The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-14
"Mr Bfadv,I don't think YOU ought

mssther to make fun of ye,whin ye've
! done yer dootv. | was only throvin
! TO congratulate We on how aisv NJ iir-
ton would eonmgate the whole thing
J when he hears about IL
"Now, Mr. Brady" said Patty,
drawing herself up with her old pride.
Il know there will be those who viii
say that | joined the church to yet
Morton back. want YOU 10 say ,ha,
Merton is to be marriei-was proba-
bly, married to-day-and that | knew
of il some days ago"
! Bradv's countenance fell. Things
nirer come out roight," he said, as
he absent'y put on his hat. "They
talk about spieial providinces," he
so',loquized, as he walked away. land
| thought as | had caught one at last
But It does same sometoimcs as il a
blan,herin Oirish,nan loikc mesilf
could turn the univarse better If he
htd ahnlt of the stairin' oar. But,
ps'ia. Owe only got one or two pets
II me- own 70 look atther. Go! has
TO git husbands fer ivcly woman tx
cipt the oll maids An some women
has - have two. o which | hope i,
the wildly l.nms Ten But Mithodsm
ups 4 is,rything. koike's 50 re.ig.
ions thai f,. cant love anyhal, but
tod. and he don't know how ia pity
thm that does. Md kolke's made
n> both mortally afeard Of his gooi-
ness. | wish he'd fall dead il love
himself oaee; thin he'd know how i,
| iales'
Patty soon found that her father
could not brook her presence in th,
nelghborhond. and that the widows
hospitality t. her was resented as AN
az Of hostility to him She accord
lnliN 81 herself to find some means
OF getting away from the neighbur,
i hood, aad al the ,mr time nt carni ~
her living.
Happily, Al this mam"ut came pre-
siding elder Mag gt,ler t. qaartsils
Injecting an the eirc.lii IL Which iIis
/ sawachee belonged. and. hearing oi
Pattys case, he pr posed to get her
i .uip ,vinrnt as "A teacher tie ha
heard that teacher was wanted il
the neighborhooa OF e Hickory
Ridge church. where the conference
had met. So Patty was settled as a
teacher. For ten hours dav she
showed eli ldren how to ..do sums"
heard their lessons in l.inllcv Murray.
listened II them droning through the
nnralIllng poems III The ''lDiiaciic
department of thu old English Raa-
der, and taught them spelling from
the "a b abs 10 Fin com pre-hen-s'
bll-i-ty and its octopcaal companioas.
Mud she boarded round, but Dr.. Nor,
gan, thr Presbyterian ex-minis,cr.
when he learned that she was kike's
cousin, and a sufferer for her religion.
insisted that her Sundays should be
passed in his house. And being al
most as much a pastor as a doctor
among the people, he soon found Pat
ty rare helper in his labors among
the poor and the SICK. Something Of
good breeding and refinement there
was IN her manner hat made her seem
a being above the poor North Caro-
Imam, VIII had moved into the hol-
lows, and her kindness was all the
m re grateful on account OF her dig
nlty, She was "a grand lady" they
/ declared, and besides was "a kinder
sorter angel, like, ye know, in her
way Of tendin' f,.lks what's sick y
! They loved to tell how s.shc nussad
] b ii turner's wife through the awful
est spell Of the yallcr janders you cv-
CT seed; an toted Mss Coles baby
ronn' all night the night her ole man
was fotch home shot through the arm
with his own od-ier-nothin' keer-
lessness. She's better'n nor doctors.
root or calolnilc,"
One dly Doctor Morgan called at
the school house door Just as the long
spelling-class had broken upand Pat
~ was getting ready to send the chll-
dren home. The doctor sat on his
horse while each Of the boys, with
hat in one hand and dinner basket ia
the other, walhcl u the door, and.
after the fashion OF those good old
DAYS, turned round and bowed awk-
wafdIy AT he teacher. Some bobbed
their heads forward on their breasts:
some jcrked them sidewise some.
more respectful, bent their bodies In
to eresnents. Each seemed alike glad
when he was through with this abom-
inall. bt If ceremony, the only hi,
ol ceremony IN the whole round ol
thcir lives, The girls, in short linscy
dress, with c"pper.s-dyed cotton
patalettcs, came after, dropping
"cnr"h"ss' in astyie that would have
be"iderel Il danciug master.
Miss Inmslrn,' said the doctor,
when the teacher appeared, II am
sorry TO see You SO tired, | want yol,
10 e. home with me-. | have some
work for you TO do tomorrow"
There were no bnggies in that day
The roals were mostly bride paths,
and those that would admit wagons
would have shaken a buggy topieccs
dilN 1liiiIl''t uIh'il Il ltlfcf-tOTllef, |
and the doctor rode as close as posi- |
bic to the fence where she stood
Then she dropped upon the horse be-
hind him, and the two rode off togeth-
er.
Doctor Morgan explained to Patty
that strange man was lying woun-
ded at the house of family named |
Barkins, on Higgins's Run. The man
refused to give his name, and the
family would not tell what they knew
about him. As Barkins bore bad |
reputation, it was quite likely that the
stranger belonged to some band of |
thieves who lived by horse stealing
and plundering emigrants. He seem
ed to Le in great mental anguish, but
evidently distrusted the doctor The
doctor therefore wished Patty to
spend Saturday at Barkin's, and to
do what she could for the patient
1T is our business to do the man
good" said Doctor Morgan, ''not to
have lin arrested. Gospel is always
better than law
On Saturday morning the doctor
had horse saddled with side-sad-
die for Patty, and he and she rode to