The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

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self BE looked pale with remorss, j
thought. But icebergs and polar bears
were nothing to me il the way d Gold
ness z II sS 3. > s2s: :ss
BE began, II wanted to zee you flrst
thing, Marie" :: 8. S..
~, %1nd hssn.,, / + interrupted. II feel
He turned very red, and then stared
at me: Then he said "What do you
mean? What are you talking about p
>"Oh! Of course you haven't an idea,
/ said; and as it went on from bad to
worse, until he just got up and re-
marked, with the wost dreadful dignity.
"You seem to be accusing me Of some
thing; but as you will not do me the
justice to explain yourself, I will bid
you good-morning and good-by, Miss
Cassidy"
OF course I never meant him to get
on his dignity, and when I saw him 60
ing I had half mind to run after him:
only I was too proud.
Two or three days passed, but still
no sign nor symptom of Fred. Mommer
was getting ready to go to Chautauqua,
and the house was turned upside down,
and I was feeling distracted. At last I
just wrote him few lines telling him
I wished to explain something. wait
ed all that day, and all the next, butno
answer came.
Then I got desperate. + just decid-
ed life wasn't worth living, and I'd be
superior, and 60 in for sociology and
demonology, and all that sort of thing
So I told mommer I was going tc
Chautauqua with her, and she said she
was glad I had awakened at length to 9
sense of my own Deficiencies; and we
started off.
It amt any fun to travel with
mommer. She always declares she's
suffocating, in the pullman, and she
thinks the trains running off the track
every few minutes, and drives the con-
ductors half crazy asking questions.
Then she's always dropping her eye
glasses and hand bag and handkerchief.
I tell her it's like the French exercises.
"Ou est le mouchoir de ma mere?"
But that makes her hopping mad.
Chautauqua's an awful bore, don't
you know lot Of old drones and num-
mics going about and pretending they
enjoy it so much. I believe they really
hate it, only they think it looks nice to
be profound.
And then Palestine Park! Oh, myl
how those Eastern people can make
such guys of themselves, and dress in
bags that haven't any hang, or fit, or
anything, I can't imagine. Mommer
would drag me about everywhere, to i'm
prove my mind, she said. She has
mania for measurements and oalcula-
tions, and one day she was calculating
the dimensions of the Great Pyramid
and 1 said, "Lor-r-d, mommer! you
must have been evolved firm a
measuring worm," She didn't Ike 1t
one bit, but I think she ought to- have
been glad I knew. ho~&.to apply my
knowledge. ~, ~. IIs.a.
I was so brokeen-hearted took up
Hebrew, and Utmost blinded me. How
people coulasver have tAked IN such a
language!
Well, one day way IN! the steamboat
on the lake, and I wAslooking over my
account book. Pepper always makes
such a point Of my|kedping accounts,
because'he says it teaches me the value
of money, but no one ever knew the
value. of money better than 1 do. had
Gigi with me, and it's awfully expen-
sive boarding with dog; and then the
servants are always So grasping! L de-
clare they're just like those horrid
of the horse-leech that said,
"Give! give" though why the daugh-
tiers were bit worse than the sons
never could see, only people are always
women.
Somehow or other I never can get
my accounts exactly right. There were
four dollars couldn't account for, so
just put then down to "charity," be-
cause "sundHes" has such an rnbusiness-
like look, though, to tell the truth,
I'd only given ten cents to an organ
grinder. I
Iwas 81 hard at work never noticed
that I'd/ been taken ever so far past
where Fought to have got out, so just
stepped at the next stopping place, and
waited for smother boat to take me back.
f was quite a pretty spot, with trees
ind things, and sort of cave not far
off; and I sat and sat, and gazed at the
beauties of pature till was most starved.
ALL at once J. heard noise behind me,
md T looked around, and there was Fred
coming out of the cave!
I thought for moment maybe re-
morse had driven him to retire from the
world and be hermit. Wouldn't that
lave been romantic?
I glanced at him very haughtily, but
1e began right away: "Miss Cassidy
ii, Marie don't let us make ourselves
miserable by keeping this up!"
'Who's miserable?" I inquired.
Speak for yourself, Fred-I mean Mr.. |
)elbert.."
A horrid, unfeeling twinkle came in
o his eye, and he said, "Do you remem-
,er Miss Stonehenge?"
."Oh, yes," said I, icily. "She had
UGH long nose!"
"She has it still"
Don't jest on such subject, if you
,lease," 1 said.
"Well, said Fred, II admit that it is
serious one. The point is that she |
Tas married last week to Professor of |
,anskrit E"
ct suppose she's refused you, I |
aid; 'tand you've come to me to be con-
oled."
Then he said lot of absurd things I |
yont repeat; and I told him how
bought he'd gone to see Pamela that |
vening. It turned out that the poor
oy had come back sick with malarial
ever, and wasn't able to leave the
ouse; and Ned Parkinson had dropped
1 and borrowed his umbrella.
''But that doesn't explain your not
nswering my note" 1 said.
"You see, when it came was very
ick at my rooms, and there wasn't a
oul to do anything for me but an old
IAN with wig"
well, did his wig prevent you from
yriting to me?" I asked; for I can be |
cry sarcastic when I feel like it.
"Of course not; but was even too
ick to raise my head. As soon as
ould stand, I rushed around to see you;
ut you had gone. Dellie Jones told me
GU had gone to Chautauqua; so I fol-
owed you, and here I am"
''Well," I said, very sternly, It'll for
i've you this time, Fred: but you've
reated me very badly. And, Fred, she
as got a long nose-hasn't she?"
"Shocklngly," he said.
So we were married, and came south
Or wedding journey; and ooh!
here's Fred. Do tell me-is my bang
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