The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-16

make distinctions yet. She regards all
young ladies as her natural enem es.
Would you believe me, Miss Reardon.
she is frightfully jealous of meP''
Miss Reardon smiled ''Of youP How
singular!'
'Yes. And she absolutely will have
me gadding about with her. You can't
fancy the kind of machine l am reduc-
ed to. I've heard-Pve read about the
tyranny of woman. but l shouldn't have
believed that it commenced at the age
of IS months"
l turned to the maid. "Here, Grad
grind, take my sister over to Violet
Patch, and tell my aunt
Moo! hoo! moor shrieked the
Princess.
THAT my mother looks for her at
lunch to-day and"
But the coach was lurching violently
back and forth, swayed by Molrs
angry objections. '"N-o.o! moo!
n-o-o!'
"You have-got-to CO." said in
tensely. catching her hands and hold
ing them in the "firm grasp" of which
1 have read. "Gradgrnd is going to
take you to Aunt Mellicent's. and
am going to walk with Miss Reardon. ;"
At this she redoubled her screams,
and heaped such terms of infant oblo-
guy upon Miss Reardon that I blushed
for my family.
''She doesn't always behave so" L
explained, weakly. 1T is an absurd
fancy she has that my time is exclusive
ly hers. The sooner she is broken of it
the better;" and SO saying I threw the
tiny hands back into her lap and
walked resolutely away with Miss Rear
don. But did not enjoy one moment
of that walk. The tones of my COM
panion's voice echoed in my ears as
baby lamentations. The imploring
anguish of Moll's eyes pursued me over
every inch of the way. Whether justly
or not I suffered the remorse of a
criminal.
at is very pretty" Miss Rear
don remarked, with touch of irony
one day, your devotion to that child"
"Pretty! reiterated bitterly.
ayes, suppose it is your choice of
fad. Some run to moose-skin gait
ers and some to terra-cotta Derbys.
Yours took this FORM"
GOOD heavensr' I protested, ''you
don't for a moment fancy that it is a
matter of choice with me. my dang
ling after the Princess Moll?'
"Oh, they all make virtue of their
folly. I suppose it is martyrdom to
wear salmon-col ored gloves or bangle
for dear Marbro' s sake"
I fairly greaned. ''Oh, that you
should so misinterpret me! I swear to
you on my honor that 1 have suffered
more from the importantly of that
child than tongue can tell. She froze
to me from the minute first com.
mitted the fatal mistake of noticing
her at all, and to this day she has
never once let up on it. What is fellow
to doP She has blue eyes; she has the
sweetest mouth in the world; she
frowns; she smiles; she wheedles me
like a woman of 80. If she were moi
my sister should give her poison OF
bury her under the doorstep, or But
l can't
'.You might get married, sugg ec
my companion. ''She would never
speak to you again. They never do"
so you really suppose it would work
that wayp" I inquired, skeptically
"l'm afraid she would murder me in
stead. The princess is dreadfully
afraid of my getting married. have
discovered that. She thinks she ii
deep, but she isn't. No. can SCI
through her. She has the stranges
antipathy to the bridal parties that sht
sees going into st. Paups. The com
mands Gradgrind and me to get pas
them as quickly as possible. She turns
that plush cap of hers square ava.
from the bride. Yes, I have discover.
ed that she would seriously object t.
my getting married"
so you propose to be tied to he
cap-strings all your lief" demanded m,
companion. IF I were you. I shoul'
break away from this bondage befor
the cord becomes cable"
at was never a cord; it has always
been a CABLE" 1 said, hopelessly
.:Besides, I am not sure that coul
get married, even if Mol were will
ing.
mo. You should consider that.
Miss Reardon was charming in Red
fern gown-one of those PASTORAL
simple-looking things which cost tn
fortune of sultan. ITO be able t
marry involves two livingstone an
money"
II should not have said that; bu
since you have. why didn't you So
money and love?''
Because love has a tendency
make money-for its object; wherea
I have never observed that love of tn
genuine sort was ever evolved cut {
mere money.
"Oh, if you put it that way! The
you mean--for prefer plain arithme
tic to algebraic symbols-that If ma
wished to marry he would contrive
earn the money to do 1t.
"That is what I mean. He migt
have to give up the moose-skin ga
! ters. He probably would. Very fey
married men belong to the leisur
class; merely to love is an occupation
But, then, my hypothesis was. If
man wishes to marry"
"By Jover' 1 exclaimed, "You kno'
1 haven't the CATERS to give VI
Do YOU think we might ventureP"
, Miss Reardon looked comical. "Yo