The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-07


farm. house on a hill, with river hard
by. and a ferryboat, and plenty Of stock
and fruit, and barns bursting with
pleptv. The difference between your
lot and theirs Is, that yours will be i'm
aginarv and theirs will be real"
While this conversation was going
on. Mr.. Suowden and Mrs. Emerson
were leaning against the walls Of the
pig-pen, watching the rapid disappear
ance Of the buttermilk from the trough,
and talking 10 each other in honeyed
words.
''I didn't think this mornin' that
could ever bear you in my sight,
'Louzo; cause it 'pearei to me that you
was stuck up, like, and didn't amount
to much. no way. But, I declare, my
old heart warns to you just like you
was my own dear baby. You'll make
Grace lovin' and tender husband, and
that's the main thing. 1t don't become
me TO complain agin my husband,
Grace's pap, but / declare TO you that
pve sometimes thought Td die for love,
and never git il. You'd think there
wasn't any sentiment in my fat form
aud dowdy makeup, but there's a spirit
in me, 'Lonzo, and you have stirred IT,"
"But, mother mine, suppose the Cap
tain will not give his consent to our
union, what then ?'
"I'll stand by you anyhow"
"But, you see, there are some impor-
tant business interests to be looked
after. l don't want To be considered
mercenary, mother dear. am sure
you cannot look at me and imagine
that selfish thought stirs this bosom.
But my father. who is wealthy, is, like
all rich men, somewhat avaricious, aud
he will disinherit me il do not bring a
patrimony TO my estate with my wife"
81 have .up'ards o. three hundred
acres in my own right, dearie. II pap
throws OF on you, and Grace and takes
sides with Lii and John, you may
count on me-"
"God bless you! God bless you
You're the dearest mother that ever
blessed a suitor."
Mrs. Emerson smiled and blushed
through her tears.
maybe I've little happiness in
store for me in the days to come" she
said, falteringly.
"When everything is arranged you
shall live with Us, mother mine. IN
build a handsome villa on the rise
yonder"-
"That part o. the land belongs TO
pap" interrupted the honest mother.
"Then, where DO your acres lie ~
"Over the hill, sonny. It's mighty
good land, and when the brush is
zlashed aud burnt it will make splendid
sheep pasture"
Upon the whole, the matrimonial
prospects of the city beau were not so
fiattering as a really ambitious suitor
could desire, but they were the best at
his command.
"Tll go now, mother. Please tell my
darling Grace goodbye for me, aud say
/ would have returned to the house Ia
deliver my message in person, only
cannot endure that bigoted snob, John
Anders, and the Captain does not seem
disposed to favor my suit"
"Very we'll, 'Louzo. How soon may
we see you again ?"
Next week. will come next sat
urday, while the Captain is away, and
stay with you over Sunday"
LET me go with you TO the barn
'Lonzo. III stay with you while yo'
saddle your horse"
"Ah I shall be delighted. Who bu
Grace's mother would have thought o
such delicate act Of kindness ~
Again Mrs. Emerson blushed. Fo
the first time in dozen years she fel
ashamed Of her dowdy appearance
With only a little stimulus to her prid,
and self-respect, she would have alway
so arrayed herself that she would no
have been i'll looking. There is alway
something sadly out OF joint in the lif
of a woman who is willing to become
dowdy and a drudge.
Mrs. Emerson stood by the baru-yar
gate and waited till Alonzo led hi
horse from the stable, and, when b
, was ready to mount, aud had graspe
her hand aud kissed her square upo
the mouth, a thrill of rapture akin
that experienced in receiving the fir'
2 love kiss Of her own betrothal, file
her nerves with an electric sensation 8
delicious as it was overpowering.
e "Now, another kiss for Grace" b
whispered, aud, after suiting the actio
to the word, he vaulted into his saddI
- and rode away, taking care to tho
oughly wipe his mouth as soon as b
was over the hill.
e at was a bitter pill, but, them it vi
sugared over by future prospects" !
said, half audibly, as he returned b
= scented handkerchief to his pocket an
$ laughed long aud loudly.
e "Graee, I want you" said Mrs. En-
( erson, when she again reached Il
kitchen to begin anew her dali
wrestling with pots and dishes.
b Grace gladly left the trio in the 81
- ting-room to themselves.
i whats the matter, mother ~
= "'Lonzo's gone, dearie."
- "Without saying goodbye ?"
y "He sent you this - kiss my
II child" suiting the action to the wor
"But why didn't he come in?"