Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
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so sadly familiar to me in the grave, kim
face
Il think You need no congrat1lation:
DEAR" said vaguely; "you have enougl
IN your own heart"
Her little fingers closed tightly on mine
yet she had recourse TO her old petulan
defiance Immediately.
"Scot is hard, and stern, and cod to me
as usual" she stammersd holly. Us
because made few mistakes II p3itry
translation"
Scot was standing against the table close
to US then: his slight figure leaning 1t
tie; his face white and proud.
"If can be hard and stern and cold z
you, child, then let me be 81, c1ild. IN pity
for under i. al NY heart burns with Wild
strong lore, which | cannot always gov
ern. Let me burn it out if | can, ghstey
er comes TO take its place"
There was long, moti0nless pause
/ among us: then with startled movement
az If something was made clear TO her
Pennie left nv side and stood close r.
Z Scot. She laid her two little hands on his
AID spoke with glistening eyes
Some Jay, Scot, when you have taught
/ Charlie and ne al that we shall be able
| 70 learn lit isn't much you know, you will
go out into the great world and find hap
piness like niue, only deeper, and when
you tell me of it-as you viii Go, because
ge shall be always friends-l shall say,
nat you are saying to me now, with your
kind eyes: God bless you in your hap
pinessr
Scot took the little earnest hands and
held them closely for minute; but if he
spoke at all, did not hear what he said.
Then he went away, and Pennle sat
down beside me, very still and silen, /;
while the plying darkness crept in and
hid her face.
Isn't that a true verse, Charlie
Theirs is the sorrow who are left be-
hind 2"
Pennie was driving me home from the
station. We had been to see Walter off
TO London ON his way to the continent,
where ne was 10 spend six months with a
party Of old college friends. The reins
we're unnecessarily tight in Pennies
hand, the little rounded cheeks were very
pale in the tickle March sunshine and the
young voice was bright only by great
effort!
(Which, | suppose, is very soothing
reflection for you" said, smiling. "As
you love Walter SO much better than your
self"
Yes; but l was thinking Of some one
else, too May we drive on to see Mrs.
Cowen: She said this parting would
break her heart"
"Never mind to-day, Pennie. Scot is
there. He is best to be with her now
best to be with her always, if she did but
know it"
mot better than Walter, Charlie" she
replied, her eyes all aflame in their sorrow
"not better than such dear, dear, pleas
ant fellow. Scot is not the very idol of
his mothers heart--like Walter"
"No; in consequence of his mothers
heart being set a, ainst him." But / stop
ped with laugh, for would not vex
Pennie to day with this old argument of
ours.
Now Charlie" she said, her face so
happy in its love, so wistful and tender in
it's first pain of parting, sin spite of all
you choose 10 say Of Scots goodness and
Of Walters thoughtlessness, you know
very we'll that everybody likes Walter
best. They can't help it. No more
can /"
She seemed to miss Walter very much
and she was just her own willful self all
the time-always waiting on me, TEASING
Scot, and acting the pleasant, demure little
mistress of the house when our father
came home at night. Often | felt very
angry with her and at last one day wher
Scot had one Of his old hard struggling
mornings, followed her out and told hel
l could not stand by and see his brave
patient pain.
"You ought never to come In to study
with us" I said, hotly. "You should
learn nothing all your life rather than
learn from him now"
But there is no one else to learn from, "
she pOuted. $50 must"
"Then wish to heaven he would care
less for my good, and go away for his own
good"
"That would be very unkind; though |
dare say that he will do so soon," said
Pennie.
"You. of all the world, should Judge
Scot most tenderly and kindly, Pennie," ]
cried.
"And SO I do, dear Charlie" she an
swered, with quick earnestness.
"Then leave him to himself I shall
miss you woefully, as you know; but
would rather you never came until oul
work is over, and we will meet on equa
ground"
Charlie" she said, in voice of uttel
solitariness, II am always lonely an(
restless and mischievous away from you
but will not come in again"
And then of course l was miserable
though had gained what l wished.
After that, Pennies behavior to SEQ
changed Day alter day she forgot to JOIN
our studies; forgot it in the most easy ant
natural manner imaginable, offering NJ
forced reasons, showing no conscious EN-
barrassment, and day after day she grew
quieter and quieter to Scot; not kinde
exactly, or more conceding, but NOR,
thoughtful She went alone very often Il
see Mrs. Cowen, but these visits neve
cheered her. The mothers blind and de
voted dedication of her son, contrasteC
with the sons easy carelessness of the
mother, fretted Pennies tender heart sore
ly saw how her thoughts ran upon il
after her visits, and at these times | never
spoke word against Walter. Yet some.
times, when Pennie told me how he said
he had not time TO write home, and so she
must go and tell his mother about him, nv
impatient word would escape and said