The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-02-23
Intensely Utter.

| Rocklaud Courier.
a few months ago the daughter
of Il RoCkland man, who has grown
comfortably we'll off in the small
grocery line, was sent away to a
female college," and last week she
| arrived home Tor the holiday vaca-
ton. The old mau WAS in attend
auce al the depot when the train ar
rived, with the old Orse in the de-
livery wagon, TO convey his daughter
and her trunk tn the house. When
the train had stopped, Il bewItching
array of dry goods and wide brim
hat dashed from the car and flung
itself into the "elderly party" arms.
why, you superlative pa :" she
exclaimed, I'm ever SO utterly glad
to see you."
The old man was somewhat uu.
nerved by the greeting, but he
recognized the seal-skin cloak in his
grip III the identical piece of prop
erty he had paid for with the bay
mare, and he sort OF squat il up in
his arms, and planted Il kiss where
il would do the most good, with Il
report that sounded above the noise
of the depot. In brief space OF
time the trunk and its attendant
baggage 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 ex-
cessively beyond ~
"HeyT returned the old man,
with puzzled air, "quite excessive
beyond what? Beyond Warren
| consider il somewhat ten miles be-
yond Warren, cOuntin' from the
Bath way, if that's what you mean"
"Oh, no, pa; you don't UNDER
stand me-" the daughter explained
mean this wagon aud horse. Do
you think they are soulful -do you
think they could be studied apart in
the light of symphony, or even IL
single poem, and appear rs intensely
utter to one on returning home as
one could expressT
The old man twisted uneasily in
his seat, and uttered something
about he believed il used TO be used
tor ali express before he bought il
to deliver pork in, but the cOnversa-
ton seemed TO be travelling in such |
lonesome direction that he fetched |
the horse u resOunding crack on the |
rOtunds, and the severe jolting over |
the frozen ground prevented further
remarks.
"Oh, there Is that lovely aud con-
summate map screamed the re-
turned collegiatess, rs they drew |
up at the door, and presently she !
was lost in the embrace of a mother |
ly woman in spectacles.
well, Marie" said the old man at |
the supper table, as he nipped a |
piece Of butter of the lump with his |
own knife, IAN how d'yOu like your
schoolp
swell, there, pa, now you're shou !
I mean l consider it far too be-
yond," replied the daughter. at is
unquenchably inaffecting-I mean
grand so exquisite - so intense. |
Aud then the parties, the balls,
the rides-oh, the past weeks have
been one sublime harmony"
~ s'pose So" nervously assented |
the old man, as he reached for his
third cup. Half full. But how
about your books-readin', writin'
grammar, rule o'three-hOw about
them2"
"Pa, don't !" exclaimed the daugh-
ter reprOachfully. THE rule of
three? Grammar 1t il Freuch.
and music and painting, and the
divine art that have made my
school life the boss-I mean that
have rendered it one unbroken flow
of rythmatic bliss, incomparably
and exQuisitely all but"
The old man rose abruptly from
the table and went out of the room,
rubbing his head III dazed and be-
numbed manner, and the mass con-
vention was dissolved. That night
he and his wife sat alone by the
breakfast table the next morning he
raped smartly OH his plate with the
handle OF his knife, and remarked
MARIA, me and your mother have
been talkin' the thing over, an
we've come 10 the conclusion that
this bOardin' school business is too
utterly all but too much nonsense.
Me an her consider that we hav'nt
lived sixty odd consummate years
for the purpose of raisin'
curiosity an there's going
TO be u stop put TO this unquench-
able foolishness Fow. after you've
finished eatin' that poem of fried
sausage and that sympathy oftwist-
ed dOughnut, you take an dust up
stairs in less'n two seconds, and peel
off that fancy gown and put OH
caliker AN then come down an help
your mother wash dishes. want it
distinctly understood that there
amt going 10 be any more rhythmic
foolishness in this house so longs
your superlative pa an your lovely
an cOnsummate mas running the
rancho. You hear me, Maria 2"
Maria WAS listening.