The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-05-23

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ed into his blood" He must have |
hand in this himself. A man must be
long somewhere. So he coolly inform
ed DR.. Green one day that he had en-
listed; he was going to fight for hi
shouldcr-straps. Gas for my diploma
III wait awhile for that"
The Doctor told him he was mad, an,
urged him at least to wait year. Blu
much rocked John; i is q waste o
words to answer q young man excep
according to his folly. John was a
ardent solder by this time. He hal
come to America to seek hi, fortune
perhaps tae way to it lay along the patl
Of glory.
When he came to bid lilly good-by
she burst out crying. That settled the
question as to their manner of farewell
He took her in his arms and kissed bel
repeatedly. This was decidedly wrong
decidedly imprudent, although they
were only adectionate, brotherly kisses
Miss Rosie came in as he released her
"Well, Matilda Green!" she cried
with an information that meant any thing
but well. But lilly was too heart-bro
ken to extenuate her condact. She left
that to John, who said, good-naturedly,
"You'l give me kiss too, won't you
Miss Rosie? Remember you may neve,
see me again."
And he actually kissed her too. HI
wanted to put it out of her power to
tease poor lilly. She had been guilty
of the same improperly herself.
Poor lilly was wretched, wretched
after he was gone. But she was buoyee
up by hopes and visions. She had 9
brave picture, too, of John, which hi
sent her when he was made Lieuten
ant. Oh, how proud she was when thai
came! She felt that she was fighting thu
battles of her country.
She neverforgot that speech of Johu'i
about improving her mind. She tried
hard to do SO. Her favorite methoG
was the composition of letters to John
which were never sent, in the course o.
which she would laboriously hunt ou
in the dictionary nearly all the words
she wanted to use, to insure their cor
rect spelling. She also endeavored tt
find time to read such light literature a.
WAS contained in the weekly paper of thu
household. She read the love stories
to be sure, with an especial zest apar
from their purpose as educators. They
struck kindred chord.
One day John Leonard received in
camp copy of this same paper-ths
Woodbridge NeUs. It contained &
marked paragraph. "Good gracious!'
he said, reading it, "old Green's dead
How fearfully sudden!"
His particular chum, Lieutenant Phi
Ross, was standing by. This gentleman
was a cormorant of facts "a trait which
the thoughtless are apt to confount
with curiosity; but l contend that there
is q difference between inquisitivenes:
and acquisitiveness. Mr.. Ross stretched
out his hand for the paper.
"Old Green? Hunt ali, yes-Dr
Green! By Jove! sPhilbrick Green,
formerly of Greenbrier, New York. j
knew the man. 1 hail from Greenbriel
myself. So he has turned up again, has
he? Woodbridge, Rockland County
Pennsylvania An excellent place te
be buried alive in. Been in Wood.
bridge, Ell? What ever took you thereP'
81 studied medicine in DR.. Green's
Office. There was an excellent opening
for country practice"
"Lst me see; he had two daughters
Rosie and Posie."
"Three."
"The third was only an adopted
daughter. She accounts for my inter
est in him. Her mother was . distant
cousin of mine. Left widow witt
three children; utterly destitute. Sew
ed for her living. The Greens took 9
fancy to her little lilly, and offered to
take her off her hands. She agreed,
rather than let the child starve. The
Greens moved away shortly afterward
The last time I was in Greenbrier q
run up there every summer to see my
mother) l found that my cousin had
married-a very well-to-do man too
Her other children had died meanwhile
and she had set her heart on retaining
lilly. Her husband had made inqui'
ries for DR.. Green, but to no purpose
He had made two Or three moves since
leaving Greenbrier, and no one knew
where he had moved to last. My
cousin was fretting herself sick. Ican't
say that pitied her as much as though
she had not given up her child of her
own free will, to begin with. 1T always
seemed an unmotherly thing to me.
And here I have suddenly unearthed
the grill"
"Luckily enough for her," John
opined. siRosie and Posie will lead
her a life of it, dare say. They'll
have it all their own way now, and q
very unpleasant way it is, as I happen
to know"
"Had old Green, syou call him, any
"Should say he had. hope he has
left lilly her share of it. She will get
nothing by favor from those two close
listed old maids that does not come to
her by right
"I'n write to her mother this very
day."
ded.
He wrote to the mother too; he SEEM
SO anxious, q Phil said, to have his
finger in every corner of the pie, that
Phi waived his rights of previous &C
quaintanceship, and permitted his friend
to make the disclosures to Mrs. Eaton,
Phil contenting himself with in
closing a few lines to his cousin-in-
Johns moral character that
young mans own words.
Speedily came the answer. A very
agitated, short little note
from lilly, so badly penned and express
ed as to be almost illegible and unintel-
ligible. But John made out from it
that she was very unhappy, and would
hail any change with joy. Mrs. Eaton's