The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-24
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HER BLUE-ElED BOY.
From HaYper's Weekly.

When others tread the may dance,
Orsmile in happy dreams and sleep.
Torn from these loving arms away,
By those who rocked not tear OF prayer,
Ere thou couldst speak thy mothers name,
My tiny bud. my babelet fair.
MY boy, my boy, my blue-eyed boy,
Could within thy bright eyes gaze,
Or have an hour to kiss thee in,
'Twould light up many weary days.
But thou art far away from me;
Between us oceans pillows beat.
And can but thy picture kiss,
Ny fairy rose, my babelet sweet.
As Miss Isabella Spooner finished read
ing these verses, and proceeded to cut
them out of the paper they had graccd,
with pair of scissors that, in company
with bunch of keys, lung from her gen.
erous girdle, murmur of admiration and
sympathy arose from her audience. This
audience consisted of Mrs. Spooner, Isa-
bella's mother, tall, thin, pale woman
with a great deal of forehead-that is in
regard to heIght-and very white, we'll
shaped hands, which looked as though
they had been moulded out of lard; Mrs.
Dusenberry, lady who looked about FIVE
and-forty, but who, according to her own
calculations, grew young so fast that her
friends confidently expected that in few
years she would be gnl again, with lips
so thin that they came near being no lips
at all. bumpy brow, small, black, uneven
eyes, a nondescript nose, and figure re-
markable for its unobtrusiveness; Capt
Hottop, Miss Spooner's uncle. hale,
hearty, rather handsome man. who had
spent most of his life in sailing vessel;
Mr.. Wellington Octoper, young pork
merchant, called ''Devil-fsh" by those of
his companions who had been to theAqua-
rum, because it came SO devilish near
being Octopus, you know, with reddish
hair, reddish complexion. and no forehead
to speak OF; Miss Eugenia Ann Octoper,
sister of the pork merchant, a pretty, pert
young girl, who came down to breakfast
in diamond earrings, and talked a great
deal about style" and two or three ell
derby men and three or four young men,
who being near nobodies, can, of course,
only expect mere mention.
1t was lovely day in the last week of
July, and these people were gathered to
gether on the broad veranda of the Spoon
er homestead Mrs. Spooner took "a few
summer boarders for company, and, truth
to tell, they could not have been in a
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"a. rnof fanod tba Daiawarn R;yer anS
&c o io, nftha ,ra,sr thronab tbe br,nch.
"a. IA. Ill" traas ,hst stond ~.
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Sou,a.s smv ,h;eh tta hool 49, h $50
nomeo a .t, ,Jaano,,t -. 80 ., .a', ''iS
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foiI;n@ IN i = curlr cron on the hact Of her
neck In EVENING dress these cnrIs were
ALWAYS tied with a bit of bright ribbon.
which impaired to them quite a Juvenile
appearance and charm.
Miss Isabella dotted on poetry, and look
ed upon all rhymers as ..heayenborn. :"
In fact. she had an intense respect for and
admiration of all persons connected with
literature. and was wont to saw, Gould |
have been pen gifted | would have asked
no other boom
How very sweet" said Mrs. Dusen-
berry. in a soft. too soft voice, as Miss
Spooner after reading the verses ouoted
above. took her scissors in hand. They
remind me of some lines | introduced in
INV first letter to Prof. GAM at the time |
became so interested IN the habits of the
birds of North America. He said AFTER
ward, by-the-by, that the brightness of
that letter absolutely dazzled him." Mrs.
Dusenberry prided herself on her letter
writing, and, anxious that her talent
should not be ..hid under bushel."
wrote on the subject which she thought
would be most interesting to him, with a
hint as to the impression he had made on
her susceptible heart. TO every man with
whom She came in contact. as soon as
possible after formin o his ACQUAINTANCE
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