The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-07-25
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-Spe~king Of courage" raid my
friend. IoM Barton, ~ We met one day
alter long separation, reminds Mc I'll
M incident tllAt happened 1t the doc.
tors school the first winter after YOU
left.
II was daring the Christmas hol,.
days, aud ali II the boys Ind gone home
except two brothers, named Fred and
Alhurt kObb, aud myself. They were
Obliged 10 stay during the vacation be-.
cause their parents were spending the
season In Florida, and well. ~ YOU
know, my home Was " distance, aud
~ wcrc poor, 20 ! remained VI school.
The brothers were very unlike, both
in appearance aud character. Fred, the
elder ii the two, WAS large, muscular,
ruddy faced boy, not much III love with
books. he wAa Vi Mn ovrrbealing ,ll~po.
sltlon, anal h4d \ great deal u Concert
Albert, ON tho contrary. WAS pale
and sleI.der, lie wAs very quiet aud
studl0us. and hAd such love ol honesty
and truth, aud such detes,alion III mean.
nesS aud wrpng, that ~ boys Ind
dubbed ham the Parson.
Il WAS the Saturday night between
CHRISTMAS aud New ycarr. We three
Buys we're hugging the stove III til. lii.
tie room adjoining the doctors study.
Doctor WAS IN tho study writing scr.
mon for the following day, NJ 10 hull 10
pr,vch II Midtown.
W. conlL hcar lis pom ecratch over
the paper during the lalls IN our con.
versatiun. Occasionally that 'al,cm! )
OF Ills would come through the partially.
opened door: but somehow his ailcms'
seemed ~ lose their ominons character
during hoAdays.
Tho subject ri our conversation was
robbery that had been perpetrMtcd Il.
Squire Ll.tles store the previous
night.
Robbcrios. ~ yon know, were IN.
USUAL occurrences III the little village
u ACME. vi course tins one furnished u
topic for abundance Of talk.
Wherever w had been that day We
had found sone groups Of men and boys
talking about roumrics in general, and
thus one n particular.
II ~. hut natural that in tho even.
ing w buys should discuss the same
subject, aud each VI ~ otIbre.l various
slN'allations IN To who the roblrr wuh,
where hc had gone, and whether lie
Wonll b. captured Or not
Then W told stories III all the dur.
ing sarxinrte@ of winch We had ever
heard Or r.Ael, and finally described
suctl ~ l,sd h4ppen.d ia our own houses.
Ia che duAcri ptlOnK 81 our personal
experiences Fred gave glowing &c.
count vi vi incident TINT had o,rnr r,sl
IN his fathers family. Cue night llc
Maid the coacllman thought he saw il
man proving in the chlekea yard. He
fired a pletol vt him. aud Lal hnmmonusl
the other servants 20 ~ IN pursuit Of
th,s rohbcr. ie told M how tho brave
mcu. armed with lAnterns. pokcrs aud
binnderhunsrs. had reached the chicken.
yard, aud there found traces OF blood.
which they followed up for n few yards.
aud found, lying in the Inst ,hroca IL
death, the victim of the coacllmans
pro~cns-A iine black Spanish rooster
Az length Mid /. What would Won
DO u you should hear burglar some
night trying 20 enter your houssg
Fred Strengthened himself and
squared his shoulders. 4 wonl.ln',
hAlsltAto : mon cnt 10 shoot him. said
b., yAi,antly. | tell you, Ii would In i
cd burglar that could get away from
ma,
a ] rested his chin IN hi. hands. and
gAxed thoughtfully into tho glowing
Goals.
80 Well raid he, slowly. IL il hard
70 tell what fellow might do under
such circumstances. l rather believe.
though, would take good care to keep
out d his WAY. What would You do,
Tomt
- Mcy I exclaimed. Very likely
ID cover my head with tho le.lclo.hcs
aud leave him 70 carry off house ana
Ill II he could
Frd was about 10 make another r..
mark, hut WINS prevented by The doctor.
Who appeared IN the doorway. 'W-li,
boys. Eaid h.. don't you think we've
had enough talk abont rohheries for ono
EVENING" Il II getting late nov, aud
your oonlinual talk h.s bothered me -
that | have only written one page dur
Ink tho last hall hour, and on TINT page
! have written four times the word
sbur.nlavy' instead 81 bravery
Kidding him goodnight W went up
leaiFs. and were soon fane aaleep.
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