The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-13
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laehun wanted ne II marty him, isul
| refused. H. wesnl nv iasal N all
l wss PRETTY, and ny Itasnsls as.ures
mv That nsighs Meh anA ehms.. llnl
| hal rrai ~ many nusels. and ny
hMnA 49, #a fill III romance aIas
Wasn't lnrlinal ", rh~,ss any nnr N III.
All. SANDY hatred. iferllsa .,mtls II
pikssiII.
TN i,lral ~ nv imagination hal
darn, flashing r,vs. hait lllr lhr raven,
~inn. tstsh likr tsntls. and hanph,s
mein. NJ, could any reasonable lWt@,il
expect me ~ W. satisfied With tIain
Joshua Hobbs. who WIS falr ai.sl
treckled, With pale hruen hair. ani iai
hands. brown with TIL In. mntlei
aud Jane expected me IL marry HIM
anil | MAS ,rry feulsh ~ think III
hruwing AVN, such chance, fnr IN
spit. If heinR srt, plain iii appearances
and manner, Joshua hal mad. VII WAY
lii thr world, mud WAS Iii possession III d
vely handsome firm, we'll stocked.
"ion will never receive another sucl
offer, sail mother, one morning VA Nav
canlut understand sou. Lcah; sn,l
appear n~fcit ~ Your senses. There
isn't al.n.i.r Rirl III r,ke,illr Who would
rrfnsr Joshua Hobbs.
Then ha will hnd no difficulty Iii
marrying I replied !" am sur.
don't bcRrudge him 10 anybody
50 muial, M upright. 40 honorable
IN Every respect continued mother, IN
she stitched away uii itct'H dlmiMu,ivr
rMntAlu,uH, which WIRE suffering from
complicated. compound fracture III
thu knee.
"l,u. homely, mother, fcarinlly
hon.ly. said,
fiuw can you say SOP cried Jane.
whom l,n.l always suspected oi Il warn,
feeling for Joshua. !" fic IN very Nee.
IcoAing, and will make thu br, ~ hus.
bands"
II wish Joshua hal hal the good
sense TO fall IN love with Jane instead
0i With yon. Leah. said mother .sshu
would never have hccn ~ foolish an Ii
REFUSE such an oti.r, nn.l with me III
such poor circumstances. too. unl
young mrn appear ~ care only fut
pink cheeks aud ri,fl.. nntl ml.iry women
with not Hn idea above jeaery and ril,.
lnns. did think Joshua knew Int.
tor"
THIS VIVA rather hnri on mc. hut
did not frel vrxrh, fnr knew neither
wAA tow angry ~ Do sntirsl, jns,. ~ !
excused her
We lived In pikesille, n small, hum
drum. sluggish town, nnd la 1 Just
enough mniiey 10 enable In tn live r..
specially nnd make 10th ends meet nt
the tiinr thr years bills came In.
Mother Ind \ righteous horror IL debt
And VI owrd III n,nll 4 cent; hut, I'll
coarre. W. had 10 pinrl, 4 great deal
anil .leny ourselves any little extra ex.
trAsauanes In The way IT flower or
ribbon. There we're 1--we III ns 10 snp.
port, and perhaps mother WINS not III
W. blamed luf Wishing III rrc Jane and
mo we'll married md In comlortabl.
homeh She thought II really wicked
~ me ~ reinse Inal,ils, for his iarn,
WA almost the lest In the county, aud
lay only three miles from town. Hut
did not fret over thu matter myself.
WAs tno SURE that my hero. ihu iden
hero III my imagination. wonid com.
along ~ claim me, AMI take mo avn,
from little gossiping pIkryille and III.
petty economies over Which mnili.,
frctlesl M continually.
likel Joshua Very we'll, but had nt
idea III EVER marrying him. Wan IN,
vain u think my iifst infer would III nj
last. and hal 10 icar u being lcf, ii, old
maid.
] know Jane enyied mo my good
looks and my lover she was n aui.i
industrious girl. fond pf country liz
and fArm work. anil IL lII indeed look
" me- very hard TINT Joshua should nul
have chosen her instead al singing III,
ont. and thus bringing down % M.
mothers approaches md complaints
Snt then, things generally 20 crosnwist
In this bias world.
Joshua did not come u tho house MI,
moro after my stern and decided ri
fnsal III his xnit w mir.cd III pres
entA u butter, milk and eggs, which Ii.
hal lWrn NJ fond III bringing, and Which
we're, III rD,irsc, III more nAu than Iii,
h0wars and irwelry morl LAYERS present
n their RO.ltleHscn. This lass III III.
butter. milk and cggr fretled mother
more than anything nl1e. md not i
day passed without homa All,,ninn 10 HI,
stubborn folly" IN rejecting Joshua.
what can you hnse against III.
young man mother wonld cry. III.
j. Ill that Ii honorable and good"
His name II enough | would mn
.~er Fancy my name being Mira
Joshua 1obb1l"
II Ii y Bible name Il. we'll IA Yours.
mother would say, sharply.
"HOl,hN Il Bible name We'll. didn.
know that before. | will look Il mn
meant Joshua" md Then III lncl
vymO9r state mother Would indulge Ii
quotations from thu niblr Mirnt III.
shsspneas n ~rpent's tooil. osc.
OeiulNsF came VI Inst. aud ntil my
hrF0 ha4l not come upon TIN SCENE
bomrttmrs ] WAS tempted 10 recall
Joshua, 10 put MI end To being hnr
a&tel By mother aud Jane. / could mi
MAk Tor new apron nr collar Int thu,
would niph. and complain III our pcai,t,
mssns aud my. III III married Jo.i,ua
alc.' Some times really wished Jnsl,t,l
wss n thu bottom III thu HID s.a. bnl
In The middle III October relief came III
thu shape III letter from my aunt
Caroline. who lived lii barntowc. 4 laras
town ststy mills away, skinR Tint either
Jane " ! 1l,omIh pa, h.r long Writ.
] felt sure that mother would nay ii
0nee thsl Jane must I've thu ono 10 no.
6hs VIZ tho eldest. and generally had
III the nice times and thu heat III every.
thing. Ny prophecy WAS true one.
iOr = mother finished reading TIN lrlirs
Ahe LOOKED straight ~ Jane: lyon can
eet resdy 10 ~ BY the LIT II November.
jamie. Yon can ttay until May; vnd !
It'll you what ] viii do: will give You
my pearl'eolored silk, for yon will see Il
gTNat deal of company III your nnnts. "
The peAficol0rcd silk Was II Indeed
time lhal mother hAl nflrrtd JAIn that