Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-23

X
up strictly, but in small country
town, where the need of a chaperor
had never been impressed on her; 81
that her enjoyment Of Alfrsd's society
was unclouded by single thought ol
etiquette or good form And Alfred
was in an earthly paradise. Every
morning Flossie took a walk before
breakfasts AID then enjoyed ber hearty
but simple meal of oatmeal, potatoes
milk and bread. Alfred shared the
walk and the breakfast, and then he
! and Flossie climbed trees. Thii
sounds startling; but it was decorous.
ly done. Alfred climbed first, and
assisted Flossie up, and as the trees
were low branching orchard trees
climbing involved much less romping
energy than tennis. There among
the rustling leaves and sociable in.
sects Alfred basked in the light of
Flosssie's presence, and discovered
new charms in her every moment
He found her fully conscious that her
mental requirements were far inferior
to bis, and eager to, listen to his in.
struction and advice, and as he read
to her choice selections of prose and
poetry, his joy at her appreciative
sympathy was increased by frequent
glances over the top of his book, for
Plossie was grace itself, and each po
sition she took among the curving
branches was more lovely than the
last. On Sundays Flossie exchanged
her graceful tennis costume for con-
ventional but becoming costume, and
she and Alfred attended the afternoon
service al the village church. After.
ward, ~on their way home, they lin
gered in the shady paths and talked
philosophy
Bless her little heart She has
more sympathy than any other girl
ever knew, and she is as good as she
is pretty" said Alfred, rapturously
to himself, as her beautiful eyes 50
often met his, full of gentlest conf
dence in his wisdom and scarce yelled
admiration of his manly perfections.
1t was on enchanted solitude Silss
and his wife were visible only at
meal times, or at distance, when en-.
gagged in agricultural or poultrycultu.
raj pursuits. Alfred hardly cared to
read his letters, or the newspapers;
Flossie received very few let.
ters and this met Alfred's
approval, for be objected to a miscel
laHeous collection of female friends,
snch as most girls haye.
Flossie had only one correspondent
besides her aunt, This was Phila-
delphia girl, who had attended the
seminary in the town where FIossie
lived and had visited at Flossie's
home
Aunt Kate distrusted her at first
because she was boarding school
girl (I was never away to school but
she liked her afterward. except when
Bella ate green apples and wanted to
make me eat one. Auntie was furious
for while." murmured Flossie, in
her soothing, musical voice.
, "What q very Gue woman your
| aunt must be | approve entirely of
her ideas l have noticed lately that
you do not take a bite of every apple
you see, as many people do"
''Oh, auntie did not allow me to
eat between meals |" said Flossie.
This statement brought matters to
a crisis.
"Here have l found youth, beauty
docility and digestion-what more
can l wish ?" thought Alfred.
Before sunset of that day Flossie
was engaged to him, and before
Christmas they were married Love
and Hygeia presided over this suspic-
ious union, and Alfred was in the
seventh heaven of earthly bliss.
But of the two genii who attend
upon good resolves, there was one
who had yet to be heard from.
Genius number one had found AL
fred his ideal girl
Genius number two cunningly con-
cealed from him the following letter
which, Flossie wrote soon after her
engagement had been made public;
"MY DARLING BEL Wish me joy
I've got out of aunt Hates clutches
and into the hands ofa rich, handsome
and soft adorer We will be married
Immediately. How did l get him
you'll say, living in this dull hole
Well, my love, last summer auntie
sent me, for economy, to board al
Cousin Silas Clouds while she went
north. There | heard of richsyoung
fellow who had been fishing in s.
I traced him to Brinton, and found
that he was Jane Moore's cousin
fancy that cat having a handsome
cousin-I managed to get an invita-
tion out of her. and soon learned
thai he had hobby about marrying
a healthy wife. 1t took just a month
to catch him-easy work, too, for
made the most of aunt Kate's starva
tion training-and now Pm free from
her, and will have a house all my
own-no in-laws for me-snd you
shall visit me the very day l get set
tied Won't we have have fun? I'm
going to send you $40 for candy, can
dy, candy, to bring with you l mean
to make UP for lost time. Well ea'
from morn till night, and sball dc
just as please all the rest of my
life Joyfully yours, Flossie "-EvA
MULLER in Pittsburg Bulletin,
The Cambria Barb Wire Works
at Johnstown, Pa, is running four
teen hours day, including Sunday
The employees Of the Troy, n
Y, Steel and Iron Company's works
have accepted reduction of 10 pei
| cent.
-Pittsburg's iron and steel output
is now greater by ll64 tons q day
than it was before the introduction OF
natural gas.
Congress is expected to appro
pirate $l80,0000 towards the erection
of Revolutionary monument in the
rich city of Brooklyn,
The coal deposits of Vera Cruz
Mexico, cover $50 miles, but are from
1000 to 1000 feet above the sea, anG
it would cost considerable to develop