The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-16


orn, and lr ,,ll to the ground, wounded and
yt,,rpnI Tom Creighton turned 10 run away,
hnt hc had not taken three steps before the
slim student who wrote poetry was upon NM
H., .,,ar., nm. covered with blood, and leap
rI mildly forward, with roar IKE non.
IN ''',' Lyot YOUR Internal head Of he howlld
liz "' wa, in fair way TO do it, too wounded
|u,amgh he was. when The camp police appear
! cd and arrested both of the young men in the
name OF the offended majesty of the law.
That evening this note was put IN the hand,
If naughty Auce Kildare, who had caused al!
thi, trouble.
- return You your tro,h. 1t is nothing to
me now, because know il is nothing toyou'
| know now, too, that women are incapable
Of steady truth and iaithtulncss | suppose
God made them 50. But do not know why
it was ordained that man shall pour out al
his soul. all his manhood and earthly hope'
Int woman's feet and for compensation have
only the satisfaction OF knowing he IS a tool
shall not return to college and you Will not
see me again, But | hope You viii always NC
happy
Alice took the letter up stairs with her, and
cried all night over it, In the morning she
ba'hed her red eyes very carefully, and look
cd at herself narrowly in the glass as she
combcd out her dark locks.
And so ! III to be an oid ma'u 'oE al! i!Ac'
she said, very sobcrly.
That is the romance Of one campmcctins
IL.
oh. bothcr0tion" remarked sam:
sam Huntington before heaven | believe
you are the latest, sloVehliesl, cTos9cs', VI u
civilizedest Old bachelor that ever vegeta'ed
outside Ota grizzly bears hollow tree can
hardly believe you are my cousin any more
rs | think Of what you were Ilteen years a5o
when you visited Us, ana TOOK al you NV,
stout, chufy, sloyenly and rich, caring Tor
nothing on the earth or under the heavens
but your Tasty pipe. An old bachelor Is a
disgrace to humanity, anyhow. Sam mar
rington, ! say-tor the LORD 5 sake, gc' up
and put on this clean SHIRT. .,
sam gruntcd. The niue Womaa pose"
him cncrgctcaIy in the ribs.
Your duty TO your health lMHcFauVeL!'"c
mands it, she said.
sam groaHcd. The li'tlc woman poNC''
him again.
by all the laws OF reason anu logic thiS "u
ty Is DresslEgiy incumbent on YOU AIN"
me to put it to sou in the light OF public dU,
~ which You owe to your KIND, as memo
OF civilized community, and not Hot'ehloD
:
imp!ore You with tears in my eyes to ob.lge
me immensely and go and change your linen
and not disgrace me before the world. mere
now, is consideration which ought to move
the heart o! stone. d,
sam elevated his right foot across MS lCll
knee and regarded attentIye.y Ao.c III tAe
ragged right slipper.
On, pshaw says he. mere l. no pes! on
earth equal to woman.
And besides that society expects 1t oiyou,
continued the little woman, punching MIN
with great vIgor
He arose and slowly stretched himself
Then he disappeared anu presently Calng
back, having reluctantly made the required
change OF ralnent but The wristbands WCie
unbotoned ana the collar ana bosom 'efrloi!
crumpled. His cousin eyed him discomfort
edly.
See the man now she SAID Ana thaI
beautiful bosom, too looks as II you q been
rolling down somebody's shed-root l De
clare, you're enough to drive woman MAJ
Ana you re gong 10 our cam uec-th9 WIN
US, too, and wanted SO much to introduce
you TO WIDOW
'Drat all women" said sam, rclectiycIy.
Drat all women, specially VICIOUS
But our widow isn't widow at all; she
an old maid. don't know why everybody
calls her widow, but that's the name she IS al
ways known by. She used to be rich when
she was young, but She was bright and learn,
ed then, very learned for a rich mans daugA-
ter Her father died, they lost thcir fortune
and the widow had to work fora living. She
came here, and has actually been principal OF
our village High School Tor the last seven
years. There never was woman held the
place before, and there never was man VINO
filled it halt so well. Her graduates make
the best wives and the best school-mistresses
in the country. School .mistresses always
make good wives sam. used 20 be a shoot
mistress myself.
Yes, said Sam. Modest you, you know,
And widow has done all immeasureable lot
of good among the girls here. She made
them like herself, "a far as they've sense
enough to be it-brayc, strong, honest and
wise. There never was another ike her, sam.
She supports her mother out Of her earnings,
and-aui dresses like lady toe, said sam ,
cousin, addn. the last as the ClalaN of a..