The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-07

liveliest apprehensions Of his peril a
Salt Fork.
But with however much gratitud,
he might regard Ann Eliza's action
Morton Goodwin could not quit,
bring himself to decide ON marriage
He could not hep thinking of the
morning when negro Bob had discov,
cred him talking to Patty by the
spring house. nor could he help con
trasting 'hat strong love with the fee.
bleness OF the bes, affection he could
muster for the handsome, pious, and
eifusi,e Ann Eliza Meacham.
But as he proceeded round the cir
cut II became more and more esiden,
to Morton that he had suffered in rep
utation by his cool treatment to Miss
Meacham. I.l,lerly = ople love ro-
nance, and 1h"v could not forgive
himfor Mt 'tfi' ging the story out in
the way they wished. They ie!, that
nothing cotl,' he So appropriate as
the marriage Of popular preacher
with so yea lous woman. 1t was a
shock to then senee of poetic com
plcteness tht' he should thus destroy
the only fling announcement. So
that between 4 le who were disap-
pointed at the come-out, and Young
men who We're Jealous Of the general
popularity o. N youthful preacher,
Morton acceptahility had visibly de-
clinea. Nevertheless there was quite
a party of Young women whoapprov
ed of his course. He hal found the
MINK out AZ ia I,
One of the results of the Methodist
circuit system, VIII its great quar-
terry meetings, was he bringing OF
people scattee' 4 oscr Il wide region
into a sort Of organic unity and a
community Of feeling 1t widcned
the hor ron. II was curious and,
doubtless, also beneficial thing, that
over the whlln vast extent OF half
civilized tcrii;o called .jenhnsville
ic for gossip and discussion When
Norton reached tie very northern
most of his forty nine preach ng pla-
ces, he had not vet escaped from the
excitement.
''Brother Goodwi"," said Sister
Sharp. as they sat nj breakfast, "what
ever folks may saw! am sure you had
perfect right to give up Sister
Meacham. \ man amt bound TO mar
ry girl when he finds her out.
don't think il would take Il smart mar
like YOU long o find ont that Sister
Meacham isn't all she pretcnds to be
have heard some things about he1
standing i'll Pennsylvania. ! CUES.
YOU found them out
Il never meant % marry Sis'e,
Mcacham," sad Morton.as soon as he
could recover f;em tn" shock. and
interrupt the stream Of Sister Sharp'>
talk.
"t.verybody til u.ht you did"
Everybody was wrong, then. AN,
as for finding on ANYTHING. | can tel
you that Sister Mercham isl believe
one Of the best and most useful chris
/ ans in the world
That what everybody thought,
replied the other, maIiciouslv, s.uuiil
YOU quit off gong wifh her, SO sud
denly. People have thought differ
ent since.
This shot took effect. Morton
could bear that y ople should slander
him. But, behold. d crop Of ISLANDERS
on Ann Eliza herself was likely tc
grow ont Of This nj take. In the
midst Of IA IN 81 unhrf,ic and, as il
seemed to him. contenp ale vacilla-
tion and perplcxitv. he came at last
to Mount I,on meeting-house. It
was here that Ann Eliza belonged,
and here he must decide whether he
would still leave her to suffer reproach
while he also endured the loss of his
own good name, or make marriage
which. 10 those wiser than he. seem
ed in every way advisable Ann Eli
"a was not at meeting on this day
When cnce the benediction was pro.
nounced, Goodwin resolved to free
himself from remorsc and obloqny by
the only honorable course. He would
ride over to Sis cr Sims, and end the
matter bv engaging himself to Ann
FL "a.
Was it some latent, half-perccp'ion
Of Sister Mcacham's true character
that made him hesitate. Or was it
that a pure hearted man always
shrinks from marriage without love
He yined his horse at the road fork,
and at last took the other path and
claimed the hospitality of the old
cIass-lcader of Mount Iinn class, in
stead Of receiving Sister SIMS wei
come. He intended by this means to
postpone his decision til afternoon.
Out Of the frying pan into the fire.
The leader took Brother Goodwin
aside and informed him that Sister
Ann Eliza was very III. She might
never recover. 1t was understood
that she was slowly dying of a broken
heart.
Morton could bear no more. To
have made SO faithful a person, who
had eynn iuterferad ia save his life.
suffer in her spirit was bad enough
to have brought reproach upon her,
worse: to kill her outright was ingrat-
itude and murder He wondered at
his own s'udidity and wickedness.-
He rode III haste to Sister Sims. Ann
Eliza, in fact, was not dangerously i'll,
and was i'll more of a malarious fever
than Of broken heart; though her
chagrin and disappointment had much
to do with it. Morton, convinced that
ne was the author OF her woes, felt
more tenderness to her in her cmacia
ton than he had ever felt toward hel
in her beauty. He could not profess
great deal of love, SO he contented
himself with expressing his gratitude
for the Salt Fork warning. Explana
:ions about the past were awkward
but fortunately Ann Eliza was III and
ought not talk much on exciting sub
lects. Besides, she did not seem tc
be very exac,ing. Morton's offer o
.r,th III