Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-07-11

crops and the solicitude of the old lady
with regard to MANI matters of poultry
and household economy, there is very
little left Tor the girl to say. Some
tim. 5. ly stuffed arran cement, size
manages to place her chair near the
Young man. Then they occasionally
turn and regard each other with looks
of deepest affection. Sometimes the
girl catches up string and waves it
GO .uettishly at the young MAI. He
grabs at it. and says
You'd better quit that, ur he, he"
">o, l won't" she replies, IAN you
KANT make me"
q ont you fool yourself, III he, he. ="
Have yer run aroun yer con yit?'
asks the old man, who, although /. s
early experience was very much like
that of the Young man, seems not to
under tand the situation.
.-i,ied it one way replies the young
fellow.
"Cut-worms putty bad?"
"Onlv to'erable"
Then the old lady looks up and asks
Il id your mothers last settin' OF
goose eggs hatch?"
Il don't know"
Il lowed that the bad wealth r
moutve La suthin' ter do with their
not ha:chin'. A goose is sich plague
taxed thing ter not set when yer want EN-
ter, an sch fetched things ter set when
Yer don't want EN- ter, that yer kahn t
Put no con idence in EN-"
The grl looks at the young fellow
AMI giggles.
What are you laughin' at?" lie
asks,
What do yoa reckin?" and at TIL
brilliant reparee tthey both laugh. In
the meantime she takes up the string
ag ,in and waves it at h m.
iii take it away from You if you
don't quit"
You KANT"
keep on foolin an I'll show you. ="
She keeps on foolin'" and he
catches the string, says thar now" and
puts in his pocket.
"What're you going to do with that
old string?"
Coin ter keep it as long as I live,"
he says, in an undertone of care, lest
the old folks should hear him.
Sunday. when they attend church, he
c. nducts her to the door an then joins
the collection of young men who have
deposited themselves outside on shaw.s.
When the "hime" is begun, he saunters
in, and, during the sermon, should he
remain inside, casts glances at the girl
Meeting her eyes he bushes, and for
some time he has not the
courage to look at her again
TEey take dinner at neighbor-
ing house, where quite number of
young men and women con 5regate, and
ut night he accompanies the young lady
to church. Shou d revival" be in
progress, the girl begins to look
longingly at him when the preacher
calls for ,mOurners. and after awhile
when the performance begins to glow
with fervor, she Oes to him and be.s
him to kno el 1T the bench. He hcsi-
tates. but finally goes and kneels. This
action tells the congregation that they
are in love with each other. After
services, as they ride along, he says:
wa ~ uuu Jul piNbui.
What do you want with it,"
Il want it to keep. 1 am going to
have my pictur tuck in few days"
1t is his hope that she will ask him
for one. but as that on her part would
be too decided a concession of love, she
says nothi e, except to speak to her
horse and complain OF his stumbling,
regardless how su,efOOted he may be.
Il amt goin' to have but mighty few
tuck" he says, endeavoring to catch
glimpse of her face, when they r d.
from the shadow of great tree into the
moonlight.
"Why?" she asks.
Cause l amt"
"'Canse amt no reason for O man"
ut is for me-" lie replies, with s gh.
Nobody don't want one O my pic
turs."
"How do yOu know?'
"'Cause Just know"
Somebody might want one"
u don't know who"
"Who do you reckon" she replies,
with little laugh.
Il don't know who wants it, but l
know who l wish did want it."
"Who?"
"Who do you recLo Lon?" and he at
tempts to laugh.
Il know somebody that wants your
pictur," she says.
"Who?"
"She amt very fur from here"
"How fur?"
"Never you mind; she amt fur"
I'D like to know"
KANT you guess?"
II might make a mistake
No. you wouldn't, just try it an
see."
" S it Sue Jo,n
"sue ,'oyner, the m .hief." she re
yeats .ontemptuously. What does
that great sirappin', ugly thing want
with ,nybody's pictur? l reckon you
want hers.
"No, | don't"
y es, you do, and you know it,
"Please dent treat ME that way"
says he, in an imploring voice.
- ever mind, +. I'll tell her that
You want her to have your picture and
wnen you give II TO her" she almost
breaks down. hut finally says when
You marry Ler /" here she breaks
down.
Their horses stop in the road. Lean
ing over, he catches her land and
swears that he will never marry any.
body but her. They kiss each other,
and with hearts from which the dark
shadows have crept, and into which the
moonlight is shining, they ride on,
purer i'll soul, and with more unselfsh
devotion than all your glittering EN-
eagements where the diamond flashes
under the oleander boughs.
The American Aloe.
Mexican Letter
The masuey is almost as uselul to
The Mexican as the cocoa-palm to the