The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-09

OF her mouth, come forward. She was
about 80 and a maiden. What her Oh
lect was IN trying to pass the resolution
IN regard to women not assuming thei1
husbands name, [ cannot say.
After a rather long-winded speech,
She sat down, amid rapturous applause.
Then the "Machieon family gave one
OF their characteristic glees," and in
answer to an encore, gave the woman's
War Song"
At this juncture q stir was heard on
the platform, and John, Jr., among
the rest, looked up and saw Maudy
Baker!
She had come through the back way,
and Mrs. Grub, seeing her, knew her
spite the bronzed skin and incipient
mustache,
John, Jr. felt himself growing pale as
she sat near him. with her large, black
eyes fixed on the speakers face.
AT last In answer to a motion from
Mrs. Grub, she came forward, and Mrs.
Grub introduced Miss Baker, the great
African traveller, who had successfully
established a woman's rights government
among the cannibals of the FjjiIslands,
as also the rest of the islands of the Pa
cific!"
She was greeted with rapturous APP
plause. and, with a great deal of mod
esty, said she had surprised her most
intimate friends by appearing so sud
denly. She thanked them for her re-
ception, and would take the first OPP
portunity to address them at length.
And gha fnpiy n cant Now, clio Jnl
come to recognize the blushing John,
Jr., which she did by asking him in a
solemn voice, how he was? for Mandy
was not given to exhibit her feelings in
public.
Now, the meeting broke up, to go to
supper and return the same evening.
Mandy and John, Jr., walked behind
the rest-John, Jr., on the lnside--Mrs.
Grub with a woman's ferethought. had
placed themso.
And John, Jr., was very, very happy,
If II may Judge from his extended
mouth and smile as he listened to his
beloved ones "reminiscences
l. do not propose to enter into details
IN regard to Mandy Bakers fortunes.
[ have minated that she had gone
luz UAS "oIlo w IldhC HeI lOEuullt-
preferring to ask John, Jr., for his
hand when she could support a we'll
built house.
She had found making her fortune
very slow work, and at the end of four
years she had come back with but very
little gold. But she had done immeas-
urable good in the uncultivated regions
of Africa and the islands of the Pacific,
and, would you believe, had received
six distinct offers of marriage. at which
John shuddered and asked was she
heart free.
The question was soon answered, for
at the supper table that night Mandy
formally asked his mother for the hand
of the blushing John.
OF course, it was given, and Mandy
sealed the bargain by kissing John, and
IN lieu of a ring, put a gold circle
around his finger.
Then Mrs. Grubb, with an eve to the
future, and knowing that they had
been engaged long enough, proposed
that they should get married before
they attended the evening session, when
she could have the pleasure of introdu-
cling the African traveller as her daugh-
ter-in-law.
The Rev. Mrs. Van Colt was called
in, and Mandy Baker promised "to
love, cherish and support and take
John, Jr., for hotter or for worse"
So John Jr.,'s face wore a happy ex-
preston that night, as he heard his
lord and master speak 30 splendidly of
her adventures.
In fact, it was John Grubb's thanks.
giving!"