Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-07-29

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hair and cambria wrapper. and wise
ly resolved to await further deyelor
ments.
1t was a young man who ha,
caused the demolition of the toad
stool, and brought on Miss Philipi
meas agitation. Two ponderou
white oxen loomed into sight, an,
stood regarding the shaken lad,
with mild-eyed wonder, while theiI
stalwart master rushed franticall,
forward to proffer assistance.
Il beg your pardon, ma'am! Dc
rssfi f sincerity, looking T adfmairlHsiI
down at the sallow visage, whicf
really seemed several shades whittier
against the weather. beaten back
ground of the old tree-trunk. sHe'l
a head-strong beast, that Buck is
always wants TO gee when / tel
him to 'haw.' But, my! he wouldn't
have run over you far nothin'-Buck
wouldn't. Kin | help you, ma am !?
bashfully twirling his great straw
hat, and looking the picture of re-
morse.
Otis nothing nothing pant
ed Miss Philipinea, still gasping fol
breath. It's-my-heart ! 1t is sub
ject to spells.
Now, do tell !! The interested
young baokwoodsman drew stet
nearer. your hearth do tell Now
if was to put my arm around you
to Study you mite, don't you sup.
pose
No, sir You needn't put youl
arm around me y
The atfronted damsel drew hel
bony figure up to a majestic height
and the officious young man retreat.
ed step, looking discounted. Then
she relented q little.
'But if you would-give me your
arm-a minute--just to walk to that
rock over there, / should be greatly
obliged
Just then my hammock creaked
terribly-there wasn't a breath oil
wind to shake it, SO l am convinced
| was not lying IS quiet as l should
and being obliged to smother my
risible spirits in the pillow, / failed
to witness the transit. But when
recovered my equaninity ,and looked
up, Miss Blocksom was safely land
ed upon the rock, her hands still
clasped over her heart, her eyes on
the retreating figure of the young
backwoodsman-or it may have been
Buck she was watching out of sight.
click Dobell ESQ we afterwards
learned to designate the hero of this
momentous ooeasion), lived in a pic
turesque slab house down under the
hill, and raised beans, and peas, and
corn and potatoes, to supply the de.
rands OF Bohemian appetite. Hence
we soon CHANGED to know him well.
He was, indeed, staupch young
fellow, with many sterling qualities
but rough exterior and we all
came to like him amazingly. To his
unfailing fund of information and
tireless energy, we owed much useful
knowledge and many quaint giimpses
of the life about us; and he was al
ways ready to take US out in his
skiff, or give US lift up hill in his
ox-cart, or tote us down to the farm
to see his vegetables growing.
But Miss Philipinea he seemed to
regard with peculiar feeling, akin
to reverence. He looked down upon
her helpless hands as she sat with
them crossed upon the folds OF lace
handkerchief on her lavender silk
lap, and | know he longed to take
up the skinny fingers and squeeze
some of bis own vigorous life into
them. He brought her flowers from
his mothers garden, and great cab
bags-roses and Haunting psonies and
gorgeous hollyhocks adorned a
cracked pitcher en- her dressing table
daily. But the browning charm in
his estimation must, l think, have
been her heart. He was on the alert
for the slightest symptoms of a
'spasm,' and verify believe nothing
gave him more unslleyed pleasure
than the recurrence of an attack.
He would go down on his knees be.
side her and chafe her bloodless
hands with his powerful brown ones
and deluge her head with camphol
"a liberal supply of which she al
ways carried-and behave, on the
whole, much like great Newfound
land dog fondling its master. 1t was
a touching instance of the Ivy anG
the oak.
Duke and myself had our hands
full in those days. There was Jehu
ny, one of those irrepressiblss who
need constant watching. IF he wa!
not trampled under foot by a runa
way horse, be was fished out of tht
river in mud.snd-water condition
that would cause any neat mother
heart to ache; or be was sure t
make an unlucky descent from some
broken limb of tree, and if he came
down minus hat and buttons, bu
without broken limb himself, WI
considered it miraculous. Then there
was Philippines woman certainly
old enough to take care of herself
but when her home letters contained
delicate illusions to Alexander Do
bell, the young gentleman who re
sides near our boarding house, snC
who takes US out driving and boating
frequently it was but natural to fea
paternal wrath If ever Flick and BIZ
proclivities should be better known
And Gretta. hope no woman go
ing into the country fer season o
rest and reouperation, will undertake
the responsibility of ohaperoning
pretty girl If she had been coarse
featured, red haired, or even diff
dent little creature, it might hav
been different. But an oval faced
golden haired, fun loving sprite lik'
Gretta was irresistible. One arts
wanted permission to paint her as
Madonna another as Shepherdes
in a tapping straw hat and scarle
cloak and a third painted her with
out permission. In fact, each prett
, poise OF her head, or curve of be
rounded arm, or glinting light of he
: golden hair, was caught on csnvs;
, until it is a wonder the girl had az