The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-25
HE GAVE HER UP.

nlH hunnlnn son anu hOVh'Ni duhn ih''
Eynn Quaker mnld would have bcon
likely 10 hoooino dcnOrallyed by Tho per-
petuhl making N nne gowns and firbu'
lows for tho ladies " tho nolRhborhood,
pnd ELLA hinsaln-- why Suddenly bH
train of thought wins broken by elias ghy
folou,
"oh, Mr. Fryi" abo said ~ have
watched yon bll day, and ! have thought
how tlrcd you must he, You ARE n good
BIZ older ihnn am and know got aw b
fully tired of work, aud J expect you DO
too
Tho Quaker drew himself up u his full
height, nnd his handsome, middle nned
face, with IL hno eyes and gray locks,
looked grand IA ella M ho replied
work h good, mud, thank God, hn'e
plenty " H. II keeps ana from fln. y
~ am afraid I do love the world very
much, II Ia ~ BEAUTIFUL. and every ono IL
% Kind IN me, but should like 70 hr hfi'
ter. Won't you trnoh moi VIII iry 20
hard t0 harm
JoHiah'a rply wna not very coherent
but whatever ho said ho certainly thought
a good donl NJ ELLA hfior This, and hc dc
oidcd that although sh0 did not belong Ia
Tho Society " frionds--rhu looked M
sweet aud good asnny young Quaker maid
--sho mlRht yet be- converted, and sbo had
asked hin 10 teach her t1 b. good, And
~ | will be- suddenly startled himself
by eTclnlminR nv hr pondrr'd over tho
matter In the silcncn oi hla chamber that
night
"Sho IL only frail snpllng now" " DO
sAld to himself, "but sho will learn and
will grow, and tho mighllust oak was once
an acorn
From this tine Josiah made q point "
seeing Ella Mnasip frequently aud doing
bis boat a. convert hur b. bis Ideas and
epinlona llr found In her dorilu, loy
Ing NATURE and her PRETTY ways fairly
charmed him.
Tho Idea 0i having her ab1ul The hdutr
was certainly attractive, and yet snmr'
how ho rould not plolnrr hor thoro M
Johns wifv--,ho girl had fairly twlntd
herself abou, his hrari, nud by the time
tho golden harvest had cpms Josiah know
thn fact only too we'll
A. fret be- ohidcd himself and told him
self he was an Old fool II was absurd 4"
think that n beautiful girl II 20 would
carr fos Nh old wldowur ~ muru than dnu
bio her ago SIN. after all at even n,o
end forty, y man cnn love, and love pas
sionatcly, and Josiah loved Fila with nll
tho strength Of his soul ile would not,
Of course, wish Ia steal hor away from bis
nephew, but Johns had bVun probably a
mero passing fancy, and no was SUR was
he. ihough'-yrs. hc believed hc was quite
suru--thns Ellh lay@d him.
one beautiful August evening after tho
days work was over, Josiah Try aud klln
stood talking In The cleaning No huf
mothers gate
"Elln, be- said, III have come hUro thi,
evening bcoausc have something impur
tan, 10 say ~ you. Al, you smile You
guess what IL H. don't yuui'
The sirl looked down for moment, ani
then, though sho blushrd deeply, shu
sasrd Ai him with hur lovely blue cyra and
said
YES, Mt. Fry, felI suro you woulo
say something soon.
NNHNNN AfHNAfh NMNNNWNa ~ MNN NANANAN
how ELIAS words pleased him. and yc,
they wcrr not like ihusr b. should have
expected from n Quaker maid. sun II
was dellghtful 90 think how she bad un.
dorsinod him. and no one could BE- more
charming or mutu sweet
"Thcn thou art not afraid Ia Trust mc'
Thou thlnkrs, ! shall suli thcoF hr ald
sayly.
"Yrs," shc answered. ~ know H.
They usrd to tell me you wrnc oold and
hard, hut did not believe it thvn. aud
now laugh when think of II. for ha,,
learned Ia love you"
Sho accompanied her words with little
squrrso of his htawny hand. which she
then raised 10 her lip, and klsad Josiah
folt his blood eaurslnR nadly through hi.
veins No was delighted Ia lnd himself
~ brlo,rd, aud, though be- wns distinctly
being courtod by this young maid, it was
90 sweet Ia him that his srnsp VI tho pr,
prluilrs was IN no way shocked,
Hut, my dear. thou knuwcst ! am five
and forty and sometimes cross and crab
bod
a NhA NNlNlHNt lNNhNfN Nsllht NNNN
old men, and feel ~ proud " you with
your beautiful gray hair and your dmighL
tall dgurc. You will hc lovely old mau,
and shall be- prnudcr than ever of YOU.
Jack wanted 10 tell you all about II
long ago, though h. know you would dis
approve NJ me for bin wifc, hut ! lvgprd
him 10 wait, told him " you WERE all
he said-hnd you arc--thSt | was surn
could make you fond NJ me- loved You
little already bocausr You wcrc Jack
unolo and had hcon 40 good to him, and n
! Ike people can always make them llk,
mc u little" She pauud, aud then after
moments silence she went on;
"Only yesterday told Jack he might
speak To you today, and now | do believe
you must have guessed IL, for here you are
giving all that we want without our even
asking IL, aud am so glad, for We could
never have married without your consent
Darkness SEEMED Ia fall over tho lnnd
scnpc and Josiah Fry fclt II suddenly
turn cold His face blnnchod, hut he NJ
tered not sound, lie merely turned rs II
20 20 homo.
MHHl NhN Nv HNNf NNlNN NllNt HNflUk
and susrcctlng nothing, "wcll, perhaps
It's time, It's getting dark, and Jack
will be- IN from liirrhloy fair by this time
and will wnnt his supper, Besides know
you want 10 make him M happy as you
have made mo. Good night and thnnk |
you 80 much, Jack and viii never fnr
get your goodness,
Good night" mId Josiah mechanically |
And ho mado hls way ncross tho field To his |
own home, He staggered somewhat rs
ho walked, and his feet seemed llku lead, |
40 that the short distance noross the mead |
,w to the farm seemed longer than ever |
before, For that however, he was not
sorry, for the meeting with his nephew wRs |
painful to anticipate.
Josiah, however, was no coward, so he |
put brave faoo on tho matter, and enter.
ng tho pnrlor, whcro Jack was waiting for
him 20 como In for supper, he exclaimed,
"Woll, John, business first and supper
want TO toll thoO that know
Ill-oyorythlug, Ella hns just told me,
md, lad, thou hust my blessing. She is u
rood girl and will make thee n faithful
owing wifo, and thou must marry us soon
is possible. ."--CinOinnati Post,
4.