The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-29
COVER THE WIRES. y
By s. ANNIE FROST.


By 8. ANNIE FROST.
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rlrst, huss .ei! you VINO ! I'm, anu
now calne 70 ~ ~ .ne nayssiiis DAM
IN .ne VIZ s,ha nouls one uiealy
DECEMBER niSnt, SOME lnreg years ago;
ICY nalne .nen y onse nu .u anu
was Sesen.e1n ycais oia 'na. sanie
DecemDer nignI' anu 80 very Sinai 'hat
WIS. hniSn. Duiy' "mo Mae nv
tweise' was nan d heau laiier thaii my
SCI.
We were licn ioiks once' ou. sa.icr
oleu anu leiI US very poor. Mo.ner
s.rugglea along IN weary ga manu -:
manu- nsa' MI Ma.n poa.isy "a w"S s e,A
Ieen, anu aleu us ans nau , iJn.eu Nv. imo
l i'D:ei 30 - VII a1 m a "uJ S ss aso,
WIN .wo s'aiwa ., SUES an ageu ia.,ier
anu anu Two uauSnle s A nc un ioInei
uie S .i l. was 1uup.ea ny one nnn.s.
anu ai.hoosn : was earning suPPu,s
40 nusic .eaohci III .ne DaysV.ne
AIauey, "as iine one u ' in. in,
wnen was III my soou i"nui"uy
io mts. ma; oa ,o;.; :,
u my VIZ an - soou pos a:a.a a..
sno.En Wy ~ niea"s an a.is.ooi aug
M 1i -, 1cnn' .ho a oaJe'' sui va. ~
T Mew LIN ~ ~ :e s SUI neu .n,
p onl Was p .nI h h:i1;N a u .no
pays n ne,, pam ~; Do'i, anu anup pa
w az oaiiou mn anupa- eie
gpn oPuiaaoi =. 0 ma,i H" Ii, wntio . lY
"ae nu.i,. anu Dny sum az eo '
ys' a.a n"nn Du, wao a. DE-
san.o sur o'uio, oon'" JUG Aos.,
onioo anu jam vi .no NJ. n,s. .h noJ, a anu
- 20 =
IN ene Daselnen. M1re - os sun ~, iuoins
r ~, solsm 'io man anu "i'o INC i"is 30
oa In. sau ~. h,,;,a;. o, -.
81 nn &c . Sne Dui,s "o wei III t we
ion" " apn'nS, any spenS n ~
ny iosuo sinno peionoI " D1',uo
gaaupa ~ n,s o ,I;, s1 In sia, anu
e e'ei1.i messages, Wilt nc siep' peaoo-
NY "a y .t Lo' VIZ ~ pp;n.s .e
nnu .na. VIZ - w S y, ny
TIL nna4 q. 49, nu mno ~, S;a', "mj
al nj oP.. asol au :. sun " 90 W. t anu
."snou non 1s'Ii ~ s cu oloo "nen Jus
inoss vas uui. i1n t nao "non CIV
+" 40 ~ 'ne oinoo; ~: pa' = u "e.e ..oie,
sIn. , n.a s,; JesS lUr Hs.' an" .nesn 'u
taih noIl o,ppIu ne &c ann.r 90 to, W.
' rSou 1 ~ sm ' w" ~ ~ oa,,od vpiT
.W ne, ), ,no SUI e.. u n;od
ois :. Tine,, io."L;s ,is;Io
Ky SCI Lpnaaa.; aug s VIM :
ulu .s 81 az lne reiiec.ioii VI my 'lliy nsu'e
III JUG oilc n lniLroi -, g. LII.
Tau - uen' an1 oniy NV oe
Ilon Days'ine, WIS lalse
oo ni.n 'own' tno aeai ess away
s.aslo g.. an mnoao al 9i4Io "a a,
opeh ior Tue "ccoiiii'ioo'''ion u 'raYei-
ers.
as l nave saiu, lon nlien, was 'le
nght Waterman OF baysViiie Bank
Duiialng anu i0heiy time ne haa OF
u. Inc last mall came py stage at iour
CLOCK IN tne AFTERNOON. anu the Iosi-
once was vacatea at SIX. Inc pank
ciosea at .hree' anu py SIX every ONCE
was deserted iOf the nlgnt.
AT seven ION was on outy' anu
slanapa, who was Ies:iess ae nsn''
was IN the hapit OF taxing down some
Gomez ana iuncheon' as the puiidlng
was only stone 3 thro" from our
mouse.
on tne Decemner nignt l nave al
ready mentloneq' II nad stormea neav-
ny an day' anu had taken a new Grass
az .ne acauemy' coming nome iater IN
.he uay tnah usual, anu eNci'eu over
my increase OF salary.
EveryDoay else nad gone 70 pea, ana
WV; WAS MI OVER dood; e k tha mre
VIII Mrs. nnight, ureanihg tne piuhge
,nlo my cola room, where hao al
iow we .ne IRE 70 20 out.
ne cioek STRUCK WE'VE, anu MIS-.
neT Idcc HUH OVcr The
nre :. Ia s,,'o cal, orandn. Olive hos .s,oon
osn "muPa' o.l'o' ho . "siScp
bar .1 To .Uis hasl .o roaan ~ tha
sr.ndno hos h;s hot ana Got NY Nv ''i''9
6ata ~ aaiI h;,,, Co.. ba ,,,a 80. o ~
;n~ 80 rhan,a , ~, - " da on ny an
r-,.So,,nd - ,a,.,, .,at o,tho,," ~ u. VIZ
S ), 70 'y "e'' ''iV'io" 'no s'oiili
az. o1ea. liz, s,oo,, ~ ao;a. .pn
or ,,,;t u,' ~ si hal,,. =. aa, iu !,
ID. W. !. '' !: oa'n IL 40 NV ae'P.
.e..:Ja,, ~ - 81 volt ie you no'
On -. TN a..
nroof and pn I and p draw tSe " hond
pfo .l anu A1 tuopers anu ulaw ', the nood
" wv VIII o,Ta q oae a, . 10y nea Tho~h
ofr.;d IT, IT,, ~, Ha ao VI" - mo 1s.4; an
co. 1 I'm "ni seo' ~ ~ i'''ns you
upn
PI hs 'ng , Iasaes on ane 'a9,e ana
e., ~ "N 80 va ''. Ao" "'o '0''
..f.o;nto .,,o 90, 10 sa,,,ort aoou -.
leovos t ip o , ,f Coz Draudna :, oi NJ
at t ,". o i ~ "nup"'
It arasnad tho hon,,o 80 Tho h.,,o.
hrr,;ad across tha snaoo ha ~ $500 ~
h',;,d;r H.. a va az .iI spaoo p1.Meeii '..e
IT, ~ tho S s,e noe' 5 anu ssoie sui