New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-01

Ell, starting around, rs ne bit INTO huge
slice of bread and butter.
I'VE do not know said Mrs. Eden,
primly.
eve calculate likely she's gone to
the county fair with Doctor Duganne's
daughter said Mr.. Eden. ..Girls will
be girls!''
And then ensued another silence, un-
til finally Hugh and Joseph numbered
off to the bayfield,, and the husband
and wife were left alone together once
again.
Come, Sarah come! We've been
husband and wife too long to quarrel
now, said Joshua Eden, kindly. 81
own little Rosa is q provoking piece
but she's oar Rosa, after all. S'pose
we harness up old Gray and 60 after
her? It's three years now since you
been to the county fur
'.And it'll be three years more before
I 90 again. said Mrs. Eden. mo,
shall 60 to Aunt Amanda's and let YOU
and Rosa settle things to suit your.
selves
Mr.. Eden gnawed his lip. Patient
soul though he was, his wife's obstinacy
nettled him.
''Of all tryin' creeturs,'' said he, 81
do believe that's woman is the worst!''
It's all Rosa's fault said Mrs. Ell
der.
mo, it amt stoutly maintained the
farmer. 'tROsa has faults enough; but
[ won't have her falsely accused in this
case"
you're an unfeeling brute!' said
Mrs. Eldcp.
You're an obstinate woman!' retort-
ed her better-half.
very we'll, . said the lady, "I'm go
ing up stairs now to pack my trunk. If
things have got to this pass, it's high
time left the house,
''Just as you please, said Mr.. Eden.
And his wife went away, too angry to
cry, and Indignantly questioning herself
why she hadn't married Hezekiah Will
liams, twenty-odd years ago, instead of
bestowing her hand on Joshua Eden. !.
All day long an armed neutrality per-
vaded the low-roofed, cozy old farm
house. Mr.. Eden was silent. Mrs. Ell
den busted herself about her packing.
And, just at twilight, when the spicy
odor from the bed of white-and-crim-
son clover-pinks tloated into the window,
q neighbor came hurriedly along.
''There's bad news said he. "Jim
Cole has just come from the fair grounds.
There was runaway team there, and
your Rosa was knocked down and kill
ed"
''Rosa!" cried Mrs. Eden, with gasp.
''Rosa!' groaned the farmer, dropping
the piece of harness which he was labor
iously mending.
They're bringing her up the street
now," said the neighbor. sBody came
down on the afternoon train. They do
say she's dreadful disfgured!''
He hurried along to meet the little
cortege, now scarcely visible down the
darkening road. Mrs. Eldcn ran up to
her husband, and threw her arms around
his neck.
''Joshua!' she cried. ooh, Joshua,
forgive me! l never meant it. loved
the poor darling ali the while. Oh,
Rosa, my little Rosa!.'
Don't fret, wife, "'huskily whispered
the farmer. '.It amt your fault. You
did all you could for her.
He put his arm tenderly around his
Wife's waist as he spoke.
''WhAtever it is, Sarah,n he said,
brnvoly, well bear it together
At the same instant, as it seemed, a
light footstep Aoated, like a thistle
down, on the threshold; little figure
ran up to them, and clasped them with
in one embrace.
''Rosa!' they cried, with single
voice.
''Oh, I am so sorry-so ashamed!"
sobbed Rosa May, looking pretty and
penitent enough to melt the hardest
heart. "But Caroline Duganne over
persuaded me. We were together, and
l didn't enjoy a single moment of the
whole day. Mother father-I never
will disobey you again. For when those
terrible wild horses rushed by like q
whirlwind, and knocked over the poor,
feeble old lady, who was standing close
beside me-
''Then it wasn't you?' said Mrs. e.
den, who had been nervously scanning
her adopted daughters face for signs Of
some deadly hurt.
1T would have served me right if it
had been" said the girl, s.but it wasn't.
It was old Miss Dorothy May from New
ton. Look! They are carrying her by
now. Oh, it is so terrible-so terrible!''
And Rosa hid her face in her hands.
Mrs. Eden took the girl tenderly into
her motherly arms.
'Rosa," said she, '.you are forgiven;
but after this, dear, always remember
how dearly we love you, and guide your
conduct accordingly"
And not another word was said about
the packing of trunks. If possible,
Joshua Elden's manner was more af-
fectionate than usual toward his wife;
Sarah, more tender and defere4tial to-
ward her husband. And Rosa Was the
darling of both of them.
1t was through her that they had had
their first quarrel; it was her unlocked
for appearance that healed the deadly
rift in their hearts.
And when Mr.. Eden said: s.Didn't ]
tell you, Sarah, that little Rosa would
benefit by the lesson?" his wife answer.
ed, cordially:
''You are always right, Joshua"