The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-04-12
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scl on the clay hills Of old Maryland.
In her unsophisticated soul yearning
Of woman's true inwsrdness prompted
her to dare and do the mysteries Of
multitudinous. matrimonial muffin.
ousness; and tearing away from the
surroundings of girlish life, the gush-
ing Ann Eliza, spreading her wings
in westward fight, fit to Southern
Indiana.
Here her superintendent charms
bcdiuling her every beholder, dizzied
the optics Of good old Mr.. Bundsr,
whose inner susceptibilities confessed
an absolute vanquishment.
Old Bundar loved the blooming
Ann Eliza, and in all loves reciprc.
cal tenderness the blooming Ann Ell
"a loved the superanustcd Bundar.
But there was q bar 20 lovcs sweet
promises between them. They pass.
ed sugar,kiss verses, but something
was between them; they met by
moonlight alone" but sheen Of de-
marcation kept them asunder, as II
were.
They met in the sacred solitude Of
earth's quiet vicinity. claspcd their
arms firmly around each other, kissed
IS lovers do, and swore by the shrine
Of Abclard and Heloise that nothing
hut doom, divorce or devil should sep
aratc them. Things thus went on,
wien it became apparent to wicked
gazers that the blooming bouucer Of
old Bundar's affections must bounce
away, at least for time.
Mrs. Bundar becoming aware Of
her recrcant lords improper intimacy
with the Maryland blonde, cut sticks
for a fathers home, leaving the old
patriarch to become the next imme,li.
ate relative Of two little relatives Of
the masculine gender.
Things at once became interesting
To Bundar and the mother Of the little
responsibilities. 40 much so that the
paternal relative of the family er.of.
fcio left for Oregon, taking along
suficiency IF the county funds to pay
for frst-clsss lodgings and a photo
to be sent back 10 the boys.
The boys, however, cared little for
photos; and the mother, Ann Eliza,
having found a wandering orphan,
Moetzger. she told him the sympa.
thetic tale Of her forlorn life, and
married him-on the European plan.
The sacred alliance contracted in Hea-
ven and executed in Indiana, lastesl
for several weeks, when Ann Eliza.
sorrowing in double widowhood, chanc-
el upon Hebrew peddler, one Blodg-
er, whose trinkets, rings. canoes, DC,
dazel her vision. She told Blodger
she was widow; her husband lost
his lite in the war, leaving her at the
early age of twenty-five, alone-lone-
ly-lonesome, with two little Bundars
yearning for fathers care. Blodger
gazed upon the bloom and beauty he.
fore him; he dared to inquire after
the original occupier of the premises,
the father of the infant Bundars.
Throwing her arms around his neck
Ann Eliza wept a How of words: The
boys had father once. but possessed
like Columbus, with desire for Wes-
tern adventure, he had borrowed the
county funds, gone West. and was
~hripwrecked-on the plains in Ore
roDl .t
Blodger wept over this recital Of
facts. but being somewhat ca:nally
or worldly-mindei. he mentioned the
unwritten epitaph Of Moetzger, whose
name he had heard in connection with
the charmer, Ann Eliza, the gushing
definition now before him. To any
other this reference to Bundar and Mo-
eizger might haze proved subversive
Of all matrimonial interests, hut Eliza
Ann had an eye to business, and kiss.
ing Blodger for his mother, pocketed
his jewelry, and gathered him unto
herself, as il were, matrimonially.
This was webbing No. 3, which last
ell until the jewelry played out, when
Ann Eliza skipping the Indiana
rancho, came to Cincinnati. Here
she changed the name Of the Bundar.
Moetzger-Blodger boys, went back on
her latterly acquired names, and, at
ter short sojourn in seeming widow.
hood, married again to one who was
distressed at the sight of such beauty
going 10 waste. This MAS another
love affair. The Cincinnati man low.
ed her for the tale she told, and she
him for his profession, his loving de.
naanor and the 1rsenb1eLs hehinl