The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-02-01
DRIVING HOME THE COWS.

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we wait for that fellow TO bring EN-
Like as not he's drunk again, and lies
behind some tree or fence. Margery,
can't YOU 90 for the cows 2
Il would in minute, II 'twarnt for
fnishin' ironing and foldin' up the
clothes
I'm 10 it for you, Margerv,' said Eli
nor Kingsley, the youngest daughter OF
farmer Kingsley.
"Pshaw no you can't You'd
maybe fold the bosom in and wrinkle
them, No, no, YOU can't do it Miss Mel
ly"
- No, I wouldn't, Margerv I'd fold
them nicely But never mind, If you'd
rather 40 them, I'll go for the cows my
self Where are they. father 2
That's the girl for luck Why, Mel
ly, l shouldn't wonder if, like Robecca,
YOU got a husband by the operation
= Go along. father, But first tell me
where to find the stupid things?'
sOa, yes. l forgot. They're up in
that ten acre lot by the little woods
Away truged the merry, light hearted
girl to the pasture-land, where. after
some delay, she collected the bovine
flock.
a dashing young gentleman, with
sweeping by This was a dandy lawyer
who had settled in the town close by, and
who had been somewhat smitten with
the pretty daughters of farmer Kingsley.
Now though farmer Kingsley was
working man, vet he was looked up to
/ by all who knew him, for had he not
served several terms in the State Legis-
+ lature and were not his daughters mere
/ than common when they had learned all
that could be learned in the district
school, and two quarters in the academy
! besides?
When young lawyer Youngs saw who
was driving the cows he stared, and
drove on. Too countryfed for me, lie
thought, and did not even bow to Nelly.
WHAT proud. silly fellow! thought
j Nellie, and walked along, quite uncon-
cerned.
The cows walked too slowly, and Nell
lie found it necessary TO break whip
from the bushes, in order - expedite
their movements. A little shout and =
flourish of the whip made them step on
more lively, when carriage number two
drove mp
Can you tell me, Miss, where Mr..
Kingsley lives %
. y es That's his house over there
i hy the that locust grove
TIE traveller cast searching glance
- l&e young herdwoman, aud bowing
low, gracefully touching his hat, drove
on
When .-linor had driven her charge to
the yard She slipped in the back door.
and ran up TO her room. Here she found
Ser sister Jane, in great futter, dress
ing.
& Bless as, Nell, here's SIR Temple,
that father has talked so much about,
. come from Philadelphia, and stops here
a few days He's oil his way to Albany
+ lis my net TOO low? y and has business
near here. { Is my belt true y. Father
and his father were ALWAYS great friends
/ (do button these cuffs, Nell) and if re
port Is correct, George Temple is very
promising young man. / saw him rs he
drove up. and he's magnificent, Nell
+ hope he's rot engaged, fer l mean to set
my cap for him. | hope he hasn't seen
,oa, -llriging home the cows t
But be has, thot-esh. ,holf seen and +
spoken to me; but lie thought me only f
. a servant, | guess
How vexatious. Do try and apollo !.
gizc Try to make it appear that you
did so out OF froljc. We shall suffer in
his estimation if he thinks we are mere
farm drudges.'
:. Not I. If Mr.. Temple is so weak rs
to dispise a person for making them
selves useful; why, then, I'd despise
him
The hay was safely housed, and that
unfit for bringing in safely capped the
cows MIXED and sent away TO the mea-
| dow the tea smoking on the board and
/ the family and their guest at the table,
! ere the threatened shower burst upon
them It came then. loud, booming with
i lightning flashes, and then came down
the rain in torrents.
When farmer Kingsley could be heard
above the din of the warning clements, j
/ he said
Did you have any trouble in finding
the cows, Nellie ?
Jane Kingsley looked annoyed, but
Elinor said:
Not any, father; they were just
where you said
'sthat our colored man was away to-
night. He has never done SO before;
but Nellie will not, probably, be called
I upon to repeat the journey
50 The journey was nothing. In fact, i
I rather enjoyed il,
"Oh, no. The journey nor the en-
I ployment didn hurt you in the least.
told her, Mr.. Temple, that maybe she
I like Rebecea and Rachel of old, might
7 get 3 good husband BY the performance
Now Mr.. Kingsley was not aware that
n certain young gentleman had actually
met and talked with his daughter when
she in this laudable employment, else he
would not have made the remark, even
in jest.
Nellie blnshed rosy red, and said
. You are too bad. papa You weuld
not expect any gentleman 20 fall in love
with girl that was good for nothing but
drive tie COWS"
= I could vouch for more than that for /
you my child, said be giving her low
ing look
Miss Jane was yexed and annoved
that all the attention was directed 70 her