Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-08

ana Q10 not appear again unCu supper
time. When the meal was finished Col.
Jarvis followed me as / walked to the
piazza.
IF it amt presuming, madam, he
said, confdentially, g I'd like to ask
your advice. / take it you re from the
Eyes" I answered, with prefer
natural gravity: "what makes you
think SO %
b swell, Iknow by your gait, mostly.
A woman that's raised in the country
walks as If she was used to have the road
to herself; city women are generally
good shoppers. But that amt the point
/ am engaged to be married !"
NV composure under this announce
ment was a good deal heightened by the
fact that Esculapius, was sauntered out
after us, humning an air from Pinafore,
became suddenly quiet, and disappeared
unanimously. rf.ft. iJcE
Engaged to be married !" L said
"Let me congratulate you, Colonel.
May / hope to see the fortunate young
lady ?"
ssThat depends. You see I'm in a
row-the biggest kind Of a row, by a
good deal-and / thought you might
give me a lift She is Frisco lady,
you know; one of your regular Nightly
ers; black eyes, bangs, no end of spirit.
[ bought this" fumbling in his pocket
and producing the most astounding COM
bination of red glass and pinchbeck;
"and by Godfrey, she sent it back.
Now, 1 don't see anything wrong about
that ring, do you p
SIT is certainly little-well, pecu-
liar, at least, for an engagement ring;
perhaps she would like something a
trife less SNOWY"
''Exactly. That is just what I reflect
ed. So went and got this triumphant
ly displaying narrow gold band, }; now,
that's what [ call genteel; don't you i?
Well, If you'll believe it, she sent that
back, too, by-return mail wish I'd
fetched you the letter she wrote; if it
wasn't the spiciest piece of literature [
ever read by-anybody. Shed have
me understand she wasn't bar-maid noT
Quaker, and if L didn't know what was
due to lady in her position, I'd better
find out before [ aspired to her hand, ,
ct cetera. Now if you'll help me
through, and get me into sand and
gravel again, and your man decides to
settle in these parts, I'll guarantee you a
number one well, good, even two-inch
flow, and no expense but pipe and
boardin' hands. I'll do it by-some
means.
"Oh, no, Colonel I said, struggling
with laugh, 81 couldn't allow that
1t gives me great pleasure to advise you,
only it is a very delicate matter. you
AUTOMATICALLY / was casting about
wildly for an inspiration-'w wouldn't 1T
be better to go on to the city, as you in
tended, and ask the lady to go with you
and exercise her own taste in selecting a
ring %
My companion took a step backward,
folded his arms. and looked at me adj
miringly.
"Well, if it don't beat all how a
woman walks through a milestone
Now, that's what / call neat. Why,
God bless you, madam, I've been BORN at
that thing for week steady, night and
day, by-myself, and making no head
way"
Esculapius laughed rather unneces-
sarily when l repeated this conversation
to him.
81 am willing to allow that it is
funny" [ said; "but after all there is a
rude pathos in the man, an untutored
chivalry. Nearly every man loves and
reverences q woman; but this man loves
and reverences women. It is old-fash-
Toned, know, but it has breezy sweet
ness of it's own, like the lavender and
of o,1,, 1o,, xO,,
think so ."
There was no reply. So I went on
musingly.
''With such natures love is an in
stinct; and it is to instinct, after all,
that we must look for everything that is
fresh and poetic in humanity. We have
all made this sacrifice to culture-a sac
rifice of force to expression. Isn't it SO
my love?'
Still no reply
GO like to picture to myself the affec-
ton of which such man is capable-for
no doubt he loves his girl Of whom he
speaks; not, of course, as you-as you
ought to love me, but with rude, wild
sincerity, a sort of rugged grandeur
Imagine him betrayed by her. A man of
the world might grow white about the
lips and sick at heart, but he would find
relief in cynicism and bitter words
:; X
Two weeks later the Colonel brought
his wife to call upon me. She was a
snowy, loud voiced blonde, Respondent
~ overdressed. Attic first opportunity
her husband motioned me aside.
4" Isn't she about the gayest piece OF
calico you ever say?' he asked, with
proud confidence. doesn't she lay
over anything around here by large
majority ?"
"She is certainly very striking wo-
man." I said gravely, "and one who
does you great credit But [ am a little
surprised, Colonel. No doubt it was a
mistake, but I got the impression in
some way that the lady was a brunette. y
The ColoneI's countenance fell.
"Now, look here, he said after little
reflection, 81 don't mind telling you,
because you're up to city ways, and
you'll understand Thefact is, that isn't
| the one Won San T want on to 'EriCoo