The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-02

premises. lie started for home n
though band of Apaches were afte
him, yelling for his hair. That was tn,
last seen of him that night. He callet
on Mary the next day to apologize fo
his seeming rndeness, and thus thei
acquaintance begun.-ED News
As usual, l was speedily head over ear
in love; and to make a short story of it.
we became mutually attached-I pro
posed. and was accepted.
Here the author takes a long and higl
flight into the rhetorical skies, and be
comes eloquent about the power of love
etc. He uses more angels and cupids
and all that sort of thing. in his mind's
eye, than we have space to print or time
to set up We prefer mining items tc
such insufferable stuff, and for this rea.
son, aud out of regard for the author We
have taken the liberty to suppress about
one hundred pages of his ms, which VT
have sent to The Golden Era. as An
Essay ON Love, by an educated Piute. =
Ed.
At last, I had foundsa person capable
of approaching me- was her constant
companion. We went through the usual
round of balls. parties, soeials, Martin
Orphan Benefits Man is Frai lectures,
Sloat Farewells, and picnics. At balls
| insisted on my rights and danced every
set and fancy dance with her, and stood
behind her chair at supper My atten-
tons were duly noted and appreciated by
the other young men; and the girls. God
1 bless them, smiled at each other, whis-
pered in corners, aud turned up their
/ dear little noses out of pure spite and
I H. on ff,,,a
/ imagined | detected symptoms of annoy
ance in Mary, when she was constrained
| 10 decline invitations to waltz with other
men splendid walters, by the way.
/ while ! WAS an indifferent one !, on the
ground of prior engagements TO me.
/ This was thoughtful in her and decid-
edly correct. One day her mother hinted
/ that my attentions were exceedingly close
/ to Mary She said as a general rule
/ young girls wanted chance to breathe
free; and then she told me a story about
a girl she knew in her young days, who
broke of an engagement because her
/ lovers attentions were so close that they
bred contempt in the ady's heart, and
/ her love changed to dislike. She re-
marked it was well enough for a lover TO
visit his afiianoed three or four times a
day. but when he became a fixture in the
house it was MT altogether the thing
never did thoroughly understand her
meaning-she WIS queer woman.
gratified every wish of Mary's. She was
/ raised IN the country. and knew all about
/ flowers, and was passionately fond Of
4 them. | was raised in the city, and
/ knew no more of them than Of the San
scrit language One day Mary said she
/ longed for bouquet of miguonette-yes
she said she louged for it; though she
should have used some other word. | re-
solved to crafty her. On inquiry, there
was none in town. sent for seed and
planted it in long, coffin shaped box,
and put Il in the sun under my chamber
window. II soon began to grow, and
show delicate, sword-shaped leaves above
the ground. / told her Of the surprise
had for her, and she expressed delight.
So did her ma. Mignonette did Mt grow
in every box; and then how thoughtful l
was, to be surel When my garden had
grown about fonr inches. filling the box
full Of delightful green, told her | would
bring it up the next day. | did so, and
she had all the neighbors there to enjoy
the treat and witness the devotion Of a
man who would even cultivate portable
garden for his love. / laid my green
treasure nt her feet The neighbors
looked and laughed. Her ma and pa
laughed; and the cat nibbled the green
stuff. looked up, and pnrred Thank you,
sir! and everybody said Ii was going to
rain, AS the cat was eating grass Mary
turned as red as a rose. Behold what
have brought you, | exclaimed.
'Chueks, (she called me Chueks
for the first aud last time) she replied,
that, 5 barleyl
Impossible, | rejoined-I planted it
myself, and If 1t S barley | IN an ass.
Her pa said the conclusion followed the
premises had stated, as ii certainly was
barley; and one of the neighbors, an
impertinent fellow, asked me If my
rancho was n Spanish grant. Mary's ma
told me 10 take the portable grain field
away, and never return. | went; and it
seemed to me that every stray calf and
mule in town followed me, aud wanted
to make friends on account of the box.
That broke of my engagement TO
Mary, aud left town the next day and
never returned. | never did understand
how that mignonetts seed changed to bar
lev. The boys said it was a miracle.
We kHhM al hbbhA AiAthA iliihAifs
Dexter was in bad way about Mary.
Could nj sleep nights feet lifted hard
stomach unsettled. When he planted
the mignonette seed, he consulted few
friends; and as they all took an interest,
they instructed him how to cultivate it,.
The night after it was planted, two Of
them very carefully emptied all the
dirt and seed out of the box, put
in fyesh soil, aud substituted bar
ley. Then they watched IL grow,
and watered it when the author had no
time to spare. After it had grown two
or three inches they would steal his
perfumery and throw it on the young
barley, and then ask him to smell-which
he would do, and say 1t was heavenly
and smelt like Jockey Club The night
before the presentation, one of them,
who afterward became a Methodist
preacher, spent his last dollar on bottle
Of Florida water, to pour over 1t. Ii
ended Just ms stated in the text. The en-
gagement was broken of, and Mary mar
ried "A country printer, and is now the
mother of seven boys-a full daily. We
see by an exchange that she has applied
for a divorce, on the ground of Der hus-
bands poverty and mental cruelty.
When the affair of the barley happened
Mary was little, delicate soul, timid as
bird; and would scare at tame COW.
We saw her two years ago, situate as
Smollett Describes with bosom barred
land arms the same) with a mop in
her hand, chasing a neighbor's natural
OK out of the front yard. And, as near
as we could guess, she would weigh 230
pounds. Such is life; like Fallstaff, we
fatten ON grief. Ed. Two years passed.
Mary had married, and l was in man
ner reconciled | was in San Francisco
A carriage dashed down Front street at a
fearful pace, and as it neared the spot
where | was standing an old man, bent
with the weight of age, aud leaning on a
gold cane for support, cried with