Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-10-25
mg nv Gaos1 Was lkIp,

s@eo uoTViple RTcAh NEVER Oh Tue
Ss>es did murdered villain f.dl so sud
tssa.y or with such whack.
began to shake all over. was, IN
-, frightened almost to death. Had
! sziled him1 Had ! really killed John
tasers! was young enough to think
B possible. l did not then feel quite rs
ssss ~ do now that Men have died
asd worms have eaten them, bat not for
svs." My 10th birthday was just past,
sa3 John Rogers was only 81. He was
ses exactly nlilk-maid; Biddy called
k.sa the milk gentleman; but he
Hilked his mothers COW, and WAS con.
descending enough to bIing it 10 our
&oor III a tin can every evening. We did
sot keep . COW. The railway ran at
de ioot Of our property. ana we had had
.sAs pleasure Of seeing three Alderneys
Eanolated on cow-catchers; aud, as Mrs.
Eogtrs remarked tlmt "thongli She was
lady tothe backbone, and jest as goo,lss
.nybody i'll that neighb.rhood, ei not .
sctie better, she did not mind letting us
rave Eerextra milk" wegnve upuurown
az,'e. imeuts in cow-kerping and were
ssrved 10y John Rogers. Part OF the
bargain understood, though unex pressed,
sAs that the miik-brlnglng Was 10 be
ssken iii the light OF II call A meinl,er
Il the family received the can, and re-
aarked sageiy that i, was warm, cold,
rainy, or that we needed -a:f,. and asked
aow Mrs. Rogers found helself When
sue sovereign ohhges another great cer-
mon, Is required
thiua uev,r shall forget the linen
quits, made AS we'll as washed and ir,,n.d
o, his nWmm;, ill which John Rogers
aisays app AIRED his head ui curt, red
eair hia iHS b,u- eyes, very round ami
side open Ills long, red hands and
srists. AID the lenc,h Of stocking, ankle
I'd shoe ,tring winch finished I,im oil
tie generally wore pink i'll hls button
uule. iie WAS romantic, and had vol
auie of Trnuyson and another OF Tom
Moore, which lle WAS fond Of quoting
and We come again to the reason II
his falling flat Oh the ground at my feet
N that y ece of woodland, and viii ich
.as called IN the nelghborhood Peck's
grove
had not been wandering there arm
n-arm with John kogers. but had
habit OF taking my book there gu sultry
Afternoons, and lie had fallen INTO an
other haiAt Of going home that way after
serving the mnk. Sometimes he had y
book i'll his pocket and would take it out
and favor me with y selection. Lady
Clara We're de We're WAS his favorite I
vas NO. particularly delighted with this
attention, but our supply OF milk was
dependent on our civlllty, ana ] was
civil and so il had come to this-Johu
Rogers had proposed to me. There, in
the woodland, he had Offered me his
heart and hand, and had said:
"Oh. MIR. Rogers, please don't IL
couldn't possibly think of marry ing. I'm
too youuS Mamma and papa call ne
their little girl"
"Nevr yun mind, CelinA Old folks
neve, kin understand young folks is
erowed mp" replied john Rogers. "We
xiii wait We KIN keep company \ year
or two. I'm ia hopes gian,i'tl-r n step
oil u, that time. and " II hev the med
der farm Iuuuo H. We need even t<,S
reu'l,in II l'et nrw.
"oh, don't mean thst, Mr.. Rogers"
! said, ia terror - don't want to
the milk. E" regard won with the great
est respect H. a neieh5or. hut--oti. no,
81 Rogers. dont pat yonr arm around
my waistr> | cant allow it: butt
couldn't Blink OF marrying you ut any
time.
ebay r cried John Rogers.
He said it SO sharply at I started.
"Ah, see that l am night T. cried
John Rogers You've hen a-,ritiiug
with III, feel ngs. You've led nut oil to
this to crush me under your heel You
thort to break country heart for pars-
time ire YOU went to town"
"Oh, Mr.. Rogers 7" ! cried. in des-
perstion, "you know I'm not going to
pwu We always live here"
"It's all the same. SAID John Rogers |,
"You, ED your course without r.InorsA
T. make Ine tr'!st M, de-t worth,
And lust yoh fixed a vacant stare,
Asa sw p,s with your noble birth
Miss Celina Tompkiua Oh. I know
you"
Dear me, I'm sure It's very dreadful
Of you to say AZ, Mr.. Rogers" | said.
Then you rcpent?' said John Rog
era. :" Ynu amt goin' to yield to this
here pride Of birth. When folks rela-
tinns are ministers and doctors they do
tCei AUl ult iiN III EtitIhllN, tlut
"roweer II lie - 80 ms t. me
> oul, ie n he = cd,
nd sear'- more thHn-
Than ctors Il n, sud stmp's
Faith NOR, than 4 iniuie-' b nod.
You1l cast aside all them there preju
iires Of caste and hev me. whether VI
no."
"Oh, no. Mr.. Rogers" so',bnd;
"oh, no. I'm sure"--the nils rose be
fore my memory again" I'm sure no
family could h- more respected than
yours: but ] never mean to marry II
all"
ITS t,na,. .h.n!" said John r. gers
"Oh, yes. iu,lt.ed II is. I'm very sor-
", h,tt indeed II IS. said l.
lnstantly, vi hnnt warning Mr.. Rng-
RS ii,r,a his book one VI, aud his
nj k-Ar,,+ the other. a,.i l-'t Hat before
M" ~, the rn.t
q mp Nh Rogers, ! cried, when
n. had b. cn J..tfr,,l, mIhuirS> tof 'usi
i've minutes "Oh, get up, I npf'
AMI u IN, reIiei hr answered, but
sha, he SAID wa. really terr,bis:
"Ms. Ccbns tn,nps,ns,
Th, re -tasl- sl,rc!oI Ia y Nr ha1
The eito bt,s,i is ~ yonr de'oT-
You've killed me-
Had killed John Rngersf AZ I
said 's-frrt, | Wan Young en.nyh to be-
l,eve Il possible. Foi NJ bnui ! STAYED
there poking him with my pink lined
p,ra,ol, shedding bot t.,ars b.ggiaR
HIM to rise. He only n,oan.d Finaily,
- il was growing quite dark ] picked
rr a.. ~ ana ms TN can. put h,s m.
sr, the buck Of his heai and hurried
Aone At the gate | met ll,tls ho,
and gave HIM lO-c'ent piece " run and
uIl Mrs. Rogers thai something had
,ap,,en-d to her son, Mr., Rog-rs, and
tbs, she'd better go and look for him ID
.P@cks grove" and added ,,ents
eoo-e not t. tell who sent him Then
vent home. ] had done al could do. |
Suid not marry john Rogers, but felt
very guilty.
There WAS no milk for breakfast next
Hcraing, nor did MsA Rogers AGAIN
-k.s ns have any" Her manners csf
~spls hsd not that repose winch marks
the caste oI s~r- he s-fe. sia,.