The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-07-16

he was always something between latent
monster and a good young gentleman,
willie in her heart he began to be photo
| graphic ''ncgative,'' which only gre "
distinct against the dark shadow OF him
which !urked in her intellect. Over the
shadow she talked, analyzed, and philoso-
phized over the ''negative'' she sighed
and kept silent. Queer it is. at times, that
our heads go one way and our hearts the
other. There is no science in love-and
mighty little judgment. Blessed be the
man who first invented true love-he
didn't put much brains into it. II he had.
| he would have spoiled it, and poor. or6lf-
| nary male devils could never Inarry the
| grandly sensible women that they some
times do marry. If the Wise were to wed
only the wise, there would be monopoly
of wisdom. Nature abhors monopoly no
less than she does a vacuum. The inven-
/ tor of true love seems to have been famil-
lar with these great facts; hence, we have
the dirty water poured from the window
upon the wise pate of Socrates by his
welded wife, who had no taste for full
head with lean larder.
| Norman was discussed by the two young
| ladies from time to time.
| ''Father is taking strong fancy for Mr..
| Maydole.'' said Judith, in one of the dis
cussions Of the Young man.
Il do not see why he should not.''
''Nor l. either. But am sns picious of
fathers weakness that way
81 do not call it weakness
Perhaps it is not, I'm this case--at least.
| hope not. But father has always had a
romantic notion of finding some kind of
an ideal young man. He is always, as the
miners call it. prospecting for such a
| person. An honest, heroic young fellow,
who is not spoiled by billiards and fooli: h.
ness
Does your father object to billiards,
and permit billiard tables in his own
/ house -
No, no: to billiards in moderation.
| But he dslikes-I may say abhors-all
| futile absorption. You will hear him,
some time, talk about it-about the young
men of this age throwing their immortal
souls into billiard balls. and lounging
!
brands OF cigars, and so forth. -
"Had he no youthful follies -
81 do not know. of course hut as near
as | can find out. father has always been
| worker and a driver. Something OF a
hero. perhaps
! "On Change ?''
more than that | think. The men
| ,.;+I,I
| ago. have told me hat in the early days
of the gold diggings, father used to lead
the fights against the Indians and wrong
| doers. | have also heard him speak OF
such things
Judith you have great admiration
for your father
~ should say had, :" said Judith, with
round, full. and assuring emphasis
My father is the jewel OF all our tribe
Yet he is so modest that he does not know
it. He always puts mothers people above
himself. They are good people, it is true,
but father is worth all of them put together,
and say it, not to dispafage them, but
to do him Justice
do you think Mr.. Maydole has charac-
teristics resembling those of Your father -
81 do not know. Sometimes l think he
has. But we can not tell about that till he
is more tried. See what my father has
come through in his younger life leaving
home almost a boy looking cut for him
self; then plunging into the widest days
of the gold excitement, with no hand to
sottly-it could not have been done any
| other way-hold him back from the riot
and fascina tions of those times. Yet here
he is to-day, so far as I can learn. a strong,
| clean, domestic gentleman. Out of the
midst of rluch badness he has grown to be
better than good
Miss Alice made no immediate reply
perhaps she paused to hold the negative
against the shadow. Then she said
Judith. you are like your father"
Doubles look like him, but I'm lot
like him.
why not %
because he is selt-polsed and perpen-
dicular, while cling, like great squash
vine, to whatever is higher than T.
''That is because you are woman. -
''There are plenty of women who cling
to nothing
''Trial may deprive you OF your tendrils
then you, too, will be sclf-poised and
perpendicular
"Never. have mother, also. as well
as father. When my father strikes his
tent, my mother mounts the camel of
obedience, and rides in the family caravan,
without asking WHITTIER I fear have
inherited the amiabie Weakness
''That is because she has learned to
follow strong man.
"Well, shall not follow weak one.:'
replied Judith, in what seemed fiat con-
tradiction of herself then she added
II, at least, must think he is strong, or I
never will put myself in way to follow
him.
This conversation, so far, does not seem
to be much of discussion of Mr.. Maydole,
and yet, to the astute brain of Miss AlRe
Winans, it said much that she wished to
find out about Mr.. Maydole's prospective