Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-01-18
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the flying Landscape with o FAINT feeling
of Inconsistencies in her heart, for she
parting from tile old home had been
very hard at the last Only the thought
that it would be, better for, them, and
that it would keep Ralph away, from
the sea. kept up her courage. She knew
by her husband 8 grave face thatit had
been ia hard struggle Tor him to snnder
the ties O which. nearly fifty years, of
companionship had eennented., r., Brad,
lees spirits were Invaluable, and rough
as he seemed, he had a 'tfeiicate facnlty
of turning their sthoashtsf AWAY from
unhappy regrets to pleasant anticipa-
tions of the juture and ,sor bT; the time
they steamed up the beautiful Detroit
River to the city. they were very. hap
Ply, hopeful company. 1t was jus: n.f-
set, and the crimson glow fell over Ihe
limpid water, and ttouoheda the whir,s
walls and spires of the city with a softg
auroral flush. Nowhere, in all the seft
air or radiant sky, was there a hint Of
the dark cloud lowering upon them .'.s
There they stopped over night, to re:
sumo their Journey on the following day.
The hotel was crowded Hwitlid people,
travellers awaiting transportation nodif-,
ferent directions. - Mr., Anderson 9 and
Bradleel rose before sunrise to take IA
look round the town. Coming Il, up !;
street on their way home, they saw 4
man and little girl pass the corner of the
street some distance ahead, rand disap-
pear down side street! Goe1efl3j Sc 11yts
h.. We'll, if that didn't make me, think
OF + qmm ing bird 'g. Bradlee ex-
claimed; his pet name for Viola, being
that. '@ - s''- L +''' III
-.@'sOh! didn't notice. his companion
replied. carelessly.i They walked about
a while longer andfthen; went up TO- the
hotel. Mr.. Anderson -lookedin the par
Ior, but his wife. was not there, and he
went up to their room -" a i'''' '''', >,
II was just coming downs she said.
as he opened the door, * had to comb
my hair, and then thought I'D make
the bed; 1 had time enough saaf o. ~
81 don't believe folks do it. Myra,
but they can tear it to pieces if they
don't like it, so there's no harm done,
But where is Viola?'' " ''' 81 94'i@ a'''
= 81 let her go down; she was SO wild
l couldn't keep her here. Ianever saw
such q child When We, get settled we
must govern her a little more;. thas,, is
all she needs to make her perfect. I've
got little plot in my head" laughing,a
little; '"T am going to train her up for
daughter-inllaw. She thinks every
thing Oh Ralph Ha~frs4r3 10 @go3aiiq
This she said very confdentiaDy,Y as
they went down into, the, parlor, and
Ben Anderson smiled at her .'t.prema-
ture matchmaking as he calledit,, But
did not look at ali displeased with the
plan. The truth was, he had thought
of it himself more than once. but being
a man, ,of course he di.ln' tsay so. loAIrs.
Anderson looked through 1.-THE. aparlers
but Viola was not there She went out
to the piazza; there We're two or three
children there, but nd Viola. She.
called to her husband, and a hurried
search was at once instituted, but,
though the house, large as it was, was
gone over twice, no, trace OF. the girl
could be found. Ralph was awakened
by his mother. and joined in the. search.
but to no avail-Eiola was not in the
house!
I A Young man who worked in the sta
bles had seen child going down tiae
street with man, and though he didn't
think of it at the time as ii anything
strange. he believed the, child ran down
the steps from the house; but she seemed
to so willingly; the man did not touch
her, as he could see. . ..5 ~ 80
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