Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-06-21

Die who own hundreds Of cattle and
three or four sections Of land living in
sod houses--or even dug. outs some
| times, with dirt roofs and dirt floors
buildings which Eastern farmers would
not consider fit to water stock in, This
being the usual style Of living among
the pioneers Of Nebraska, Of course
when Mrs. Ashley took a claim and fix
cd it up So much better than the sur.
rounding ones, il was no wonder that
she was at once set apart by her neigh
boris as being ''too fine haired for any
thing"
Perhaps il Was owing 70 thi:;;,, or it
may have been because she never en-
coui1a .>ed familiarity with her neigh
bors, that sic had not II single intimate
acquaintance among thom, after living
in the vicinity for tits years. She had
made proof on a prescription at 'hc
end OF the first six months of her resi-
dencc there and had Immediately plac.
ed 2 homestead filing Oh a quarter sec.
/ ton adjacent to her tree claim. That
! size had considerable stock and was ma
king money Was all any Of hei neigh
. bors knew Of her. Even the people
whom she hired to do her work knew
nothing more, except that she was new
Of backward or afraid of putting her
own shoulder to the wheel when work
was pre:s'no".
She had boy, twelve years OF age at
the tine Of which we write, and u girl
three Years younger. To amy inquiries
cor yerling her husband she invariably
! replied:
Il lost HIM many years ago.
. One hired Girl more daring than the
/ rest, ycnturcN to continue the ublect
in despite Of her mistress forb!ddlnG
, looks when the matter was alluded to
by lnQu!ring:
What allied him '"
"ncart DISEASE raplie to ,&1t
While grim smile rested on her face
as she went outside and shut the door
to cnl the conversation.
Sh, was 4 hanuSotlc woman, not
over dirty me ." two years q age, and
several OF the hahrl rs OF til, vicinity
had mado ADVANCES with Il view to MT
.imoiiy, al o. 'whlal, W re Holitcl = but
. firmly. repuIscc, She always declared
she was opposed to se2ond marriages
The ruth Of the matter was that owing
TO sad cxtclience, size did not have
much faith in men, or IN m&rr,age Of
Any kind whether second or frs.
.sho lad ms&cl heg gir'lood in a
country village in the vicinity Of Ch.l!,
icothc, Ohio, and at seventeen had be
come engaged to Ashley Winthrop, q
rising young lover Of that city. he;
ar,luaiutaNces thought she had married
extremely wel]-~but she hadn t. She
Ind bee me acquainted with Winthrop
while he was rusticatins in the village
She, being the belle there, he engaged
her in what he at first intended to be {
Irritation but before he knew il he wa
more Interested il he, than he intend
cl, and when it came time To leave
scmc way it was so easy for him TO ask
pcr,nission to come back for her some
time. She seemed to lock and long !ol
some such proposal. too, and he could
not but acknowledge that She had q
right to do 50 after their intimacy. Yet
he had never meant things to 90 so TAR
and l,n"w that it was vet ?3r the best
She was too thoroughly Il country cir.
to bear t~anspIantinS to the city. She
was not TIE sort Of woman he had al
w.;'s locked forward to marrying, yet
so proud was be Of what he termed HI:
"honor,' that, CALLING in the bondage
would be to hlul, he would not make ;
clean breast of it, and end matters be
tween them. 50 they were married
and went to Chill.cothc TO I've. j. hcl
unassumnp conntrv WAYS annoyed hin
-. before, when there was 10 one but Lin!
to note them, how much more so now
that's al his friends could witness them.
She soone,, learned that Ne. HUSBAND
was ashamed Of her, and this made mat
ters worse, for she tried to please hin,
by affecting the fine lady, and made 3
miserable failure oft.
10 q man OF domestic tastes onl,
WoIid sac have proven Il treasure. Htr
! house was the best ordered, and her ia.
Die afforded danties ursurpassel. But
her husband overlooked Ter virtues en-
tircly, in contemplating what he con
siaered her deficiencies. Ht avoided
takins,her out with him Whenever it wa:
possible, and made both himself and
! his wife miserable.
When they were married five YEARS