Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-12-29

Under lne snow he things so cherished
Hopes, ambitions, and dreams Of men-
Faces that vanished, and trusts that per-
ished,
Mover to sparkle and glow again.
The Old Year grcedlly grasped his plum
der,
And covered it over and hurried away
Oi the. thousand things that he hid, won.
How many will rise at the call of May !?
o wise Young Year, with your hands held
under
Your mantle of erminc, tell me, prayP
JOHNS WIFE.
My bachelor quarters began to look
Checrless enough as the holiday season
approached and l was all the more
ready TO accept The kind invitation of
my friend John and his young wife,
the mention Of whose name always
caused him to lily into raptures. Sure
ly no man ever possessed such a para
gon before, To believe his story she
was lovely, amiable, virtuous, beautiful,
and everything else complimentary that
could be applied to woman.
lla0 oiliy Johh story ior this-WaS
lHCIl4e" 10 pc'leYe IL OuV III paiU' ana
yet, as the time approached for my
visit, found myself waiting the day
T,Il interest II iioI SoileIhlng IKE eN,
clIel'tnt' a,.t espeClaIiy aS he ilHu informed
ilio 'il"I ms aiStet'il-iaw' hlIIy Man
Y'IS' "iS 20 MAKE one Oh the party L
even PicIUieu ner DGiil5 more Deautl'
i'u una cha'ihlll% tllah JohiiS Wlie,
ana iNuu"ea III various oIIler DacIlelor
i"ilcIes'
arrived III 'he Ci'y ol boston on
'I'e ui,y preceding NllrlSIhas' us l iiaa
some business 10 transact prior 10 Vislt,
ing Joiiil Uou5e' but' us stepped
ouI oI lle caIS, l saw MS carriage walt
,ng' ana Olu9il'g iareWeiI 10 II maj
UiUShlhg up ava hoteI' tOoN my place
drew on my gloves, gave an addlt!ohal
Iwiti 10 my ''uslacIe' ana was quickly
"H'I'eI 10 thG Eueh Jolh was accuS'
loiL,eu 70 eau nome
y PretCy NIUE woman not certainly
'he anger my lrlelu iiau ueScrioeo' met
iHe colGiaIly apolCsIzea lor her nus,
Da49 ) auSelicr' informed me that ne ilaa
S0uueii'y Deei caiied away upon DuSl-
ness DuO "Uuiu return carry III Ihe
morning. ana pledsaillly auueu llat lie
'i'a cohSISi'eu ,ne u Ipe care ot hei
slsyer ana ilerSel' 49,,
Anu tl's Is my sister hlCtN oi WhOm
you hL'e Without uouo! heaIu' She
Sa.u,, ny WY OF ih'TouucIioh'
MISS MY, VINO llau oeeh coyly Keep,
ing hersel III the background, stepped
ioITaru' ana loi Il ulOuiehV her SOIL
,ial'u ldy ike rose4eat III hiliie' AS
Ihe ISuV oi tle Cncerlui sea'coal urt
anu UlaIing cllitIueliel leil upon hei'
ihyoiunIal,iy ! I,Ii uttered % a whistle, wGIeI TS
l ""iNWarqiy turned lil'o Il cough: int
lacI W was J1llhS Wiie was Dut Il ioil tC
seG on the oe%uIy ol her sister oucI
solu, DroL1e' rlpphhS halr ABOVE DroW
0i a"paSIer WlllteheSs' ana Such lqulu
DlUe, speaking eyes L hau never seer
DeIoie' ana tue taii' graceiui lgur(
was III perfect keeping WIN the lovely
lace-Iheie was hothihg 10 mar Iht
picture -.
she received me with ladyllKe self
possession, such rs Is ohly 10 DeacquireC
ny those VINO mihgle III the best society
ana ADDED her welcome to that already
received from her sister, The dinner
such one as l mad long been Il strang
er to, as well as the evening, passed
pleasantly. johns wife was charmingly
, social, and diseoursed eloquently upor
the subject of her husband, or cours'
, endorsed all she said upon the sub
iect-said John was q lucky fellow
told how much | envied him his hap
piness, and caused her to blush pretti
ly
But for all my words, | had no ey
except for Kitty Manvors. She wa
, crocheting a smokins-cap for Johl
how | wished it had been for meD ant
, as the scarlet wool twined in, and out
| and around her swift, snowy little fling
, ers, l thanked Heaven that John hat
married his wife and not her sister.
= The evening came to an end long be
[ fore l had wished it to do so. / hat
, never seen time fly upon such swif
9 wings, and regretted extremely whel
D the hour for retiring was announced
| bade my hostess goodnight, and look
\ ed at Kitty eyes that spoke volume
{ of admiration, and caused the ric'
blood to fly in her cheeks like damas
roses. Then, after lingering as long a
politeness would admit, went up t
my roomi and lighting cigar, sa
e dreamily smoking for an hour. An
: my cogitations ended in this; that ]
Q Fred Dorson, was at last in love, an
9 that at first sight, and that would d