Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-03-15
HEDGING; AGAINST TEE SPRING
BOUNCE.
A Wyoming Idyl,
From the Laramie Boomerang.
Give me my ANSWER,

from the laramie Boer.crane
Give me my ANSWER
ut was 1890 o'clock It was Cuyrore Corn
doctor who spoke, and Lillian Lamtrequin was
the individual addressed. They were sitting be-
size glowing No. s base-burner. Outside the
beiow-Zero blasts of a Wyoming blizzard swept
madly by, and the storm King laughed long and
iond as each succeeding zephyr yanked a shut
ter on some building. sent barrel or box sky
! ward. or made the plank sidewalks wrGIe and
WaGgle like section Of :-arden-hose in the gras,
OF h.ied 0rl Guy was a Union Pacific con-
otctor; Lillian but simple village maiden.
WIN naSen cur!s and No. shoes. Guy. be it
known. was on the marry. He had been coaXins
Lillian 10 name the ,av. He mad suggested that
Wnen the springtime had Come. gentle Annie "
IL would be good time for the ceremony: when
the whlp-poor-will thawed out and resumed his
piaihtiVe lay: when the bunch grass began 10
though he felt his oats. She had rot deigned a
reply. Guy became uneasy Can it be possible
ne Thought. that she is no longer mashed on NY
frame Perhaps she is tired of my Affection and
mas seen some one else whom she thinks more
worthy OF her-some one who would make her
more happy than myself. And yet would not
nave her pledged to me if her heart is not mine.
NC; better neither her heart nor her hand than
even her heart without her hand. But | must
kno" all; must have it from her own dear lips
1 [.
Finally he Clipped in once more:
Tive me- my answer"
1ou see he was marked out on second seven.
and she was due to leave at 1910.
1T cannot be. said Lillian. 1--WE must wait
wait till the clouds roll by-wait till September.
at least"
but why ?" urged Guy. Cannot you give
me your reason for thus dcferring our happi-
ness! DO you no longer love me? Can it be
possible that you should be so cruel to mc--that
YOU could. while vowing to NE eternal fidelity.
give your heart to another: Oh, Lillian, If this
should prove true it would break my heart !.
Not that would have you marry me if you do
not love me; but ] could not, after having loved
you so strongly and faithfully for more than a
, year, give you up without q great heart -strug-
gle; ana that struggle would Kill me- Lillian
XII me deader than an engine that has been fast
in q s,lowlrift for fifteen days,'
Lillian was doing the brny. At last she
glanced up through her tears. and in a voice
which trembied like a Ute going to war. she re-
piled:
You're Off your base, Guy You know how
much love you. always loved YOU, loved
you from the first moment | saw YOU long be-
lore love was named between you and me.
Long ago gave YOU my heart. darling: and
YOU are my own sweet pet. and love you oh.
so iondly. think of you all the time. darling;
and If do not see you during the day | think of
YOU during the night. But we cannot marry IN
the spring. Consent to put it Off till the fall
won you! Ana the next time | meet you |
Will KISS you SO many. many times. and throw
my arms about you. and tell you how much
love you, and will always love YOU when you
are sick and old, and even if your friends in the
world shall hate you"
But your reason for this strange request,
Lillian: Why this unnecessary delay?'
Guy knew that delays were dangerous He
feared possible rival: that her request was
only prctext for giving him the frigid shake
WIN his heart in his mouth and his ears braced
TO hear the whistle of second seven, he waited
for his answer. 1t was
The regular spring bounce among con-
ductorS occurs in the spring, you know dear
Guy: III you happen to escapethe annual clean
up. then we can get married in the fall That's
my own. only and ownest reason. See?"
He saw, and acknowledged the strength of
her argument. They await the return of the
annual bouncing period with great deal of
anxiety.