The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-31
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ION know how il il la hitter ll.rrnh
Wv" little ~ltnr keeper. fnltlanp h.r thin
hanel~ together helplssal,l. | was writ.
ing 81 hrnih.f Joshua. away down East.
hundreds M mil.a from htrv, anil han.
penes ~ tell him. aniuug allsrf ilainrs.
That The willow LAZY that helped ,rnch
school here, anl boarded with inc, WAS
going away. ,lilni nv il wunl one
auy or iiir .ii.r about Nf. Steele, for
what lil II matter ~ them whether h.
was tyrant nr not? onl, wanted III
tell them Ill been nj gopl deal d! *.
pense In fitting mp the room, and didn't
mimi her board money 10 much IN ,lid
10 have the chamber idle again. anil no.
body about the homae hut myself, though
she WINS poor company M tlr best, hcinr
slckly IN constitution and lew In spirits
the most NJ tho tlme. mud utter a while
nearly driven crazy hy the continual
badgering ANIL pickering 81 Mr., steele.
She ttHrd ~ come home MI night that
worn out, what with thu wirketIne.H uf
tile children. AMI the eternal nnpginr III
tho schooimasler. tint I've seen I.r nut
her head down On tlc table anl cry iii 10
break her heart. She naii she couldn't
please him, 10 what she might, mud il
was running her nerves IL SIC him I.nt
tho boys iii thr WY tlnt HI .lI. 1hr
WIS snre IA break pomr III their lpn,a
tried - cheer her H. best rplil,l. tell.
inE lisr TINT hpyn bones uerr tough,
aud the little ra.t'als deserved to b. pail
up Tor seine 81 their Ievitrs. After nh
honr or two rhr'a come around nrnili
and ~ comfortable. hut, Iii TN Whit
wan the 'isc9 The next Inv, perilarn.
she'd b. worse than ever. and III.
Creatures health began ~ fnll NJ. | was
plasl WHEN sl,e gave NJ aud went away
She was Very fuwn.hrnrteI, Yam I'll, Il
tho ntngr.driser ~lid, nll illr wny down
ID the train, and he gave II IL llis a,plniui,
that Mr. Steele was no better tlinn black.
hearted iyrnni.
Sam II saella COOL nat,ir.. il fello. TINT
u quit. wofe upon lis minI, nnI he
H11ppsd ut with m III LIS Mny 10 the
evening train ~ Talk II over. wanted
linn TO F.t snne Iifiln tiinra fpr me nj
Pikcville. auI. Will. | wa. Innkiue olt
the memorandum, Sam told MI Inv III,
I.'s@@ss stsAs*sfs tfI'l itHiN WIZ Ill IIk4
Thai I,stpf creature place.
Anu fhh iiIsf ftuasy hos ! tcli when
Sam drove np b III. door tin, night. nni
! went out 10 R.t the package, 10 No.
brother Josl,na's daughter .trml,na ~,
thr nnai with sam. chatting uni laughing
away ~ merry ~ n cricket WA pow.
efill Rlasi ~ scs the child. hut dread.
II.lly mortified ~ ilnI her tucked In
there with tle driver. | toll sam pretty
sharply that h. ought Ia know butter for
there VIVA plenty IL room inside. nul |
didn't know what tls l,oar.i.rs o..r tl,a
way would think ~ t.
SliR WA bonnI r. I'LL, autbil.. . sa,l
Sam; and u willfnI woman must have
her way
Why, IT. nli the fa~llioi III our
way, anil Mime. I'll. HlIininnr i,par,l,
.rs SWARM all OYER thu ipfn ii ii,ec.aelss
Ike ~ inany l v.ly l,ses. Int il il hurts
anybody y feelings I'm sorry. a school.
nlarm mutt mini her ~ mil ~.
"a A'llu,lmarn = sa,l. WONDERING
what the child meant. Then air told
~" riiud eoins ont 10 lake ti.nt poor little
Wo'liaIia plaea; TINT she'd written IL Mr.
Steele ~ NOON as my letter was rrsul Il,
Home. Tor VI. conduit rnt along i'll liz
school there.
!" Il would take saint i, put M with
their airs alnl their ini.rf. r.l,rn. nl,I IN,
kho" like 10 lave my own way hail
my niece Jelnimn.
fr., ! lbaid. fufI had known MINES
temper from il cl.il.i. An,lpaly ennld
n.r troIi her hair how II. ~ sl,c wun. Luf
The .leai chill MIS- jnnt i'm III. gr,l Lori
Ind ee.'n III u MAKE h.r, unI /. fnr on
never hold rel haired people accountable
Tor iraks ~ temper.
Ohly yoii ean NC how riIirtit,,na il
seemed ~ I'M Tor her 4, i.ael, uu.l.r NJ
steele. TINT ~ the iryinu.Da,l iutu thn
iire, Mime, sail. 7 Iirn H.l,Dolmnrts.r
lian u MI bis own way here. al1l he.
little letter than a brute. I've se.n an.
Ter my own eyes Il woman, !. heart nlm,,.t
broken with him. 7 Then vent Oh 10
seli how he'd tofm.nisl TINT poor widow
INTO giving np til place, md how IA
seen her worry And fret TILL the hkin fairly
dropped OIL her bones.
n" Pooh pooh T. said my niece, III.
skin wont drop VI NJ bones, au,,t..
Aud co,ildnt help thinking What Il
pity u would be II il did, for whittier u,,l
inner anil whplnsninrr hkin / never liI
seH II wan the kind thai NJ Dit.D comes
with red hnir, anl d lDyalier color never
WAS ~ blossom titan blnOm.I iii Mines
cheek WHEN shn cri.I out.
" I've got 70 tight ii ont somewhere
aa,inty: ~ him mind his b,,.ine.. and
III mind mine ~
My hvatt LARRY warmed 10 tho ojrl \.
che MT opposite b. M 1T Tho table.
branching .liec nfltf slice III t.,a.t L..'
ween her white teeth. nnI ,i.yonrlna IN.
iainttes one by onc. The little willow
l''.l 'Hen ~ iinieLy, mil had nnrI, 1
I1,cr appetite myrulf, TINT things came
Hni "snt upon tin tabI,, aI wrre |
warmed np mud fitSsssi over ,,ll buly |
20 tirel u seeing thsnl. Then M |
we iny own feel, aud ble1d, aud hnd |
l. Y. Sel'ooiiinaker lio~e, Il little hinh with
Mime. mil tr.ckiea over The bridge 4 |
~. but sl,e was bonny. bI,the. fr.,sil. |
pVkiuk creature. vi different from thu |
<r'fahed little woman TINT Ind lust rDn. |
way. 80 s'''s
| couldn't bear thu thought Of her
'pisiis mud health being broken by thst |
lssadful Als. Steele.
II tell you, Mime. | said, ~ she
sicd tho dishes for inr, what wcIl
q. Y0u shall stay II homo With mo
% help shout the shop there's Ion.
- nov md then ~ tam. sud lots N