Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-16

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A TRIM, bright little figure was that OF
Margaret Dixon, standing in the doorway
Of the low log -house, perched high upon
the bluff 0vcrhanging the Mississippi y
Away beyond, stretching - far a. the
horizon, layYolling wastes Of snowy prairie,
interspersed here and there by groves set
like islands in the painless space OF those
inland oceans.
Directly beneath wound the river, crust
ed over with glistening scales q ice, and
seeming like DrAe Aueeand sospde serpent,
whose stiffened coils cleaned darkly
through the leaf bereft branches.
Towering high as were the lindens on
the ,h SetS? s9gs es %s.s ss shees
and deep was the descent from her birds
nest Of home down to the waters level.
She shaded her face with one hand, and
looked beyond thQdizxy deciivty, tpyard
where thin, bhu9smokv foateb uI opt Of
the shadowy depths, and the stroke OF
woodlands ak rang sharply vibrant upon
the frosty air.
A smile, loving and wifely, dimpled
about her ripe, red lips, and liz up her
brown eyes, Cor she knew that the fire had
been kindled by her husband, and that the
echoifg ax.stroke' was swung by as hon
est hand as ever worked for a loving
heart.
Setting the most captivating bit Of rose.
colored wosstSd Is syei sdated e&ll itself
q hood atop Of her bright hair, and wrap
ping fur mantel around her slim, lissome
figure Marseret caught Up = willow tpa!.
ket ana III forth sapon itlle, tortAolis path
winding In and out along the bald proved
bluff and OBVIOUSLY down to the thickly-
wooded bottom land below.
Before leaving, however, the prudent,
pretty little housewife gave d most COM
prehensivc glance over all her domain, to
soc that, nothing was by any possibility
amiss. 4. m IGt.ist Nh ftttF IlL
Looking over the plump shoulder-no
difficult matter to do, had one only been
there, since the young wffe was as much
below tho medium stature of women ~
her husband was above the average height
of manhood (what q strange law OF com
pensation in the way Of opposites love often
Includes i)--looking over Margaret's shout
der, there is to be seen very pretty pic
ture indeed, an inteiers fit to ravish an
artist, more especially II the dainty young
dame herself be comprised in the fore
s' The uncarpessa .ptas 1obr Vas white as
soap and sand could scour it =" clean
enough to eat of Of" as the auld wives
vsaa CRU i aisslx,a AiIsId
rugs, woven by Margaret's def fingers
from odds and ends Of wOrsteds and fan
nels, lay scattered here and there before
the door the snowy counterpah bed the
the d1rkly shining. old fashioned chest Of
drawers, the window, ret deep IN the log
walland bearing dts hroadsdll awsaath
q el9ssS%iAg PsH: e1s sAs s'gEsst sac
length upoa the hOmsly hsarth.s sshs -
No TuftibA tpg, 40 magic carpet out Of
the Arabian NlGhts. ever ,gl0wed more
brightly than tAis rleoe Of Aageie'a handi-
work In the crimson glow Of the fireplace.
And what rare radiance that fire sent
forth; such CHEEKY, heart-warming
smile of brightness that 1t lit up every
nook and corner Of the quaint, homely
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In every saucepan and piece of tinware,
eli Furnished till lhsy, looked like silver,
As we'll as In the small ov1 mirror over
yonder, around which entwined stray
ins IL J 3 lHstS tsssiS w. beneath, and
clambering up the rough, washed
walls till its glossy, green leaves touched
thu Saflnseasss W e ssw.as tssa snmia
This vase, ana > little yvogkhasAel
stand, and half dozen brackets not u
spssse 8 SSxssse 'GS "sss
All 4ha Aasr3oaa 0f Nara hands wrought