Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-01-30

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had gone. Mr.. Parker had visited
Smitntown once during that time, ana
had been astounded to have Miss Wei
ton turn her back upon hia very dellb-
era,ely when she met him in the village
store.
He was not accustomed 10 this sort oil
treatment from pretty girls in small
villages; for MIR. Parker was one Of The
Young men who bad "a sweetheart In
avery port and he had fully resolved
to make Mss Wellon his Smithtown
sweetheari; and now all his plans were
unset by the very disdaininl manner ol
that young lady herself.
He sought an explanation by post
but lis billet doux was never noticed.
and be was obliged TO look elsewhere
for n sweetheart to make his number
good.
The very day that school closed Car
RE received letter from her Uncle
Tom.
Uncle Tom was her only near rela
tive. a rowing man OF Bohemian tastes,
sort of Jack .at-all trades, and good
at none. But DOW he seemed to have
found location where be would. be
liable 10 remain some time.
Il am in Dakola,' he wrote, and I've
taken up The very incest claim you ever
saw-one hundred and sixty acres. l
have built me a little house, and keep
old bachelors hall. go where l please
in the day. Tm only five miles from
the railroad, and people are coming IN
ard villages going up fast. have
nlen,y to do and see-jdd jobs OF car
nenier work, to keep me in living ex'
nenses. and then l 90 back to my shan
tv and sleep nights. You know was
soldier Two years IN the late war.
Well. tha, counts just so much time
IN nv land; and when once | own Il, l
can sell it, or keep it homestead, as
choose. Lois of women are taking
nm claims. Now, I've been thinking OF
Won. Carrie. There is splendid quar-
ter.sectlon a little way from mine' 1t
will he picked up soon, and if you want
70 make money, and have the grit to
stand it. you'd better be The girl to PICK
il up You must have saved up some'
thing teaching so steadily as you have
for five wears. 1t would cost but little
n come out here on land-holder'
ticket, but little more 10 put up a
small cabin. and but little more to keep
,ou SIX mouths, and then you just
about own your land-at least you've
only cot to make periodical visits to Il
after that. And you can find enough
to do out here 10 the meantime. Aud
Won can wear your old clothes, ant
, dress "a well as the best OF them. Anc
N few years you'll be rich woman
for this land will sell at good price, u
is so admirably located, and so fertile.
Currie had no seener fni-hed The let
fer than her decision was formed 10 go
She ba,ed Smithtown and everybody
in if. and the further she could get
away, the better.
She wrote to her uncle that sh'
, would arrive within the next three
] weeks. and she was with him in les
than two.
i have the lumber all ready for YOU
r little house, he said as he drove he
from the station to his bachelor ball.
. somehow she was lighier-hearIe'
and happier since she knew she was II
= Dakota than she had been fcr months
She knew why-she did not cheat her
! solf II was because she was IN lh'
: coun,ry with Alex Hall. 1t gave he
, sense of compAuionshlp-this ycr.
3 knowledge.
y In the morning 1 will take you gu
and show you your claim continues
e her uncle. And I've chosen the si'
for YOUR cabin. Itll be about a NIL
n from mine-just nice walk for yo
% when you get lonesome.
i The next morning was bright aud SUI
N ~, but, Of course, windy.
!, What wind Does II often bio
n like this p asked Carrie, as they rClle
1t along over the smooth prairie.
wind! WHY, this is calm day, IA
xt dear, said Uncle Tom. Just wait III
k iii YOU have seen Dakota blizzar'
nv dear, before you talk Of wind
n .By-and.by they came to Carrie
.ouarter-scction, as Uncle Tom Gale
:, it.
Carrie could not see where it 'begar
k Or cleft off, she told Uncle Tom.
was all like the rest of the countrj
to ius. land, and nothing more; praIr
Id melting into prairie as far as the e'
y could reach
u well, bat know where the invis
ble lines lie,' responded Uncle Ior
Now, over youder, on that knoll 20
'" cabin will be built after We have 6
tended 10 the legal formalties; and To
CT i the extreme soalhern limit OF yo
% claim. A little south OF 1t there Is
> slight rayiue, aud then another knoll
% The ravine is the dividing line betwee
- !, two quarter -sectous.'
=" sWbo owns the other one ask
10 Carrie. anxious to know who might
,o her neighbor.
~ 4 don't behave IT'S taken, though
heard something about 1t tie olh'
day. Some fellow was looking 1t up'
- helieve. There are dozens OF theI
a. around almost daily. That was II
reason [ was. in a hurry Tor you
,r- come
- l.. lotcr affer all tha lee