Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-21
SELECT STORY.
LOVE AND LOGGING.

Louisa's father had gone off with tn
OK team up into the woods, sixty mile
away, to make the camp before the win
ter's logging should begin. She fel
very lonely as soon as he was out sight
for more reasons than one. In tn,
first place, there was nobody at home
but little Tim, who could dig The
paths, to be sure, and look after the
cattle ; grandmother, who was com
panionable enough, with her stories o.
cid times, but o care more than a
protector; and Susette, who helped
about the house, but was only child
The second reason was that she had
qualreled with Ben; and last, but not
least, he and her uncle Simon had
driven Of on the OK team with her
father. 1fthere had ever been q time
since their quarrel when she had felt
disposed to make it up, it was when
the OK team had disappeared from sight
and it was impossible to do SO.
The fact of the case was that Ben
had been looking upon Louisa as his
own property ever since he could re-
member. He had beaued her to and
from singing-school; he had helped her
out with her hard problems at district
sch 90, and had carried her home on his
sled; at-qnil.i-e, ~~''i-s oI4~ss,-- e1
pic mic he had chosen her for his
partner in the dance, had paid his
forfeits to her, and had reyolved about
her daily. And she had seemed to
relish the whole thing till she went
away to the city one winter to work
in a miliiner's shop, and SO came home
quite out Of conceit with country living
and country men, and had rather given
Ben the cold shoulder, refusing his
gifts and attentions, and showing pretty
plainly that she looked higher. But
Ben, with the instinct Of free borr
American, felt himself as good as any
body, and charged her one day with
having come by hifalutin ideas of her
self and life in the city, which didn't in
the least become her, and averred that
she couldn't do better than to marry
him. f -r.es se
"Well, MIR. Benjamin Thurman,
hope you're conceited enough" she
answered him. "Marry you! I wont
say but you're well enough yourself
but to live in this slow, backwoodf
fashion forever would be TIE death O
me; and not 80 much as lecture OF
concert to while away the time; to b.
wearing homespun all my days, ant
worrying about the crops. Oh dear
no, thank you; I've had enough o
hard times. / believe III wait while
before l settle down.
"Perhaps there's somebody else:
ventured Ben.
"No, can't say that there is though
! dent mind telling you that I didn'
| come home single for want ola chance
He had house too, in the suburbs
and housekeeper, and he said neve
should bring the water to vast IN,
hands"
"And why didn't you marry him !
asked Ben, frigidly.
"Oh, he didn't exactly suit me; he'
lost his front teeth and his hearing
There's as good fish in the sea as eve
yet were caught" she sang, gayly,
"Well," said Ben, rising, and lookin
blue lightnings, con the whole, II
glad that you won't marry me, fe
you've got no more heart that an adder
And then he could have bitten b
tongue out for saying what wasn't tru
| when his heart was almost breaking #
love of her and if she had showed ths
she was wounded, by word or look, i
was ready to abase himself beneath be
| feet and take it all back.
| rYou're amazing polite, Mr.. Thu
man, I must say" she returned. al
sorry you asked for what you didn
want, because it would have have bee
awkward if l hadn't refused. / didn
know that this was the way folks mao
love-calIing names, when I've slwa.
treated you we'll
ssTreated me well with vengeance