The Republican journal., 1884-12-04
What Became of Her.

mas nav So" y up Will "iilioSl ~
credible raNdlty 1t was not that he had
preached the gospel to them tor four
oad f,r+v vA4r, if was NOT th,+ IL,
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l'o'S''PS i''" P1th instant on every
threshold where sickness came OF sorrow
brooded.
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u course ana forgotten as soon as the
necessities were past. But it was be
cause Fnyyjlle c,rjositv WAS ON the
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the sole remaining blossom on the gnarl-
ed old family tree. who was left 0uite un-
r,ovidel fo,
"ecIafe 10 SoooheSS' Salo MIS-
Emmons, II don't know what is to be-
come Of that pi4"
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SEXTON tnR Nltia@F dfeSsn@keF' "and
never mao.
looks possessed no charm 70 her -
S'glea MISS Dodge VINO taught the FOX
NIIle GlStiItt school. she always erled
over her palSIng and rhetoric, and |
never couIo make hel understand cube
root.
mere no 1thllh that the old minis
yer was as near a SAINT as we often see
~ inns "ollH, Sald MIS-. Luxe Lockedgt
PlPuSl\' rat ne hadn't ought TO let
Joanna run loose IN t1c woods and fields
me way ne ,ild' ny, hon suppose
sne ever maze SHIRT or trIed batch OF
llttels III al her llie.'
us 1t true, sad Miss Dodge, peering
IlqulSilNely up under her spectacle
grasses, "th2t she Is engaged to your
oimoh' MIS-. Locked@e
MIS- Lockedg4 closed her mouth,
snook her head and Suited away until
her needles shonr IKE forhed lightning.
'>mon's ike all other young men,
Miss Dodge, sad she, took by a pretty
lace ana a paIr o bright eyes. And they
set oi tho same bench At school And
as long rs we sPpsed Parson Fox had
left property why there wasn't 10 OBJ
lection. But there wasn't nothing-not
even Ilte insurance. SO Eve talked to
SIMON ana made him near reason. There
can nobody llve Oh air "
But that's rather hard on Joanna,
amt 1t :! sad Mrs. Emmons with a
sympathetic wheeze.
"Reason Is reason Mrs Lockedse
answered. "My simon will bave property
and the girl he marrles must have suthin'
to match it,
So that Joanna Fox, sitting listlessly
IN hey black dress by the window. where
the f.i IDna No. L. loo IA nl
SWettlY IN, and trying to realize that she
Was alohe III the world, had divers and
suhdIY visitors that day The first was
SIMON Lockedge, looking as if bis er-
ran+ were somehow connected with
grand larceny.
Joanna started up, her wan face
frightening. She was only l6-a brown
halIed, bloWn-eyed girl with solemn
req mouth. and a round white throat,
banded win black velvet.
'Ol SIMON, she cried, ~ knew you
Nouid come when You heard
SIMON Lockedge Wmggled uneaslly into
a seat, instead Of advancing TO clasp her
little outstretched hand
es, sand he. "Ot course, it's very
sad, Joanna, and I'm awtully sorry for
you. But
Joanna stood Stlll, her tace hardening
INTO a colo, White mask, her hands fan
ing TO ntl side.
y eS," sad She. "lou were SAYING"
Its mother " guitly confessed 81
mon. "A fellow can't 90 against bis own
mother, you know. She says it's non
SENSE. our engagement, and we shouldn't
have anything to i've on. And sO,' with
d flnal twist, wed better consider il all
over J hats tine sense OF the matter
nov amt it, Joanna =
she dld not answer
II III aWluliy sorry suffered simon.
II always set deal ot store by you.
Joanna
''l)ld you She Sald. bitterly. zone
would scarcely nave thought it,
"And You know, Joanna he added,
aWk"ardly, mindful OF his mothers drill,
'Nhen poverty comes III at the door,
love files ont at the window
Joanna smiled Scorntuliy.
'lt seems, sald she. 'that love does
not always wait Tor that"
And she turned and walked like a
young queen into the adjoining apart
ment; while Simon, sinking out OF the
door like detected burglar, muttered to
himself: