The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-02-18
A COUNTRY lIgls EXPERIENCE

aIaae NJ, edsaae. nav. and assnt has.
ncthla " ~ with 'rm. They've ssark.
rsss i''ls~~- ~hn, A iArs ~ani ~ yuu m tlss
grand tall they ~ r,in' sagivs ~
ANY Lewis rsrt~a hrs ~ lirs AMI pack.
erd w hef ffrhcna insa tlw m,~s savage
fern sl~ raal,i esniufe. ,lrn. Mi IN nr~
thread II sastan. ani ~wrl faster than eses
while the naah de~i~n~i In her ch~ks. and
her eraai,aeilst, as sl,e peeled apples for shv
satire. islkel mprs sshemsn,h IN rruYast,on
II Amy i siience.
"iea ant afEfi II. In I've Gr>s place
child, No wass. ioa ain, ~. clo,l,c. iit n
~ear b. sreh rla~-~"
~ hate enough na,rev n hny mc Il rrcss
gfan'lma---a White a,le.anc. rnfIl.l d. ths
wni-s IN shr lack. ana an apron III front.
have tan dollars III iii, own"
Amy \ iasv wa- very pretty a. she lifted |,
81 her grandmother. a rrun,l. happy face,
tlas tlm san had ki.~nl IL m arden, blashin. .
brown. that matched the tin, ot her cyc~, aud
wuvd.l,rrwn hair.
a very eirli.h, innocent face. that SIR
Neal Conway had discovered in this out-of.
thc.was hrm.hoasc, on ono of his mmhle,
ono day, when he and the party from Squire
Cline's We're on. ricnicin;.
"lsat yon can't afford 10 srrrd yanrmcney
on NJ 4cch non~cn-c, Amy, child Here's fall
a.comin' md yau' Il hc wnn.in some ilanncls,
und like enongh new honnt. aud u pair d
s'oat shoes, and yoa know Ilmint ~, noth.
In 10 gi,c ynu. dear. WIN. with thc sl,ur,
crops. md tho old naa a.layin' helpless
mud
Amy interrupted the sarrulous Kindness.
u knew that. granny, and don, expect
anything cxrspt ~hat warn nun doin.
very well this Summer with my ,lrcSs,nak ing
since the ladies eame 10 Squire Clinc's. and
I'M v"s"' I. sse purity nes, ra~'dns"
She nodded her pretty head dcci,l,dly u,
she uttered the words.
Tho old ln,l, sighed.
well, he, ,oar own why, Only l don I
tcr how ,nu ran think snch great C,k- Il,
them NJ Ut Squire cline'- ken want you Il
their lar.s, when they hire sou Il make .l,ei,
fancy rig@."
~ gas-- mn ~ lsal ~ they arc," Am,
ilnred mp. hosl., Thor. isn't one &c then,
tlMs has n better figure or prct,icr face tim
| hase.-Mr. Gnva, says s,,. now"
"chill, child hMs IL ~, 10 TIM, n'rru,l,
with yaa and .hat city fellow, thu, he tell,
You Of Your lace beia' prc,,ss Amy, In
atrard there's trouble a.hrcwin''"
Her old eyes t'llcd with tears, that droppcs
one bs ono u,er tl,e wrinklcd checks.
"oh, dear nn', ever hnvc moment,
eun,msn, anlr~r ,ea hrgru,lsr IN And 4,
to Mr, CONWAY, he a ocrirc, gentleman, |
Gun tell yu,,."
Amy's voice rosc In petulant anger, M,
tlr light In her cyes guwcd rcdly. and III.
iirs IN her checks burned In IN, sympathy.
'.iou don't knnw the way of the world
child, or you'd scc WIN. | scr. aud wha
Miles White sce~, that il was sorry ,ia,
when young Mr.. Conway came a.huntin H.,
fresh milk lar them picnicin' ladim ovcr 1,
tho woods; with his ~hinin' shi,..stud., Nh,
his slccyc.huslons M hig asn silver half.dol
lnr. tell 80 di.ln'. ike him from III,
minnii ~ him a-raLin his hn. toym,. Tx,
~ if yoa waS a queen. and u swingin' Iii
cnne jsrt . frrc and familiar Ike. lies ~
lover for yon, Amy lewis"
"Who ~aid he Ma. my lovcr9" tho virl 70
torscl, angrily. And do you think or,
WIN. Miles White says or shinksy 4 gawk,
country clod-happer, who wears No. 70 hoo,~
with his pants tucked inside" !"
Old Mrs. Lewis gathered up her pan ol
peeled and quartercd aprl~ Ia Que hand. an,
the basket of cores and skins In tho other
and started for tho kitchen, passing BY Amy
chair on her way.
you'd better givc Il up. dewr, II aint
rcg'lnr invite, anyhow, you know; mono .
them bin plnki~l. printed letters they've .en
70 the rs-l o tho folks. Mi~s Leah elm
only asked yoa, kind D. jokin' likc, ir 80,
wouldn't like to como up. Don. go, dear.
The earnest, trcmnlous tom~ rmo,o ear
TINT were sealed 10 the loving en,rcaty. Am,
Hhook her hes.d. deaantly.
u said wa- going. and shall 70 over i
tho sillagc. and buy my llrlctanc u.nigh,
II Miss Inall hadn' wanted mc, she shouldn'
hive nskcd me- Then she added, In
slightly lower tonc, with a certain carcs.Inl
tenderness In her voice:
Anyhow, Mr. Conway will bc delighted
llr ~ys ! look liko m angel IN whi.c.'
Then. with delicious sparkle or anticip.
tim IN her pretty brown eyes, this fooll-I
little ,illage drs~,nakcr Sat and scwcd, an,
dreamed sweetest drcams of Neal Conway
admi,ing c,r, Of the pressure of hk nrisso
crntc land when he took her own, of the low
rIokcn compliments On her rer~una appear
anec. SIT aud sewcl. and h,mmed low
sois !ass.sany anl ,lteamcl---n wunun vii
- liale sluss TINT swung between lll
E.aniar,ls IN the cl.crrywnsi bureau In Am
lrwlH' u.tic bedroom, returned very prcts
reflection II Alns's eagrr brown eyes ~ N,
noted .svry ,ir,ail II her toilcs, prepared b
l,cr onn hald. ior shc srni~.s even, ~ NJ
qulct lla--slr smnd party Il tho Cliu
lnalriun.