The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-10-15
Love on the Yellowstone.

OfVn of Oollotin'e fair dau ssht~ro, while
returning from Wonderland, stopped with
her companions at Yellowstone ranch
They had been there scarcely an hour
when one of the proprietors gained the
ear of our heroine and informed her that
hard by was one of the finest, largest,
best and most skunkum raspberry patches
he ever saw or heard tell of. Why,
they couldjust scoop them up" etc. He
urged upon her the necessity Of the ber-
ries being plncked Immediately, as they
were dead ripe, millions of them. She
was delighted at the propect of going for
the berries, but when she ascertained
that our hero was bent on acting as guide
then her ardor became dampened. How
ever, they started.
We bid adieu to any further descrip-
ton of this novel love scene, as now fol
lows the conversation in which noun
taineer wooed former city belle whom
two hours before he had never seen,
showing the absurdity of the " faint
heart" and fair lady" business:
"Say, do you see them fences?"
80 yes; they are nice fences"
"Well, them fences is ourn."
"Whose?"
"My pand's and mine-half is mine
and half is his'n, and those fields is ourn,
too and the house and stock and chick
ems and mortgage, and all on the ranch is
ourn--half is mine and half is his'n."
"Ah, indeed!"
Yes-and you don't know how much
we got in the bank besides, and if l was
to get wife you bet I'd get more than
half. And l suppose you don't know
that Pm the best hunter and guide in the
Rocky Mountains? Well, l am, and what
is more, have enough quartz to buy out
all the postofsices in Montana and pay
for running them besides. Why, have
fortune just in one mine alone. The
boys tell me it's brass mine, but it amt
brass; it's gold, sure, and if it amt that
it's good quartz, anyhow, and-don't-
don't you think ought to get married?''
Most assurcdly do. A young man
possessing your wealth and good looks
should not hesitate moment about en-
tering into matrimony. l am surprised
to think you are still single. Are you?'
"Well, yes, l suppose so. But say, dc
you see them granaries? Well, l have
just enough grain over yonder to last two
years, and so you see l can stand off the
grasshoppers one year, anyhow. And
you needn't be afraid Of Injuns up here
they don't come this high up-and say
don't you want to marry me? There
now"
"Oh, sir, why-why this is so unex-
pected, you know, and besides, Il
should deem it my duty, while thanking
you for honoring me with your hand, te
inform you that am engaged to be mar
ried to gentleman in the States. l re
gre: that your affections are not bestowed
upon some young lady who is heart free
Please do notsrsfer 70 thefsubject again.
"Well, I wouldn't have done SO nov
only heard as how you didn't talk pref
ty to a nice -got-up Bozeman chap, ant
told him that you didn't want to, marty
him nohow, and ! supposed after that
stood a good show of catching you my
self. And-and' (raising ghisvoice)" there's
the raspberry patch over there, and, come
| to think of it-I don't think they are al
thick now as they used to be."--Acan
/ Courier (Nontana).
AS THE cars were moving away from
Terre Haute, Ind, the other day, pretty
young woman came from the ladies' cal
and rushing into the smoking-car, fran
tically appealed to everybody to stop th'
train. Catching sight Of the conductor
she explained piteously: . Mr. Conduct
or, do please stop the train; I've lef
my baby" The train was stopped ant
the baby recovered amidst the hearti
Lcheers Of the people on the platform ant
THE passengers; and while the. youn,
tmothaT 1aaYAad and cried and hugget
her little one sheatried 10 explain hov
the baby was such new one that sh'
| hadn't got used used to it.