Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-03-15
A Crushed Asthete.

port Union, the daughter Of an East
l,ockport man, who had grown com
fortably well off in the small grocery
| line, was sent away to female col
lege," 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 and tho delivery wagon to
convey his daughter and her trunk
to the house. When the train stop
ped bewitching array OF dry goods
and q wide brinin,ed hat dashed
from the car and flung itself into
the elderly party's arms.
"Why, you superlative pat she
! exclaimed, I'm SO utterly glad to
see you"
The old man was somewhat un-
/ neryed by this greeting, but lie rec
ogllized the scalskin cloak in his
grip as the idon teal piece of proper
ty he had paid for with the bay
mare, and he sort of squat j, up in
his arms and planted kiss where it
would do the most good with re-
port that sounded above thcNnoisc of
the depot. In a brief space of time
| the trunk and the attendant bag
gage were loaded into the wagon,
which was soon humping over the
bubbles toward home.
"Pa, dear" said the young miss,
surveying the team with a critical
eye, do you consider this quite OK
cesstnlly beyond ?"
Hey ?" returned the old man,
with a puzzled air, quite excessive
ly beyond what"
ooh, 10, pa; you don't under
stand me-" the daughter explained.
Il mean this wagon and horse. Do
you think they are soulful? Do
you think they could be studied
apart in the light of a symphony, or
even a simple poem, and appear as
intensely to one on returning home
as one could express ?"
The old man twisted uneasily in
his seat and muttered something
about hc believed it used to be used
for an express before he bought it to
deliver pork in, but the converse
ton appeared to be travelling i'll
such lonesome direction that he
pitched the horse a resounding
crack on the rotunda, and the severe
jolting over the frozen ground pre-.
vented further remarks.
ooh, there is that lovely and con.
summatc map screamed the young
collegiate as they drew up at the
door, and presently she was lost in
the embrace OF a motherly woman
in spectables.
well, Maria" said the old man
at the supper table rs he nipped q
piece of butter Of the lump with his
own knife, AN how'd you like youl
school ?"
| Nv ell, there, pa, now you're shor
i mean, ! consider it far too be
yond," replied the daughter. 1T i;
unquenchably inet1able. The girl:
are So sunptuouslv stunning
mean grand--so intense. And thci
the parties, the balls, the rides---oh
the past weeks haye been one sub
lime harmony
Il 'spose SO. | 'spose So" nervous
ly assentcd the old man, as he reach
: ed for his third cup--"half full
''but how about your book read
in, writin grammar, rule of thee
how about them 2"
spa, don tn exclaimed the daugh
\ ter, reproachfully; "the rule of tire,
: grammar! 1t is French, and must,
and painting, and the divine in a,
# that have made my school life tn
: boss-I mean, that have rendere
my school life one unbroken flow {
II rhythmic bliss-incomparably IN e:
It quisitely all but"
ri The grocery man and his Wi
J. looked helplessly at each 9th,
Isl across the table After lonesom
8 pause the old lady said:
J. How do you like the biscuit, NJ
Iia?"
N "They are too utter for anything
1T eushed the accomplished your
y lady, aand this plum preserves
simply poem in itself"
s. The old man rose abruptly fro
re- the table and went out Of the rool
ID rubbing his head in dazed and b
num5ed manner, and the mass co
n vention was dissolved. That mig
a he and his wife sat alone by t
stove until a late hour, and ut I
Of breakfast table the next morning
tn raped smartly on the plate wi
the handle of his knife, and remal
to ed:
BY Maria, me an your mother ha
x. been talkin' the thing over, a
y we've come 70 the conclusion I'll
this boardin' school business is
- | ufterly all hut fan much pnpao,,