CnpyrioM S.
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CHAPTER vi.
OR -

Time, which never stands still or waits,
has dropped six more years into the bo-
som of Eternity. want you to step with
me moment into the home Of the An
dersons. There has been some change
since wesaw it last. There are evidences
of prosperity, both externally and inter-
nally, The old ambition of Myra Ander.
son in regard to stuffed furniture" has
been realized, and she no longer scours,
as Of old, the floor of her kitchen, where .
pretty oil carpet reigns just now in sos
picious newness. Here and there about
the house are odd bits of curious bjoutsvis,
and rare shells, and two or three pretty,
foreign looking paintings in curiously
carved. frames, and pretty little oval
stand Of brilliant mosaic but the dearest
and most, beautiful thing of an in the eyes
of Ben, Anderson and his wife, is the pic
ture of handsome young fellow, in q
rosewood and gilt frame, hanging OYER
the mantel in the sitting room. There Is
q broad sailors collar turned away from
the finely turned, sinewy throat, and
loosely .knOtted handkerchief falling over
the full Ich.st The heavy chestnut hair
is thrown carelessly back from broad,
open forehead, As fair and white as a
girls. Taken altogether, there is some
thing both winning and inspiring in the
fresh. resolute face, and a stranger would
instinctively feel drawn toward it. Is it
anys wonder then that Nyfs Anderson
stopped every few minutes rs she hustled
about the pleasant, kunshiny room, and
looked upl ct the picture, and won
dered for the nine hundred and
ninety-ninth time if he had changed
much in these two years, and how
her boy-he would always be q boy
to ber-would look with beard, as he had
written her he wore one now. She tried
to fancy how he would look, and smiled
softly TO herself IS she went about put
ting little touches here and there, that 1t
might look pleasant and attractive 70 him,
for be was TO be there that noon -that
very noon, she said over and over, in liz
tie tumult of Joyous delight .at4
Ralph had been home twice since he
went away, for q little brief Witt h1tnow
he was coming home to stay all winter,
and it seemed to the fond, happy mother
that there was new heaven and Q new
earth-everything was 30 beautiful Ind
full of sweet peace. Ard then there was
another thing: Ralph was coming home
Captain Ralph Anderson >
Ben said "pshaw r. when she said the
name over with its new title, but faint
color crept into his bronzed face, and a
sudden light famed in his grave eyes.
"Do you think we have changed much.
Benz" she asked, little anxiously. II
mean 90 Is tolook strange TO htns." g 2
You haven't, Myra. You look as fresh
a. girl, despite your forty I'VE years.
he said, looking earnestly into the bright,
excited fare. which flushed tiks O. girls at
the words Of epraiee. sss aIi8siset
The lovely October air came in at the
open door and lifted the iron-grey hair
OF Ben Afit1er son, and crept with q little
shiyer oil delight through the fragrant
1erapium,leayes in the window, and just
touched, with careful fingers, the scented
petals of the great creamy and pink roses
on the mautel. Blanche Arnold lad sent
those over that morning from her fathers
VA there ever, I wonder, such m oc-
tober day beforef - afeahi sa1e has t1sti
"WSsre through . sapph,re sea the sun
sailed ike . golden gallson !"
An The long line Of lAintiy sindnlatfng
hills were Graded In golden mists. Par
away The river glowed like q pale opal.
and the city roofs and spires were family
visible 1Rafnst the fAr.6f Amber blue skies
Al lust twelve o'clock ,sour. old friend
Ned Bradlee drove up to Ben Anderson's
door with. . pretty bran new buggy,
bourhf especially for The occasion, and .
lovely iittls spAn 0f chssenut colss dnsen
II think. perhaps, / had better introduce
Won to Ned, for I have no idea you would
know him if I didn't TIE lank, light
hair has been cropped and sbrashed mp
over his ears (instesd Of straight behind
them, e formerly,l and something per.
~ Ihsnfe ID cainake ~ chsneed
the color ffoas 8 pale saa4 eolOrIte - very
lovely, anbgEp- brown. The scs Ia -
fresh md fs1r - it was eight years age,
md va f6oI IN rAini fbrs = 'ahsN plA6s
wheS6 tie .pencil Of Time" has nsdase
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