Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-05-25
well he had found it out thus early in

fast the next morning looking more
like a mountain daisv than ever in her
mink and white morning. wrapper there
was n vacant chair opposite her Mr.
Midway had returned to New York;
Mettie HAYES had a deal of pride in
her fragile organization and no one
ever knew the sinking at her heart
the ram of tears shed on her midnight
pillow. She suffered and made no
slpnl But she still wore the frail
basket of scented sandal.wood upon
her watch. chain.
"Of course If don't mean ANYTHING
now" she said to herself obut I don't
like ia throw it awav He would not
keen his hut then men and women are
constituted differently
Ralph Midway went back to New
York determined TO forget the brown
haired blonde whose dewv ewes had
lighted nm the shadows Of tbe midsum.
mer woods so enchantinply. but the
slow. winged wears crept by. and he
could not forget
Mira paulina Pole did not nretermit
her efforts to become Mira Paulina
somebodv else and her chief object of
prey was Mr.. Midway.
"JJpon nv word" unused Ralph. one
bright October NIGHT az he was walk.
ing home from a late Soiree or recen
tion. or some such gathering of fash.
ionable folly off I'm not pretty care
ful. the Pyie will marry me by main
force A man might have a worse
wife than Paulina too although she
has some little neculiarities that are
unpleasaut 70 me- How mike she ia
to Metella-dear little Metellal Iwon.
dor what bas becoma of barIn
InvolnntariIv his hand sought tbe
nendant of his watch.cbain Where a
tinv scented basket hing with kew
seals, and all the other appendages Of
oentlemm,s watch a tov whose
spiev oriental fragrance brought hack
the woods and the red lines Of sunset
and MetelIa's face like n half. FORGOTTEN
dream
Ue was standing on the stems next
day with n swarm of little nephews
and nieces cIinginr demonstrativelv
aropnd him when a sturdy old farmer
with face hrown and ruddv % nm
autumn laaf drnve nm 70 tbe door
"Cood morning ,sonsraS criad tbo
countrymon in a voica that was nlnfI
and boorty no raIo NJ y;nd in tbo
nine forests
"Good.morninc sirn rat,,rned our
hero
1--WE brougbt that there neck a
cbeatnnts tbe missms orderaG p ,ast
woel, y W ' '
"Pscl of cbostnuts 9y
"oh VOC ITnclo :, obimod i,
bYf a iogar small yoices "wa ora 70
hava chestnut roooting for per,s
hirtbdav Ips all riobtn
And ,ccorJinaly tbe bookot q,
broun.,binina trecoures voo hror,b,
in escortad hv rnlI nrocesoion nt
cbi,dran and tranaferrad to hio
Toodon tran on tho T;tobon +sb,a ITn e
cle Palm nrooidinG in n yerv bawi,dor
eh oort nf wow
Az tbo rarn,er roured tbo obsstnut,
ont with a oboorSuI rottI;rG sonnd
scmatbino c,icked against tho sida ",
tha trav That was rsifhar nrick,y burr
varnisied leaf nor brown clsamin,
n"t | ~ '''D ' "0i "N e""s
"IIu,,op oriea Master psnford IN,
hero of tba hirtbdav occasion '"'
con unclep snmceked little pecov
ats a fairy,s cnn So IittIe ond o. 9ts e.,
orantw 'f' ~ ~ ' ~ -"
"Fairv,s Gdd,astick cried Tom
"Irs a cberrvstone tbat tba sorirrol,
baye nihhlaj iSa Iernel ont I orr
Mr. Wodwov tooT II in bis hand T
wao a tiny bo.L Of carvod from aondoI
wood the match TO tbe tov % hano;nS % ".
bis watch cbaini y"
MetalIa,s hasket, Wac II tba sum
mons thav boJ tolked of in tbot dreom,
wav Years and wears ago9
II II t~rned 70 tho stort old forror
who waa comnlacentiv counting m M hi,
money nrevions to dapoSitina # in ,
very 1reasy oId rorte nonnaia
nYon mnst boye hoan anita :,
dustrion, to Hatbor all Iheoa nntsp h,
SaiJ SinIowa5iioaIIy NJ 5 " ~ ' !"
"nidp,t Gather narv ono Of ,emw
"No% >' ' '' VI
nTHe cbi,dren thav,re hordv and
orars Iot ,ana hana tSo moonan. ond 81,
Mr: ITa,ao, M danabtar sha n:olod 10, I
Tbo,,ro % 3ro+f"i 70 5oor foIi. M u anI ill., iT'
r. DO ,oro 400 n aond % tmrn wbon T oonr, "
" oIJouaa uU um Iuoa,s H. ~ ,anoo4oa 49, % nnJ,.,
,or,,n';.II, 1 TtI;',, 9"veu us a,,;te e'ma O',
thir M .0 ,a,;o. - Ia ooa,'airtano. "n t..o 'u,
nio my Tv Tho 9o,oto 9o ott aHqSs' " uoanr;aa o
% "So Moto,iu M ot nu,t 10 noarr;aS %% %% thor,,
0,o,a ~ ra. nu.ey n,ao an ,1Il; na,lleu' on1us
Sle paUpel s,o;m nace bno aoHhs sai' "iiu-
ootuoy yIu so.ns DaOn oa', 1,a,.,. -.
nothin' else to sell. Want liftP"
al would be willing to nav YOU weI
if"
"Don't want no nav for a friendl
jog. Jump in, Square"
1t was not far from the great me
: tropolis-close on one of those raj
: roads whose iron veins form part Q
its giant system of vitality, wher
} Farmer Dodge's dwelling reared it