The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-08-02

| III San i Francisco. anu nearing that the
girls were but just returned from there,
found fresh food for conversation i'm the
objects of interest in that city. At first
the custom to which he had been bred,
Of looking upon \ workman ~ an in
f.r.or had shown itself in his treatment
Of Easign. who was but IN employee OF
the company in which hi, father was a
large stakeholder. but the perfect
equality with which he was received by
the family Of intelligent people beneath
whose roof the; wsrc, together with the
fact that Ensign evidently had himself
no thought that he was not socially the
equal of any, soon forced the young
New Yorker 10 treat hin, rs m equal.
and when the time came for retiring
the young people, with 4 single c>cep-
ton, felt that they had passed q pleas
ant evening.
That one exception was Erastus.
lie had noticed that Annclscy ap-
| peared especially anxious TO make an
impression upon Lucy; and. without
stopping 10 ask himself the reason for
it. was yet conscious that the evening
had been spoiled thereby
1 Good morning. ladies'; Lii 'opc l sec
yon well this morning.
1t was Mr.. Jobbers who had arisen
and descended 10 tie dining-room on
the morning following the incidents Just
related.
Quite well. thank you.' replied Mrs.
Parsons. i hope YOU had good
nights rest
Hi never slept better in my life.
Riding orscback hover the i'll, gives
one happetite for sleep And I'm
sure no one ever 'ad better hopportn-
mites for enjoTing it than your 'ospital-
ity furnished U.S. he added, gallantly.
Seeing that breakfast was not yet
ready, he passed out onto the porch.
and pluching a magnificent ros. from
the bu>h that climbed over and shaded
the whole side Of the house. buried his
nose several time, in its perfumed
leaves, and then carelessly throwing it
down as he might have done the rind Of
an orange from which he had sucked
the juice, sauntered slowly off the porch,
and, putting his thumbs III the arm
holes of his vest, inflated his lungs with
the pure. cool air of the morning
meanwhile looking out across the little
valley with an air Of entire satisfaction
with himself and the world.
Good morning, Mr.. Jobbers.' said
Mr. Parsons, coming around the house
from the rear. .Takin' in a supply Oh
California air, see. Reckon you don |
have such pure air in London"
'''Ope see you well sir No. sir.
the hatmosphere in London is 'orrdls
Dcastly at times, but most of us man.
age to take run into the country for .
change and a little shooting once OF
twice a year: that is, them that can hat-
ford it. Hof course the labor;pg folks
can't hafford it. and what | wonder i,
that they don't hall leave Hingland and
come TO Hamerica where they coul,
get pure hair and 'omcs for their fam
lilies. This is a great country for folk.
that as to labor. sir; great country"
) At this point Of their conversatio,
! they were joined by all three OF tn,
young men, who had risen before Mr.
, .Iobber, and gone out to look at the ami
, mails and prepare them for the day
journey. Apnelsey had at first orlere.
Ensign to rub down the horses for til,
party, but had been told i'm reply tina
/ he must take care of his own animal i
5 he expected it done. He was the en-
ploye Of the company and on the com
, PAWS business, and not the BODY.
servant of those whom he guided TO thu
mines. Ensign had told him. He woul,
rub down Mr.. Jobber's horse as 4 mat
ter OF courtesy TO an older man. but as
for Annelsey, he was able to care fol
his own animal, ami he could do it ol
leave it undone as he chose. Accord.
ingly the New Yorker had given such
care TO the animal which he rode rs
served to smooth his coat, and had fed
him from the bin of oats which Erastus
had shown them, and then had returned
TO the house. But seeing no oppor
tunity of speaking to either Of til,
young ladies'. they being busy with the
morning duties. he had remained for a
moment in the sitting-room and then
gone out to the vineyard, returning AS
he saw tho others coming toward the
house rs if in anticipation of breakfast
Each OF the young men respectful,
bid the elder ones good morning, 4
which John Parsons replied with :
hearty:
GOOD morning, boys, good morning.
, Mr.. Jobbcrs "'oped he saw then
| WE'LL
Being summoned to breakfast, the,
, entered the house and gathered abou
, the table.
Ensign and Annelsey, both Of whom
We're feeling little out of humor owe
7 their recent tilt about the care of tn,
. horses, had their good nature fully re
stored in the presence Of the youn;
ladies, who greeted them with smile
, and pleasant good mornings"
Had fharo h.inn M lalias nraSant II /
possible that the meal of which the
4 were partaking might have had tn
: same effect. The most delicious coffee
fresh laid eggs with ham; the lightes
: of bread; the mealiest Of potatoes, an,
such fruit As California alone can pro
, duce, went to make up a repast whicl
only required the clear bracing air o
. the climate to render it "A feast lit tor IN,
occasion and any company.
Mr. Jobbers was protuse in his com
pliments. He had dined with tn
! Honorable Mr.. Soand-so, and beef
present at the public banquet of tn
!, Lord Mayor Of London, but he ha'
never eaten meal more satisfyin,
to the happetite F" than the one befor
him: aud he ended his remarks on tina
subject, as he frequently did, with tn,
assertion that On his return to Englan,
he should advise all the farmers whom
he saw to emigrate at once to Cali
fornia.
Breakfast over, Ensign went imme
lately out and brought around his owl
horse and that OF Mr.. Jobbers An
nclsey fingered behind, anxious for /:
few words with Lucy, and hoping thai
Ensign would bring his animal with
the others But in this he was disap
pointed, rs Ensign led out two only
and but that Erastus. not willing to APP
pear lacking in courtesy To thei
guests, led out the remaining animal
he would have found himself behind a
; the starting.
Hitching the horses to the front gat,
Ensign returned to the house to thanh
the family for their hospitality. Annel
sey attempted to prevent this by hasten
: ing his own departure and that of Mr.
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