The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-17
a SWEET APOLOGY.

"elh I'M sure, Nell" answefe,
ths accused, deprccatinS.y, cit
rather rough ON feleaw to he com
PEELED to sit the tesl part of an even
ing handing tho paste pot and sortin,
fancy csrds. Thought Won had o,,t
grown that sort of thing when YOU NJ,
slwav your school books"
THAT shows all YOU KNOW" wa
the contemptuous rcjoinder. Gas
these albums were not all the fare
and Alice, so good and thoughtful
bringing all tho newest and loyelies
cards from Parie Why, sny dear bo
Nhis in triumphant tonc,5 INV booj
viii be = nhg way the most beautifu
one in town."
aes, Know" muttercd the youn.
man, with a reprchcnsible lack of in
terest. "But you promised to let M,
row you ACROSS Silver Lake this even
ing. The moonlight nights are ncarl,
yet, Nellie"
Cant you talk before Alicep Tn
sure we needn't mind her."
Here 1, being the Alice referred to
nastliy rose and offered to resign M,
positlon as ''pastrr-in-chief."
NO, no. Nell exclaimed.
I'm solng toget some mare Paste, .
why don't you use mucilaeep''
qucrled Harry Ia a concilatory tone,
Tesigning h;Msclf to the inevitable.
because we haven't any. and they
are out OF it at the stationer's, SO we
thought little homemade material
would do as we'll"
"Oh, no, it won't" Calculated
Harry, with alacrity. IL wowi;in't de-
any moro Just now. ]. would be fa,
better to wait and .inish YOUR work
with the proper .ts,il. Come (this very
plcadinglyl, a little row will do vol,
good aud Miss Alice will perhaps ioin
us, Continued our hero, with a susp,.
cl0uc, lack of warmth.
Gracefully declining the Invitation,
!! watched the young lovers slowly
trcading Millcr's lane.
''About an hour had elapsed, and !
was comfortably doing my hair pre-.
Paratory to seeking my downy couch.
when Nell rushed in my room with
1azins eyes and heightened color,
and f,inging herself on a chair, OK.
claimed, Harry and have had such
q row."
'.lndecd." [ replied. unmoycd bv n
statement whose recurrence could be
estimated as happening about onoe
every twcnty-four hours ''
Yes" said Nell, somewhat crushed
by my lack Of sympathy, "and, Allie,
1t was all about q miserable box Of
bonbons which Fred. Clarke, that
clever young lawyer brought inc from
the city. Harry said he wished ]
would get over my childish love of
sweets, that 1t was ruinons to the di.
gestion, to say nothing of my lovely
teeth, l told him he only made nv
life an excuse, that tho truth of the
matter was jealousy. jealousy about
poor FRED, and he needn't think be-
cause he Tad just taken his doctors
diploma that he could commence prac.
tee with NC as his first patient. Well
you can readily understand, dear, how
one word led to another, but when
larry wound up in his conceited way
by declaring medicine to be q noble
profession and law despicable one. |
tell you couldn't stand it. and in
formed His Highness that I would
never speak to him again unless he
made me an apology, and what do Won
think? Tho wretch laughed and and
walked of. sayings oh. certainiy
Miss Nlcolis. III make q sweet apol.
ogy," and with burst of tears sweet
Nell, who after all was little more
than a child. relapsed into despair on
macrame tidy, thereby reducing the
red ribbons to irredeemablc dampness,
l, with my five years seniority, hardly
knew what consolation would prove
most eflicacious in soothing indignant
seventeen.
1t was useless to Indicate that it was
mere boy and girl spat about q stick
of candy. or that it was quite proper
ior an incipicnt physician to object to
an undue indulgence in sweets, or to
hint at the fiattery which is always
conveyed BY the demon of jealousy.
All these suggestions were received
with scorn, from the indisputable fact
that Harry had made himself disa
grecablc "from the first" Directing tc
tho harmless amusement of "makins
an album" giving vent to sarcasms
regarding the pictures, the paste and
various other things connected will
the artistic employment.
'Nell! Nell!" yelled the musical
Tommy, as my cousins brother wa.
called. "Here's package for you. >
we were most comfortably disposed
on an old shawl, with books and work
IN tho grove. just to the left of the ole
fashioned farmhouse.
No reference had been made to tn,
last night. but my Nell had lost thai
bnoyancy of spirits which rendered Vi
all her willing subjects. Full of curl
osity we awaited the coming of tn,
dreadful boy, who burst upon u,
breath!ess but grinning, bearing alot
heavy parcel about the size of lare,
cOcOanut.
He dropped it into her Ian an(
gaspcd: With Harry Blessings's com
plimcnts. The colored man brouohl
1t, and he said there was no answer
Hurry up; let's see what it is. II
open it. I'll cut the string. Here's ,
knife" volunteered the vOluble and
obliging Tommy.
Inc removal OF sundry rolls of til,
thick brown paper disclosed to ou
gaze a round glass jar, securely sealed
filled with some thick, golden fluid.
'What can it be we exclaimed sim
ultaneously.
"What lovely color" added Nell
''There is no label on it. I wonde
what she paused and turned til,
pretty jar slowly round and round.
why. you two gooscs," politely re
marked Tom "why, it's honey-stra;n
ed horey. Old man Blessing is Graz,
about bees. and your beau knows how
gone yon are on sweets. and o
course he'd be sure to send YOU some
of his first crop"
''But isn't it a little early in the sea.
SON for honey, Tom?" ventr,red.
"Harly! Or course not. Why,
seed whole row of jars just like
them IN Killers grocery yesterday"
This decided all doubt on the mat
ter, and with happy laugh and brim