The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-23

deeply interested" was the sensible re-
ply of Yours Truly.
"Does your mother know of this ?'' he
asked, as though he had al.Oays consid-
cred her t0iI his Laa0I
Mrs. D., you ought to have seen the
governors look of injured innocence
just then.
''Do you mistake the honorable
mother of your hopeful sons for an
IDIOT" answered Yours Truly, with a
stamp of her foot
"What do you mean ?' roared the old
gentleman.
"What I say, sir. OF course mother
knows all about it; and she loves Jim,
too ~
ga cOnspiracyr' cried the governor.
"Your mother has made this matchw
"What?r
Gust that, Miss Pert. Aud I'U teach
her to be meddlingw
"Hold, governor Steady, now ~
said Yours Truly. "Mother didn't make
the match; but when she saw twas
made already, she gave her consent, as
a sensible parent should. If you had
kept your eyes open, we might have
been spared this stormy interview"
Just then, as fate would have it, in
stepped Jim. He knew at once that
there had been trouble.
"Young man !" roared the governor,
''you're a scapegrace and a scoundrel ~
"Ah!' said Jim, with an inquiring
glance at Yours Truly, while the hot
blood mounted to his fine forehead and
his beautiful eyes flashed like solitaires
of the seventh magnitude.
eyes, a scoundreL! You've robbed
me of my only stayv and the governor
blubbered, while Yours Truly's eye:
were wet with unbidden tears. The ole
gentleman did look so helpless it wa.
too bad! But then, what business ha(
he to insult his daughters anointed?
II wish to resign my position as fore
man on your ranche," said Jim, quietly
"What, and leave me, in the dead o
winter, with all the business of tht
place on my hands ? And would you
take my daughter, too?"
'Indeed, sir" said Jim, and Your
Truly could hardly keep from saying
something doCfuI slOeet, he looked so no
J bic and grand in his working clothe
and weather-browned countenanee, "
would vastly prefer to become your son
rather than rob you of your daughter
''Tben you have an eye on my prop
erty? Is that it ?" asked the governor
e Don't mind him, please" said Your
Truly.
8 "Have 1 ever given you any cause t
a imagine me mercenary, sir?" reptile
q Jim, not noticing Yours Truly's remark
t "Hang it all, no ~ responded the oil
4 gentleman.
Well, Mrs. D., how they settled
o Yours Truly hardly knows. She onl
: remembers that an hour later, when sh
9 was busy peeling potatoes and layin
Il plans for dinner, Jim came into th
kitchen and began to assist her at ht
N lduOlSi tuu Wien size lOOk6u up at Hlu
n newell, never mind, Mrs. D.-he sal
it was all right between him and I'll
: governor, and mother was weeping fC
joy, and it only remained for You
4 Truly to name the day when we shoul
: belong to each other, under the law, {
we did already in the spirit. Someho
it struck Yours Truly that Christina
70 would be happy time to consumma
! our joy, and when the men came in
n dinner it was all arranged, and the go
n ernor actually believed he had had IL
entire plan carried out under his ow
,, instructions
?. That there is one man in the wor
70 who isn't so full of vanity as to be a
~ ways proving himself blockhead, al
Dl that that man is no less a persOnas
than darling Jim, is lasting consoI
20 ton to YOURS TRULY.