Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-11-05

afs saam and work . month for the
rancher who had pastured his colts dur
ING two dry seasons; and thus. instead
of spending what little he had, obtain
enough more to enable him to get the
material to begin building with.
When this was done he procured the
assistance of . neighbor who had few
carpenters tools and some knowledge
of the trade, and together they framed
and sided up the cottage.
Then he worked at night to finish it
Often when thus engaged, after
hard days work in the field. would he
take from his pocket one of Lucy's
letters, and sitting upon the work
bench or a saw-horse. re-read the lines
he already knew by heart, or lose him.
self in dreams which those lines gave
rise to; then, rousing himself, take up
his tools and work far into the night,
that the cottage might be the sooner
completed and the face and form which
he now saw only in dreams be ever
present with him in reality.
At last the cottage was finished and
ready for occupancy.
A plain cottage it was; not unlike the
one on the mountain side, only a little
| Iona and wider. and higher.
There were two rooms below and
| one above. and there was little porch
| over the front door-not long Or broad,
/ but sufficient to shade the room from
| the sun little and give relief from the
/ bare and inhospitable look which
dwelling without any projection
| always has
He meant to add larger structure in
! front in few wears. when his ranch
should be fully irrigated and in cultiva-
| ton. and so reproduce the cottage IN
| the foot hills in accordance with the
plans he had laid the night he slept
Under the stars ON his hastily made
visit the time he won Lucy's consent to
be his wife; but for this he must wait
yet awhile.
And so, with heart filled with hope
and courage, and running over with
affection for her who was to return with
him as his bride, he took long iook
about the cottage, and going out. care
fully closed the door behind him that Il
might not become unfastened during
his absence.
Standing in front of his cottage, HI
cast his eyes over his ranch with feel
ing of pride and satisfaction.
That which three years before hat
been a bit of desert was now farm
with an orchard and vineyard and fer
tile fields none of them very large, It i
true. but everything there was the worl
of his own hands. the result Of his owl
energy and economy, and it was some
thing of which he might well be proud
When he had taken it all in-the cot
tage and the green fields and the youni
orchard and vineyard-as a pietur
III
til he returned, and could describe t
Lucy and Uncle John and Aunt Marth
and JOHNNY, he turned and walked rap
. idlv away in the direction of MIR. John
: son S.
He was to start early the next morn
ing. and was to drive his own team
the colts now fully grown and hardene
. to work.
He had decided upon this after cor
ferring by letter with Lucy and her pa
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons desired to CIV
as much as possible of the furnitul
: necessary to start the young folks
housekeeping, and they could do tn
to some extent out of what still r
. NAMED of that brought from the oil
home in the foothills. and it was Ju
: as cheap and good deal nicer, the:
: lovers thought, to make the Journey th
Way. iarssfssv,E1 u oN5a- vsso nEsSalce4 WI
o 800 niles to Phippsburg. ship the
e hos+ and cars. and then go ior
y 1900 after them at the other end
the route. .. =
BESIDES, in thus going across
s. country thew would have whole we
To snend in each Others company,
y which tn talk of their love and lay Pa
for the future.
In 1t would be almost as gooo as a Il
10 wedding tour. Lucy decided.
IS. And so one afternoon the dweliers
OF the mountain side saw a wagon ara
to nv a pair of bay horses, whose orr
ne was a Undiscovered young man vii
Id sun-tanned face and sandy mustaG
as wearing wide-brimmed stra"
icy coming I'D the by-road which endet
nd their cate. and knew that the Ut
GROOM had come to claim his bi!oe-
the THO Mace had changed considers
10 :" since Erastus had seen Ii wv '''
20 fore. a
OBJ aata5 and with the little porcl
IN front fairly raised it to the dignity
III, cottage.
mother had planted had grown as
F.. THINGS do grow in that climate anu
the bad clambered all over the porch
up were in full bloom, having been
tered aud tended by loving hands
Is Rack of the cottage and on e
stas side GREAT hollyhock bushes, with
nla and white and yellow bloss
tne Stood .thick as people in street,
,'uo' over the low windows, ana rea'
10, clear ND to the caves. MADEIRA
ano min rled their soft, green leaves
they those VI Inc - tba 3sy were spri
thick with beautiful. bell-shaped no
over In front were long beds of pin *
soihe ysrhenas. and larN-spurs, and g.eat
only son-heal,I ~ u na .nd nodded
that races an, oi"I a n ;nhale tt
alked breeZe' uens ~" onot+e that ],
hoo'o' nm from the borders of the BEDS IN
dome they all grew. :,
oone The grape-vines upon the 81
tb.t ground above the house had aoo i
'A"' Years of growth to their stems;
,rhe, although yet unable to stand cree
"nea ont the supports to which the.
3 Sno tied their symmetrical arrane
10 o0 in rows, together with the richl
their foliage, formed a backgrour
III SUI brought out the coloring OF as pl
awen- n;cture of simple home life as OIL
loving hone to see in a hong drive in the
ans or foothills; and it is in the
fourth ans anu 'ne " so,,,bt for.
y NJ NJ Outside of the Enclosure. and
~ IL f,rtber mn the mountain, thu