Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-12-07


shortly grown to be unmixed calam
tiles
They conversed little while longer
on the same subject, and then Mrs. CLARK
procured the desired recipes, and thank
ing Mrs. Banks for the plain, kind talk
started for home, telling her she would
follow her suggestions and soon let hel
know the result of them.
H.
of EYES ea, fire that str needs e. t renewal
Mrs rlark want hnmo ,r;tb ,ou ,,l.,.
and IDEAS and % with . . co"rsnenus " mus bnar, a,
determined to follow Mrs. RanLs' sma'
cest;ons and to do ali - hor nnwor .'n =
male herself and II ber bnma % moro po"tt ott w =.
tive to her husband and to strive to win
hack his love e + really was vas waning ~ NO.
With ali these pheasant tbonrhts n he,
mind. she made her currant ;eIlv and
then after dinner sat to worI s earyestlv aIv
to mt her home n hettar order hon;no
that her husband m;oht come in h that
n;cht Tn tho f;rst niooa sho nnonad anJ
aired her close and closed no rlpr pra oora G !.
tboronob dnst;nc wb;cb T. bad hoon
NEEDING for lop1, t;ma bnt ~ wh;ch I ba sSn
had honed the t;phtlv,closed blinds
wonld not d;sclosa to anv ono and thon
went down to tho oarden I % with % > nows %
naner and scissors ;n hand and ant ofF
geraniums hel;otrones nans;es verho-
mas. and other nrettv 7awars and soon
had several tasteful hounnatS in narlor
and sitting and = nrettv one ne pIrea-
div for the tahle " = wy 'S 90 :"
Then her s;tt;no-room which had been
neglected for days hecamse she lad 60 70
lovely a story she wanted 70 cot tbronb M n h
and could do nothing mil sbe f;n;sbod
IL" was mt in neat ordar and frashenoJ
eyerv wav and after bahv was drnssnd
and the cook came nm stairs ITO to sit With
him awhile (for these voune married
people kent but the one seryant1 and
Mrs Clark had given her some snec;al
directions ahont tea che wont mn r. ber
room to 500 what ;mnrovamant sba
could make in Mrs Clart herself She
went to a large nacI;nr-box and tool
out % from . 4umhor I"u nf & frosb anu nrattN .atn
dresses. one that she had worn The snm.
mer previous at the sea.sbore which
she had kent laid awav to wear IN extra
occasions and as she Looked at i sbe
said to herself: How surprised wills
will he # he comes in to SEQ mo dressed
in this wavi And vet 7 know he will he
glad to see me looking nice aca;n and
during the week as we'll as an Snndav !"
The dress was a soft gray. too light in
color to he worn On the streat .nd while
Mrs CLARK made , GOOD anne,ranco ON
the Sabbath in ber hlack arnnad;ne sbo
had mt aside the light nrettv house
dresses and had fait for lone t;mo
that she need take M Mains dnr;no Tho
week TO look well ~ ''N
While she was fumbling over this box
she picked nm an old letter of her bns-
hands written to her Years haforo and
as she Glanced af the data and looLnj
at it's Contents she saw i WAC written
on his b;rthdav and this dav tho 1etb of
.July was the ann;vorsarv She had on
tireIv forgotten # "Smrelv I might don
this dress m his b;rthday she sa;d I'D
''and try to look NV yerv nrett;est So
arranging her hair IN a tasteful wav and
adorn;ng her neck with nrettv hlme rib.
hons she went down into The narlor
oncned the n;ano which She had not
touched for weeks. and began to sing
some Of the old songs which Wills :
few wears ago enioved so much
The baby was taking nan. the cook
getting sumner and after taE;no = IooL
at the table to see that ali was r;sbt
she stcnned ont to the front norcb for =
moment and as she stood there Mr.
Ranks nassed bowed and said.
"Yonr husband will he along in . few
Minutes: he came nm on the tra;n with
me- and 7 left him p inst "a ground , % tho "n cor
ner Wv - >'
IMr CLARK was coming home to-n;obt
because he exnected to meet q business
friend naar hy ofter +eo l ''>''''
Nv GiarI soatod horSolf .co;n - .bo
piano and as her husband came ND the
stems he heard the mnsic and thipking
some friend had come in to make them
a visit onened the door as softly as nos
s;ble and was inst sk;nn;nr nm stairs to
"noEsh" n little when he caught a
oI;mnsa of b;s VITO and come on;cL,r
into The narlor saving ~
IIWoll wall Tonn;a whats oil tb;s
obontS baUan,t soon won jooI CO. nratS
tr Gov Ionr .;ma VIII aro vo,, oS
nwoct;no2' '''
M ono but Won said Mrs CLARK
What WI ' has rS' como co", o~er o S von and how
have Won bannened to omen the narlor
and fy nm ali these bonanats and male
Yourself m So fine and Sit here at the
y',;ono onJ s;nn a,u,,, l;ta ra~,,ior nv;
pa Jo"no9 + ;S so lnmr s;noo hpro
hnard I vom s;na 7 d;J d not ,oS recnnn;ze G ~onr
voice a. ali and wondered who could ba
horoi' J ~ ' ''''>' "'''' ''' "''' ''''' ~
1i aTb;s ;s vour birthday - s.;5 Mrs
C,orL Sond tbomaht Mo'd ;mst cale' '
h"1n Ian. ,;4. : d % the,,ch w" Ali uot ot ,,ne ue.o
" T know that that ' ~on wo"id be able to 1 be
Goro nto" 10 tea % End "f felt - % mv honos % os
tbat ,e" would % and m @ snre ~ "nnncb 'oes
on onai I, soT "o''"' "'" '"'' '"o"s" W"
arg & Teie! u,.1T a.:1 h..
hush.nd an "'y ngd Ia Saau m;,h d aJm;rma s en
,rsna n,annn anu hoont me L;ss Isn ba az sa;d. ~
gta1cf shn1i ia anu sear.y A,ss, .nSa Se sa,u
sma,. ,,a'e ~ IA up III my ~ n"I .%o enus
laeeLins sun, guess w. 1S"1 lo w ngiors h
VI Cue occasioi, anu auueu, ic' haNO