The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-07-03
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cloud upon his brow and pain which
/ he would give no breathing space. OPP
pressed him but the pain, put into
5 words, would have been, 6 Does this
woman truly love me ?"
, John owned a good span of horses
and light wagon before he was mar
ried he bought yoke of oxen early
in the spring to do the heavy work of
his farm during the summer, propos-
t ing TO fatten them the coming winter,
and considered himself we'll equipped
for his summers mork. Celia waited
until until he had completed all his
arrangements, and then petitioned for
horse and carriage for her own use.
at is impossible, dear, for me to
buy them this year; only be patient,
and help me along, and in few years
we will be able to have almost any
thing we please. 1t will be impossi-
BILE not to make money off from this
farm with good management" he con-
tinued.
81 know it, and so I think we might
have things as we go along it viii all
come right in the end Celia answer
| ed.
For the sake of your opinion of
Johns manhood, / am sorry to say
that the horse and carriage were
bought, with new harness, not silver
plated.
Two years had passed. At the end
of the first, John came to his uncle to
pay the interest; he could pay but
part of the installment. g / am
ashamed, uncle" he said frankly, "but
cant raise another cent"
swell, no matter; you may be able
to II
ment." But Uncle John could not
help thinking that the amount paid
for the furnished chamber( which they
seldom used) and the horse and car
riage, would have more than paid the |
other half.
There was fine Durham COW be- |
longing to his uncle that John was
anxious to dossess; her price was a
hundred dollars. If he could have |
made his payment, he would have
asked his uncle to take his note for |
her until fall; but he had not the face I
to do it now.
The next winter Mrs. John must
have a velvet cloak and expensive
furs-and she got them. (She was a
peculiar wOman-a a quiet, cat-like
woman but, in justice to womankind
l will say there are but few like herr
The next year John could pay moth
ing but tho interest and the half pay
ment due the year before. 1t was
week after that Uncle John, leaning
over the fence where the young John
was beginning the spring plowing,
said: f'Y our farm needs more stock"
"I know it; but l cannot buy it this
year I; another year / must make some
change, or sell out"
To1 a. / 4
advise you to sell out, by all MEANS"
said Uncle John, quietly, as he walked
off.
And young John said he had a
headache. when his wife noticed, at
dinner, how grave he was.
The summer passed. Celia had had
so many of her friends staying with
her that she told John she must have
help in the house; so help was OBJ
tanned. John was hospitable.
One dull November day, John said
''I believe l must put the farm in I
can make no headway.-
Whatdo you say to going West?" |
Celia turned pale. care you in I
2" she asked.
/ am for once, in earnest" I
And Celia knew by his firmly set c
mouth that he was. He had been in G
lulgent to the last degree. and this '
was the end of it; she had pushed him
too far. s
But I don't want to go West" she b
"We shall be obligad to go there or t
He rose, took down his Il
laf and went over to Uncle Johns.
Uncle John was reading before T
bright wood fire in his pleasant libra 4
Y; by the way, he had furnished t.
Tohn and his wife with all the reading g
natter, eyer SINCE their housekeeping d
commenced several agricultural pa Il
,efs, and two or three of the best lit d
.rary monthlies found their way into L
heir sitting room before their wrap y
,ers were removed, and Uncle Johns il
lephew, who appreciated the adYan- a.
age and profted accordingly.
Seating himself before the fire John "
aid; ''Please don't talk to me uncle, al
am discouraged. / want to sell my HI
arm, and I thought. perhaps, you W
would want to take it back b.
Certainly; nobody but a John te
Vest must own that farm while live. "
That was my model farm, john" CT
"I know it, uncle, and l will dis &C
race it no longer. Do yoR want any b
f my stock ?" ht
II will take everything just as it is. al
shall be obliged to find some good al
enant for the place. Where do you OF
hink of going?" m
g think of going West this fall, to 81
ook about" &c
'FThe sooner the better then, at this tr
eason. / viii see to your stock; my ga
len are trqsty. Celia can stay here "
7hile you are gone; go, and find q in
ONE in the West, if you can. | wlll p
AXE your farm off from your hands in SO
be spring; but" after a pause, ii co
yelia ever finds her senses, come back nc
D the home, you should never leave; W
will be waiting for YOU" re
John flushed, and started nervously
Then uncle does understand the true tss
tate of affairs" was his thought. He sur
lade no reply he lrsd never uttered bu
word against his wife; he never m
yould. ha
A week later John and Celia turned III
le kew in their back door, and went sh
yer to Uncle Johns. As he hade in
lem welcome, he looked at Celia an
Pavely, and he wanted to say: "Wo- ap
ian, behold your work !" But he mi
1aited until John was gone, and Celia Bl
ad cried for three days, shutting her.
Elf up in her room. On the morning an
f the fourth day she made her ap- CO
earance at the breakfast table. bo
"Whel do you expect to hear from an
ohm ?" asked Uncle John after his Re
forming salutation. rel
{" He said he would write from his ISl
rst stopping place. Oh, dear, what 50
id he want to go away for" She IS
egan to sob. lie
CECILIA, stop crying aud listen to CO.
e; / want to talk to you,, feel as AZ
waY.@
/" thought you wanted him to co." ms
lie said feebly- Mi
" He is obliged to go and you have IN,