The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-27
OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1871.

swered Josie, unftncningly. "Iissus
Stewart, she nebber say muffin, kase she
dom care bout fightin' wild de Cunneps
lady. You'll see, Missy, fore you's bin
long in dis place"
'rYou told me, only little while ago,
that Mrs. Kellogg was a very proud
woman, who did not talk about her af-
fairs, and that she met the Major in the
parlor only to ask him to give the or
ders for the day, and that that was all
that passed between them. That is Just
what should expect from q real lady In
her position" said Judith, reprovingIy.
al tole de truf, too. De Major dom
car bout Missus Kellogg; an she knows
dat. It's like me an Todd. Todd dom
car nuffin' bout me, but Use awful
stuck arter dat man, jes kase | aint got
muffin else ter do. An it's jes like Todd.
Missy Judith dom car muffin bout Todd,
but he's sech a fool he hang round all
de time lookin' at her. Sho! We's jes
all pack o. fools togedder"
At this burst of honesty Judith felt
constrained to laugh, which she did
quite heartily. But she thought it wrong
to allow q servant TO carry such impress
sions Of her superiors, and made another
effort to remove them by saying that
Josie's views of her own ease aud Todd's
might be correct, but that with Mrs.
Kellogg it was different; she was mar
ried person, and therefore such things
were not supposable.
"Laws," returned Josie; ''dat's jes
what's de matter. IF de Major wor
married, an sech stylish lady as Mrs.
Kellogg wor single, de shoe'd he on de
odder foot. Missus Kellogg, she's done
got tired cryin' her eyes out bout de
Cunnel, an she's jes got ter 'musin' her.
self hankerin' arter de Major. But dat
dom signify. She nebber let on to de
Major ef he dom let on to her. She's
mighty high-strung, she ar; au' Use
kinder sorry for her, dat am"
$50 am l." thought judith, but kept
even this thought to herself, and dis
missing Josie, betook herself to the en-
! joyment Of solitude and her own medi-
/ tations, which We're of rather mixed
and peculiar character after this morn
ing's accession of worldly knowledge.
She remembered seeing that ''full many
a heart is caught in the rebound" and
wondered if married hearts come into
this category. Ii Josie's philosophy
was true, this also was possible. Then
her thoughts glided gently back to those
California days when the thought of
love occurred TO her-that ideal, perfect
love into which no account of sorrow or
betrayal ever entered-which was to be
lifelong promise of happiness and
bond of deathless union. Irresistibly
she was led to compare her happy day
dream with the realities she saw about
her, and to ask herself, had she married
/ Mr.. ShultZ-as she blushed to remem-
Der had once seemed possible to her i'm
agination-whether her life would have
been most like Mrs. Kellogg's or Mrs
Stewart's-One, an everyday practical
intercourse of kindness, the other, a
passionate disappointment and restless
bondage TO pride, not love. As her
heart answered the question now,
neither of those lives would have salts
fled its demands. She had 10 knowl-
edge of anything that woman might
live for except love, and to be willing to
live for that one sentiment, it must be
something more satisfying than any
form of it she had ever witnessed. Could
so cool, practical, self-contained man
as her German friend usually appeared,
understand or reciprocate a strength
and delicacy of devotion such as she felt
she must give the man 10 whom she
gave all else 4?
Then the mystery of Mr.. Shultz's con-
duct puzzled her once more, as it had
: puzzled and pained her months ago
why, it seemed as if it must be years
ago, she had gained so much experience
since! She remembered his charge tc
her, to appeal TO him in any trouble
Did he think she would, after that? No
one thing she decided for herself now
was this: that whatever happened in
her very uncertain, and not promising
future, she never would appeal to the
friendship of Mr.. Shuliz. Musing much
about this doubtful future, judith
fioated off into dreamland, on the pin
ions of "sleep-that drowsy-lidded ser
aph OF delighti-the siestd being a ne
cessity to all the inmates of this quie
and indolent place, well or Ill. Afte
the siesta, a four-o'-elock dinner, anC
the evening exercise. Such was eacl
days routine.
The riding party came off in the even
ing as anticipated, at the hour of even
: ing parade. This being the first appear
, ance of Judith on horseback, or in pub
, lie, she was naturally the subject o
much remark, and the cynosure Of al
eyes, the heroine of the hour, by virtu
! of her dangers, sufferings and escapes
as well as by her youth and beauty. Oh
account of the warmth of the evening
nore of the ladies wore riding hats; an'
T Judith appeared in her customary man
tilla of black lace, with dress of SOM
, black material that draped her exquisite
shape elegantly. The horse she rode ha'
been lent her by the Major, and was
glossy black, also, beautifully capari
r soned with the highly ornamented Mex
lean saddle-cloth, bridle,. and saddle
, girth. Nothing more distinguc had eve
been seen in Fort Kellogg, or elsewhere
out of the cifv of Nrexico