Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-18

and she had promised to send that day
for Maggie to come and make her q Wis
it, and Maggie was sitting on the plat
form waiting for the man to take her.
Mr.. ST., Clair took her, and drove
from the station, thinking to go to Aunt
Debby's and get Moses, and set of for
Gilead; but while he was gazing up at
the sky, the horse-which you win re-
member was not Mr.. Stimpcett's horse
turned into q road which led to his
own masters house at Cherry Valley.
Mr.. St. Clair had now the wrong horse
ana cart, the wrong meal, the wrong
girl and the wrong road. Presently the
horse trotted up to the door of farm
house and stopped. Three heads Of
three young maidens popped out of
three chamber windows, and a bare
armed woman, wiping her hands on her
apron, rushed to the door. "Where is
my husbandP'' she cried. is he hurtp
Is he killed. Tell me the truth at
once!"
81 assure you, madam" answered
Mr.. St. Clair, mildly, "that have not
seen your husband
"Why, then, have you come with his
horse and cart?" she asked
"This horse and cart, madam" said
Mr.. st. Clair, still mildly, "belongs to
Mr.. Stimpcett, of Gilead."
"Do you think I don't know our
own horse and cartp" cried the woman,
in an angry tone. Besides, here's my
husbands name on the bag-I. Eli
son.
81 must have taken the wrong horse
and cart" said Mr.. St. Clair. "I will
go back at once and find Mr.. Ellison"
"The quicker the BETTER" said the
woman, as he turned the horse.
Just after Mr.. St. Clair had passed
from the Cherry Valley road into the
mill road, man came out of wood
path and sprang at the horse, crying,
"Stop thief!''
"Where is the theft" asked Mr.. st.
Clair, looking all around.
"You are the thief" cried the man.
You have stolen my horse and cart"
Maggie Brien began to cry.
"Are you Mr.. 1. Ellisonp" asked Mr..
St. Clair.
eyes, am" said the man angrily.
Mr.. st. Clair explained his mistake,
and gave up the horse and cart to Mr.
/. Ellison. He then took Maggie's car
pet-bag and heavy bundle, and walked
all the way to Aunt Debby's.
BY the time they reached Aunt Deb
by's it was nearly dark, and as for
Moses, he was already travelling home
in his fathers cart. 1t happened in this
way: Aunt Debby heard that Mr.. St.
Clair had been seen driving off, and
knew he must have taken the wrong
horse and cart, for Mr.. Stimpcett's was
still standing near the mill. Therefore,
as Moses had already waited until after
supper, she let him take his fathers
horse and cart and drive home behind
q man with an OK team who was going
by roundabout way to Gilead.
Now as soon as Moses had driven off,
Aunt Debby locked her doors and went
to an evening meeting, so that when
Mr.. st. Clair came there on foot, with
Maggy Brien and her bag and bundle,
to find Moses, he found no one. He
questioned some boys standing by
fence, and they told him that Moses had
gone home in his fathers cart, behind
an OK team. Maggy Brien began to cry
again. "Don't cry, DEAR" said Mr.. St.
Clair. "I'n hire buggy"
He hired from the stable a buggy, q
fast horse and driver, and away they
started for Gilead, and reached Mr.
house at about half past
eight o'clock in the evening. Moses
had not arrived.
Mr.. St. Clair found Mrs. Stimpcett,
with her bonnet and shawl on, walking
The floor, sobbing and signing and
wringing her hands. Grandma, also
crying, was wrapping bottle of the
Sudden Remedy in piece of newspa-
per.
"Oh, how IS Mosesp" cried Mrs.
Stmpcett. Val it have to be taken
offPn
els not Moses herep" asked Mr.. st.
{ lair, in a mild voice.
"Here!" cried Mrs. Stimpcett.
's How can he be here, when he has
broken his legP am going to him
IS soon as Mr.. Stimpcett can borrow
horse"
Mr.. St. Clair thought that Moses
must have fallen from the cart on his
way home; but before he had time to
speak, Mrs. Odell came in.
"Where is my niecep" she asked.
|" Where is Evelyn"
"Here she is" said Mr.. st. Clair,
presenting Maggie Brien.
"What do you meanp" shrieked Mrs.
Odell. "That my niece? No! no! no!
Oh, Evelyn! Evelyn! Evelyn! Dear
child, where are your"