The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-11-24

You 80, way hack In l7e1, or along
there somewhere, there lived . maiden
In Saint Andrews, . beautiful Canad-
ian named Pemieevaset NcKirnhso-
thumbach, the loveliest flower that
ever grew in the sunshine and showers
Of Charlotte county, chaste - Diana,
true - Penelope; the violets peIed IN
the blue Of her eyes and pearls sold
for second choice In the pools when
she smiled; ivory white was her
broad, high brow, for she didn't comb
her hangs down into her eyes like the
foretop Of . shetland pony, and the
semi-occassional fogs Of her native
land kept down the freckles and
cleared away the tan.
Her feet beneath her petticost,
Like littie nice stole in and oat
A. II they feared the light"
And her "arrow hand" was dimpled
and fair and soft. She wore good
clothes and moved in the highest cir
cles; she embroidered her ownsnumber
II moccasins, and was the belle Of the
singing school. Her father owned
more acres Of spruce and pine lands
than he could count In . month he
could get out enough ships knees In
o day to build q United States navy
and two schOOners; he had an abid.
ing faith that the Megantic Rrilroad
would make Saint Andrews its tide
water terminus, and he carried Q hat
full Of preferred stock In that colossal
enterprise. and was rich and proud.
He sat in the best pew in the church,
and responded louder and contributed
smaller than any other member of the
congregation, and possessed all the
other ear marks of q wealthy man.
One day q man named Michili-
machinac- T. Michili-
machInac, came down from the up
river country with q load Of pelts.
He was b mighty hunter and every
year he captured, by trapping, shoot
ing and swindling the untutored In
dians out of them for . key Of rum,
enough furs to control the market, and
he was o growing monopoly. He
wore plug hat and . shirt that but
toned behind and hung his watch
chain outside his coat. He was mash
ed on Pemigewasset in the first thing.
He was q lonely man he said. He
took her hand In his, and said lie
wanted some fair maiden to 20 with
him and stay in the north woods about
nine months in the year and help him
skin beaver and mink and otter and
fox, and certain varieties Of cats and
bears, and cook for him and help him
to bamboozle the Indians out Of their
pelts. and pack the furs for him and
help him down the river with them.
Would she fly with him?
She shook her wealth Of silken hair
and told the hunter he was away of
his base, and she would see him fur
der before she'd 20.
Straightway the Michilimachinac
led her to her father, and told the um.
pire that he had been put out on .
foul.
The old man bent his brows. upon
the rebellious girl.
You'd otter have him." he said.
"What fur ?" replied the maiden.
Because 1t would. be. very gratifying
to me-" said her papa.
~ cannot bear to think Of it," she
said.
But you are very dear to me-" put
in the lover.
That's where the gazelle comes in"
sighed the maiden" "I'm afraid
you're lion to me-"
MAKE 'ermine," the lover said.
And the old man said he would and
.alled for some mink and paper to
iraw up the settlement. But PENN
yewasset simply said:j
Thou art SO near and yet 30 fur"
md left the room.
There was another. A youthful sail
" man, with straw hat and wide
rousers and q broad collar with an
'hors worked on it in white thread
md lovely yacht club buttons. George
augustus Saskatchewan. He was q
|aisy. He played on the mouth organ
md danced the racket divinely. Knew
III the new songs of the street, got
800 a year and spent every cent Of 1t
N his clothes.
And when the old man found out
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