Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-09-25

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tined to break the horses back, as il
the pruverbia1 fste~of all hast ounces
III fbs IN That se y 81
~ 2Srs him visa .ker Bonnet 81
her head. -" What are you going to do,
you stupid woman?" - <41x-v,
Il am a-going with he, ,, she said. in
the midst of q torrent of sebs and tears.
..It's dooty. They says if you does
your dooty all will come right in the
q end. ii NAV be, but I don'f see it no
4 furrsjker than taking him. back 10 Ports
mouth 80
NsWhat on earth are YOU going t.
Portsmouth for row? And whyP why
now? He's not more drunk than he
has been before, nor yet less abOm-
| Unable. Let the police. lock him up for
the night, and send him back to Forts
mouth IN the morning. Why shoald
Won want to. 90 with him now?' ssss
Because you're going to take q
missus," said Mrs. Baggett, still sob
| lit 8 more than I know, or you know,
or any one Knows" and Mr.. white
| staff spoke as though he had nearly
reduced himself to his housekeeper' 8
| position.
s.Not marry her!'' she exclaimed.
81 can not say. IF you will let me
alone to manage my own affairs, it will
be best ssssss
THAT man has been here interfering.
You dom mean to say that you're GO
ing to be put upon by such savage as
that, as has Just come home from South
Afriea.s diamonds, indeed! I'd .sdia-
mond him! I don't believe, not in a
single diamond. They're all rubbish
and paste. If you're going to give her
!, up to that fellow you're not the gentle
man take you for
s.But if don't marry you won't have
to CO." he said, unable to refrain from
SO self-evident an argument. -.
.:Me going! What's me going?
| What me or that drunken old repro
| star. only If twas to see that MIR. John
| Gordon isn't let to put his foot here in
this house; and then I'd 60. John Cor
don, indeed To come up between you
and her, when you hal settled your
mind and she had settled'hefn! If she
favors John Gordon Ell tear her best
frock off her back" Eap ~. 'E5E
| ..How dare you speak in that way OF
| the lady who is to be your mistress?'
.sShe aim to be my mistress. l won't
| have no mistress. When her time is
| come 1 shall be in the poor-house at
Portsmouth, because l shan't be able
to earn penny to buy gin for him. y
As she said this Mrs Baggett sobbed
| bitterly.
YOU'RE enough to drive man mad.
I don't know what it is, you want. or
| YOU don't WANT sAsk
Il wishes to see Miss Lawrie do her
| dooty. and become your wife, as lady
should do. You wishes it, and she ought
to wish it, too. Drat her! If she is GO
ing back from her word" SCI
'.She is not going back from her
word. Nothing is more excellent, moth
ing more true, nothing more trust
worthy than Miss Lawrie. You, should
not allow yourself to speak of her in
such language. AL 49,. ~
ut is you, then, as. is going sackp'f
81 de;not know. To tel the truth,
Mrs. BaSgattsf do not know S
Then fetsmes ten you, sir. I'm an
old woman whom you've known Al
yohr life arHtty nigh, and you can trust
md Lon, give MP to nome of 'e1n.
You've got her word, and keep her TO
it. What's the good O. yoar fine feel
ings if you re to break your heart You
mean well by her, and will make her
happy Can you say as much for hinrp
When them diaponds is gene what's
to come nextg ain e no trust IN uia-
monds. not to live out of, bnt only in
let her see John Gordon again-never,
till. she was Mrs. Whibsaestat After
that she II never so astray, nor yet won't
! her fhourhfs - = alza-5sasss q sE@-
God bless you! Mrs. Baggett, y he
said. q
She's one Of them when she's your
own she'll remain yours u1kns all out
She'll stand the washing. n ID an old
woman. and I knows Fem.
and yet YOU cannot i've with such
lady as her?" sssssssssn
| mo! if she was one OF them namby-
pambys as'd let an old woman keep her
old place, it might do ss
"she shall love You always for what
you said just now"
love me! don't doubt her loving
me. She'll love ME because she is low
ing-not that / am lovable. She'll
want.to do most everything about the
house. and shall want the same; and
her wants are to stand uppermost-that
| is, if she is to be Mrs. Whittlestatf."
81 do not know; 1 have to think
about it" w., s..f- r5ar.
''Don't think about it no more; but
just go in and do it. Don't have no
more words with him nor yet with her
nor yet with yourself Let it come on
just as though it were, fixed by fate.
It's in your own hands now, sir, and
don't you be thinking of being too good
natured; there amt no good comes
from it. A man may maundcr away
his mind in softnesses till ne amt worth
nothing, and don't do no good to no
one. You can give her breao to eat,
and clothes to wear, and can make her
respectable before all men and women.
What has he. to say9 Only that he is
twenty years younger than You. Love!
Rot it! suppose you'll come In just
now, sir. and see my boxes when they re
ready to start So saying, she turned
round sharply and left him.
In spite of the excellent advice which
Mr.. Nhittlestaff had received from his
housekeeper, bidding him not have any
more words, even with himself. on the
matter. he could but think of all the
arguments which John Gordon had
used to him. According to Mrs. Bag
gett, he ought to cor tent himself with
knowing that he could find food and
railnent and shelter for his intended
vile, and in feeling that he had her
promise and her, assurance that that
promise should be respected. There
was to him d rock in all this, upon
which he could build with ahsoIute