Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-09-18

family with whom tho girls were room
ing.
He was to come for Jennie in few
days--as soon as he could arrange some
little matters of business, and they were
to go to Sacramento by boat and from
there by rail to Chicago.
"And so 1 am to lose one Of my girls
after ALL" said Mrs. Parsons, when thoy
had finished "Well, if you are only
happy, dear, will try and not be sorry
that you are going"
The next day when Mr.. Parsons re-
turned he Rugged and kissed the girls
in boisterous manner, which he in
tended as cover for his feelings over
the loss of the old place and their
changed circumstances.
Then he went to Mr.. Blake's Office,
delivered up the horses, wagon and
carriage, and gave him bill of sale for
the hogs and the houshold goods which
he was to have, and which he had left by
agreement at neighbor's.
In return he received warranty deed
to the new place, made by his request
and without her knowledge in the name,
of his wife.
He did not do this for the purpose OF
defrauding any one, for he owed no
man dollar, but he had lost all pride
in ownership, and somehow felt that
honor required that, having failed to
protect his own rights and guard his
family from suffering, he should now
resign all claim to the direction OF
affairs and place what little was left
of their fortune in the hands of her
who, equally with himself, had aided in
accumulating all that was lost, as well
as all that remained.
Accompanying the deed was an abb
stract of title signed by the Recorder OF
Deeds for the county, showing that
there were no mortgages on record
against the land therein described, and
that the title thereto was in the name
of Mr.. Blake.
Not daring to trust to his own knowl-
edge of such things, Mr.. Parsons took
the abstract and deed to the landlord
of the hotel, whom he thought man
likely to be possessed of some knowl-
edge of business The landlord looked
them over and pronounced them all
right.
Determined to have no lingering
doubts to worry him hereafter, Mr..
Parsons then sought out the village
lawyer, and submitted them to him
also.
That gentleman glanced them over
and replied
"It's all right, sir; all right"
Gland entered by John Smith, who
sells to Peter Jones. Deed signed by
John Smith and Hannah Z. Smith, his
wife. They sell to Thomas r. Blake.
Thomas r. Blake and Mary S. Blake
depd tO Martha f. Parsons
mo mortgage appears upon the records in
my Office against the above described land.
"ENos PUTERDAUGH, Recorder"
That's all right Title in your wife.
Nobody can get it away from you, sir. !"
That's what thought every time
afore," muttered John Parsons to him
self as he left the Office, "but they did
it all the same. But may be as this
place amt worth much and amt never
likely to be, they'll leave us in peace
the rest of our lives"
1t was near the middle of the aftor-
noon when the family found themselves
in the spring wagon and on their way.
The road wound round and round tho
hills, now up, now down, rocky and
full of gullies washed by the rains;
never being repaired except when it
became absolutely impossible, and in
spite of the careful driving of his faith
er the rough jolting hurt johnny,
sometimes causing him to cry out with
pain.
Night overlook them when they were
several miles from their journeys end,
making it still more difficult to travel
with any speed, so that it was ten
o'clock when they turned their tired
and jaded horses off the main road into
4 by-track to the right, and quarter
of mile further on pulled up in from
of cheap, unpainted board shanty-
their new home upon the mountain
: side.
1t was too late to think of doing any
thing except to make cup of coffee
and bunk down in the easiest way pos
sible for the night.
Mr.. Parsons, with the assistance o.
the neighbor who came with him the
day before, had put up cook-stove
, and made a bunk for themselves or
the floor, which remained just as they
had crawled out of it in the morning
Another similar one was now made w
, in another corner of the room, anC
!, upon these the family slept, excep
, Johnny, who occupied his wheeled cot
, it having been the last thing packed OF
!, the wagon before leaving the old home
When they arose the next morning
the sun was shining over the mountain
tops, and doing the best it could tt
make the scene pleasant one.
Mr. Parsons hastily slipped on hi
: clothes and went out to look to tn
: horses.
Mrs. Parsons and the girls also
> dressed hurriedly and then stepped t
,, the door and looked out. 1t had beel
too dark to see much the night before
and they had been too utterly tired ou
> to try to see even the little that nigh
have been seen, but now they wer
+ eager to know how the place really di
look.
n A sad enough contrast it was to tn
n old home. Instead of white cottag
4 with its green blinds and wide open We
s randas, their dwelling was roug
n shanty of boards nailed perpendicular
!. to the framework, resembling in thi
n respect the one which they had .occr
pied for few days on the Suscc
d ranch. But instead of being sixtee
n feet in length, these boards were bu
ten feet long, and rs a consequence
n there was no loft above as in the SuscC
d cottage.
i The interior was ceiled with cotto
cloth, but there were no little nicel
Il made conveniences: no sink; no cuI
g board; no partition; no porch over tn
IS door. All was in one room and all WI
it cheap and rough.
>, Outside. the view was no more chez
1t ing. The shanty stood we'll up on I'll
1t hill or mountain. Below, and for Ii
d tie distance, both in front and in I'll
rear, was piece of tolerably lev
l. ground, perhaps forty acres in all, whiC
" declined gently to the west, ending in
u ravine, beyond which the earth becan
broken and rocky again.
r. Above the shanty the ground slope
ir upwards with sharper pitch for fe