Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-20
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,oh. what = tangled uob wo weave
When Atat We practice 10 deceive,a

When arsi We practice 70 deceived"
"Cilnson, old ioilow, will you please 70.
form me, should you be lucky dog enough 70
know, what u The name OF that blue-oyed,
brewn-balred nymph, Who Il iust ready 10
begin the waltz with that branless fop,
Jone,t For l sm all ready aud willing 10
play the devoted"
sNow, Harry, you had better lel your
thoughts resi in peaoe a. far a. she lsconeetns
ed. II YOU insist, Why, ot course, I Rhait
have 10 Introduce y0G; bat lei me warn you
never 10 let her know thai you lovo her,
should Cupid aver claim you Hs oae Of bis
subjects She ls just ~ heArslcss as abe ia
beautliul."
aha, he, my fflena.n replied Clinton, al
guess tho moth has fitted TOO near the candle,
and has bad his wings slightly sc0rched. Am
not good guassaEl"
"Weli, Harry" said be, assuming q mora
serious tone, 'shali I tell you how lhe best
teacher, Madam Experience, taught nae my
arst and last lesson in this liners
"oh, yes; BY ell means proceed at oncei A
love story ! am naturally OF . remAn1ie
turn OF mind"
"Ali right, we will move our chaits lust
within this bay Window uoW you SEQ wa are
entirely 10 ourselves. Who would Imagine
for one moment that these curtains con sealed
the ex.And-would-be lover oi the bella OF thia
fair Astsmbiage."
sNV0g NtAAtl4lf hAA NJ lUuT ttINtCNt L
viii promise not 30 hear ono bar OF pnntlo
until you bAve dnished,n
lie then begani
Il had been saving al the cigar money,
every cent could possibIy spare, OF my not
over abundant salary, during the winter,
that might visit my mothers only slster.
who was then living AGAR the bank Of tha
"oae bright day, about the middle Of
June, lonhd myself At the small store,
where The stage had just deposited me and
my trunks, patiently waiting Cor tho vohicla
which vas 10 convey me 10 the home l had
neyrr revisited sInce boy
~ had not long 10 wait, however, for In q
very short space ot time the Taltling Of =
eonntry wagon was heard NJ the door, and In
a few moments more my rosy checked cous-
10, Nellie, had seized my hand and given mo
= hearty welcome. We then got started inn.
media,ely for tue eottaSs--GlonWood. as II
was called.
"ls Hol being more then half mile 10 the
village, We were there In less time than IL
takes TO tell you. My good, loving aunt, by
the warm reception. mada ma feel az once Al
homo. Soma one called 10 Nellie who had
gone 10 the neGt room 10 remove her hat,
saving, s eW
IL knew he would nol leave hls city home
and friends 10 SisiI ns unsophlstcAted coun-
nv girls -
hnsp' MArlonI rs uld Gomez he VIII
cer,Hiniy hear you."
"Weil, did bear. and 50 1 asked Aunty
who that tRucy girl WAS. She told me that
she was Marion Winters, friend OF Nellle't,
who bad como TO spend the summer months
with her. At the sea-tAblo wa met, this en-
chAntress aud I; you have sesn her. need
give no description of her graceful form, or
laughing blue oyes; sathce 70 say, we met, l
loyedv-waa mad enough TO baliaSe the feeling
F.A a.sh A
spent IN nshirg, sailing, playing croquSt,
rambling throuRh the shAdy woods, carving
eaee others name In the sofs white holly
treas. tAb M
"Why dwell longer on tho swsei ruemoryP
Autumn days grew 90 Apsce, l returned 60
nv city home, with the promise 10 20 back
and claim her for my bride 10 one short year;
OF course We were 70 correspond Fagnlafly.
TsO months had passed. bad written about
six le1toFs, not one line did receive.
'tMy aunt and family had removed 70 Bos-
Ion during the time, visited mohth and
then wfota AgAin, With the stno result. NV
friend, imaeiue for one moment The mental
tormehi which wat undergoing, AZ length
my pride came 10 the Tetcne; ] detrmined
10 forget I had ever known, much ieea loved,
Marion Minlere. | have never seen qr heard
OF her 0nul this ovensag. Whans you will
perceive, The nesting was purely accidental"
A ruglling sound waA heard; eh0i stood
before them In all her bes1ly. b1
Harry Thought and pnt inio execution, tha
old sdage about ,feirealing.n
Th0 trembling maiden dropped irlo the
vacant chair. sud then told how both had
been deceived; how she had looked, oh, 40
long, for a message from him, bad hnAlly
ovesc0me her medaaly and had written 10
him, which be- ol course had never raeeiveds
then how, after \ year, she postmaster had
declared his love, and hai bssE sisatss his
ticknase, and flhdlng bis ease he,saless, had
csnialuad hIs crime aud sent her owa as we'll
begging heF forgiveness aud WiAhlng her hap
pinest when he waa .eone.H
She hsa been Invited 10 The party, ana
knOwlag her lover. lived In The immeilnta
nsiehbofhood. che detertalned 70 90
Our readers already knoe With what sao.
eese tho OuteFlalnusons tafminasod. Harry
va soon ig,Iodsssa % Ms Tbolals ClinlOH