The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-24
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stsiass arain.
= NeM arr gsane IL marry an h.artss, y
'rhsn Mas \ LUMP IN her .he.at ~ nllo
sasi N
Wrong again. No ,sw*ssmai,ls s,,ane
f~Ar@stn with rr.n .yra. u snfnsar n.s~~.
susceptible heart. anil lift, Thousand
s.nf, Ma inrnsl nr vi, HM n'~
tss'in.thlns NEARLY A. G'asi. I'm nnl.r~l
IL tshina'"
uh, Al,e'" Nh. syasrssi. anil hnr~i
,nin ..aip. II was vr, h~,ls~h ~ lnr,
Int then rhe pas unls III, anil hal NIL
~ arlnir~l Nh. rraiscwurthy nrt III ..sn.
..ai,nr her frrling~.
Why. whatsssr nfs xuu crying tnrg''
Ii aske,l. anil ki~S.sl away her tears.
H.i kiRs.sl Isr ever sinrr nl.c VIA. fiy,,.
nni thought IN mnr' II II than ii sl,. hn.l
hssn Lis si-l.r, ~ IA. ,at. excepting ,s,r
hnps THAT /, was liryr which il was. M
,lanln. - shall onl, H. away iiv,
Years. IL nlo~i. nnd when rum. hack
Ill hrinr ynn n pig-tall ninl M ,vnry
ts~sh PICK. and u whole lot III things,
and s."
/" Yes r. shc sai.l listening al,cntiy,ly
HIT then you'll be il ynmng woman, Y
| forget and ont aud all that snrt 81
thing. mud won't coii,icAevnl Il, speak i.
prr Lieutenant yun will have NIL III.
Sls,irc~ and iux.nnntcrn about thu rlac.
III your feet.
"oh, NJ, indeed shan't, Alic," sh.
sa,l eagerly.
" HIT tell yon you will. | lrlicv.
Son arr r born little ilirt, anil | sl,al
tonne hack nlnl dnd YOU, M"
But Hnr burnt into tears again, M.
rnt up her pretty little hanl aa il 1,
Ttop his t.asin., which she could no
hear just then. II seemed ~ cruel d
INN IT, lnnsh ami joke when he WI,
rnlng away for i've years. HI .iil moi
s'em ~ carr Il bit, and SHE could have
broken her heart mi tile spot, and would
hass glatl, .lone ~, and thrown the
pieces away Nd M never ~ hc bothered
with II again. Then. seeing her nonrn.
inl blue eyes, liz was mcrciful.
believe nlnll coiac buck anil iInd
s., just IN great little darling ~ yo.
~. now, and II W. hMvr got any money
Will net married aud live happy ever
after, nl,i II w haven't we'll ut mar.
fied anl starve ever after --,inlcns, I'll
course. the hrir.sa turns M.
"ph, l,alc sin won'. !" sai,l Mag.
SIC, like truthful litile idiot. .Shnll
YIN ever write IL M, Allie, aenr
iss, ot course shall, anl 1 shall
.Sput yW a. write hark Nix pages
ef''s~tl, and NIL TINT wort of thing, you
know.
Sa Allie Granger went IL CHINA. and
Nnggla walt.d hopefully enough for il
letter, hui Xix months lsasa.,.l and non.
eams. !" Perhaps il takes longer Tor /
letter ~ grt here from China" ah.
thought. knowing an little nbont liz
n'.snA III transit anil the time il took ~
\ the Celestial city Ind h.sn in III,
lnoon But \ y.ai PASSED anl ia letter
came.
Perhaps lirs Ill. ~ it's mir,arrl..l. I
Aie aall t.arfnlls. half wondering il ii
su,lla ~ lHasslbls That Chinese h.lrcn,
Ind turned up, and that that was Iii.
ieal rsason II Allies silence. Two ycnr,
l'a~~al, anil never Mnrl. .ltn Ii.
had. nll. sald, bitterly, AnI wondered
tnsinlly II h, had married vii. with i
pr sail. And tn lays aud the months
went hs, AMI Maggie iourneyel IN int
Nnmanllphl, hat ~ word II sign cam.
from Ahc Nr,nr..r. amt III last she gnv,
him mp altogether.
Maggie WaH ~ years oll when h.,
father tied. nl,l tho crclltora did pp,,nu
,loWn, AMI she ni,,l her mother were sull
.nt. Mrs. Dunlop wins offered Il HON,
III london by Il sister who wns we'll otl
mt IMsl-tcmprcd, and II was thankful,
accepted. Maggie was informed TIM
sl,c must get her own living. which H.
ING precisely MagHi.'r own opinion d,
WILL ~ Intention, nha advertised for ,
situation ~ goserness. INV, Mncri.
hs.l u very modes. i,lrn IL hnr own inrr
ia, mi therefore only arked for Ias !,
s'Hr anu comfortable home, 40 M les,
than hvo answers came 81 her nn.,p,,,c..
ncnt TINT she could teach l.nrlisl,
Frrhch, music, nnd thu nnlimrntn 81
.lrnWlnr.
ons 81 these nnhWefs came from Wool
Miri, aud stated That Mira. Mur.lnll ~.
lslirel govcrners Ter her tlr.. It'll.
Yiries Mrs. Marshall wns il .iiti n.rk..
wort 81 woman, ana stared III poor. it'll.
Maggie who locked almost ~ chllll,k.
and twice ~ pretty All ex.srl through
double gold RIaases. Gol. Mar1hall. H.,
husband, waha nice old man, with il hal,
heAl and Al irongr mnstaellc: M.
there MAS grown. up daughter, 4 Mla
Patterson, Mr~. Mnrsl,ali's daughter Il,
her hrxt husband, who was really III,
mistress ri the establishment. for Mari,
Patterson lind strong will, aud shc WA
an lelrcEs. ~ very nasty heirrss, too.
poor Maggie thought. and shc wan r;0lt
ior Maria VIVA skinny, and Thought her
seli sarcastic, and always said mast,
thsnss toruplc Who did not dare ID "a,
them back again.
Onc evening, when Maggie hal l,eer
about year " Wonlwicll, anL Alr WI,
sitting alone Ia her school rom 4. us,,nl
for her pupil. lind inst said gsAl-nipI,
and bcen delivered l,p 10 The tender msr
cics III their nmrse, Miss Patterson Wake.
~, very much dressed and rather ilnsl.n.
and excited.
Miss Dunlop" she sAid. "we sl,al
have \ few friends this evening, AMI
know anc or two III them like Nh inn
promptn dance: will yom b. rvMly Il
come into the drawing room and play Il
~ should want yon r
- fcMr ! cannot play ,lairr ms.i.
very we'll; never keep time, saii Mag.
gi..
Yes, ! fearcd ~. anil thought would
com. and tell yoli, ~ That you might
practice for m hour or two after dinner =
anil sh~ nailed ont III The room, evidently
considering the matter settled; and NAe.
II. msskly proceeded ID practice tn
!. Mabel waltz and the Flick and
Flock Ealop. Then kh~ pm, "a her