The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-24
YOURS TRULY" ATTENDS THE
FAIR.

AVU09 4GOb4 n Ii LID
FAIR.
1t wasn't very easy getting of. The
Governor, whom Yours Truly some
times styles "papa," for short, after see
ing her article on the "circus," and per- |
haps guessing at its origin, graciously
gave his impeeunious schoolgirl five
dollar gold piece-the largest sum she
had ever had in her possession at once.
Professor Royal looked n little dark
when leave of absence was asked, but
as Yours Truly was "in funds" she was
victorious, and off she started for the
Fair. She would have been excessively
happy il her ideal young man with the
broad shoulders and honest countenance
had been her escort, but he was too
bashful to make other than sleeps eye
advances, and Yours Truly is too in
dependent to simper and hint for the
sake of q beau, and too proud to invite
him to spend his own money for her en-
joyment; so she slipped her solitary
| fve-dollar piece into her fine fitting
Alexandria kid glove (the Governor
gives her an unlimited run at Clark
& Henderson's), and bidding her land
lady good morning, she tripped off
through thick fog to the depot, watch
ing Phil rs he bowled away in hack
from the City Stables, going after his
''girl," who lives several blocks nearer
the depot than Yours Truly, who having
lost her meek-mannered escort of circus
memories, must needs go afoot or stay
at home.
"A ticket for the Fair Grounds" The
words were spoken timidly, for Yours
Truly was attacking new experience.
The flaxen-haired representative of the
transportation interests looked at her
with smile that was childlike and
bland aud handed over the ticket
giving in exchange for her solitary gold
piece two dollars and quarter
"IIow am to get home again, and
. where are my meals to come from?''
ruefully soliloquizei Yours Truly. But
nobody took any notice of her, and
=, hurrying with the crowd onto the ferry
boat and into the cabin, she sat down
to mediate upon the best means OF
economizing at Fair without an escort,
: and with two dollars and quarter.
The day, which had opened with such
: gladsome granduer, began to gather
; about her a misty veil of ominous dark
" ness, and when the train reached the
u Fair grounds q second deluge was upor
the earth, with no good, patient Noat
IS TO gather the waiting kinds in pair
J. within his spacious ark.
u Oh, the rain and smoke and mud
IL Why did Yours Truly leave her seat il
a school, where the eeaseless din o
ID scratching slate pencils made her nerve
es to culver? How she longed for q sigh
Of the rusty stove and the mOnotony O
II her accustomed studiesl But the crow,
at bore her on and on. Away We al
re went, splash, splash, splatter, throug
I'd the mud and rain to the pavilion
er where with rueful faces and loud lament
h the faithful were arranging for the show
m But il is no use talking, Mrs. d., Your
Truly cannot do the subject justice. Th
m exhibition was fine and everybody trie
n, his best 10 think that he enjoyed i
ad While Yours Truly was standing nea
II the entrance, making a critical exami
nation Of a new tangled cooking stove
-. she was getting hungry, you see-u
~ drove Phil and his ''girr' in a spanking
mud-be-splattered turnout, drawn b
bob-tailed horses, with q muddy drive
'' in an army overcoat. 40, Phil, Pm 8
glad to see you" Yours Truly meanti
Nt Mrs. D. "Why, Sis, what's the matter
You look lonesome introducing me
his "girl," who looked up contemp
uously rs if to say, 81 want no divide
ss honors in this arrangement"
r.. But Phil, for once, was good-naturC
he and brotherly. We three Yours Tru
ed feeling meanwhile like an unbidden bC
n at frolic) waded through the mud al
liza rain to the circus and side shows. W
oil saw country swains dragging the
he buxom sweet-hearts by the hal
M through torrents that stout hearts mig
m quail at; saw the omnipresent swil
al with its lugubrious owner waiting
oil vain for country customers to seat thel
selves and spark" and swing a
Ter munich prize candy-O, sweetness u
paralleled! how were ye undone! Y
visited the confectionery stands, a
, taking the advantage of the presence
er' Phips "girl," didn't Yours Truly fl
rus sumptuously? We plowed our W
'Ve through the mud to the stalls where
oi fine stock was exhibited; looked an
we iously at the deserted race grounds q
oi saw Hiram Smiths tall hat, a he
'u' above the common crowd, and knew
ne the motion of his hands that he v
u 'leetioneering. ButPhip "girl'' show
~ plainly by her petulant manner that
:, felt that Yours Truly was poaching
on her peculiar preserves. Seeing I'll
Yours Truly adroitly fell back and v
soon lost among muddy-bootedi "a
we drenched throng, some in carriages, sol
u" on foot, and all having the bedraggl
mo appearance of chickens that had be
zee rescued from swill-pails.
ny Tuesday and Wednesday were spt
ieIr I'm n eeaSeless routine of getting wet q
res Imagining that we were all enjoying
ON Phil aud his "giri" got lost entirely 8