Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-31
DR.. TR1n,s

DIR. TRIM's ROMANCE.
upon my word, mamma, I lool
upon it as an impertinence." Mrs.
Talbot laid her baby across her lap face
down and jolted it gently, at the same
time patting persuasively its exceeding
1y limp back. Positively an imperti-
ncnce." she went on; cts as much as
to say, You are so expert in this sort of
shing. and have married off your own
children so well. pray help me out with
mine Really, mamma, it's an insult.
4 should write Aunt Trim a very sharp
letter if | were in your place."
Mrs. Fargo did not reply. She sat
tapping her gold spectacles lightly
against the open page of the letter she
had been reading, while her blue eyes
wandered a~bstractedly over the wide
fields Of blooming cotton that stretched
away beyond the garden fence.
The imputation her daughter limited
at so resentfully did not disturb her in
the least. If she had m~annuvered a
little to secure advantageous SETTLE
ments for her children, and she would
not have denied that she had, her ma
nGuvers had been SO successful that she
had nothing to regret. Certainly, Ella
Talbot had no reason to complain. She
had a kind, indulgent husband, a beau
tiful home and a baby which, though
still too young to excite much enthusi-
:asm on the part of a novice in infants,
was pronounced by its grandmother a
remarkably fine child.
Her other daughter and her two sons
were equally well provided for, and
Mrs. Fargo might reasonably have con-
sidered herself entitled to rest from her
labors.
The mail, however. had Just brought
her a plaintive e%ntreaty from her sister.
Mrs. Trim. that she would lend her aid
in marrying off her son Albert, a bach
selor of thirty-ive, who seemed bent
fupon remaining single. He was q
homeopathic physician in good practice,
and we'll enough IN appearance, indeed
some of his more enthusiastic lady pa
tents maintained that he was decidedly
handsome, and of a very kind and
amiable disposition. .None of the
women here seem tt please him. wrote
his mother. cit has occurred to ma
that from the country might suit
him. DO look about for a sensible
woman of suitable age, and domestic
habits, and possessing other desirable
qualifications, OF which you are SO good
q Judge"
1t was probably the "other qualifca-
tons" clause that gave so much ofense
TO Ella. it having been charged that for
the sake of advantage covered by this
ambiguous euphemism she had Tilted a
younger and poorer sutton, to accept
the wealthy but elderly Mr.. Talbot.
4 really believe Amelia Pullyn would
said Mrs. Fargo at last, looking at
her daughter as calmly as she had CON
the cotton fields.
Mamma! You are actually thinkinp
of itp"
why not? I see nothing unreason-
able in thinking about the happiness
of my own nephew and the comfort Of
my sister. Ii you will let me have the
carriage this afternoon, Ella, I'll drive
and see Amelia"
Mamma. ! protest." exclaimed Ella.
shaking the baby up so violently as to
elicit a squeal of remonstrance. ..Be-
Amelia wouldn't think of him.
You know she is determined never to
marry again"
''Nonsense!" returned Mrs. Fargo,
with her ~good-natured laugh, "you
think, because she refused John, she is
fixed in her resolve. Don't
Jolt the child 80. Ella. He is quite red
i'll the face"
Mrs. Talbot promptly reversed the
baby. who now began to protest so
violently against his mothers treat
ment, that she called the nurse to re-
move him.
John being her own husband, the al
fusion was not agreeable. 1t was true
that the episode had occurred before she
had made Mr.. Talbot's acquaintance,
but few women have the magnanimity
TO forgive the superior discrimination Of
antecedent rival.
I'm sure John has reason to con-
graduate himself, at all events" she
said. a little sharply. "Amelia's drawl
and her melancholy combined, would
drive a man wild. Besides, it is said
she has consumption
Consumption" repeated Mrs.
1aiSo, 1auSH4AS aSalH. Suo LOOKS
like it. and as for her melancholy you
don't suppose that's incurable, do your"
Il don't think Albert Trim is the man
70 cure it, anyhow. He is solemn as an
owl himself"
That's just the point. They will
each other. 1t will be a beautiful
illustration of Albert's favorite princi-
pie, sinaSlia ss1nal5bus. His being a
physician is a great point in his favor,
TOO. Amelia will not feel that she is
DR.. Pullyn's memory by &C.
eeptipg a second husband of the same
''Gracious heavens! You have got to
the accepting point already. You for
get, DR.. Pullyn was an allopathist."
''Oh, that makes nothing" as Mme.
Pantin would say. Love reconciles all