The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-04-11
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Maud Muller, as Whstf;a%
was a cemely young: -W;sToSS;srS
torn dress and fasgea Nh. NH
to shoes and stockfnus.-whi..'ahass
father duringa Tho fb2sS 49,
hired help. beingsssrse ssd.
was certainly eeaasneaa a lS
though, as she paused n r., &:
leaning on the rake.handh s s'ek :
the far-off town, sheooujhA ~ 7
ing that Fate had cast her IL b. ]
from a meadow lot, and tbss n {
clerk IN a ninety-nine cent !.
something like that.-.SAs. asl.,e :
whether thelife Off d female n. Z
vasser was so very hard. and s q
if any lady clerks were wsSiSsV I
post-office. es.ea
While she is. thus rehectinDoos h L .
comes riding slowly dowS n I'M ,
Whittier doesn't teff@us- vh. "
Judge of, though we scoaulps. Z
tolerably good Judge, at rustic
for he drew his bride (at an p
fairy and asked the maid ii ssss'
draught of water, from ! ,eoa,
spring, although it was iar iatr5sl /
mer at the time. u Tliisyslnssss /
blushing deeply ass.sha.racollsos., !,
her shoes and STOCKINGS swera n
the house, handed the en- an
Judge, who gallantly rsi,aiksd
A sweeterdranahs. ,.,,,. u
From fairer hand was never cu,s
Maud courtesied and said a.
father considered, her ., .ure M
/" hand " in the bayfield,.
The Judge fingered as nm
could, talking about tho wsrtsI
Silver bill, the Eastern question u
of his reelection to the bench. ~ 4
to all of which she simply reDljsds
sir" te-he," or sometime nv
and when he couldn't make aml
excuses for lingering, be rode
Maud looked after him dEsi,i
she thought, "Ths judge i n
kind of a man I'd like to tisio,
| reckon not! I'd have new
every day, and two on Sunday
dad should wear. store,eloshss
brother Sam should have ahelmel
How about the Judge u
awayP Was he filled with sssyam
rest?'' Certainly he was. Hesa
to adjourn court si,se die, and "A
a little past the hey-dsyei hisgwa
a-haying with Maud from that bm
But his feelings, Mauderated WI
thought of his sisters, who VEIL IN
ladies, and what they and thdinI
BILE world generally would hEsa
about it. So he kept Oh hiiss AsJ'
he opened court that aftefnouB a
usual, only the lawyers smiled N
caught him humming an old love
"Swinging in the Lane .,'ga.I hA
The Judge got. elected to iheb
again, and then he was elected III
in another way-he married ! W.
but old-hearted lady who nlofedt
spring. in the first circles nd Viii
accepted him because she .thout
would sound well to be spoken III
society column OF the neNapaN
"Mrs. Judge So-and-So.' . And
times when the Judge Vas IN
drink of old rye, all by hinsg
study, he wished that Mand eouA
in with a little of that r1eadoje
water to mix with it. aa ,ss
Maud got married, too. She M
the hired man in a check-shih
the Judge saw moving ia sn9tak
of the field. True. she loved the
more than she could any move
ever saw, and would continue y
time should be no mower, bats
couldn't have him, and eNsa teafid
there would be no mower offer
clinehed on to the hired man.
But Maud wasn't happy ethics
couldn't help thinking how ". ds
her life would have been as MY.
She thought SO much on thespo
she came finally to believe i1H
Judge had really proposed to u
she had refused him.. Andavl1
got into a row with her huse9A|
would throw it up To him, saying
If / hadn't married you ana got staf1l'
I'd been much better Of, for ! mlsss
Ben. go s,
Which was the Judges frol, ~.
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