The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1867 Page: 1 of 4
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BELLVILLE.
4fgi >Cos*y, Texas. .
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Ckealcy A JokMOB,
A t tor## *s at law,
BELL71LLE,
Aastia County, Texu,
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A. P.*- E. W. THOMPSON,
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WillprMÜee in tkelat, 3d & 7 th District.
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Aaitia County, Tolas.
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Austin County, Texas.
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Attorneys at law,
nrt.TJTTT.T.F.,
Aaatin County, Tesaa.
mr&cum & surgeons,
BEILVILLE,
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TTAVINO bad «nal experience in
JPL Surgery, an prepared to operate
um and treat all surgical diseases.
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IN NOTHINGS'
PROPRIETOR.
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BELLVILLE, FBIÜÁV, APRIL 5, 186Í".
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Stepiiesl Giraud, UiaiLwtioin aomora
shrewd buMoeu t a ever b^ed. givea the
i'ullowing a« his eipctwneei
"I have, always considered adTertaiuf
liberallj and long, to bo the great meflinn
of aucceaa' iu buúnéw, and the * prelado to
wealth. (And I have made it aninvanabln
mV.-too', to advdrtiie in the" iti At time*
as well aa the huaioat. long experience hav-
•ng taught me thatT money thua apent ia
well laid ootY'as by .peeping my bhaineaa
«cutinuaUr hffcre thepuhlie.it haaseqired
that I would ottrrwiae
BellviHe;
XA Z>DLkS^MAKBR,
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; BELLVILL^, TEXAS.
ia thia plaoe.
JaaJM 3&ljr.
KOGH&KOPISH,
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hardware, cutlery,
Totecco and Cig?r>,
▲good anpplj always on hand,
wllcheap,—Give «all.
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WiEJUÜHN,
Wholeulc nd Retail
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Bellvillb, .Texas.
TTAVING completed my arrangement*
XX with the manufacturera, I am now
ahle to aell FOB CA8H aa lowaa any
houae in Texaa. Pleaae call and examine
my atock which eompriaea all of the lead-
ing artielet. "' g5-ly.
[> EST Loaf and Cruahet Sugar, eheap for
JO caah, at W.E.LUHN'a
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T3RIME Bio Coffee, for sale at
XT (&>ly W. E. LUHN'S.
BEST SnperUne and Extra St. Louis
Flour, for sale at
gWy r W.E.LÜH1TS.
TTESTCheeae and Crackera, freah ar-
JL> riral, for aale at
g5>1y W. E. LUHN'S.
H/TACKEBEL and Fiah, of all kinda
1T1 for aale by W. E. LUHN.
a AMES, Tracea and Hardware, of
every^kind, foraaleby t
g5>ly W.E.LUHN,
~W 7TXDOW-Glaaa and Wooden wats,
W foraaleby W.E.LUHN.
A large aaaortment of Ladies', Children'a
XIt and Oent'a Shoea, cheap for eaah, at
g5Jy i t:' ¿ W.H LU1ÍTS.
AN eztenaive atock of Trimmln^a and
Bibboua, for aale at
gft>ly WE; LUHN'S.
EBSETS, Denims, Blankets, atripea
. of all kinda, for aale at
g5-ly W. E. LUHN'S.
CLOCKS, Gold and Silver Watches,
direct importation, for áwe sitr
g5-ly W. E. LUHN'S.
Akoavy atock of | Stationery school
booka, English and German, low for
caah. at , , W.E. LUHN'S,
EST Granite Crockery, direct from
A. HcBiBE tc Co.,
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HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Have constantly on
coffee, flour, \
tobacco, salt,
cluars, nails,
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everything in the Grocery line.
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New liivery Stable!
ied a Livery
Stable in Hempatead. Carriagea,
baggie a, henea, etc., on "band and forbire
at all hours at reasonable rutea. By
atrict attention to buaineaa they hope to
meet and receive a share of the publie
patronage.
(WEAR &. PUNDERSON.
Hempstead, Feb. 15th, 1866. g7-4t*
KILLIN GSWORTH &. GO.,
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. (Next door a$ove John Tufflj*>)
HEMPSTEAD, TEXA4
DcAuuts in
MEDICINE, PAINT8,
« ÚILS, D¥E-STUrrS.
patent medicines,
etc., btc., etc.
Which wiQ bp famished to
Planten and Physicians at the low-
est rates.
Prescriptions carefiilly prepared.
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JOHN KANE,
HEMPSTEAD,... TEXAS,
Has on hand and keeps constantly
for sale
GROCERIES,
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8W&S&E&8
of every description, such as
I lore ttwe,-dearly lam thee,
Aatha flowera low thedeW,
¿ a the moonbeams krrethebilW,
Swelling beau tiMand blue; ,
As the rainbow loves the cloudlet
That lies atumbering ia tke air—
0, yea, I love thy aunny bniW,
Forerer bright and fair. v :
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la sunshine and indarkneaa—
In Sorrow and in care—
In festive hall or silent grove—
I lave thee everywhere.
'Mid thoraa and fragrant flowera
In aadaesa or ia glee, .j
^hy pure unsullied countenance
Ia ever bright to me.
I lore thee, wildly love tñee,
And I Would thia sentence brief '1
. Were written with the crystal dew'
Upon each tender leañ
I would that it were murmured
By the laughing meadow's atreama
That it hoight dwell in all thy thoughts,
And till thy gloomy dreams.
I would that every happy bird
On every bush and tree
Would sing to thee softly.
Yet with warble wild and free.
1 waM that syeiy sw* . «
That comea frtHU o'er the lea
Would bear upon its bosom
These burning words to thee.
COFFEE,
TEAS,
Molasses,
SUGAR,
FISH,
SYRUPS,
CANNED FRUITS, SAUCES,
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together with a good'siipply of conn-
. try produce,
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W. E. LUHN'8.;
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RECEIVING AND FORWARDING
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(B^SMa3W«aa^D3Ui «a
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
jan.96.fly."' - .
BAPTI'S'i HE RAL )S.
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Published in HOUSjTON, Texas,
J. B LINE, Editor it Pbopbibtoe,
t'THiuinf, ii Floor.
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aflbid euperior advantages, both in fecit"
and «oat, to thoep who wish to m*ks thi
business generally known in Texaa. Tha
Baptist population uf the State ia very
large. Mhny Planters, Grasera, Farmers,
aiévÁaafiH Professional men and Mo-
chaniea, are^refl4yiiin.ths Herald's list
i reason to expect a fam^and
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#5r the whole State. It knows no Iocs)
ídem üfUjriicM ■ J l fcemprof
ike witji immorality, ño, or error. It
Ali WIlK fe Ú
to L. B. LINK. Houston, Tfy-
Tobacco, Cigars, See,,
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All of winch he offers for sale cheap for
cash. Anything in his line, may almost
invariably be found at his store. Give
him a eall, for if you want to,buy anything,
he ü sure to sell to you at the loieest jlguns.
He wan ta your money.
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Notice!
fTIHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE SOLD
X their entire Stock of
to 8. J. WHITWÓRTH, of Hemi
and take pleasure in saying that ne will
do everything that is right by their old
Thankful for the liberal patronage here-
tofore bestowed upon ua, we solibit a con.
tiauation of the same in the new business
tire have established at our old Counting
Boom in Hempstead, to-wit: #
W. AflBESBECK * CO.,
COTTON FACT^RSi
-AMD-
General Commission
, MERCHANTS.
We will make liberal advanoea in cash,
on all Cotton or oth«r Produce consigned
to us.
W. AHRENBECK & CO.
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THE LADY AND HER LOVERS.
BY CABBY STAN LB V.
CHAPTER I.
a Rosa, Rosa, Rosa Blake i Where
on tarthxaa the child he ? Every
pie in the oven'sbnrned to a coal, IU
be bound!" and good, bostling Mrs,
Blake harried np from the cellar,
milk-pan in hand, ás the smell of the
burning pastry reached her olfacto-
*ie8.
But Rosa had forgotten sil about
the pies, and was new high up in the
hay mow, hunting hen's eggs. She
had paid a visit to the stall of the
white calf; had carried an apron full
of oats to Jerry, a superannuated old
tot^e; and had frightened the speck-
ed hen from her nest, when her motb.
er particularly wished that very hen
«'to set," as die technically termed it.
Mzp. Blake, with a vexed energy,
was crushing lumps of white sugar
under her rolling pin, when Rosa en-
tered. The girl's appearance did not
tend to mollify the mother. Her pret-
ty curls were in thegreatest disorder;
with a blade, of hay banging in them
tere and there, and covered with dust;
ler neat chintz dresB had a great rent
in it; andan egg or two had got bro-
ten over her apron, in her descent on
the rickety ladder from the hay mow
" Rosa, I declare you hunt worth
your salt, since you went to that
warding school," said Mtb. Blake, as
she lifted her rolling pin higher than
uaual, and brought it down with a
crash on the lump of sugar under it.
M Why, mother," said Rosa, goó(
naturedly, **I thought you wantec
some eggs for the sponge cake, and I
went to hunt them."
" I wanted you totend to the oven
fir8t,as I told you. And a pretty
batch of bread and pies I shall have
to-morrow, to be sure; and so much
company coming, too. It's too bad,
Z. BUSH,
HAS OPENED A^ENEBAL STOCK
of Dry ' i
Staple and Fani
of Hempstead,
. Groaeriea in the torn
_ lieh he offers for sale at
the lowest cash prices. He solioits the
patronage oflús mends and the publie.
Cash advances made on cotton consign-
ed to DICKINSON & COCHRAN, Hous-
ton or Galveston, and forwarded free of
charge from Hempatead.
octl2-13 . tf.
BRYANT is creating a revolution in
ie news world.
If you wapt buy eheap, ga to
BRYANT'S
It jou Wish to tM w away jvm meaey
goslsewkKS.
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Livery Stable
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r . HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
Ts^a
a Livery Stablest
the - abovi plafce,
where he nopea to
be able to aupplyV want demanded by toé
publie. Horses, Buggies and Carriages
always on hand^ Travellers viaitingany
point on the railroads, can leave their
horses at thia Stable «¡ith foil conftdenee
thatthi y wiU fa# wl} cared for. Cbrg
reaaonahle.
Q. B, DIXON. .
*8*42 if
jt was as light as a cork when I put
it in. Nobody II believe, afta eat-
ing that burnt np stuff, that I got the
premium at the fair for the best bread."
Rosa laid the eggs from her apron
on the up-turned lid of the dough
trough where her mother was work-
ing ; and with, a sigh and a disap
pointed look she stood watching Mrs,
Blake, as the latter Beizeda large ear-
then pan and scraped the powdefe<
sugar into it with her hand.
M Oh, let medo that mother, Í know
I can. I used to before I went to
school, don't you remember V' sait
Rosa, her face brightening, as her
mother took up one of the eggs, gave
it a sharp crack on the edge of a ertj
and divided the brittle shell even!'
in two. - *
"No," said Mis. Blake, still unap-
peased, " I'll do it myself, you'll get
the yolk and the white ¿1 mixed up,
and then a pretty mess I shall have
of it," and she went on breaking open
the eggs, tossing the rioh yolka from
one piece oí shell to another, drawing
off the white in dx meanwhile with
as much dexterity aa a Chinese jug-^
Ur t09sca \he balls- fcThia cake
aught to have'been beatnp a
of an hour ago- The oven's as
charity by this tim«, I expect," tód
the good woman hurried oirer to' the
oven, bobbed her head into discover
t ie temperature, saized the long-hand-
ed scraper and spread the coals mote
over itssurfacd, added a few corn-cobs
rom a basket in the corner, and then
returned to the dough-trough.
But Rosa had taken her mother's
•lace, and was breaking the eggs as
, if not aa fast, as Mrs. Blacke
lereelf could have done.
" Now, mother these haVe to be
leatcn up with the sugar, haven't
t ley I 6h! I remember all about it
apw.'V: .
The dame's face brightened as she
saw with what energy her daughter
worked; and good Mrs. Blake began
to think Rosa not quite spoiled by
schooling, after all.
Presently there was a great scrap-
ing of feet heard, followed by a clear
*ng of the throat; and Rosa, looking
up, saw a tall,, uncouth ,-man standing
in the doorway, with a hand resting
on each side of it, as he asked with a
ook rather than a bow, " Is Samuel
iomel"
Before an answer could be gtVpn,
the figure had sprung several feetipto
the kitchen, for^ Susan, M the help,''
who was. detéfmincd^ that nobody's
"out shed" should look nicer than
:er own, and who generally scrubbed
t and rinsed it till tbe bricks were as
red as heets, threw: a huge pail, of
water immediately in the direction of
the kitchen'door, so that it went sluic
ing over the feet of the visitor.' It'
was with difficulty that Rosa could
suppress a scream of laughter; and her
dump shoulders shook with Süp
>ressed merriment, as she turned her
>ack on the astonibhed-looking indi-
vidual, who now stood in the middle
of her mother's kitchen,
" Good day, Mr. Johnson," said
Mn. Blake," I hope Susan didn't wet
/ourfeet; she is a head-over heels
tind of a body when she once gets
started working. Samuel's not about,
ust now, but I guess you'll find him
down in die new corn-field, or else in
the piece of ground they're clearing
jy the swamp. Or sit down and wait
: or him, won't you, Mr. Johnson,'
continued Mrs. Blake, taking a. chair
rom which all the púnt had been
sciubbed, and dusting it with ha
apron, though it was already aB clean
and white as soap and sand and Su-
san's twosturdy arms could make it.
" No, Í must be going,,' answered
Mr. Johnson, withdrawing his eyes at
last from Rosa, who, whil'st her moth-
er bad been talking, had so far sup-
pressed her merriment as te be able
to turn around,, with her face over-
running with sparkling mischevions
smiles, which produced such an'effect
on Mr. Johnson, that he had, during
all that time, stood in open-mouthed
admiration of the fair giri.
With an awkward attempt at a
bow, the visitor turned to depart, but
jooking around him again at the Hebe
in the kitchen, he backed out into the
arms of Susan, who with a hickory
brtfom in one hand, and a bucket of
water in the other, was steading ¿ust
outside the kitehen dour^ The col-
lision sent the water spinning over
Mr. Johnson's feet again, and Susan
muttered something about "people
' ways aggressive toward the man who
tad despoiled her of all those -broad
acres, by Ins flattering attentions to
iia wealthy relative.
«•Thai Joe Johnson's a.snake in!
man had finally estobtishc
at his unete's farm. r^. ,
CHAPTER IL
himself [
et barege it laine and her plaxd%um-
mer silk, and one of her two tiasue
dresses. The silk was decided won,
and as-she arranged the applV bloe-
sems, which composed the 'foil- -trim-
ming of ker pretty straw boanj^ aa
that each petal would show, abaamiled
to' herself as she thought that'the se-
verest critics on-her dress that day
would be obliged to confess that it
Tbb Sabbath morningdawned with |w*iin good taste.
such a bright, holy quiet, that Rosal Mr. Blake kissed his daughter when
Blake thought there coald never have I ^ ¿esceuded to tlie aittiag-rooiu, and
been such a Sabbath before. She Btood called her his " Rose-budand Mrs.
leaning againBtthe window frame, her Blake gave a satisfied smile as she ar-
laughing face sobered into a sweet ranged Rosa's collar *hd the bo\¿ on
thoqghtfulnesa, Far across the mead-1 her IwniieV i ' v
ows, and up from t^e valley where I Brtj nnn¡ i~ alt the
ran the str^anVcA silvery^Blist arose, I girl's vanities vanished. As the well
enveloping trees, snd fields in hazy fed horoea jogged slowly along, Rosa
beauty. The far-off hill top seamed leaned forward to inhale the fresh air
tobe crowned with halo of glory, ¡n lónggaBps^ The blackberry-bush-
as tbe mist swayed to and fnv.and LSi waving with blossoms, in the
then slowly lifted, but . half revealing hedges ; the wild roses f the1 sweet
the distant scenery,-and she.thought j fera and tassel ed pine, all seemed to
of Bunyan's vision, of the New Jeru- possess a new beauty and new fra-i
salem, the Holy City which came granee.
down from henvep. I " I feel somehow as if God was
Thi entrance of Mr. Bláke aroused I walking the earth, to-day/ said Ro-
Rosa. and she turned «round, uncon- sa, softly, and-almost unconsciously,
scions of the tears which were in her Mr. Blake turnedanound and looked
eyes. ^Bbftáepassedover the fath-j at his daughter iu surprise then he
er's face, as he continued to watch his put' down his hard, weather-beaten
daughter, whilst he wiped-his bands- face ard kissed her, as he said;" God
on the " rolling-towel," behind the hless you, Rosa:' aud he end^vored
doQr; then he went and stood by her, J-J ^¡.Slrthtofubjwte^ro
for she had again turned toward the Bníte¿ to t]je day. * •-
window. Meanwhile, vehicle after'Vehicle
" Rosa,"he said, "I hope that what passed them rapidly* tbu ocenpanto
u -a .1 .
you are not unhappy at coming home, jt jg^^d, at last, Mrs. Blake's in-
and settling down among plain conn- junction to her hnsbaad tb u jisg on &
try folks. It will be a dear bought little faster, for she did hatoto te late
education, if that year away at school to meeting," before
. „ , Í \ n snail s pace at which his bofses were
has unfitted you for your; station. going< When they entered fhe meet-
•• What do you mean, father V' j ing-hou6e gate, the wagon sheds were
asked Rosa. I was never happier already nearly full, mid knots of peo-
... ... ' UJ.L Kn«i.t;fii1 pie stooSl about the doorsand uijaer
m my life; everything is^so beautiful, aw(¿ting the ;Cin^0C the
that I feel like crying; I don t know | postor- tfB a signal for their entrance-
1 a 4* _ I i _ L . ~ V9 nl.AAtilmifafl I " * 1 i! I. M*l m/- *- nn.l
what for^to be sure " she continued, into the meeting-house. The men and
with a gay laugh; but sometimes I women stood apart from each Other,
face.
being as blind as owls,'* in a voice
quite audible enough to.reach the ears
of him of whom it was spoken.
Rosa burst out into another fit of
laughter, which this time die did not
endeavor to suppress, as she asked,
with the tears fairly starting in her
eyes^. -
"Oh, Susan, did ybu do it-pur-
posely 7"
Bút Susan, who had been "bonnd"
to Mr, Blake when die was but ten
years old, and who had now lived to
the mature age of thirty, vras a privi-
leged 'servant, and she gave no signs
of hariog hóáfd Rosa'B question, ex- 1
oept by a twitching about the cornets'
of ..the. mouth, whiieh looked suspi-
ciously like a grim smile, and which
can only be accounted for, if it was
there, by a story told by ill-nature<
people, that Mr. Johnsenhad usurped
the place in hm bachelor trade's affec-
tiSbs, which SijBaa, with good reason,
once flattered herself aha occupied
I| wa added that her enmity vasal
. 7_ . „ r : .-[forgiving enemies: the former ta.lk-
than when I am 6ad. Now, father, "j ing about the crops, the weather, and
you will only give me a little Bpend-1 the field " hands," and some of "the
in«r money to buy new books, no w and j younger ones looking very stiff in their
then, I shall be tha happiest little girl Sunday suits; whilst of the-latter
. , ia , j u:- (one female complained that het girL
to II world ¡" «.d she foudled his U off , ^ ^
great red hand' between her own nttle |-ge(j tQ return th.e next day, aad tliat
ones, and looked up coaxingly in his | she had never set eyes on her yet;
and another inquired of a neighbor if
"Oh, you monkey. Not satisfied I could let her ha^ acoupleofdoz-
* J , j en more cabbage-em-outB; and a third
with what I've spent on you already. requegted of a frieSdr tkat if ^ went
eh I", but he kissed his daughter with to town that week she would match
8o much affection,-and looked so proud her some brown silk; and anó&er la-
quest was grantee. for pipsand so on throughout near-
" I'll tell you what I'll do," said I ]j the whole cougregation. raere'secu-
Mr. Blake, after a pause, " mother's lar afiairs being carried almost to the
dreadful afraid you'll be a book-worm; **7 ^ar.
area , ■ • v Bet there were some, nay, «my,
80 lets make a bargain, r ^1 who were «ncerelypioos people. Man
>ound of butter that you churn, or I w}j0 out of very thankfulness for all
every cheese that von help make, and I their blessings, and in the name < £
all tho eggs you hunt up, you shall Christ, would give a good milch cow
, ,i. . rm. haam to a needy or unfortunate neighbor*
¡jet half price. They y 1 or supply a poorer fanaily than their
mother's pin money, but I guess "1 own with many a basket of spare-ribs,
you'll work right well, she'll be wil- scrapple, and sáusage; or rosy-
line to take the calves instead." cheeked apples and a fat turkey for
* Rosa gave her father a delighted Christmas: and women, who aher a
f , , toilsome day at the wash-tub or ba-
kiss, and went up stairs to er 1 j^iag^y^n, would make dainties to
er, to ask how much butter, and how 1 carry to a sick child and sit up with
many cheeses they sold every week, it, and watch it with motherly eare -r
Mrs Blake was busy putting out but their daily anxieties and hourly
k. ao,h«, *
to wear tó meeting. The snowy white J v;ngS . new bales of merchandize
shirt was fragrant of rose-leaves, as I and " the tables of the money ehan-
she impressed it and-laid it open onjgers," which too often in our great
the bed; then the new cassimere pants cities, occupy the house of God.
. . ' _ . , \ Mr. Blake handed Ids wife and
and the buff ves , an ^,7, '[daughter from the wagon, and, then
and red bandana handkerchief were ¿rove the horses uodertne shed, whilst
all placed beside it, before she ans- Mrs. Blake stopped to greg a neigb-
wered her daughter. jbor, and Rosa stood for a moment ir-
« What do you want to know for ?" íw ah° «pected some-one
„ , Í, , , r -v. , should have come forward to speak
Rosa explained er a r e prom- to after her year's absence. But
ise, adding •' you know, mother, that noue 0f her old plav-fyttows ad van-
you are to have half, as well as all the ced a step. Most of th'em sto&d in a.
moñev father gets for the calves." group under a tree, eyeing Her as-
" Well, I don't mind, if it wiU kance, theirhandkerch.efepriaily fM-
j , ed in their hands; whust some./wjio
only make you buckle to and war a thought if Rosa saw them loeking at
little : but I fifuess you'll not earn her. sli« would s
little ; but I guess yon'
much that way, with all your new-
fangled no lions,** an d Mrs. Blake
opÑnd a. long drawer aa she Bpoke,
-and took from thence her husband's
'Siinday coat, which lay neatly folded
throughout the whole week in that
purtiqnlar drawer, the sole occupant.
We must acknowledge that it was
with something of « flutter that Rosa
Blake dressed
the first! time after her return from
school. . Sb% was nut at all abave the
vanities .usual to girls of seventeen
- and she hesitated some time between
her, she would svippose they were Ad-
miring her dress, turned theií íwtéks
upon her. Rosa, however, twkiac the
whole thing intuitively. "They aren't
speak first, because tliay thiqk I've
grown proud," Bhe said to herself, so
she advanced with a kind sitaile, say-
ing, 11 How are you «11, giria t I'mr so.
glad to get home among you again."
And thus, in an instant, the circle was
opened, and Rosa was in the midst;
and before they-wfeut :into' the mifet
ing house, film had invited them all to.
come and see her, and^t- "agaüd
old-fashioned tuneand each oik ker
old friends had decided in hot own
miUd that Rosa Blake "Wasn't one.
bit stuck up.'' ii she did ¿r«v*so tic-
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Hartley, T. The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1867, newspaper, April 5, 1867; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180256/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.