Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-07


Rumble, considerably mysiified.
well, sir interrupted another voice,
| aye mean that you've come here from
! Boston 20 court Mary Gay, and You mean
| To cut ont Billy Higdy here; now II you
don't give up Mary and leave town to-
morrow night, we'll pitch you into the
mill.pond" :,
Hold on moment" said Blumble: Il
think you have got hold OF the wrong
person. as | have not the acquaintance Of
Miss GAY, nor, in fact, Of any other lady
in this place. But / want you to under.
stand one thing distinctly, and that Is, |
shall not leave town until get ready"
Something about BUNDLES manner
seemed to convince The young men that
he was in earnest, for they uttered various
expressions, such as, That's likely sto
ry,n Hes gassingr' II don't believe
that" etc. Men invariably express
doubts when being convinced of some
thing they had rather not believe.
For few minutes the whole party re-
NAMED In silence: then one OF the young
denizens Of p. broke the spell by asking:
SAINT your name Blumble!"
eyes, sir"
"And you are from Boston,"
"And don't you know Mary Gay"
mo, sir
.Wcll. that's strangel She said his
name was Blumble, and that's your name;
he belongs 10 Boston, and so do you; and
you've been right up by her house, and
we believe you've been there 10 see her.
Don't We, Bills''
Eyes, we do, !" replied Higdy.
"Well, Young men," said Blumbie, "if
you don't believe me, go ask the young
lady herself" t
THIS proposition was met with approval
by the whole party, so Blumbic started
back np the lane, accompanied by large
escort before, behind and on each side OF
him. They filed into the yard, and
crowded on to The steps Of a neat.looking
farm house, and Higdy knocked at the
door. ina few moments one Of the cham.
Der windows was opened and a protruding
head asked:
"Comc down To the door a minute,
Squire, will youg' asked Bill.
'sWby. what do you want?" inquired
the voice in the chamber window above.
ave want to see Mary minute, +" re-
piled voice from the crowd below.
WHY, HUc HHS Dtth aO1u tb'oN WV
hours. Is it anything Important"
eyes; we want to see her Just minute F"
"Well, I'll speak to her"
In few minutes Mary appeared at the
door. She was very good looking, not.
withstanding her being called out OF bed
at such an unreasonable h0ur--and so
thought Blumble. For some moments
the whole company remained speeches..
At last Blumble, firing OF his conspicuous
situation, and the "nothing.to spirit
of the party, broke the silence by asking
the young lady If she had ever seen him
before.
Not that / remember Of" she replied.
II only asked you 10 satisfy these young
men," said Blumble.
"Thcn he amt your city beau?" asked
lIigdy. ,
but one letter.
"Then we were mistaken" said vofce
in the yard, and two or three of the party
slid out at the gate.
| 81 am very sorry that have been Tho
indirect cause Of this annoyance TO you
but 1t Is no fault Of mine. This gentle
man." pointing to Higdy, "and his party
seized me and would not allow me TO pro
coed 10 my hotel until ! had proved Il
them that had not been visiting you.
must now leave them with you to make
their own explanations, and bid you gooc
evening"
Good evening" said the young lady
| in u very sweet voice.
| Somehow Blumbie didn't sleep very
sound that night; he was in a very strange
place and he kept constantly thinking 0
his strange adventure, and OF the good
looking strange young lady; and thu
more he. thought, the more he wondered
who she was; and, when at last he deter
mined to inquire about her in the morn
ing, he fell asleep and dreamed of her.
Blumble was an early riser, and thu
| next morning, before the villagers wer'
astir, he had walked out and passed tn,
house Of Squire Gay; but he did not SCI
Mary, so he returned to the hotel and In
CURED of the landlord concerning her
The landlord must have praised the girl
for the bachelor decided to remain an
other day and be introduced to her, thel
TO remain third, and finally he conclud
ed he might as well stop the week out, an'
so he wrote to his partners, informing
them that he should remain there fe,
days to himself The professcd woman
hatcr walked up that same lane each even
ing, and walked into the house, too. II
was not disturbed again by Bill Higdy
for the Squire had threatened II he cam
within gunshot of the house again to pu
dose OF cold lead into him. So the wis
but jealous Higdy kept out of the way.
There was great reform IN the manner
and habits Of Thomas Blumble, merchant
He left his bachelor clubs, notwithstand
ing the .jeers and taunts of his forme
companions, and he became circumspec
In his remarks on female character. Fo
number of months he spent his spar
hours writing to Mary, and choosing ar
propriate gifts for her, and for a long tim
the Boston & p Express considered hin
one OF their best customers. But ere lon
there was a brilliant wedding party at tn
. house of Squire Gay, and p. lost its mos
charming belle, for Miss Gay became Mrs
Blumble. A few weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs
Blumble went down TO Rock Cove, AM
visited the old Blumble homestead. Will
there, Mr. Thomas Blumble introduced hi
wife to Mr.. Jerry Smike, and Mrs. Poll
Ann Smikc, and all Che little Smikes.
would be impossible to tell who ar
most contented with their lot, Thomas q
Polly Ann. One thing more and / al
done. In answer to BUNDLES advertise
ment for chambermaid, who would assi'
, in plain sewing, who do you think apple