Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-12

for the nsnefn the West gsye promise Of
At least that, If not Of extrayagsnt wealth.
One gug,y March night he came home
from Cherry Valley. and though II was
dark, and had been Sor good hall hour,
there was no light anywhere visible ID
the house, and no sign OF life about the
place. 4 vague sort Of pYesenfimeni
scizt,d MIN. and ne hurried into The house
His wife epszng mp hastily - II from
deep. And called his name In . quick.
s.srtsed voice
why Myra, why are 700 sitting herr
ia the DARK, Iseased something had hap
pened.n he said, In relieved tone.
She came forward through the dim, I'm
certsin dusk, and laid her hand on he'
husbands xym-
40 Eer-xhs-e hss L gomez" she
cried. In q fsint dry whisper, tbax sounded
grange an1 rneartaly Ia the silence and
He ezuah. her srn in grasp 20 fierce
thss Q slsxlt cry Of pEin escaped hef
@wornsrs" be cried, Esernly, Ii your
weakness shks LIS enoourAged hin lol
rerer ea.erced <.ssaisDce- You always
Ia him hare his orn bead, snd iAis Is ne
Yesrs Of yoay criminal kslg-
80 Ber sr5si 10 Go the bssi esoa1c,
she xnere.sa. rseekjy, Derer limiting Dy
uord or tome fhss there conld Dc sry
possibility d ms having ever BEN 70
h r-rsr,as ia, chxir and &nk into u
as.arTsT. WITH . womErE nEfurk m
ssipea, Mvra AE5srssD Phi ssaae her oxn
ymir Inc t-isc t. couAaors hin She knew
tnss nis pride an1 temper were wounoed,
snS o. Sic sid lirsie- only Cropping
wsre now and Then wnh rare lee, mAk
ing II slxsvs ss favorable 1of nsr boy Il
she dErs-
Nc one ssiS mncn 10 Be1 Anderson
sbont LIE boy they som Learned by The
look in iaas fhcs The. il was moi fseEt. Only
Tom Arnold sold Tim shas IN he opinion,
no iuan nAd . r,ghi 70 ses up h.f wishes
arslrsf ua.-re, anS mhn forced 10 take
MP q Life against sasuns. rspellEni Instincts,
GENERALLY rssas . 1Eilnre 81 IL.
The suruner grew bright, IS % msry
summers mad dome before, but s1rnetning
dimusd Tts s,lepdor. and cast fhint
shadow over Ill the eGrtb and cir The
.dsvs were 20 long, End the nights 30 lone
fy 81 the pieasani prairie nome, that NJ yra
Anderson gU nervous over their SLOW,
uong.unous length. But by and by let
ss,-s CAN'T from kAlDb-gxy- pr1gff little
3ctterg. full Of bnoyaut Lie, ardent anti
-si,,ations. and eaees ambitions, with here
xfc there lizsae sudden reinsu deep teDoef-
ness. that brought the blood 10 Myra Ap-
ser~ssr's Lace with quick. varm glow
Bua ie said nothing. He lstsned 20 the
Ie.ters VIII white, imDovkbe LACE, slan
rerw sci ind syern, whenever Eap1
name was msnfionsd. Very evidently
lac had not vet forgiven him
But eDe day rumor was mentioned ID
the ne sspa pess this. there had been . Ter.
.ib.e rsse co the south Atlantic coast. and
. list 81 Tie vessels supposed 70 be lost
vas esyeE, sne among them the North
Star mis- ship. Ben Anderson beard 1t
In The cry. How he got home be never
knew he nsd no recollection OF q step
OF the way he walked into the room
where his wife sat reading over some
letbsS. fgfut smile On her bps. She Did
then hastily IN her dress, blushipg softly
Bai he cid no. see he walked straight TO
the table and sat- down, and buried his
face ia has Lands.
"God in heaven have mercy broke
in a sudden, sgon;zed cry from bis lips.
tine great drops Of sweat coming out ON
bic fs9ebead 10 glistening beads. -,
Ter . my OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
she stopped, MALI paraiyzed with alarm
aoa dread az terrible, wild thought came
crashing through her brain.
He pusfsed the crushed paper toward
her be hid brought it al the way from
Rockford crushed in bis hand-and then
broke into a fierce, wild storm OF pas
sioDate weeping. Myra Anderson was
nearly Wild with terror. Never, even
when tbsir baby had died, had she seen
her husband weep. 1t in something
terrible when y strong man gives way 10
tears. A woman wecps softly and natn-
rally, bat when the depths OF a strong,
stern. rugged man nature are broken up,
ii is like the fierce passion OF the tornado,
in Us intensity,
"Rs Las punished me for my hardness
~ uougdns forgive him" he said, AFTER
he he'd grown caimer and they had talked
il over " o Ralph, my son! my son =
Did you ever think what strange ways
God takes 70 break down these stubborn
willis Of ourss How, when love and ten
derness tail, lie sends the tempests breath
and ihe terrible swirl sword, 10 do Lis
will; and then when our hearts are
softcned and broken, how tenderly he
turns about and drops some great gin or
Joy into our liyesy
lie did this into Ben Anderson's in this
way:
-Four weeks after that terrible rumor!
came q letter from Ralph There had
been q terrible storm, he wrote, but Mey
were in port at the time. Half score OF
vessels went down, among them the
@North State" Of New York.
FRO BE CONTINUED
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