Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-11-16
MISS EULALlES ELM TREE

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MISS EIrIAIIES ELM TREE
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gr"cclu'' oS'rll",lSins !Ilo s'if'v ".'I.
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wooIs =, o'i s,ullnoi uli NlisS ,. i.u,,','o ,.
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M"r"' II Nou" 'TG'li 'lI''' o'i" r"' ',.'J
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pouSi'Si i''i I''''' "T' S'L wy VI, 10
steih' ont nt,ci ,1'ho'' ,I., Nv T ,,io I,, L,,,
WIIhouC lniihihE VI l'c Tic y" nv ilTu
cared 1t lhIrei Vi ,ic ,,n a',ll, miuon,'2 u; nI ~
Ulgli'a lleT ''au SpIh. '"sG'"u. ~ =" a3
'liauow' IL snIo ilcr po''! PUN Il', nv
pleasure PleasUrG i DcGI'se l @ !. Ieli.nue'' !
her lnaI nc llau loyou ncr @ oice, P",,l' PI,,
tlai nc IoNcu ncl lo 'I's'n' o"'
couiu ,io' 7uc's WY nc 'i',t Nv, u ~, t.
turned 10 her' Mli't Ilu'' cs't''I r.' l'i.'
was SUN ~ Ste'l " ii'I SUI w i.oi u, -
lnoSe carry uuSS vi ncl oo'V,'. I't'o',,' ,,,
when SoIro" 'tnu suspense ll'''l Tct,'
hcr dilly companions ri'lhg up anu SIT
ing down WIN her' EeriiIP' solhc
talrer women hau eh9''tVe" n'lu' per
maps nc la'i really never l0'eu ht' W
alI; ana SnG eNPerlciiceu pug ol
nortlIlGo prl1G whe'l 'ile tei'pc'eu l''al
shc haI poS:loly poeR ya'' enough 10
make lhe mistake. lcar py yH"r Snc
watched the iehler green OF 'he i EN-
thlcKen mo uark MASSES oI lGaneSi We.
year Dy year She wa'cheu lhelll ipuiS
ana llllln@' llhe lHr own nol,e' Il i "lu ~
MslonS; !! was poem ,, 10 l,, er' nlu !S yG.,
ai'er ai' F." ""9 CnlS M NJ, i1V''''l' 1 Iih,
Tree ny permission hc ,'o'ilc VI het
ancestors ilt, luilc,i l'i'o "'ntl i'''l''S, L,
she had only returned fel''l 10 II oy I'm Il naPpy
chahce' NOT Us us oWler' MIS-, "uS''h'
ne purchaser, nau ul'@4leT 10 Ut
educated anu MiS2 is, E"l",'G 'l"I u l"Ncu
the situation " hGh Nrs' vaughn
died She HeV.sgl r lnat IN, T,''5 1,EI E,''",Ie h
sho',lu ii'lNo l'Tii,' H''! ir''o'', ~ w
mother sister anu leachcr' aI IN one one
to that wayMaru SoHhg person. person. IN Sho ,hi
should marry--im ShorI' Stohu III inc
gap MISS EuIallo nau Peeh I.s useu 10
Stanulhg ID gaP' ~. , ncr me- @ .,ll' T"s I
no.hlig new h'" II ""5 hoinc-llcI
old nome WhetG sue ha,' urc@ilGu .,.,
dreams " ho,' Sho Ma'Tc,, ; ~ 'MlIsliS
beneath the oI4 elil us leaves SEEMED
TO Whisper, rJusI mere nG Al9seu loU
ilrst, anu mere you S"lI oou-pS'
NO Woluer She ioVeu tlc Wv, y, tlet' ",
dangerous Vi!'nS' S"'u S"I'''H az
ehllnc' tapping l'S runs II =, WIN III, G"'ic
as nc Walke1 pyi. iio'Io"'hc'r'co =, "'
liIt' MISS Eulelic' , l., .,,.
you are ii's'"hci' 'ne rcJo'hco'
"it IS rs souhu US Il nut -, -,
"bu! II must coniG uo"n' h' "''''e'''
rs II MS WorI were it"' it"',-.v,
.. Never Wiliio i''c' N"P'"'" "'oi-
llne; ,.,,.-,,...,...,..s...
~ ouloTsel UNI. am .ui !. l'l'1 ,,l, VI prop
orly! MY Phy iiplp t"Noo , .,,ln "nA
one IN LlIt'eiorai llat l can puy every
tree IN me place. ana cut IL "o"h' II
choose
"Iheh II Is Only rom .ruo goo' III,
lure lhal you neg my co'isc"' 10 cul
down ihiS eNIusite Tree! 10 you
know | nave i"VeI II rom chiIu?
MY grandfather plante4 u
81 know thaI MISS l'apei own own, W WtIe
whole estate, ana KNOW that Ih!s pone
of contention. TINS tree 0hstrncts the
view from my wincows, MISS Eulalie'
which is more to inc poln'-tnat ltS
bou@hs leap INTO the air so m3h ana
spread its branches SoWlHe' mat II biotS
out the view OF the sea- 'the open sea
and he passed ON up the long green
lawn to his new home with ITS marble
steps and broad balconies, Whlch maue
its humble nelghbor seem torlorn ana
shabby Miss EulaIIc looked at lhc
imposing structure, ut the parterres OF
brilliant How rs, at the fountain toss
ngits jets int the sunlight IT, Velyety
terraces and lawn ana smiled. why
had Capt Valentine chosen to build his
palace so near her home? Why had
he built at all at his time OF !ife, with
no family to inherit, and no wife to do
its honorsP How lonely he must be-
ishe thought, in that spacious mansion,
with nobody but the servants to speak
with why hau ne never never I,, marrlTu' Gu
In the humlIlty Oh her IT, nearu ~. Mlss ,i.u El-
lane never dreamed tiinI II was Sr, peCIus9
she woul9 not llarry nm, l"al f'l nau
happened so many years aYo, ociore
ne ana Ansoh V Mit'rGWs W;,I Ia' Snllcu II 10. TO-
ScIher ~ 'ho NV W IL 1.o, iIIm Ma iaaIo,s I" "lr ~
cry ne hGa Deen ,.i men, loW i I IG"lous m m oi
Ansoh how % ,II plu1cI'S S, mo i"I ,,.Lo s"4Ln 2Ln
that inc day sh2ulu come wnen I, shs
would give ngr hear' y IS oioou t 10 reGall " VI,
the worGs-"hch Sne snou5u roSrey ner
folly IN dust anu ashest put oi course
ne haa iorgoIton al M@ Oh M@ un"V-t9e t9 Tav, n5
ings OF an 1 unlaiheu natLae' lure i1 me ,,atI nau
peeh only seton9 % ,iaio .n 'non, ,M Ti'n niSle S'
or nothlhg ahcau IN 'nG "oriu' Vo-uay
ne WAS GnPt, 9alon',iei .hn reios Wi,n u,o 'nh' u;
t,,' wOrru no,hana "S haS i00'' '"' iO''' i''" !"