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

If Deyries hired Joe Briefly eight year
ago. as he did, to keep me out OF the w,
do you think he would hesitate now 2,
holder and more unscrupulous meansy \
do not imagine my life would be safe an
hour if he knew who was. Why sh0uld
put myself in his power when have
twice escaped it! He hunted my poor
mother to her death, for know now the
letters she used to have were from nims
and doubt not he watched all her moves
ments, and thought he had her in HI
power, surely, when she was fleeing "a
escspe him. But Death relt ased her,
thank heavenl I had rather think of her
lying under the turf on that far away sea
shore, than exposed to his prosecutions.
will yet triumph over him; her wrongs
shall yet be avenged, for / believe he was
the cause Of all her sorrows, and some
times believe of my fathers death, for he
was in the yacht at the time.
CHAPTER Nv.
Miss Blanche Arnold was suffering
some pretty severe panSs Of yea lousy
Mrs. Bugbee, who naturally sympathized
with woman in love, felt it her duty to
tell her that Captain Anderson had come
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gone nobody knew how long, she
shouldn't like it if he didn't come a-near
her." she argued. aa iF
Mrs. Bugbee had succeeded in hauling
Ned safely in, and felt little sympathet-
ic interest in Others love affairs just at
this time, as q matter of course. Happi-
ness loves company as well as misery, you
may be sure. 1t was only the evening
before that this delightful crisis in the
Bradlee- Bugbee case had been reached,
and he had told Of Ralph's return, using 1t
as sort of lever to lift his own cause.
~ see the young capting's come" he
had said, land l reckon he was down
here, quick, Iknow should be, if I'd
been away"
"Pshaw p she said, "that is the way
with men-I wouldn't trust one of EN-
with my heart" 4s.
"Now doa't-pray don't" he said, in
ludicrous distress, a fear that he had been
too precipitate in putting up his frame
house" before he was sure OF her, filling
him with vague terror. You know 4
amt any s1ch sort of Teller, now, come.
You know I'm true blue-you'd trust me,
come now. Susan, you know you
would"
II don't know, Mr.. Bradlee; should
ha' trusted him; but he hasn't been here,
and heard he went down to Montford
House Almost as soon as he got home, and
that he was out a walkin till nigh dark
with that young girl he picked up out OF
the snow"
"Wall now" said Ned, quite taken
aback by this account of his favorite's
perfdy, 81 wouldn't ha' believed it of
Ralph, declare wouldn't. But mebbe
twas somethin' special, and he'll be round
bimeby."
"But it's nine o'clock now, Mr.. Brad
lee"
81 du wish you'd call me Ned" he in
terrupted, cosxingly, "and as for its being
nine o'clock, don't know; never can
tell what time tits, here Now, to home
it's 90 lonesome, I know every minute by
heart, it stays SO long. l suppose it pities
me because I'm so alone"
"Why do you stay alone, them" she
asked, innocently. "You might get
housekesper, should think"
"Confound it that's what I've been
tryin' to do ever since last spring." he
cried, growing very red in the face, and
feeling instinctively that the crisis was
upon him and must be met.
-. H5svs yqa tisa neayy + she asked Sc
"Many hain't tried nary one. I've
been too darned big q coward-that's
what's the matter But I'm in for ii now,
by gol-look here, Susan, will you hev
me y-say quick !-paI you hev me9" he
cried, in Q sort of pathetic distress
"Why, Mr.. Bradlee, how abrupt you
are don't believe had better change
my name-I never thought should until
until" and Mrs Bugbee paused in girl
ish confusion, and really blushed.
"Until you see met Glory! You mean
that, don't you, now, my dear? Halle
lujahl When can read my title clear,
Exalt the stem OF Jesse's rod, and crown
him lord of all-hooray" cried Ned,
catching Mrs. Bugbee in his arms.
"Hush, Edward!-making little show
Of struggle.
90 bother! A fellow don't pop the
question every night, lesstways I don't
Susan, let US be married to once't," cried
the enthusiastic lover.
"Pve not said I'd marry you at all, you
terrible fellow" she said, smiling coquet-
isbly. "but if should, couldn't think OF
being married under o month, certainly"
"a month I" he cried, starting back.
"Pretty near that, think. You see a
woman has so much to do, and this is 30
sudden, don't know what Mr.. Arnold
will say; I'm sure don't"
"And / don't care, nuther Look o
here, Susan: I've been forty-five years
a-makin' up my mind, and now It's made
up, I'm just going ahead, and I'd like TO
catch Tom Arnold, or any other man, q
tryin to stop me. / tell you what I'll
do; I'll split the difference, and call it two
weeks. Come, that's fair, now two weeks
frcm' tonight, and not another minnitW
From the tact that Mrs. Bugbee gave a
fortnights warning" to Mr.. Arnold the
next morning, it is TO be supposed that
the difference was duly "split," as possibly
she intended it should be-
"This is vexatious," exclaimed Tom
Arnold, coming into the room where
Blanche sat nursing her wrath toward
Ralph :" here's Bugbee going of in two
weeks; / would like TO know what am 70
do. l believe when you get married III
let you carry on the housekeeping, and
will be just bosrder."
II was not aware I was going TO be
married. am afraid your rs!s of board
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