The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-26
PEMBINA PEMBINA COUNTY, DAKOTA FRIDAY

trust it. You mint the kind OF a Girl
to take kindly to farm life; and there
may be n way to leave the farm he.
hind-the farm and me too, and
everything that might le IL trouble
to you'll you only love John. All!
you draw back. thought you
would. ] told John SO last night.
John says I, she's fooling You;
that's only her summer sport, and
tried to laugh me off. But talked
on and Oh, trying to show him tho
pitfnll llc was tumbling into, when
all at once hc turned on me with 1,
white face, and Mother, hush! says
he; there's only this to say. in that
case, what's fun to her is death To
me! And l don't say you ran llcll
it, any more than yon,lcr spider cail
help catching flies. The Lord made
you both, and sent you. but wished
it hadpleased Him to send you some.
where else, and spare my John"
"lll go-lll go now!' beginning, in
fact, to gather up her traperics.
Its too late now. The mischief's
DONE And it seemed that more
mischief was Mt hand, for u great cry
arose from the opposite field, and a
bad sight could be seen from the vcr.
an'a; Nothing less than II stalwart
man dethroncd form his proud perch
on the mower, and trlmpIcd under
lloots that had always seemed To
move only at his bidding.
Miss Hetherington stood there as
II turned tostonc. Mrs. Fries had
disappeared, and in the meamwhil.
they brought the poor young farmer
to the house on Il rough litter. ap.
proncllcd Miss IIcti,rrington. II
think We had better 60" vcnture,l
to say, for was the only summc,
l,onrler. Come let lis pack up and
get away, Kate"
She turned on me fiercely.
"fou, Al woman" she said, "tall
of going at Al time like this.'
81 spoke as IL boar.lcr, Kate, not a,
IL woman. You know We have nc
right to intrulc any further; VIC wcr,
not wanted in the beginning: W,
forced ourselves upon these worth,
people,
"We didn't know that there was {:
man within miles," said poor Kate
that is, IL young mani mean IL
gentleman"
"Ofcourse we didn't" | said Ell
couragingly; "but We know now, to
our, to their, and to everybody.
cost. Let's get away, Kate: it's th
refinement OF cruelty to stay an,
longer"
She stood there quite dazed, and
led her quietly upstairs into her
darkened room. The whole house
seemed kept in readiness for anysort
of catastrophe. lcontcss Iwas,lyins
to get rid of it, and threw open the
shutters the better to see to pack our
trunks. Upon which. Kate ran over
and closed them again. GLOW can
you let the sun come in on hcrc;,rpet
in that w;ly?" said Kate: "and the
flies. Haven't we done her enough,
injury already?"
"Speak for yourself, my dear" l
said; and at that moment the poor
little old lady ran in, crying and
wringing her hands.
"lic isn't-isn't-" | stammelr,l,
while Kate became white as the wall
she leaned against, The old lady
went up to her and glnspetl hcrdrcss.
"Incliing your trunk? Going? she
saId, in Il hollow whisper.
"She don't want to gn," I said,
coming to the rescue. ''Shc'd rather
stay, hut don't think it's best. -
The old lady turned to me, keep.
ing her hold on poor Katc's black
and yellow trimming. Il don't care
whether you 30 or not" she said to
me; but if you've u soul in your
body, you won't take her with you.
He's asking for her now; she may
save his life. Lct:hcr save him first;
for Gods sake, let her try to save
him!'
There was more force than polite
ness in the old la.y's appeal, but this
w;,s no time for platitndes,
Mrs. Fries said |, there's one
thing about tiff she stays now, she
must stay forever"
Kate uttered a soft little cry aud
put her arms about the old lady.
She looked over nt me, with AZ won
derfill light in her eyes, and IL sudden
sottening of her whole Icing.
"o, is that it?' said We'll,
stay. then, dear, in heavens name,
and so will till the worst is over.
You won't be homogeneous here.
Kate; you're wonderfully adapt
able"
l'ut she had gone away to John
with the old lady.
1T was IL terrible risk. ] waited in
great suspense. placing what hope |
could in trcpannc,l skulls and modern
improvements in artificial limbs. for
] knew from the first he wouldn't 4
,lic-,yOung men like John hold on to
life. especially with temptation like
Kate by the side of them.
am writing upon the same vcr;,n-
da a year after the accident in
the bayfield,. The honey smklc
is in full bloom. and Rates
pet mocking-birtl is slricking in II
flood OF light that r,diatrs the
dining-roOni.
Young Mrs. Fries has substituted
nets for Cimmcrian gloom that used
toenvclope the house. Now any one
with half an eye can see to the tarth-
est end of any corridor, and the
bedrooms have a sunbath every
day. The old lady don't mind.
She's all the way of twenty years
younger, and the best Of company.
John didn't lose his leg, let alone his
life; and the funniest part of tho
whole thing is that Kate has made
quite n match. John happened To
be ever so much richer than any
OF the marriageable men We knew.