St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-09-11
NO. "a.

I've out-geueraled him" snid I
to myself, "and I've saved Leemans
$24 I'm sorry about the blue rib
bon; but it was only yard and u
quarter after all, and I can trim
Ills hat with something else"
They Were delighted at my PROV
ess when I related my adventure at
home. Leeman declared I was q
capital little market-woman; mother
shuddered at the desperate tramp
alone with me in the swamp; Lii de-
ciared that / was hero.
Wasn't it a good idea for Kate
to drop the ribbon and send him
after it2" said she.
"kate was goose ever to let him
get into the wagon" said Leeman,
knitting his brow.
Kate mustn't go by herself such
long distance again, said mother.
And I drank my cup of tea and
rested myself, and went out after
ward to see the new brood of dar-
ling little yellow chicks which Old
Speckle had brought off the nest
during my absence.
1 was on my knees in the hem
house, feeding them with scalded
meal from the palm of my hand.
| when I heard mother calling me
! from the house.
"Katel Kate! come up at once!
Col. Hay has arrived"
"Co!. Hay?"
I started up, looking with blank
dis'nay at my calico dress, and the
meal stains on my hands
However. there was nothing for
it but to obey the summons, so I
went up to the house. A sort Of
blur seemed to come before my
eyes as 1 entered the sitting room
and heard mother saying:
"Col. Hay, this is my eldest
daughter, Kate"
And then the blur cleared away
and I knew the man I had twice
before seen that day-ths pale, tired
traveller whom l had So recklessly
abandoned in the middle of the
Red Swamp.
Il beg your pardon, Colonel
Hay!' 1 cned, impulsively. 81
thought you were thief"
The burst of laughter that follow,
ed from every inmate of the room
effectually scattered all enbairass-
ment.
THAT was my adventure. And
Col. Hay has long since forgiven me
that unkind desertion of him. In
fact (this is quite private and con-
fidential, mind) we are to be maj
ried soon, and I am going with him
to Florida to try the effects Of a
Southern climate on his health.
That is all. Isn't it enough?"
Of the kind of mobility" that
exists only i'll name, France, like
Poland and Italy, seems to have q
supply sufficient to meet the de-
mands, for years to come. Of Ameri-
can girls ambitious to support some
impecunious Count and to live in
titled unhappiness. Here is O sam
pie advertisement from q Paris pa
per:
"An honorable English lady, mar
ried to French nobleman, is well
acquainted with three Dukes, four
Marquises and five Counts, belong
ing to the highest French nobility,
who are desirous to marry English
OF American ladies having enough
income to keep up high rank in
the st. Germain Society of Paris
The titled persons i'll question ara
from thirty to sixty years old. They
do not require titled ladies, but
honorable ones. The same English
lady can procure the title of Mar
luis and the .title of Count, to
gentlemen of fortune, aged from
thirty to thirty-two or thirty-five,
if they consent to marry the young
ladies who, by contract, can give
that title to themselves and their
descendants. The greatest discre-
tion is promised and will be OBJ
servad. Apply, during fortnight,
to Poste Restante, etc"
The following substances have
been sanctioned by the Public
Health Department of Germany.