Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-07-13
stones, no 60, dear boy" said Mr.: le G.

colleen in the aisle of shillelahs and
sllamrocks, who would be glad to share
curry and rice with you? Go and tr,
those parts; if not, have haphazarc
shy at where hail from, the Channe
Islands. Spins-ay, and precious good
looking ones too-are rs plentiful ther,
as cocoanuts are here, and maybe one O.
them might be induced to clear out il
your favor. Failing in those islets,
know of no other dodge than indentine
upon one of those cooperative associa:
tions which furnish everything, even t.
a better-half. But mind, old man, the,
keep rooster for foreign servicein thei]
Offices: first lady on the list, plain OF
pretty, first for duty; you pay youl
money, but you don't take your choice. ,
But these suggestions also were con
sidered infeasible, and put aside. Pres
emily, however, thought struck Nc
PhersOn
LIE Geste,' said he, when was E
boy there lived i'll the neighborhood o.
my fathers manse widowed lady with
two or three then wee, very wee, daugh
tiers. From what can recollect of then
their means were cramped, not to say
scanty, but they were of good blood and
form. One of the children, the eldest
II my memory serves me, was called Effie
Elite Medium, and promised to be
bonny, for I can family recall her blue
eyes, Haxen hair, rosy complexion and
imp little figure. If she be alive she
must be close on thirty; for it is many
years since 1 came out here STRIPPING e,
and was Chinna Doray Anglice, little
master] on the Paycock estate, as my
kind employer styled that property.
Mrs. Medium knew me well-better, in
deed, than knew her. I wonder if she
and the BARNS be in the land of the lea]
or the iving.''
"Write Indirectly and inquire"
"And Sandy did so, and ascertained
that his old acquaintances, Miss Effie
included, were still alive and proudly
bearing up against the res augusta
domi. Armed with which intelligence
he once again returned to lie Geste.
1t is all right now, Mac" said he;
"your course is as clear as day. Send
a 'chit' to materfamilias N; tell her
that you are we'll to do in the world,
own lands and cattle, men servants and
maid servants; that you want to settle;
that as q whippcr-snapper you liked
no, better say loved-Miss Efie, and ask
her in plain English to come out and
marry you. Above all things, though,
be sure and send your photograph; you
are not such a very, very bad looking
chap. Sandy, if you would only dress
like a Christian and not like coolie."
So the letter was written, submitted to
lie Geste's inspection, sealing, posting
and IN due time was received by the
Mediums in whose little household it
| created no small amount Of astonish-
1nent and was much spelt and po1ldered
over, especially by the damsel most
conce1ned-stiil comely if even a some
what passe body-and who, after a
while, consented to 60 out and we'd her
sutton.
"After all, mother DEAR" she said,
she has house and home for me; maybe,
by and by, for you, too, Jennie; and I'll
do what can to help you. It's the best
thing for me. And really, Mr.. McPher-
son-or l suppose l ought to call him
Ale2ander-is yet young, and not bad
looking. Quite the contrary very, very
nice-looking, see the photo he has sent
us"
"And Miss Jennie quite agreed with
her elder sister that Mr.. Mcpherson was
beauty.
"Well, my bairns," said the old
lady, II can't gainsay you but that the
portrait is winning and douce enough:
but as ! call to mind the boy Sandy, the
son OF the minister, he was not nearly 80
scemly and well-favored. But it is, i'll
decd, lang syne since I set eyes Oh him,
and likely he has got handsomer as he
got older; some men do"
"Then, everything being settled, Miss
Medium accepted her Hsmet, agreed to
go out, and her handed,
honorable, true, as I have already told
you he was-sent the wherewithal for
passage and outfit.
"And pending the many, many weeks
that elapsed, and while the good ship
Queen Of Serendib was sailing round the
cape for her destination, change, a
radical change, came over the life and
habits Of our bride-expecting friend
He cast into the limbo of things done
with coarse Countless, rough 'dunga-
rees, and other country clothing, and
burst out into Europe muster linen,
tweeds and serges. He purchased large
ly house furniture and nickknacls; he
bought laly's horse and Peat's side
saddle; he whose equine proclivities had
never extended beyond a shaggy noun
tain pony, and a tattered and torn pig
| skin. He told his old flames aud chums
that ne was going in for the Benedict,
and bashfully listened to the "riles -
and jeers Of the one, and the chatf and
laugh of the other.
"But, barring 'The Great Unwashed
himself, no one was more taken aback at
the course of events than Tamby, his
lony-serving "appoo" or butler. That
functlonary saw coolie after coolie arrive
at Ailsa Craig with load upon load of
unknown and unusual goods; and al
though in the Lines and other native
resorts he might have expressed his
bewlderment; yet in his masters pres
| ence he reserved q stolid silence. But
when one day q string of handles
(carts) drew up, and from beneath their
leaf-covered tits there were dragged out
mats and carpets, sofas, chairs, tables,
what not, then his apparent indifference
and his 'nigger' tongue could hold out
no longer.
"Why master kick up all dis bob.
beree? What for he want all desc tings
on wattie?' (cstate) he inquired.
"a young lady is now on her way
from Scotland to marry me, Tamby.'
Marry! Doray (master) going take
wife after all dis plenty long time do toe
we'll widout ?"
"Yes!"
"Den, master, please, discharge you,
sar. No my custom stop wild lady in
bungalow. Masters misus come, mas.
ter's appop go. Master take choice.''
| AS the time for the arrival of the
queen of Serendib drew nigh, awful were
the fidgets Of our hero. and many days
before it was possible for that slow and
sure craft to reach her port, he was there
walking about with a big binocular in
his hands, looking out seward, and en-.
treating all sorts and conditions of men
for the very earliest news of her being
sighted. The fact was that the rough
seasoned old fellow was on the very
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