Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-10
Miscellany.
TIE DEACOgs STORY


81 n y kskhrDNs
TIE solemn old bells Ia fhe stscp1e
Are rtngin'. gaess you kngH WHY
H0s Wei then, RI tel you. tn01gE Eosil
Ifs whispered about on The 50.
Some six weesxs AzO, church Izseetss
Whs called for-a0003F EleH wa&ss
Bot we went. and the carson wa pfeAe1I
And donC know who, OF SDp Eo-
Some twenty Cd members, rzlcBsf@-
Which mostly vac v0EaeL- % a'-rae-- -,
Though DOR mean 70 ~aE A1xsAt s. = "a
I've seen many garhsYtile worse
There, H. the front roE. SCI ti,e aeSca-
Tire eldesg was Ole DessuE fTyW.
A man coaE.ln' foarscgye- Assss7s@Fs~i
And gfu'raily fail o. Eis IT.
Beside him. his wifi, eour.in fozrseo-s,
Kind -beartsd- mosae-ay so-4.
And neyi 10 her yozng . GeDl Hartley,
a grod Ca-sstiGE nsAl OF sAe wGoif.
Mss@ par-orik o spinsr 81 @ffT.
And long ago lad on t1e sae2L.
uaS w.siges her.egf aex1: aE1- reside Der.
Was Deacon Nuuroe-iAat' myself
TIE u,ee.fp' Wa soou called 70 o-osr.
TIE Esar-or looked glaE ~ tex.
We rxzss s. eact Other e. sile1ce.
And slleufly wondered Wt&i Dextg
rfler slowly up~0se Dexcor EAYTeSF.
His voice seemed 70 .reEahle WITH 8sG,,
A. ne said: :. Boz and saar ySs ssEe E-oxs L.
M good trieuds, for lseh fozr5 yszs
81 And yoz scarce may eIpec 6 ooE.sszsoI
o. error from me; bvf--ToI Gov
NJ dearly loved wife Gtsc lssa cA-2ss--ss,
L.. POW n@E-ly ser m1Zias sEo
THE wfuts- went by ORG E11 A@aS3F,
The strsag hurried forward &fssees
The farm. work eREae OIL. and Ie@Gs1
L wor1aa- ss0ui The o5d PaAas
The children were wTlds- tran rASn.s.
And Sill gs0wlag s0r-e sseFy cay;
No sels 20 be found II fas Village,
tttbo-rf was sI.lt@ 30 pEy.
" fa-; wks nIEfs Tagns DISCOURAGED
For sre-yt. M s0s,ke1 80 fSrl0-L:
wasb good Its Faf11R McAlpans
Skipped s1to ozr k1sct.ez oas m9rI-
. SHE lad oniy ra1 IN o. g. e-rED6;
Bai .ae l4IEnsc s. or zaisersois plight
AEc sei 30 WORK. iist ike vO1zGn-
A-gBlssng t.e whole place 70 rggr;-
AID s.0zgh her OWL f0lEt wac - b2sT,
AID IN her hssyiE could sp&-s,
sass aa IL s1o osf Ike a fpErros,
And mos every Day shs wac there.
a. So Tire summer Hert nv serr D chserssl.
Ard one Right Esy hAey. III DOE,
Seemed feFer5sE. EsG freTfzl- Er1 woke NE,
By crying 81 m5dnignL. roc Know.
~Es tlre1 wita Eay dare WORK. and slesyy.
suo c0u3aErt, 10 wHy, Keep hirA ia
SO, a lass ] a-Tew ang-y. Alc sEE2.Esc t111,
-~Jus, aa,ou; then beard so,s rspysng,
Away ~ fae nGd-oyeh oor,
And tkeI ii@fls Pe aeaG@ NcAEp3re
Walked ssy}y R,soss fhe white Soor.
S4ys sbe: thought 59-sy vas crytn',
] gDase I'c teri take nsfD away.
kew y0E' 6 he gets u Up car 2,
To 70 % The marbles for bay.
So stayed her tp-fslgfd - ge7 breakfast;
ruess he d be quisi witt ne.
Come. Joeey. kls. papa and eli bim
What asee little uEEn yOu sill - r
She was stoO,aDs 0w over TIE pillow.
And cav the uig ieErs o. biz ehesE;
Her face wa 70 e1se 10 my wtiskers,
osrsu't move scarcely. or tyesk:
Her hznds we're both E0IaiA the b2by,
Her eYe BIZ Tia shoulder HRs ID.
EUi Der mouth SAs 20 hear ard 90 rosy.
I-klseeo Der. TbsIs jus sbAi id
Their down Eat The tretabM sinner,
The sistrys they mRrmgrsd Of share,''
ADd " sse shouldn't oagbtsf a lei him,
No ooatt sbe was mostly 70 blAue."
When s'rakghtway EprOss Dea lDn Pryor,
- Sow br.tberln a1ud sistsrs, be EGIG
I've kB0wea then mzt sgtbIa' was comm,
Ars al sot as stiil a. The dead.
"a 9EAys heard brother 5Sftlsys confession,
And speak for M seif shen say,
That u my wife wac dead, and ny ehll rgn
We're 81 grOwil' wore every day;
Ard 4 my house Eeeced attention,
and Patience " lpiBe had come,
And tldisd tie eiat;sT@d Up Kitchen,
Aud made tee place seem more ike at hone
ana 4 vas worn oat sha tlsePy,
Ard ny bahy wouldn't lie stiil.
Bet fYetted and woks me at midnight,
a. b1b5ss, we know, sometimes Will;
An1 " Patyenct came IN 10 basb hifn,
And 'tsas all a. oar good brother sez--
1 think, friebds-i think should us her,
And 'Diae ~ the con equciiccs."
Then dogn sat the elderly deacon,
The younger one lifted his face,
And n smi e ippied over the Heett4
Like light IN q sbadowy pia G.
Perhaps. then, the matronly sisters
Remembered their far-away youth,
or the daughters at home by their ire ides,
sbrped each in her shy, modest truth;
For their judgments grew gent aud kindly,
And--wellas I started TO say,
The 20 cmn old be lie In the stceple
are nDgla' bridal to-day.
--1Rptetons Journat.