Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-25

under twenty. they both thought it best
for him 10 continue and accept the
pr9aered salary.
The Thurber farm had. 10 one who
could appreciate the beauties OF land
scapc and almost everything attractive
IN nature, more than ordinary attrac-
tons IL was located at the southeast
erly foot of n mountain whose local
name was Grey Beard. The rear of the
farm indeed extended part way up the
slope OF the mountain, but this was only
the woodland part of the farm. The
road ran along TO the eastward OF The
house, extending up long but not Diff
cult hill, the top of which was crowned
with wood and timber. Directly in
front ftbe house, some forty or fifty
rods distant, was large beautiful
pond, and across the garden on the
SOuthweSterly side of the house ran a
small brook If clear soft-water, fed by
never falling springs in the woodland
part Of the farm. In front of the house
WAS the principal field of the farm.
This was broad plain gently sloping
toward the pond and containing from
fifteen to twenty acres, with scarcely a
stone or foot of waste space upon it.
There were beside the long pasture two
or three smaller Enclosures alternately
used for tillage or paSturage. The house
was roomy old fashioned farm house,
such as is seen everywhere in New En-
gland, and needs no further description.
The barns aud outbuildings were room v
and good, but, like the house, somewhat
out of repair. But the last wears sal
AIRY n teacher would more than pay for
all necessary improvements.
During the last year prior to the
marriage of Julia and Caleb. the greaf
banking house of Thalgonburg & Hurl-
burt had failed and gone into bank
ruptcy, and this quite reconciled Mrs.
Thurbcr To the choice of Julia. But be-
fore many years were passed other
houses failed. One of those periodical
returns of disaster to trade and business
closed up many establishments Onec
thought firm a. the hills, and that to
which Alfred belonged was one of them
Both Alfred and Lucy's husband were
reduced almost TO perjury. 1t WIS hard
for their wives to give up the style in
which they had lived Alfred was
obliged To accept, some position IN a
manufacturing establishment to keep
himself and family from starvation.
Lucy's husband for time managed 10
keep up the extravaganza of his house
hold, which was quite a mystery, rs no
one knew of his having any visible
source of income. But the secret at
length came out. He had become a
countcrfcitcr and n forger, and to escape
the penalties of the law was compelled
To flee the country. and Lucy was left
To her choice between the poOr-house
and her fathers house, and to this,
broken hearted, she came with her tive
children.
Alfred no longer came to ThornvillC
in carriage with span and driver.
Thin and care-wOrn with uncOngcnial
| toll, and worse than all thousand
times, with the complaints and re-
| prOachcS of wife whom he could no
longer support in extravaganza and
fashion, and who. in consequence
showed him too plainly that she really
never knew or felt for him that love
| which alone can be a mans Solace in
the hour of trial and adversely.
"Ah," said he To Caleb one day, a,
he came To the old home, now almost q
| paradise of comfort and thrift, "what
fool have been 10 be allured from
/ real comfort and a life worth having
To become n slave in the city"
"Come out now. The farm is largJ
enough for you and me, too" sait
Caleb. / find more, yes, twice. Il.
much rs can do well myself with al
the help of my wife, and she is a icwc
to me. Come. and you shall have JUS
rs much land as you can manage il
/ welcome
Caleb. it can not be; my wife would
rather die than leave the city, and so
must stay and go the daily trcadmil
round for my daily bread and place e
lay my head, and that none of the bes
or happieSt."
Caleb would have been willing &c
have Julia's father and mother return
/ to the old farm and live with them, fol
their means of subsistence had wei
nigh run out, but Julia herself objected
/ She knew the temper and disposition o
/ her mother too well to have her will
her, though she was perfeclly willing t,
support them where they were. $500.
II prefer" said Julia to Caleb, "tt
bring up our children without any in
reference, and you know grandparent
are often disposed to interfere in behal
of their grandchildren To their disad
vantage. We can make them Just n
comfortable where they are."'-HGssa
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