Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-12-30
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Intensely Utter.


| land MAJ, VITO hss grown comfortably we'll ef
10 the snsll gtcc!ry liue, Was ssus sway 10 6
| finale college" and last week sho arrived
home Ter tho holiday vacation. The old man
vas IL attendance at the depot when the trair
arrived. aith tie old hcrsa in the delivery wse,
on to co1vey his daughter aud her trunk to tic
hoCs,. When the train had storpad bswich
i,g srrsy of dry gooGs and wide-5rimned ha
dashed from tbs oar, and h1ag Itself toto the
e!dorly pzcty's arms.
why ycu superati7e pa ~ she exclaimed
~ 10 ever 80 utterly glad 10 SOC you."
The old nao IVES somoEhst unneived By the
cree!l1g, but he recognized the seal-skin cloak
IN big R,lp as the Identical pitcs of properly be
had paid for With the by mare. and he sort of
EqIat it upin bis srms, sud planted kiss
where it would Do the mcst good with q report
shat s2unltd above the noise of tho depot. 10
ii bEiGt space OF tima the truck and its atteL-
dant baggage Ware loaded into the wagon,
which wss soon bunpiag over the bubbles tc-
ward hcme.
"Pa, dear" said the young miss. surveying
the team with critical eye, do you consider
tais quite excessively beyoud %
Hep?' returned the old man with puzzled
air quite eXcassv, beyond what? Beyond
Warren? | c1nsdsr is somewhat about ten
niie beyond Warren, ooueto' from the Bath
Rsy, ii tNat'd What ytu mean.
Oh, 40, ps: you doc't understand me-" the
daughter XpaioeG: Il mean this wagon and
horse, d.. .you ttitk they ere s:uful? do you
thitk they cou.d be studied apart in the light
Ut Il symphony. CT even simple poem, aud az
psaT ss la!coSey utter to o1e ca returning home
as rne could express p
The &c man twisted uaeasly ia his seat AID
mr.tere6 Homethlue about he balicv d it used
TO De used FIR an tXpross b.fore h, b1ugh. it
to deliver pCrk 10, but the c1nscrsation appear
ed 10 ba trsveI!pg in Gtcl lonesome ditec ion
thai 40 fctclod ,ne horse resouudiog crack on
The rounds, and the severe ioting over the ftc-
z3n gcJuad prevented further remarks.
'Uu, ;htre is that lcvay and oonsummate
msl tc:esmed the turned collegstess ss
they drew up ut the deer. and !r:sentIy she was
lost 10 the er.braca OF q mo:hsrIy woman in
speotscos.
''Wtll. Maria" ssid The Old maa ct tho sup
per table, as 10 rippcd piece of butter off tho
lurp With his own kuf:, AZ low dysu like
your school 2'
Wen. there, pa, now ytu're shou-I mean
| consider it far too beyood.' replied tho
daughter. ut is urQ lerohsbly inef,bls. The
grs sic so suuptuousy stuuping-l msau
scsad-6o eEq 1ls!le- 50 Intense. Aud then
the parties, inc balls, the fides--oh, the past
wseks have been opa sublime harmony"
II s'roso so-I s'pos 60. "uetvousy ssaeutcd
the old man as be reached for his third cup.
hall ful. but how stcus your books
rsedlI wrItiu' grsnlmhr, ru!a o thgel-hcw
about thao?'
'P. don't," exo!aiG,ed the dsushter r..
rrn'obfuily; "she rue Of ttrs.! sramualI l
is kreach AID music and psipting and the dl.
v!Do 10 sit tGsi bavs made ny school life the
| oos-l mesu that have rendered it oCe u1brc-
Sea flow OF rythmic b iss-ipconpsrsby snd
eIquisitely all bus
Ias g:ooery ran 5rd his wife locked helr.
ess(y a. each other tc:tSs the table. Alter s
| lonesome pause the old lady said
How 9Cu like the bNcuits, Maris?"
| They are too utter for anything" gushet
the accomplished you1g lady. "and this p.uu
| preserve is poem 10 ITSELF
| The old man rose abruptly from the table, irc
| went out OF the room, rubbing his bead in dszs
and henumbsd mi inner, and the mass conven.
iiUn IVES dissolved. That night he 1nd his wife
| sat alone bs the stove until q late hour and q
the breakfast table tho next morning he rsrpet
smarIiy Oh his plate with the handle of his knife
| ard remarked
IN aria-n1 an your mother have been takin
the thing over. an we've come 10 the conclu
son that this bosrdin school business is too Ut
tarly all but TOO much nonsense. Me an he
consider that we haven't lived sixty odd con
| summate years for the purpose OF raiain' curl
osty, sn' .hetes goia' 10 bs stop put TO thi
! anqusnc6sble fooIishness. Now nftor 5cu'v'
finished est!l' that poem OF fried sausage al
that symphony Of twisted doughnus. you tax
al dus! UP sssirs in less two seconds, an pee
of that fancy gown an put on calSer. a.
then como down here's an help your mother wsst
dishes. 1 wsnt it distinctly understood tha
| there sint eoia' TO be no more rylhmic foolish
ness in tas house, go longs your superlstive ps
| an' your lovely an consuumste mas runnin
The ranche. You hear me- Msri. q
Maria was listening -Rocklaad Courisr.