Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-19

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give away, hls1 Heayen-sent gift-his own
possession, for all the great world had TO
offer
Something Of all this Ben tried TO say.
The lady; was disappointed, was sorry.
But of course it was nothing to her, as 1t
would have been to Ben to part with his
boy; she had not known and nu1sed him
up from babyhoode She could find plenty
more babies TO love- Is "a sa u .
So Ben reasoned and went his way.
Yet the subject would not rest. The sum-
mer came hot and weary The days grew
longer and SUMMER. Ben had TO double
his hour Of morning and work later to
finish his day. The work seemed TO grow
harder, too. Once it did notScem much
to walk mile or two, saw wood all day,
and walk back with the little horse over
his shoulder and his little saw under his
arm. Fred carried the saw with him now.
The boy wanted to have one OF bis own
and learn to saw, too and often did Uncle
Ben find tooth gone from the saw blade,
after little Fred had stolen q chance to
practice with it. The nights seemed colder,
up in the attic, than they used to be ;
though Fred still grumbled at the heat
and kicked the quilt away, Ben gladly
tucked his over his dropping shoulders
and shivered even then. The old man had
cold in this hot summer time, and he
called it very foolish thing that he never
did before. Perhaps it was because he
was 80 old. The summer heat was follow
ed Dy summer cnii. Den never nInu n:l
slight frame, blued his lips, shrunk his
flesh and set his very muscles trembling as
with ague. It made him cough, too. At
night when the teemlng mouse was sui
IN s!umDer, the hollow sounu ol pen >
cough AZ IL rackoo ms marrow cnsss- Anu
snook nun tnrougn anu .nlousa, was
neard irOln rooM W Ioonl; Hon nooi "
moor. va WOMEN glav1y snouk .nelr
neaas anu muIln .hs j. ), eas ave neip ~. as'
wna' cousn 'lia s 10. =, ,ha;n on SAY
with tender SADNESS IN 'nelr rougn
voices: roor ii''ie oiu Den ean s'''hu
that long. ~ NJ
NO one tolo oen tnat ne was uylng; ~
one ASKED nun wnst nc snoulu uo WIN :le
Doy Wnen ne couiu W ionsei caie ioI mn uil
nul ne reau 'nese tIings' as pam as speeui
Ia ehe wa cNMss osiHg' y.. S am IVY, ~ In
eyes tnas toiv"su AiIl ~ "nu ous ao no
came ana went daiiy IN tile iohging' nenity
Kisses ana tne quick slgn WIN WHICH Dru u-
~ dressed ms Doy anu senI nun ous tol
the gay: 30 pen wa!keu away gu, on tiie
West oiue one gay wi m MS n..le "o ~
gu noIse anu saw. He inuu an.aa a .nS
lazy VINO Hveo ~ lne n Mna nouse anu anu
VINO Wanteo MS Doy. ne toiu ner nc nau
ohanged MS NINA. = he "ouid give her MS
Fred 9s., to-.
Inc lady smileG pleasantly, anu saio she
was very gIad; ne mignt pfing MIN To-
morrow lnoiMse u no llAeu
nG'u p .Ll ~ " nv w and do bv him IN
.L. .aAo an nS 80 an ~ ~ so,, Oh a
eveIy.hing as II nc W.T.. Gu' 1 IVA 'om, ao
saiu, AZ nea s.oou MAJ - na ,'a. ou nSar
tne uasenlens uooI, pus you ~ hius' :, :noe
stanu 'la' uun ahe you ~, on m.s a. ~,
couh h't "a no .,a .nao yUu o ala eo,no
see MN, Out u ratner you "ouioh coh'e
-G1N ia co.. - 40
pen fa,seu us painou, oiu .aI ~, oi1 h; ~
a ,en. ;r elps 'n Ia ian no, chew much much
| uroop III the mouth ulg no. sno" muon
through the loui uaysf eio" W. vi slay
Dearu a. any ia'e, .no nuy uiu Nv. nv
] pressing MS thouSnts anu ieeIlhss-ohiyy
bowed AGAIN. ana answered. les hlafhi'
as ne .urneu away. -,
lie pro9gn. FREQ anu oaue nm go9a-
Dye 0utsloe the renee, next morning. nc
toid MN that ne was W hve nele WIN
beautiful lady and have everything nice as
the pest little boys had why! Because
uncle Ben was gong away.
ANA not Jake me
NO! ! can v. =. IS an : Ian Nv ~ ~
by mySen. ANA so can .ake you, freq,
poy. Wlsn l coulu Anu oiu ncn
groaheu as II MS very hear' weIo Ieh' ~
TWO. linen fred uiu not ASK again. ne
Risseu Den many ti,hcS anu ""n'eu W
KNOW II ne q De gone long.
- Mhen you re Sro"h-up man' freu,
Doy l guess you II NC SEM ioI W come
where I'm gong; ! o9m eAp1 re- " see
you again III .nen; Iheie. lno iauy
mas opened Inc iroht ooor. dc soou' ieu'
poy.
pa pen leu MN up 70 inc lauy, anu
Wl!no1t one wclu mpie hc .ulneu anu
waikeu away as ias. as us snoi. slope anu
days work seemed harder to-day, the way