Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-01-25

sail with feyerish interest and fe-
verish arithmetic. That dismal old
fifteenth of May. when she was to leave,
seemed to overshadow all the rest of
the calendar and it seemed to be a fear
full giant who was coming with enor-
nous strides to take my Ethel away.
A day seemed TO have only about three
or four hours instead of twenty-four
and Old Sol hurried through his work
in way that was very undigniied and
highly reprehcnsible in one of his VEN
cradle age.
Only five days more, and the days
seemed to grow even shorter and Sol
seemed to race still faster. Four days,
three days, two, and then at last the
day itself. As they were going TO sail
at five o'clock in the morning, they
went on board the night before. Ethel
made me promise TO come down in the
morning to see her of, and | tell you it
did not take very much to make me
promise, for | wonld have stayed up
all night rather than have missed the
last glimpse of her that | should get
for so many years. And indeed it vir.
tually amounted to sitting up all night,
for | was so restless and excited that /
only fell into dozc toward morning.
| had given the most positive COM
mands under terrible penalties for nom
ful(ilment. that / should be awakened
carly.
The morning came and aroused my
slecpy. tired head. Only half awake,
| stumbled into ny clothes and hurried
through the streets, where the milk
carts and bakers wagons were rafting
ON their early morning rounds. Down
in n sleepy, half-awake horse-car which
rumbled and io'tcd over the uneven
track effrctually awakening me, al
thouTh it seemed to have no visible eff
feet npon tbe sleepy, half-awake driver.
and his slecnier and less awake horse:
down pasl warehouses and stores whose
half-opened blinds and shutters gave
them n sleepv, balf-awake look; down
still farther to the steamers wharf.
where Mt last things began to look
lively and wide-awake. Flacs were
dying carriages were disrorging
hnnGIcs and nackaoes. and passen-
GERS who looked like bundles and
1ocl,ogps IN tbcir travelling cost
pmes Truckmen were swearing,
elderly ladies were ncryously declarinr
thot tbcy never should sec that trunk
oroin :" elderly gentlemen were bois.
,sSronsIv JecIorin~ ..nonscnsc. rs
safc os in vour own house." Eyperi-
cnced travellers were watching with
nm amused silence the troubles of the
incynericnccd. Officers were standing
about in oll their ooroeousncss of coId
Iacc watching the stream of passengers
and visitors pouring oyerthe Ships Side.
Young mon were Watching the bills of
rrcdit that their fathers we're putting
into their nurses, and listening with
hoIf.closcd eor, to thnir last Warnings
ohopt London and Paris
An artist who was Going TO Rome
wos wntcbinr every croup With an eve
IN ia artistic adapfo6ility. and Ethel
Etbcl was watchinr for me.
sow hrr before She saw me. Stand
ing ot thc head of the Canp-plank she
yconnad ny,,Iv roT conner with mn
rager look and n flushed, expectant
foSc She was dressed in dark blue
with a noccv somcthinp about her
shoulders hnT chris wore dancing in
thn frrsL hrcczc. ond her eyes We're
GIling with tpors. os disannointment
oftnr disnnnointmpnl rdnt6 mounting
nm tba nlonk Icolled ont TO her and
waved nv hat a plad look came
ouicklv tbronrb hcr fears and she
dInn% sbvly to her mothers side rs |
rnsbed nnickIv to where thcy were,
Wa did NOT snSok rs | held her hand, n
yoor II yoompJ if nrobohlv was only n
SocnrJ Shn Lacked nretticrthon ever,
onJ sh,u never fnrrct bcr rs she
stood bnIf hidden hv her mothcr's arm
,bG ,rb;oL "nr wos "''" ornnHd bnr her bood
mrnsscI closely to her mothers side,
bor bricbt Loiy falIinr over her shoul.
dor, l., an o;ry stroan3 Uor focn was
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