Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

counssas: VINO solved 5nestfa
easily, FOR he said:
There is-Hothipg Tor y0sa TO ID.
Frnnk ,bat to gcto Jeannes iather
and ash ms perIsffssion to pay your
addresses to his daughter
1aAhd i awiA-becaxsfBLto say WHICH,
daughter added Frank with energy
Whit bofnbshea vas launched III
to the. bosom of that peaceful house
-hoA when Frank Enalh9 seenred his
inteiYieB. With papa twas. indeed
q difficult task to congincet the head Of
tte5raHse-+ha+-t Leldesadanghter
hand was asked in marriage, and no.
OdiIle's. The mother spfoyG ALMOST j
obstinately ihctedtfous when her has,
band asln-duEy-b oIlnd to dc. gave
her an account OF the interview. She
announced to Observation-Disclosures
ly that tpapa must be mistaken for
Mr.. Howard s. attentions had all been
bestowed on 0diHe. But spapas
held to ihis, last opinion, and that
night thepeace offhis happy fanifywas
menaceG Discussion ran mgf, and
the family ~copclave sat taking trntill
late into the night. Poor J~eanneiY !
tears. alnsst in disgrace, wens Of
early to bed; but 0diiie posed as 4
martyr and was petted and eondolea
with accordingly "ss tS
At last HGsandmamma sent thesi
disputants off to-. their individual
apartmerIts.tA "Bequies, my childrenn,
size COMMANDED certainly thisyeuna
man must. know his own heart Lg
him come tomorrow and explainhiE-
self to ME- !
So GrandmaIffn#had a prixatecon-
versatioh with Frank. next day, and
when she sent for the agitated, blush.
ing Jeanne and placed her hand in
Frank'sithen the. fat of grandmams
mas decision went forth and all agreeds
that it 8as.wise and coed. .zSzs ,s
Thus was harmony restored.
Thenceferth : congratulations and
heartfelt sympathy were bestowed on
Jeanne, and OdDle. for the first time
in her life. held only a second place IN
the consideration other family
As forltAat young woman, after the
first moments of indignant surprise.
her sympathy aud good will we're given
to Jeanne as freely as The good wishes
of any OF tha Others. She had hkedaa
Frank wellenough as an acquaintance,
and, as he was a good parti, was
Young. good looking and agreeable,
would have accepted him as her hus-
band had she been told to do so, and q
would have made him a good wife
afterwards. But she pbilosophical.y
reflected that the world held many
other equally deserving young men,
some of whom wonld not prove SCUM
ap~preciative other attractions as her
future brothe: -in-law had been. Sheen
tered with zest into all the romance
of the love affair and the excitement
of Wedding preparations. Frank, With
a new, brotherly regard Tor her, ac-
knowledsed thatsh was too Lbeauti
fl to be!hidden in acorner, and prom
ised himself the pleasure OF giving her
a wider field Of action She was to
accompany Jeanne and himself on.
their wedding te8r-ahroad-
Dear little Jeanne found it hard to
realize that all this happiness rightfuE
II belonged.to her.
II always, thought you came for
Odille," She whispered to her lover
besides, Twas fast becoming an old
maid You know. 1 have nearly TWEEN
ty years"
Said rGrandmamma' afterwards
to Mime, Dufour, confident that She
was speaking idiomatic English, for :
she had heard of pop the question:
even he popped, ma chere,t nobody 3
vas SO astoneesh as my little Jeanne.
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