The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-01-05

III us revoke ttse discharge ana
III sa|.s aaa tsr ao|lars 4 vesk e your
sscopldn' think oiitssir. am not
onsthe Blazer staff noW. III I return,
4 must have other inducenlents.n
ssxVell?ss
~ 1 bfins you 4 fpll account 81 the
wedding in time for the edition, which
had better BE- kept back b little, you
will consent to my marriage with
Grace. OtherWisey will carry it to
the Growler. No wedding for Grace
Tor me, Then no Tomnoddy wedding
for youss" ],
Macaulay reflected momei1t.
.fou have some OF the elements OF
Journalism in you-one. at least,
cheek. II you succeed, your future is
certain. agree Her6 d clapping Of
hands was heard, and Grace emerged
from the Wlndow-curtains-"but on
conditions. If you tail, you are to
promise to make no more pretensions
to this eavesdropper's hand"
81 accept" cried Frank. Don't be
alarmed, Grace; I'm sure to win, and
I'm of I've no time to lose"
And off sped the young man to Mr..
Peter O'Rourke, florist. He knew
Peter very well, and had given him
many a puff in his society reporting,
for all Of which Peter was quite crate
full. @l
"Whab can I do for you to-day. Mr..
Eltor?" he asked. sim very busy,
butsmy times at your service, with
the greatest pleasure in loife-an' the
greenhouses too "a
You are furnishing the Tomnoddy
wedding tomorrow. You need more
assistance than usual. / want youto
hire me; we shan't quarrel about
wages
Peters eyes twinkled. aI SEE said
he. II don't want to know yer ray
sons for going into gyardening-may.
be can guess. But they may find ye
out, and then-the hullebalooP
"Tll take are not to compromise
you, OsRourke."
The end Of it was that our hero was
hired at nothing fors.wages, and tofind
himself. He-was to come. the next
morning and enter on his duties.
Now Frank was q dashing young
fellow, always dressed in the height of
the mode. He had q striking face, at
least that part of it not hiddensby q
long, full, sweeping mustache, and a
full beard. His hair being wavy and
inclined to curl, was worn
q little longer than usual. But
when q closely chopped and cleanly
shaven young man attired in q loose
pepper-and-salt suit, Of q slop-shop
cut, made his appearance early next
day, O'Rourke3 asked him what he
wanted.
"Sure. I'm Michael Carroll, sorr,""
the newcomer, IAN ye hired
y~isterday.9
"Murdtherl',, cried O'Rourke. "It's
q bully gyardner's mar We are entoire.
". Well, FL work yeMr. Elton, eny-
how. Take the wagon there, with
John, and put those two palms We
missed IN the proper places. Eli lave
that to you. Whin yer done, take
the basket of buttonhole bouquets in
time for the breakfast. Arm yer pay.
Oil but We have made q holy show OF
yerself.1
Frank was driven to the church,
where he gave the finishing touches to
the decoration, and then subsided in
the corner. When the wedding guests
and ushers arrived, he went
forward and re-arranged q
pot or two, and having thus i'm.
pressed every one with his official
character, went back to a remote pew.
where he sat as a mere idle spectator.
But while his face betrayed nothing,
his fingers and pencil were busy on q
aote book beneaththe rim OF the pew.
He noted the dresses and positions of
the many he knew, but there were
strangers from abroad, and these he
noted by the number Of pews. The
ushers had lists, and seated every oae
to q preconceived PLAN
How to steal one ofthoseslists which
hung dangling from each nsher's but.
tonhole, vas d grand question. He
could see no mode todo it. and gave
u mp.
The wedding ceremony was not hau
over when .heslipped Il t,ehtered the
wagon, and bade.John driVe to the
neutrality-suspicious.. Except the cook
and his assistants who were in The
servant wasyisihles but, the
young and good.lookingsgiH who. an
swered the bell. Telling her that he
was the gardeners man who had
brought the boutonnieres for the
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