Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-21

recently climbed chestnut tree IN
Berkshire county Is worth narrating.
The young lady in question-and II
Is perfectly useless for anybody to
offer twelve gratuitous teams of wild
horses to assist in dragging her name
to light-was remarkably beautiful
and was the object of the devoted at
tachment of two local young men,
one of whom was a model of all pos
sible virtues, while the other was a
bold bad youth who was known to be
in the habit of smoking, and who was
currently believed to have more than
once visited a circus Early in Octo-
Der this estimable young lady SUBJ
orned her younger brother--aged IL
Ito accompany her on clandestine
chestnuting expedition. A chestnut
tree, separated from the road by
narrow, but dense belt of trees and
bushes, was soon found, and the pair
zealously searched the ground for
fallen nuts. The young lady-ani
perhaps VIC had better call her Miss
Y, for the purpose of Identification
as the lawyers say-soon grew weary
of this occupation and determined to
climb the tree. With the end of q
fence rail and the jealous "boosting"
of her brother, she succeeded in reach
ing the lowest bran:h from which
her progress was easy. Pleased with
her success, she soon grew careless,
and finally venturcd out upon limb
until it bent under her weight. Be-
coming frightened she lost her pres.
ence of mind and hold, and suddenly
fell. Fortunately she did not fall far
for her skirts caught in a fork of the
limb and suspended her between
heaven and earth in the altitude of ar
umbrella which has struggled with
q violent gust of wind and experience
cd reverse.
Her voice, though somew ha
smothered by tho peculiarities of hel
situation, could be easily heard BY
her astonished brother, and in &C
cordance with her calm directions
that devoted small boy instantly fec
for help. Now, it 80 happened tina
each of the young lady's lovers hal
noticed her as she started from HON,
in company with her brother, and eacl
had independently determined t,
, meet her as if by accident. Thus j
l fell out that the first person the small
boy met as he rushed along the roa,
. was the mild young man, who listen
: ed TO his incoherant tale and hasten
ed to the rescue. No sooner, how
ever, did he come within sight of tn
: tree, than he promptly paused, turn
ed his back upon the object of hi
!. alteration, and in faltering voic
! explained to the small boy that b
thought his sister would not care {
have him help her, but would prcfe
g in search of whom he professed him
I self ready to start. The small boy
8 having no sense of delicacy whatever
called the good young man name
9 and said he was afraid to climb . tire
I but failed to shake his resolution. S
q the later started on run to find h
8 hypothetic seryant-girl, and unlik
q Lots wife refused to look bacl
: though the indignant small boy sent
shower of stones after him.
J. Meanwhile the bold, bad youn
:, man was approaching the scene Of a.
q ton, s'cross-lots,' at the top of h
q speed. His iron nerves did not ia
le ter even when he reached the trt
s. that temporarily bore such marvc
!. Gus fruit. Requesting the youn
u lady to calm herself and tru
l. him to rescue her, he armed h,
brother with knife, and instructe
him to climb the tree and cut his 81
Is ter loose. The small boy, hailiu
q, with delight the opportunity to CT
n something, did as he was bid, and
a a few moments, amid the noise
r rending garments, the young Lao
n dropped safely into the bold, bs
70 lovers arms. Half an hour afte
d ward eleven women, bearing fl
= step-ladders, approached the tire
,e while the good young man waited b
a. hindthe tree to receive his rescue
ID mistress. tbs needless to say he W
ID disappointed, and his disappointmc
I'd was still greater when he was subs
Sc quently told that she was to be ma
r. ried at an early day to his bold al
m bad rival. Thus we see that, as 81
TX omon might have said, there is tin
Il for step-ladders and a time for d
v, cided action, and that the bold your
I'd man gathers his bride from chestn
We tree, while the supplemented m.
q. fees afar off, and bowls for serva
e. girls who are useless, and for Il
a step-ladder which satisfieth not.