The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-05-28
THE WISHED-FOR SAW.NILL

= SAsy " so0 ouvICo Oh my MOVING
riend Nibbs, to try the small river Tofi,
which runs through pretty bit Of coun.
~, and has ON its banks the village. or
more properly hamlet, Of Whortle, where
took up my residence. The place had |
40 inn, but that did not matter. Ang-
ers are not particular Is to lodgings. |
The cottage which gave me shelter Vas |
clean an6 comfortable enough; Nrs. |
Q motherly dame, had good |
store OF sweet linen, and made capital |
bread. There was difficulty about
butcher meat; but sides of bacon were
oil over the kitchen ceiling.
eggs were reckoned by the dozen,
chickens and ducks we're chuckling and
quacking all around, excellent veeeta-
bles grew in the garden; and for fish, in
my opinion, small river trout arc almost
- nice to cat as TO catch, which 10 say
ing great deal.
took letter from Nibbs, and WAS
installed in his accustomed quarters, for
l found that he WAS in the habit Of run
ming down for few days whenever BUSH
ness permitted him, and several books
arranged on the shelf OF the sitting room
had his name in them. feared at first
that was turning the couple out Of their
parior, but they assured me that they
only used it on grand occasions, and
lived habitually in the kitchen. My
bedroom was over the sitting-rOom; and
from the lattice window, framed with
jessamine and roses. l Gould see the little
river as it ran babbling and sparkling
by. There vas only one drawback,
which was the close prOximith Of the
workshop, in which either mine host or
his workman was constantly sharpening
q saw; but even this was not an unmix-
ed evil. for it conduced to that early rails
ing which 10 30 great point in the ang-
ler's favor.
Nib5s had said "old'' Peter Williams,
and l expected something venerable, but
the term proved to bs familiar rather
than descriptive, for Williams WAS not
much older than Nibbs himself, and he
was born in 1920. Mira. Williams Was
perhaps a couple Of years younger.
was puzzled at first to think where tho
work was to come from to keep . car
penter in such al out Of-the-way spot,
but that difficulty WAS soon solved.
There was good many houses hidden
away amongst tie woods within Q cir
cult OF two or three miles, and there was
No onpo'.'on. ;.iaaS k
spou' ,nc'e "eIo; ,:1 u o. Blue
eaIneu, Io'no, euS S"-S., " ...", III Sc
pen.ens, 'ae 1oe sm os ~
.ne p,oius'ou VI ~oa q; ;.s.c" u Hu'
ama"ul MoiH eh.S,N VIII
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Still, Inc business was nuc'uaung; al
some times more than feter ana ms as
sistant could well get tnrough, AZ othera
so SLACK that the man couiu MAKE neao
agains! II, leaving the master Tree 70 IN
dulgs IN the pursuit ne Io'ea; anu WIN
him ny hshing was passion. when
any sport, Iaste OF anection, MIS- tns
soul OF man 10 tnst extent, however ne
Is certain 10 ma some way OF grsuiying
II under any circumstances. Ihough my
most nao plenty 10 90 al the PERIOD OF
my visit, he was evidently eiad enough
OF the excuse ioi acung as my cicerone
10 throw ASIDE IRE plane IoI tne roo Ioi
an hour or go; and he generally mansg'
cd 10 accompany me little way up OF
down the stream either IN the morning
or the evening. anu IL was lucky ior
me he dld so, ior IL was dlmcuis piece
OF water 10 nsn, ou' ne knew every lncn
OF II. Wtnout MS aiu' anu using the
ordinary flies, l should soon have Quit.
ed the neignoOinooo IN disgust. AS IL
was, had capitai spoI..
And what was eqoaily peasant, when
came nome, l hao sucn goou wei
come. II is very great audi'ion 10 the
enjoyment OF the amateur nsnerman 10
display ms spoiis before sympatnetic
gaze, and Peter Wliiiams met me with
the eagerness Oh cni!u expecting new
toy. darst not nave Drought nome an
understood hsh; IL would nave nurt his
feelings. lie ADMIRED any trout larger
than the average, as thougn nc nao new
er seen such thing before; weigned II,
measured 1t, and wanted 10 know where
and now II was captured: MIS-; VIII,
iams was equsiiy frank anu irienoiy; anu
when l iound that should DC welcome,
proposed 10 come anu smoke my pipe
with the couple In the kitcnen oil an ev-
ening. ihey soon grew cna,ly anu com,
municative, and l learned that they had
q sorrow.
II was on the third occasion oil my
passing the evening In tneir company
that asked ~he'ner hackie Always
came alone, anu IL ne never oro'gn' y
TREND with MN. -
Never, sir. replied Mrs. Williams,
em?a u'ciiiy. !, nc
could be pus up,
why said l, you have another
bedroom al the back oil mine; the door
was open when came 10 dinner, and II
looked very comiortaoiy iurnished:
Could yon not put 8 second VISITOR tlere!
Mrs. Wiiiiams knitted more quickly al
the sock she was making. ana offered no
reply; her husband pulled nara al his
pipe. saw that l had touched on q
painful subject. .but could not immediate
~ turn 10 another 60 there was an
awkward pause.
"l on see, SIR, SAID refer az last,
knocking cut MS asnes' the ola woman
would not nave That room occupied on
any account, because II was johns, and
she IS always expecting John TO come
BACK: know De'ief, Out Mothefs never
s'oP noPlng
uon nope, sa'u .' ""s, .aNns
on ner spec'acies anu w.pins nel eyes;
am ceI'sIn sure .na' my Doy wn
come Dack 70 see US, II II 10 0niy Ior
lew Gays, ana tnen. when he mus every
tning just as ne lett IL, m1yoe ne Will s'op
longer
very likely, SAID l.. wouid
never 90, see, 10 nave iougeis
''Children's all alike, said feter: