Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-07-14
A win a. and a uay.

these latter days atouf Abilities
in ths marriage relation and about
cougeriality ana all that sort q
things. Does not nature alvsys
work Nv contrastsl ntbere j. an
excess in one place, Is there not
sure TO be want an another, Elk
trenes meet, and 50 they did when
Bob Gray, the easiest man IN town.
paid his addresses 70 Kitty Logan,
the young school ma'aIn who had
agreed 70 take the village school
in the township Of Niles, where
the big boys always turned the
masters ont cf doors on Christmas,
or made them treat Bob Gray
had q Tieh father, a bari-vorking
mother and one proud sister, and
could afford 10 be lazy. Mr.. Gray,
the elder, came West IN very early
times. located near the town Of
Nles. lived II log cabin ten years,
shook himself out Of joint with the
ague, wore i out, and never had
il afterwards Bat poor neigh
Dor who had a large farm a mile
from Mr.. Gray conld not wear il
out; his wife died, MS children
suffered, he offered LIS farm very
cheap and Gray bought him ont,
promising 10 pay some time.
a year or 50 Afterwards, dis
couraged With crops and the in
ability 10 pay for the new farm, be
tried TO persuade the former cwn-
CT 10 take II hack. which be refused
10 CO. 4 lawsuit ers1ed, ani the
matter ended by poor Gray being
obliged TO keep ths farm ard pay
the costs TeIIibls was tie bloE,
bat be lived through Il; and Eve
years afterwards, when the Ohio
and Mississippi r r passed
through the same farm and set up
s station-ho1se II The centre, lie
found himself a r;ch nan. he sold
lots ~ high figures, sent lis son 10
Jacksonville 10 Re educated, and
daughter Susan 10 Monticello. BE
dressed himself in broadeloth, wore
kid gloves, aeceP.ei the nomina-
ton for the Legislature, and u
expectelly found himself elected
and making laws for his country
men az tie capital Of the Prairie
State So much in explanation.
Bob rame bcle from Jackso2-
vile with his sbeepskin properly
tied with blue ribbons, dressed So
perlly, had the best "turn-out- in
town, wore q tremendous pair Of
whiskers and, Of course, Kitty
Logan felt fa,tered when he offer
ed 10 take her bome from church
or called after school TO take Der
out riding. Miss Susan Gray took
: little pains 70 find cut that Kitty I
vas distantly related to the Sun
lers AID Lineolns, Of Massachusetts,.
ut somehow, she did not learn the i
important ,act ih.t Kitty had work
d at straw-braiiing in the town Of
7oxboro until she had earned
money enough TO educate herxe,f S
'ssWbere there's a viii there's .
Tay,T said Kitty, @and / know ] {
can paddle my oEn canoe out West, i
Ehere they say nothing is wanting
ct the power 70 Go and the vii to q
e. the power il motion
So bidding her friends goodbye, $
OF Sic was AZ orphan, she donDed Z
be prettiest little straw bat which
ier OWL pretty fingers had plated,
ewed and pressed, and trimmed y
nth neat drsb ri5bon with q blue (.
dge, which corespOnded exactly D
nth her drab travelling dress and a,
ape, and matched her blue eyes 10 b
T. Thus she started for Illinois o.
, q friend OF hers who had written i
be thought the school could be
REQUIRED. She vas a little home I
ok when she arrived a Miles. and q,
.ould have given one Of the gold er
ieces hid away In that pocket Of d;
ers for q look once more at the II
ough rocks and svanPy bollows, e,
versbadowed by thin evergreens Ii
nat surrounded her native home. II
he would have bounded with Joy il
the sound Of the Old factory BEL il
rat used to call the merry II
iris together for their long eve In
ing's toll. Still she did not say pl
}, but put on a cheerful face, d
,ught out the directors and made in
er application. Mr.. Smith, the b'
ain man, looked as II the little ST
Iue eyed mink. with her rosy lips. 81