Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-06-30

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- iss SSity ii % ! very
prstty picta ave place, lhat Il.
q otded anussme mt 81 many kinds
4 ioF tlas To1Dg psopls 81. town, but
ias ome Beatrice Gray and Orville
q J. s y did not ningIs With the
yopng folks, ~ snsral, for Il,
ehsir csse, 'twas frus that Two
a. company and thrsois I crowd. \,
So instead ofs tending .picnics, !
s iawn parties, 4 81 homes, y aud
afternoon 'lnatin 4 they could
be sesn going - the riiver, where
they would hunt 4 cool shady nook
~ on the mossy green bank of the
river, whore NOT hing conld dis
Stu ll, then, save the tpittering 81
ths birds "a The tree tops, and the
water's splash = = I wave would
come rolling IS ainst the river
bank, q whom some mesquite 81
lazy humble Be- would stop to
rest for ! moment, On tie face, o ,rr
neck, or arms, Of either Of the
yonng people Sometimes you
would find them stndying their
lessons, or absorb d II some new
popular book 81 you would find
them wandering arm il arm, q
mong the trees On the river bank,
talking about the future, the
bright and prospe rous future that
lay before them
Well, their college days came to
! close Those dear old college
days and college sshums, and the
teachers who guided their TRENDS
ling, stumbling footsteps through
the bewilderiDg baths Of college
lore, where thing Of the past.
Life was 70 begin il earnest
Orville decided to travel during
the summer and Bee was going
home, and she always told the
home folks that Oryille was 4
perfect Jewell" but / am inclined
TO think g Shakespeare did, when
he said = owe is blind and ! lover
cannot see, Il To tell the truth a
bout It, they both came IS near be-
ing s'perfect jewels as any one.
Oryille worked during summer
and fall and ID the winter came
. D Fortune vas : little q
gaiDst them, but they made the
best Of il and waited patiently,
never giving up the hope they
were entertaining. Finally things
changed for the better, and cauti-
ously they began to make prepera-
tioss for : wedding, for it was :
profound secret 50 far. Ofcourse
every one in D. knew Orville
Bee were lovers, but that was all.
They looked around for some
furnished rooms, and found two
Of the neatest and Coolest rooms
that could be found. They could
not have suited them better, had
Bee and Orvilla furnished the
rooms, themselves. Orville de-
:cided that they had better 60 TO the
adjoining county e procure the
license and get married.
sOrville went down early in the
morning, on that eventfnl day,
and Beatrice. was 70 90 on the
afternoon train Orvills got there
safe and sound, procured the licen-
:se, and With ! flnttering heart,
waited q the momsnts passed
slowly By, for his beloved one,
8that was 10 have arrived on the
,9:45 train. Oryille reached the
depot inst a. the town clock struck
tvo' and he paced up and down
the platform for half an honr-to
him il seemed : year. All at
once his attention was conferred
>en tho tslroD Horse that came
putting and snortiDg, sit neared
he station. i stopped the. peo-
pie began Infringing ont Of the
doors Of the different coaches,
Esw eagerly Oryille watched for
% - continued !.
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