The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-21
THD UTDOT9 OF OUITURR

or aoW IN Hast Lookport Young
Gin Astonished HerParents.
4 few months ago the daughter Of an
East Lockport man who has grown
comfortably well off in the small gro
Gerry line, was sent away to u ''Fenlale
College" and recently she arrived home
for the holiday vacation. The old man
was In attendance at the depot when
the train arrived, with the old horse in
the delivery wagon to convey his daugll-
ter and her trunk to the house. When
the train stopped bewitching array Of
dry goods and wide-brimmed hat
dashed from the car and flung itself
into the elderly pArty's arms.
''Why, you superlative IN! =" she tx
claimed: I'm ever 80 utterly glad to
see yOu.''
The old man was somewhat unnervetl
by the greeting, but he recognized the
.ts.lskin cloak in his grip as the h!enti-
cal piece Of property he had paid for
with the hay mare, and he sort Of squat
1t up III his arms and planted kiss
where It would do the most good with
report that sounded above the noises of
the depot. In 4 brief space Of time the
trunk and the attendant baggage were
loaded into the wagon, which was soon
humping over the ru' bles toward home.
. Pr. DEAR said the young Miss. sur
veying the team with a critical eye, lido
You consider this quite excessively be-
yOnd:''
Hey ?" returned the oil man, with
a puzzled air; "4uitc excessively be-
yond what ~
"OE. no, pa. you don't understand
me- the daughter explained. IL mean
is wagon and hor>e. DO Won think
they are soulful do you think they
could lie studied apart in the light If a
symphony, or even Il simple poem, and
appear ~ Intensely utter to one on re-
turning home ~ one could express"'
The old man twisted uneasily in his
scat and mllttersl something about he
believed it used to liz. used for an express
before de bought it to deliver pork in,
hut the conversation appeared to he
travelling in such lonesome direction
that he pitched the horse resembling
crack on the r'tunda. and the severe
jOltipg over the frozen ground prevent
cd further remarks.
''Ca. there is that lovely and cons,,,,,-
mate MAJ s.';y:::lc,! The -'turned collie
giatc, - they drew up 1t HE door, and
presently she was lost in tme embrace of
a nl0therly woman In slxctacles.
''Well, Maria, said the old man mt
the supper table, rs he nippc,l piece Of
butter Off the lump with his own knife,
IAN how'd you like your school! ~
''Well, there, pa, now you sllOu-I
mean, I consider it tn, FIR l~yonl," r.
piled the daughter. ut is unqucncl,a-
ble incflalle. The girl are 80 slm,ptu-
Ously stunning-I mean gr,nd-sO in
tense. And then the parties. the balls.
the ri'lt-@-Oll, the past weeks have leen
one sublime harmony"
II s'pOse SOL s'lH,se So" ncrvously
assented the old man, as he reached for
his third cup. ''half ft,lr'-''but how
about your lp,Oks-rc,,iin', wrilin',
grammar, rule ~ thrce-how about
them"
"Pa, ,,lo"'t!" exclaimed the daughter
reprmrhfi,'ly 1.-THE rule IF three! grant,
mar! It is French and music and PAINT
ing and the divine in art that have
made: my school life the lns-I nean
that have rendered it on" unbrokem flow
Of rythniatic ss-inculnlnr.bly and
ex',iisitcly all butt
The grMery man and his wife looked
hclpIe~>!y ut each other across :he Il.
l,le. After u lonesome PAUSE, the old
lady said:
''Ilow do YOU like the biscuits
Maria ~
''Thry arr too utter for anythiny,"
g,lshel the accomplished young lady,
land this plum preserve is simply u
poem in itself"
The old nla:l ru.s" abruptly from the
table anil went GU: or the room, rubbing
his head in IL 'l:,z.sl AMI !Hn,mln.i man
ner, and til" :!,;,%S convention was dis
solved. Tina! night he and his wife sat
alone by IL" stove until IL late hour. AMI
1T tn" ':,;,:; .::,st table the next morning
he ralinsl >nartIv Oi, hi; ,,i.tc Will, The
handle q: biz; knife and remarked:
MARIA, me an your mother have
l'ccn ta!kin' the thin: over, an we've
come i" the conclusion thai this hoarl
in school business i, to" utterly all i',t
too much nonsense. Ne and her
consider tina, We haven't lived sixty odd
co;'s,ln,n.atr years for the purpose ct
r;,isin' a curiosity, an there's gOin' ~
he Il stop put 10 this un,,,,ri'cl,,ilc fool
i>lne>>. Now, after you've. flushed
t@tin' that poem at frir! sausage am
that symphony OF twisted Hm;yInut>,
you take am dust ny ~laits IN less an
two minutes an pee! ";rtiat FAM: gown
an help your another wa<l, dishes. |
want it distinctly understood that thcr"
ain't going !" l." 40 more ry:hna,ic fool
isl,nc>> in this house. 50 longs your SIT
r"r!ativ. ls' am v""r lovely r"ns!.''-
mate ma runnin he r.nr'.". You
I.a: me-. Naria:' .-L"rk,w1 l'";>,n.
The Defense Wishes Guitclu to
Speak.