The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-06-09

lighting up into splendor all the glorious scene
"See Mark! IL is a happy omen -" said
Resale smiling
He pressed her hand, and turned upon her
look of unspeakable love, as he handed her to
the shore
There was a porter even in that rude, re-
mote place. He took charge of the baggage,
and led the way to the hotel on the top OF the
bluff.
1t was a large, unfinished, two-story frame
house, rudey built Of rough pine boards, IN
painted without and upholstered within Our
young couple followed their guide--the porter,
who was also the landlord-into the large bare
parlor, which was also the kitchen, of the inn.
This room was scantly furnished, with a few
rough chairs table neatly enough set out for
breakfast, and glowing cookingstove, in full
blast, at which stood the cook-who was also
| the landlady-gettiug breakfast.
The rudeness of the whole scene disturbed
Mark, for Rosalie's sake. She felt that it did.
She looked at him with gladdening smile,
exclaiming--
"Oh | like il, Mark Ike it so ranchl
Everything is so new and strange and so free
and easy And so large and grand" she add
| ed, going to one of the windows, and looking
out, with delighted eyes, upon the magnificent
y
| There is springness and life in it | never
| felt before, even on the mountains. And see,
the fog is all dispersed already!n
"Yes-it's allowed to be healthy in these
parts no ague here" said the landlady.
"And 30 near the riyer--that is strange"
said Mark
"Well, you see the winds mostly blow from
| this Shore and the fog-when there rs a fog
settles on the other side of the river. And then,
many folks allow that this, being high, lime
| stone country, is materially healthy"
"Have you many bearders now ;" inquired
Resale, kindly interesting herself in the for
tunes of her hostess
"Only bachelors, for constant Sometimes,
when boatload of people arrive, we have a
house full, till they gets settled or goes somers
else," replied the landlady, setting the coffee.
pot on the table and ordering her lord and
master to 60 to the door and blow the horn.
She then invited her guests to sit down to
breakfast and had just began to help them,
| when her other boarders--the bachelors-half
| dozen robust rudey- clothed, but earnest, in
| telligent looking men--entered, and gathered
| around the table. The breakfast was plain,
but substantial, welkccoked, and abundant.
| And our young pair, as well as the bachelors,
did justice to the fare.
After breakfast, the bachelors left the
table and the house, and went about their va
rious Jusinesses-some to their stores, some to
their workshops. The landlady BUSTED about
| to wash up and clear away her breakfast SER
vice and Mark Sutherland followed his young
wife to the window, and said
"And now, dear Resale, must leave you
here, at least till noon"
"YOu must!n
&c., - 10 l. A,&ax
be done Immediately. Lauderdale's deserted
law-of6ce must be opened and aired, and my
| sgn-or single as the folks here call it
| tackled up, and the place generally prepared
for the transaction Of any business that may
turn up. Then have to write and send off an
advertisement to the nearest newspaper
which, by the way, is published in town
thirty miles distant And, lastly, dear Rose, |
have to look up cabin, or part of frame
house, where two mortal MICE like you and
|, may 60 to housekeeping. Whether all this
can be accomplished in a forenoon, or not, / do
not know; but at all events | shall try to be
back again at twelve. Good bye"
And, pressing her hand he left her.
Resale seated herself by the window, and
looked out upon the new country. From the
river, and from the grove that crowned the
bluff on which the village was situated, the
country stretched eastward, out and out-a
high, level, and limltess prairie, it's fiat and
green monotony broken, at wide intervals, by
groves similar to this which surrounded S,
and relieved by countless millions of wild flow
ers, whose rich, gorgeous, and brilliant hues
surpassed anything the observer had ever seen
before.
"What is that splendid scarlet flower, that
grows 80 tall, and is as abundant on the prai-
a. GaId pG
Rosalie
81 reckon you're talking about the prairie
pink but | haven't much time, myself to take
notice of fowers-'specially wild weeds" re-
piled the landlady, rafting the dishes and tea
cups and busting about between the cooking
stove, the table, and the cupboard.
care you not Marylander?" asked Rosa
lie.
eyes" said the woman. GLOW did you
know?D
BY your speech"
Just at this moment the cry of child COM
mcnced, in an adjoining room, and continued
during the whole of the hostess's morning
work. She set aside the table, and began to
sweep the room, raising a great dust from the
dried and pulvcrized mud left by the bachelors
shoes. Rosalie thoughtlessly threw her pocket
handkerchief over her head, to protect her
hair from the dust-thoughtl for else she
might have guessed it would displease the
toucby pride Of the hard-working pioneer
woman
"You don't like the dust--maybe you never
saw broom?" she asked, looking somewhat
contcmptuously at the young lady's delicate
person
ooh yes have" said Resale, gently, "and
used broom, too; but always sprinkle the
floor, and tie handkerchief over my head be-
fore sweeping"
"And what do you take all that trouble
for }"
because dislike the dust to settle on my
hair"
"Ha! ha hal You'll get out of that, if you
settle In these parts, laughed the woman-not
ill-naturedly this time --resuming her broom,
and continuing her sweeping to its completion.
Then she fired up the cOoking.stove afresh
and, while it was drawing, and roaring, and
heating the room to sufocation in this sultry
summer weather, she wiped down the chairs
with her apron, and finally went into the next
chamber and brought out her baby, which was
still squalling at the top of his voice. Giving
him piece of bread, she sat him in the cradle,
and went about her work, notwithstanding
that the child threw away the bread, and was
screaming louder than ever. ROsalie got ND
and lifted the babe and took him to the win
dow, where she sat down with him, and soon
soothed his temper. The over-worked mother
looked pleased, but said dcprccatingy-
"You needn't adone that 'tain't bit O.
use; it'll only spile him. You'll find 'twon't
do. And If ever you have a house of your
own, and baby Of your own and no one TO
tend TO nyther but yourself--nark my ,cords-
just exactly when the loaf of bread is burning
4 ~
aud the fat is catching afire in the fryinp.pan.
that very time the baby's going to take 20 open
its throat and squall you deaf Let it squsll
You amt got twenty pair o. hands-you can't
tend to everything at once. You'll find it 90,
too mark my words never knew it TO