Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-02
NV SUMMER JOURNEY.


"If he cannot love me when he hears
am poor shop girl he cannot love me
All very well in theory. but very poo
in practice. fold up Fred Langley's o.
fer of marriage, and sit down to writ
him that, before he makes any furthe
nlans. with me for one of them, he mus
know that am one Of those superfluou
beings, a girl who came into this worl'
with no special place prepared for her
that have clerked at Sharp & Sniper'
ever since was seventeen--and am nov
twenty-three; that have two young Sis
tiers depending OH me for support, grow
ing up i'm gawky, ill-clad ugliness'
shade palmer than myself even.
Some way, when | first met nm at ina,
pleasant summer resort, the nrst ple"'n
had had out of Sharp 81 Shippers STORE loi
two years, was happy, i0rgot - uel',
ton the scrubbing life had lelt oehlno
me at home, and was SO SIN VI PoVoi "
and third-rate people wac s''N ~ ioi'
get it. ., ,,
How should he. being q man. Know
that the dress l wore hau oeen lurhee
twice that trimmeu my ooh,lee nyseiii
that the diamond ring l wore had e0r
rowed from my married slster' peihg ohe
unyalued relic Of some forgotten lover OF
hers that the beauty he SAID was In my
face was due to my happiness In ms SO
..Be good and you will be happy ough'
to be reversed.
tv of mine was learned trying to induce
customers to buy?
Old SHIPPER always says when he ex-
poets to sell large bill OF goods 10 Gus
toner:
"Let Miss 10 manage him; she car
smile the dollars out of his pockets, u
any one cam"
So smile and smile, anG yet | am nc
william. for they are enforced anu lmpu-
dont smiles for bread and butter.
How round and rosy grew in those
few weeks of estate joy? What lovely
walks and rides we had up and down the
woodnaths and ravines. What charm
inc sails through the dels. through the
Witeb,s Gulch, aud about the Devils Ell
bow!
How brilliant and agreeable and how
handsome nv Fred was ! Dare call him
INV Fred before he knows that / am clerk
at Sharp Il Shippers!
Lam no strong minded woman!
frankly confess that do not like to take
care of myself. am no clinging vine,
however, having never had anything TO
cling to. have grown up still and
straight all by myself, like weed i'll the
middle of bear ten acre lot.
Perhaps | will not make such bad
wife after ALL am a good housekeeper,
and, having been no expense to any one
since can remember. do not see why |
should be so very much trouble now,
with nv sisters thrown in Tor ballast.
STILL. Fred must know all about my pow
erty and membranes. and make up his
mind accordingly. So waste great
many sheets of paper writing an answer
that shall be frank and truthful, and yet
ladylike.
Inform him i'm the most genteel man.
ner that he must marry three when he
leadsime 10 the altar.
send it off in pink envelope, with
my heart beating painful tattoo, as l
think of his elegant sister he has de-
scribed TO me, AMI of him, q rising young
lawyer, and a member of the Legisla-
ture.
| piece down my sister SOphia's one
simmer silk for her. that l bought ut
Mt such bargain. thinking peradventure
there NAV be IA wedding soon. do not
scold May wien she comes home late
from the picnic with my best sash
u,en,hed anu soaked through, my lace
fichu torn. and her toes through both her
boots. and creeps into bed beside me. L
huo her nm into my arm instead. with
thai hungry. unsatisfied lODglngs l have
for kisses and carresSes; but she only
savs. .You strangle me, 10. you soft
mushv thinc.- and moves along OUT OF
my reach. :,
NV name was never 10. but have al
WAYS been called this OH account OF my
manly accomplishments. -,
For week | sing about the house like
q lark the neXt week l do not sing so
much the next do not sing at all. but
90 about heavy-eyed and slow, and burst
into tears when May sat down TO the old,
faint-hearted piano and begins to storm
away at I'll Bacio," Fred's favorite waltz,
and mine.
might have known all the time he
would not answer that letter it has al
WAYS been my luck. Let me see how
many lovers have l had.
There was No l, waiting on me when
nv father died of heart disease, and left
me penniless at seventeen. He came to
see me after the funeral. and told me that
he had great sympathy and respect fol
me. and that he should never marry un-
les it was some poor girl thrown on her
own resources. and with no one to take
care of her, as he thought that was the
true way for a gentleman to do; and
with these sentiments he bowed himself
out for the last time.
Most heavenly philosophy but then
he married the same year the daughter
of a wealthy man who had never done
ANYTHING harder in her life than curl her
front hair over slate pencils.
Then there was the young man VINO
wrote poetry. and threatened to die or
shoot himself when l refused him-this
was wears ago. He is now in good health,
with wife and two children but ale
ways hated men who wrote poetry.
Then there was Judge Featherby. He
visited me for a year, and told me he
loved me but something he dlgnified by
the name of pride forbade him from say
ing anything more, and l have been
heartily glad since that he was ashamed
of me.
But the thought of none of these WELL
disposed-of and settled gentlemen makes
INV non-arrival of that letter, any easier
for them. get weary.and crosser, my chest
is getting weak, and get faint and dir
zy by spells.
Some days when stand at the lace
counter waiting on some fashionable la
DIV who is pricing this and cheapening
that. / think shall fall over in a dead
faint from sheer exhaustion. Women
are so much harder to suit than men,
and, ten to one, 90 picking over every
thine, apl srr ont xvithOut buVluO any,