Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-11

young to think of marriage. Your
father was twenty-six, and was twenty
two when we were married. What did
you tell him, .Jennie?": .a.., -....... g..
81 told him-no."
''That was right; only | hope you did
not hurt his feelings any more than was
necessary. [ trust he will forget all
about il soon--'}aop or ,oo0r setua atT
20" What, mammal" yfna,ar9Enu in., r..
~ mean, Jennie, that / hope he will
see how foolish he has been and
forget all about you before he goes
away prev jHsl2..i' .'' j" Hot'1. '."
l. {" Oh. certainly. III hope he will
Wll-will forget-and-se how it Is, be-
/ fore then. He's poor, you know--very
poor. IL told him So. [ wanted to =
I help-him for-forget, as you say, and
so [ said in case married, in the course
of twenty or twenty-five years, / should
probably we'd very rich man; and then
[ shouldn't be any trouble to my-hus
husband; but that | shouldn't do for q
poor man, at all. :aun.i ga
"Well, Jennie, | do sincerely wish that
he may soon care as little for you as you
do for5 him." ..tullT7' VS.. .ap. III,
AS the months passed away, Mrs
/ Long, watching. jim, concluded that he
had not suffered much by the rejection
he had received. The lind-hearted wo-
man was glad to think it was so. Com
sidering all things, the less attraction
her daughter had for the young fellow
the better.
Jennie also; hoping us we may sup
pose that jim, for the sake of'his peace
Jof mind, would outgrow his affection for
her after a little while, decided that he
had. She was very glad of it. And yet
there was q tinge of melancholy in the
discovery. She was glad for his sake,
because e'had suffered so, but it was
| abstractly considered--a very solemn
thought that so strong an attachm ent
/ was SO short-lived. Not that she would
have had it last longer in this particular
case-O, no; but there might come a
time when she should want to know that
the one who had so great q regard for
her was to havelt forever. But what
was she to expect? Was jim q fair sam
pie of mankind in this respect? ....
If Farmer Long had been an observ-
ing man, during these days he would
have seen coming into Jum's face some
thing that could not have failed to re-
mind him of the time when the youth s
mother and Mrs. Long were girls; and
the best looking ones in the village
The fathers strength had come into
Jlm's1 body and limbs, but he was get
ting his mothers face, by installments.
These We're to be his possessions when
he'was of age.
AS his Dist year drew toward its close,
he could not tell whather to be glad or
sorry for it. His reason told him to go;
and forget-he had not forgotten you
see-in the excitement of business
somewhere, his, disappointment. But
that heart of his kept forever answer
ing "Stay another year" He was in
this state of mind the day before he was
twenty-one, After dinner that day he
went and sat on the bench under the
great maple. He went there that he
might be alone to decide whether he
would follow the dictates Of his reason
or give way to the longing: of his
heart. Reason at last carried the day.
p He arose from his seat, and said aloud,
and decidedly,'"T shall go" It was set
tied. He had told the family all along
that he should go away when he became
Of age. He was glad that they knew
and had became reconciled to (perhaps
wished) it. He was set upon looking
straight ahead now, and determined
not to look back. 1n }a'3l,s i .no ~.
III And he did look straight ahead
Look ? he stared, for just "a second Or
two. and then went a head, straight and
fast. Up the slightly ascending mead
OW Jennie was running toward the
house; and not far behind her was the
four year-oldt lime-back pursuing. 1t
was fortunate for Jennie Long then
that jim was near; and that he was
s'big' and Strong and brave. jim was
bent on getting between Jennie and
that mad brute and he could not stop to
find weapons, He rushed past her and
at that moment her strength gave, way
and she fell. IfsaJim had made mis-
move-Tbut, he did not. With great dex-
terlty, he seized the animal by the
} horns as it came. Up, and putting forth
all his strength drew its head with such
force. and suddiness to one side as to
throw it down. Then isprin;ging to
where Jennie had arisen and stood I'M
able to move from fright, he caught
her in his arms and bore her to q place
of safety over the wall. .... $780, ...,..
70 When Jennie could speak. she turned
to jim and asked, ''Whatt if you had
been. killedY3 TpnsgI7m9 saj 19on ot589l9
cob, there woald have been a beggar
less that's ALL said he, and walked
away. ..,..
An h1o5uJr later jim" in Ed deep ree,vseariie
was sitting under the old maple He
heard the rustling of dress, the sound
Of approaching feet, and then Jennie's
gentle call, Jim ~ Fl .,n hiraloi >. Ina
20 He arose, and looked at her, -....
nov Jim, do you hate me % '''' ''' a''''''
,iH; No, worse then thatMAf for me. "o' mas
sd 'Worse? sGThan eyou--don'ti feelgtot
wards ame ss-7as you did once ?''nq 9d3 u
mo, for [ love you more. y o., v5 1n h.
.@'4 .. Ifu5y y ), Jim M Ill J,4 .sssssa: Z.
viL''Well, then you may read what j r
have written this paper; but don t
open it till [ get along way off, I'd bod
She handed him. the paper 40 and