Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-12-14
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recreation, (which means a. fine horse
and buggy. But twas oSselfsh for him
and his wife to drive off every evening
and leave those. dear girls athome after
they had been shut up 7allsday in school.
I So two horsesand acariage and hUstier
were needed. 81 - 49, saiez
za mus little by little expenses increased,
and bis business, like all men s of the
] dme, Wassdull, bat his was Onsa sound
basis; he was yet young and full of en-
ergy, and no'one feared the result, nor
had he one thOught-of danger sSl1 =
L = a. party was made !up for the sea-
shore. They joined tilt was theif9first
Indulgence Of the kind, and a Sniff of the
salt sea is}a luxury that Strengthens. ~,
/ 0ae sF1orning the .bathers were very
gay. and Nh. Brooks passed the safety
line, and the sea never gave him back.
The estate paid tWensys gents on the
dollar.lcs 90 azra7Efs % svEE
;i..a e, b' . TBR OTHER Il ..,es5 edr
- 1t was q town of hills and rocks, 7s1i-
disturRed by railroad or telegraph-wires.
There was bit ola village in it, and a,
| Z white Sky5pointing spire,' of course,
! fprt Wasin New EngIahd Jsand equally,
of course, and for the -YerE same reason
ltheFe IaustBe ecoho4fg In all things and
the - first floor of the, spirez crowned
building was the Town Hall, wherein
/ politicians, fought and a wandering min
fstrels amused, andstray feetprers edited.
But between the hall and spire lay the
church, clean angtf brightly where the
farmers mapped, and, their wives chewed
carawaY seed, while warned Of sin and
Judgment in words, as eloquent as could
be hired for S 4QQa year and the parson-
age-7a.se leaa Titles white eottage. '.'
Inythat same parsonage a, lad, bright
and fen6rge6c --+bOys are like the moth
ems, biologists tbllss lis3was fitting for
colleges under his learned and : lazy
father. 8 But 81 -55
Pa . p" w, arc not wholly brain = Oh.
Pc. ESN Magnetic Inoekeries.' 4 ~.
F--At-least so Tennyson says. s-And..Ed-
ward had an eye for rosy cheeks and
/ bright eyes,a as well as fer 6reeEroots.
And 9thes particular pair that sparkled
helped her busy mother look we'll to the
ways Of the household in a white cot
age that crowned a hill top, the sides
of which hill were intermiXed With sheep
and stonesin-sUeh dire confusion that a
httleYfayVef one eenld not telfthe one
from the other. 'o-s 17a-1= "
One bright June morning Harriet had
SKINNED the milk, washed the bright
pans, and made a pyramid in the sun
that sparkted Ike stars. 81 And:humming
Ha good old hymn of Watt s, her defG
hand was now smoothing and tryings to
polish the family Linen for 8he coming
Sunday, that hess day ofeouftry towns,
when bodiesas we'll assouis pat on their
best. Harriet sung slower and slower
as she thought faster and faster; and she
stopped carolling, to say: p. tt.s
''MOther! when the summer work is
over, couldn'tyou get along without my
shelp2ef s. t&SE kgssagFS@
g why HatrSeta what do yeuSwant to
doP''
Harriet hesitated; it was a great thing
she longed fors hiItat Iaseshe said:
,Je sYou,kpew mpstsOftAe girls around
here have been to Dick Academy and
boarded themselves; why can't for a
3: Y d Hath and have 4. been talkin',
that John hadn't ought to come of age till
he'd been to the Academy 4 ~ -oi.,
= a'O, mother, let us both go! It is only
four miles and half, you know, from
here, and father or jesse can come after
Us every Friday night, and Saturdays
viii cook up enough to last over the week,
except meat and potatoes, and those lean.
cook there so can board him and nv
self, and we can both go as cheap as he
could go alone" ~.
E''rII talk with your father about it.
And. they, vent The one term ran into
tW oyeara. Then J esse, the bashful book
sypf en- was toAge and he wished sister
Harriet - stay with. him; and she dt5
wish She could finish the fuIFcourse, and
had been a good scholar, and, good girf,a
had worked early and late and willingly
through the. summer vacations, so that it
was not easy to refuse her. . ~
And, too, perchance her future happi-
1esssSv;lsi mote or less bound up in her
books For Edward, in this college vaca-
ton, had told his love, and the shrewd
common sense of the sturdy farmer knew
/. his. daughter must be, fitted for the edu-
Gated life She was to- share, or Edward
would forget his love, if not before mar
riage and desert her, he-would aftermar-
rage andneglect her. And another three
years were added to her course, and she
| graduated, healthy, happy and strong,
! the edietorian of her class.of thirty
nine students, saa.-z 's, Efa., cd
s., And in due time Edward and she mar
ried, and he put out a1aw sign.
: There was no style, no elegance in the
three rooms of their new home, but a
great deal OF Happiness, for their studies
and reading and tastes were one, and
| each made the other strong to Labor
and to wait, and love made labor q
| pleasure. But he was young and -un-
known, and people notrso quarrelsome
as they might have been, so the money.
they had saved from teaching grew less
| haIlV
Is at would hurt my reputation to have
bills in the city, and have been think
4 ing where ]. can hire a little money! he
! said one evening, -.-.-v siss -
/ ''DO3s't hire 8llsUey! / would rather
live on bread and water, potatoes and
1 salt, any starvation diet than have a
debt dragging you down. = Twill open a
select school, until people grow to zap.
preciate you a5ass 3
= e. You have enough to do now.'' ? . ; e.
&: 81 haven't half enough / shall rust
OUT And you give q free lecture, show.
your talent. get into the papers. We
have been Micawbers long enough. "l-gss
> If I had your energy y --
+. eff goa haven't, who has? When8I
gave myself to You, do you think re-
| served my energy t-..-
You bate reserve energy enough for
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