Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-01-21

ilio OF ner oundic OF lavender, which abe
had begun to hate, Tulita turned her steps
homeward in high spirits Bow easy 1t had
been to arrange tho matter, and what q little
fool she vas to hsvc worried herself 40.
After oil, though, it was much better that
s!ao had not left the sticks with Sienna g.
Sauills This news stand was by far the best
place, being right in the hotel, where the
eastern tourists would be saco to SEQ them.
And Tulita fell to wondering whether the
man would sell any that day, ard how many.
and how long it would be before they were
all sold. And when she passed a shoe store
she stopped and looked at the display in thu
window to see what kind of shoes she should
buy-although, to bo sure, tho variety Of
shoes to b. had for So was not great.
Meantime the newsdealcr had sold all Of
Tulita's lavender sticks. Not that thsy had
Clled OF Of the pubLc's long felt wants, for
they had all been bought b. oae person, that
person being Mr.. Brown, Of Philade!ph;a.
NJ Brown, while leaning idly AGAINST tho
nowS stand, had seen Tulta come up. and on
getting asight Of her face had said to himself
in surprise, "Gy Jove! That is tho prc,ty
ssrl l saw il tao garden yesterday afternoon"
AID although he politely moved away out Of
hearing Of tho conversation, be furtively
watched the pretty girl, and had no difficulty
in understanding the nature Of her trans.
action with tho old newsdoaler. lizard IN.
Of course" said Mr.. Brown, syrupathetically.
Then as Tulita tripped away he returned to
tis lounging place by the news stand. and
picking up one Of the lavender sticks with an
III of idle curiosity, asked what they were
Tor.
They aro made Of lavcnder,n replied the
lealcr, land you put them in tao bureau
drawer to mako your clothes smell nico, at
any rate that is what tho young lady who
loft them hero says. mover saw any myself
oeforc. guess III sell EN- FOR souvenirs Of
southern California They ore mado by a
native Californian, ard it will DO a change on
horned toads"
THAT is a good idea," said Mr.. Brown
calmly. "In fact I lave an aunt at houa
who would not like horned toads, SO will
take some Of these. How many have you
ssotf A dozen' Well, you can L.: mo have
CLIO lot"
AS the pleased dealer was wrapping up Mr..
Browns purchase that gentleman Tipped tho
ash from his cigar end said, after a pause,
What do you mean by native Californian
Is not every u born in Cailiornia Il native:m
We'll, ycs," said tho dealer, with patient
forbearance Tor tho ignorance of this F" tcndey
foot" who was so good customer, 81 sup.
pose they are. Lut w.lcn We say native Cali
lorniau VIC mean the Spanish or Mexican
people, who lived here when tho country DO
loaGel to the ereasers. Have you ever read
Two Years Before the Mast,' by Mr.. Dana:
Ii you haven't l have got acopy hero | would
l.ko to sell you. ~. Dana was in hln Licyo
h1C', ~ thu fhir.ioc ha,., ,r,. ,,t ,,...,-
hero then except q fow Gdob, houses in Old
own and tho mission, but no gives you u
pretty good idea of tho native Californian,
oo:no OF them cano originally from Sp-in,
ana had gratis Oh land from tho Ling SO big
that they could riae for days AZ tho crow
flies ana not leave their ranches. They lived
liic LORDS that you read about, with a hum
drcu or SO Indians t. herd their cattle, and
every ono that happened aloas was welcome
to tho best. l1clcn Hunt gives you u good
idea o. that i'll Ramona I wou.l liko to
soil you this co?y; it's tho last l got left. You
have read it? Wen, as l was saying, when
the Americans commenced coming in here
tho native Californians began losing their
land. TGoy found it necessary to have money
to keep W with tho procession, unl tho most
of their ranches Got rrotty well plastcred, 80
that one way or another tho big grants got
broke up, and SO did tho natives. Eucss
there arc mighty few of them now that could
pan out anything but law suits. l shouldn't
wonder now il the father OF That young lady
once owncd n million OF so OF acres, you can't
tell. But, you bet, if hc had my OF it left,
now that tao boom has struck the town, SIX
wouldn't be making those things" touching
Mr.. Browns parcel. mot" no added
hastily, "but what they arc n first elias; ar
ticlo in their way. In fact l must get her to
make some more, ! guess they'll take pretty
well. You don't want to buy Helen Hunts
book! sir. Dana's: Well, SO long"
y y i.
Showing the bundle of lavender into the
picket of the light ovcrcoat that hung across
his arm. Mr.. Brown left tho hotel, and with
the air Of q man who has nothing to do and
all the day before him he walked along tho
streets. Finally he entered Il tall franc build
ing bearing the legend Furnished rooms to
let" Ascending to tho top floor, Lo opened
tho door Of what proved to 10 q small apart
lncnt, we'll filled with O bed and bed lounge,
both presenting evidence Of rocen. use. In q
corner before a small looking glass stood q
well dressed mar OF about 30 years Of are,
carefully arranging a foa in hanl tie. lilo
turned as NJ. Brown entered, and looked ut
him cxpectantly, but Immediately resumed
his occupation.
Swell, old man. y he said, ':anything new1''
NO." said Mr.. Brown, throwing his over
coat on tho bed. The bundle OF lavender
dropped out Of the pocket, and Mr.. Brown,
picking it up, SHED it after the coat.
"NVhat is thatW said tho gentleman at tho
looking glass; s'manuscript%
mo" said Mr.. Brown, with a slight look
OF embarrassment; something | got ut the
hotel. Why the dcvil hasn't that Chinaman
made the beds up2" he continued, impatient
~. "1t is nearly II o'clock" And going to
the door Dir. Brown called out in no gentle
tones: "Ilorc you! Sing Lee! Sing LceW
"My dear fellow" exclaimed his COM
paion, with al aTectation Of terror, .'for
heavens cake, don't do that! You will stir
up the old woman. l spent Il whole hour
this morning %Iersuading her to lie quiet for
another week" And drawing Brown back
into the ROOM, he tiptoed into the entry, and
cautiously pccred over the banistcrs. Then
coming back, no closed the door softly. and
heavcd Il sigh Of relief.
Erown' puzzled expression changed to q
smile. ooh" he said, ~ forgot about tho
rent. But, l say. Benton, we can't owo her
very much for this little coop; can't you pay
her enough to let me kick that Chinaman
into some idea Of %decencyi"
Cant be done. my dear boy,' said his
companion. you must learn to deny your
self thcsc luxuries."
'Talking of denial" said Brown. II urn
frishtfully hungry. Have you had your
breakfastf'
This don't happen to be breakfast day."
said Benton, ''this is lunch day: but we will
have it early, in fact, l was only waiting for
you to come in. We dined of the last Of my
watch last night, you know, so as not to
break that S piece Of yours"