The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-10-08

Oy u proving 1o4fpef, VINO. aItef 4
Moses had well bargained away the
colt. managed to get the purchase
money from him In return for q gross
Of green spectacles In shagreen cases
and so. as usual. Unforeseen disaster
frustrated our attempts to be fine.
My daughters planned pleasure ex.
pedition to town. and this Mr.. Burchell
so strongly disapproved Of that quar-
rel ensued between him and my wife.
and the gentleman left our house In a
fit of anger. nor could Sophia's plead
ing looks stay him.
The town trip being still In pros
pect. my wife decreed that l go TO the
fair myself, and sell our one remain
ing horse. But when one would-be pur-
chaser examined the animal. and de-
clared him blind of one eye. another
observed he had SPAWN, third per.
ceived he had a windgall, fourth said
he had the bolts, and so on. / began to
have q most hearty contempt for the
poor beast myself, for 1 reflected that
the number of witnesses was a strong |
presumption they were right, and st.
Gregory himself Is Of the same opln-
ion. However. at last sold my horse,
but had the misfortune to receive in
payment forged and worthless draft,
the same being. indeed, the wicked |
work of the very man who had sold |
Moses the spectacles.
Mr.. Burchell being absent from our
} fireside, only Sophia missed him, for
> the rest Of US were greatly pleased by
. the visits Of our landlord, who now
! came often. It must be owned that
: my wife laid q thousand schemes to
entrap him as a husband for Olivia,
! and used every art to magnify the mer-
: its Of her daughter. The results, how.
ever, being small my wife sought to
rouse Mr.. Thornhill's jealousy by hint
: ing of Olivia's marriage with Farmer
. Williams, a most worthy, though hum
: BILE neighbor. This failing to egg on
: the backward Thornhill. the wedding
o day was set for Olivia and Farmer
: Williams. But four days before the
day learned to my distraction that
4 my Olivia had gone of secretly In q
<. post-chaise with a gentleman who, as
e was told by an onlooker. kissed her
Il and said he would die for her. Well
q did know the villain who had thus
robbed me Of my sweet innocent child /;
= 1t was none other than the wicked
d Thornhill. My wife fell to loud be.
er rating Of him and Olivia as well, but !
p declared my house and heart should
n ever be open to the returning repen.
~ tant sinner. set out to find her
but my first efforts persuaded me that
~ it was Mr.. Burchell, and not Squire
he Thornhill, who had seduced my dar
" ling. This, though, was not the truth
rs Twas but part Of the villains plan
:. After long search found my darling
q. girl, in hiding place, whittier she hat
r" fled from the dreadful Thornhill who
IN under pretense Of marriage, had ruinet
NJ her. It seems they were married by ,
nd black scoundrel. who had before mar
ried the squire to six or eight othe
wives!
lea I took my poor darling home, onl,
lid to be met with the astounding new
tut that my little home was utterly de
re- stroyed by fire. With what cheerful
rel ness we might, we made shift to liv
,ur in one Of our farm outbuildings, an
ne endeavored to enjoy our former sc
,u- renity.
re- But this was not to be. The despit
nv able Thornhill, about to marry Mis-
me Wilmot-yes, the same to whom m
son, George, was once bethrothed-
nd made proposal that we marry m
pn- Olivia to another, yet let her still be
nd friend Of his own. My righteous d.
md nunciation Of this resulted in tn
NV squire's threats of retribution, and thi
nd came, in the form Of demand for m
4 a annual rent, the which was all unabl
at to pay. was thereupon thrown int
a debtors prison. but even here I Ell
m. deavored to preserve my calm, and af
ont err my usual meditations. and havin
hrt praised my Heavenly Corrector,, I sleI
sed with the utmost tranquility.
off Man frequently calls in the consol'
INV lions Of philosophy, which, hay
BEL found, are amusing, but often fall
,er- cious. In the prison. though attemp
fen ed a much-needed reform movement
en- and though lectured and advised viii
all my powers. suffered many ar
ade various sorrows and disappointment
L |
on daughter, Olivia-an untrue repor
i'm. thank Heaven! was told Of the fore
ure BILE abduction of Sophia, by despera
,or- villains.
ed. From this danger, however, dear s
one phla was rescued by Mr.. Burchell;
nc whom willingly gave my treasure f
Of wife. And, we then learned tn
,rd. our friend Mr.. Burchell was in reali
low the great Sir William ,rhornhill, al
thv my daughter would be a fine lad
he'll And, another Joy, I learned that n
nv daughter. Olivia, was the lawful wi
MIS- of Squire Thornhill. his previous ma
md. riages all having been so perform,
ice. by the wicked clergyman that tn,
nv We're not legal.
ro- Whereupon. my son, George. haviI
reappeared. Miss Wilmot his one-tin
It I love, accepted anew his offers. al
rm. those two were happy together. As