The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-07-20
LOSING THEM BOTH.

LOSING THEM BOTH.
The dearest little rosebud Of n girl
with checks where 4 pink flush camc an,
went, and blue eyes, with long golden
brown Iashcs, aud hair that waived withOu
the aid Of pinSOr irons. ! always though
her name W 4 the most suitable tina
could have been chosen for her, thougl
the only wonder is that old farmer Bud,
did not name his only daughter DcbOraI
or RcbcCca or Sarah Jane.
Rosanm had fortunately been he
fathers Grandmothcr's name, however
and 70 camc'a Rose Budd into the world
for Mrs. Budd had made the Anna
middle name instead Of part of the first
and dropped it.
When ! began to like Rose Budd s,
much that | seriously thought of pro
posing TO her, Hiram Roper liked he
too. He was five years Older than |
Il plain man of twenty nine, with fam
scars ON his face, and a bald spot ON th,
middle Of his head. 4 poor man, study
ing medicine late in life, because he ha,
not been able to study in his youth, onIy
hoping for his dipIOma in Il year, witt
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hoped, that would not be favorable to
me; and ! cooIly, though politely, took
III il"n,yinng w;,h rn,aL,'J "'v"'
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10 me !, ! co'LId NOT WIN hrr ana she
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,pa,'' ""' 'o1 ,'' KISS n'I "Ea'n' A't''
,""' We "'!HT" po'u'y arm 'h'trnI
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",'i """ I'u I'"ri I''uA ur"Pp'd away
I'"' om' way 'E"Ne "'i "''"S I" "''' "''
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hTo "''ha i,o'" ''aC oay ! went 10
,"' "o,n h,,. D''"''''' ! ,"''"'r" 10 S''y
" WIN '|V ! was ~ n'c',9'l"' 'IG'l !
,'in''"'o '",'R'' '''''iy ! went INT"
n,'i',o'' u, 'nt ivy ''o p'SaIl I" know
p,"l,I' I''',' ~ t'o houses OF
",I'I"y n,'o''n'I' a'"' met ''''r wives
'"r",'''} ""' ny "r'H'''S nIga', 10
'' ,'"r, ,"",' ''o"En my ''oScn'"'
wa" WY In'' ''' sweet S''e was not II
I"''''"o' '''"'ti III o'ilcr words, hcr
"''NI "nH ,"' IKE 'hc dress "l u lash
r','|'''' "r''' ltr manners were home
'P"'' "ci ''"''t'oi poor Nhc was
WY So'" ,'N'cTs'Ve'y good, but not All
'''h"' nn''y' men, 'oo' Sh' sent me
,Io''n ~ niH pun envelopes, ana used nj
, ~, Wv l~''1o''' Pi",o"h' W''c'
;,nI "", Jaw o'''' ho"o'c" ny 'hc cap
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MISS I'alll'oV'r was beautiful, all mil
llhrry and upholstery and papa Han
mover was called prince %Iannuvrr Inv hi
friends. and had hi. ,,LI, yn, f., E.,,
rvnrv Loy ami u,,.a w.
E,n;,,' , h' WIZ '"'t"lc II
n,n.",.I.' ,"' ''''','' '"' n'"ic iI'end
S""cic ne went ny ms lavish gifts
ana was The greatest gambler in London
rlpa% Hanover had smiled upon me
anI cDu''S'led me now to invest, AM
nHn "'ncd me with his daily fort.
friends, and had said: Violcttc, love
,l'' !" Mr. Markham, one of those cour
try gentlemen of whom we are trying I
make c',y gentlemen"
Ahd Niolcttc had smiled RADIANT
upon me.
since then how many tctc-a-tctcs ha
not had with hcr-haw many rides?
was learning to dance with her, and
had forgotten to write to Rosebud fc
two weeks. Then came an anxious Iii
tie note on thin blue paper, beginnin
thus;
"DEAE HENRY-I take upmyp pen in han
much troubled in my mind regarding Won
know you would write il you were not sicI
~ ,'rnry, II you are s'rk do taIlyrrntl an
will 'I "ot ur r1,'e up "mu see you. Henry