The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-08-01

you see. Granting all other things to
have been equal, this difference in diet
alone was sufficient to turn the scale.
Mind what tell you; there's destiny in
wheat And look what an abundance
OF it we'll be able 10 produce y few years
from nowi There are over II ,0JU,0i0
acres of land yet unused in Kansas
first-class wheat land, all of il. A per
feet empire! Now, taking the present
average-about fifteen bushels to the
acre-lOOk how many bushels this land
will yield in the aggregate every year,
when il all comes to be cultivated.
He sharpened his pencil to make the
calculation; but, much TO ms chagrin,
he had to defer il, for locomotive whis-
tie uttered its warning scream down un-
der the river-bluff, and Ii quivering, wi
dening belt of steam, glittering in the
sunlight, shot up like comets tail
among the branches of the trees. The
station waiting-room was vacated with a
rush. The st. Louis train was coming
1t was curious to watch the young
man waiting for his sweetheart. He
stood apart from the rest of us, at the eX-
IRENE eastern end of the station platform,
Obvious of everything but the slowly
approaching locomotive. Very likely
the world stood still, in his tense thoughts,
thing drew itself towards him over the
creaking rails; for was not she coming
with it, to make life long glad song to
him. 1t was not strictly happy look
he had, however. 1t seemed rather to
indicate that sharp sense of joy which
has touch of fear in il, and so becomes
in part a pain. And when, at length,
the train reached the platform and stOpp-
ed, we noticed that he did not hasten to
the cars, az we had supposed he would,
but walked doubtfully along the outer
edge of the crowd of alighting pasSen-
gers, with II strange stare in his counte-
nance. AT last, though, she stepped out
of the rear coach, and stood there with
her head slightly inclined, and smiling
We all knew her at glance. And the
next moment he was by her side and she
had put her hand in his they were
both blushing to their very ears.
"Why, Sethi'' she said.
"HOw d'y' do, Clarar'
That was all there was of it; and it
was disappointment the spectators, l
mean. No doubt the parties in interest
were satisfied with it, however; and how
could we know what warmer greetings
they would exchange in the shade of
their road through yonder forests
They had a little whispered consulta-
tAOl llldt NC Nlu DuI VIC COultl
surmise that it related to her trunk; for
presently they sought it out and claimed
it, and she opened it, and took from it
certain neatly-fOlded and mysterious ar,
ticles, which she put together In little
bundle and pinned what looked to be an
apron around them. Then the trunk was
handed over to the station agent, appar-
emily to be kept until sent for, and they
walked briskly across the zig-zag conf
pleXity of railway tracks TO where the
horses were impatiently waiting to car
ry them to the wedding.
We stood gazing after them from the
station, as they mounted their horses and
rode up the green and inviting valley
he on the housekeeping bay with the
flowing name, and she on the brisk, sid
ling chestnut sorrel, that wore the new
saddle, and the bride gaudy with blue
and white ribbons. Behind them and
about them was the bland April sun
shine; in front of them, just over the
river, in the shadow of the bluff, glow
ed the pink miracle of the peach bios
SONS. Somehow the scene recalled TO
my mind SCOTS young LOchinvar "frOm
out of the west" and the fair Ellen of
Netherby hall; and l found myself re-
peating under my BREATH
They'll have feet steetls that follow. quoth
young LOchInvar."
A vein of similar fancy must have
reached the heart of my friend Wabash,
too; for as the happy couple crossed the
river-bridge, and sped past the pink or
chard, and cantered up the bluff and in
among the concealing foliage, he observ-
ed with an admirable SMILE
ut looks like the last chapter of some
old rOmancer
"IIeaven bless 'emr said Markley,
Then the bell sounded, and we hasten
ed aboard the train. A few minutes Ia
ter we had turned our backs on Kaws-
mouth, and set our expectant faces to-
ward the land of ozone and wheat-the
verduOus, agueless slopes and the OdOrs
that Homer sang-the land where the
sun is in league with fate, and the fruits
of the soil are for the healing of the ma
tiOnS