Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-01-25

Come avn. gentlemen. Fawm in double
file thah, with Joe Ellit an Doctah
Daily in fwont. Judge Silkit an will
take up the post Nv honah. Now then,
gentlemen. fohwal eff you-ah ready"
With merry imitation of mock dig
nifty these practical joke-loving old
Hoosiers take me down the stairway
and out to 4 bran new two-seated car
riage which Jim SilSet, Jr., a young
gentleman of sixteen, is driving. with
critical eye upon the two bright bays
which he flatters himself he can handle
with as much eclat as his revered
father.
Mrs. Silkit, allow me to present
TO you the new judge of the Sandtown
circuit court on the conclusion of his
first day upon the bench, as such
Judge"
Then, amid great deal of laugh
ing and humorous remarks from all
quarters. full of pleasant and compile
mentary illusions. a rosy. fair, I'M
wrinkled, bright, sunny face with
flaxen hair about it. and by its flaxen
quality Of color showing not thread
Of old Times gray spinning. leans out
of the door of the carriage with bow
that satisfies me on the point of ele-
e ,nce and smile that reveals the two
rows Of white teeth just as have seen
them all my life.
ado you think. gentlemen" she
says. in that sweet womanly voice that
really she arrays had-though could
not hear its melodies SO long as the
siren song Of Polly--no! Marie Char
lottc Lafitte-rang in my ears. ..Do
you think. gentlemen. that You can
spare the judge long enough to enable
us to fully contrive little social gath
ering at our house tonight, to which
| | now invite all2'
There was 4 chorus of Eyes, yes"
and Eyes, indeeds' and all manner of
affirmative formula, in which sec my
daughter Fan, who sits next her moth
er laughing very gayly with the clerk
young Joe Ellet.
Then, while all the young fellows
crowd over to the other side of the
carriage to get word or a look from
my daughter Fanny Fan reaches
out her strong, fair hand and pulls me
into the carriage. Then, with many
hearty words of compliment and
badinagc and merry inucndoes and
suggestions, we are off for home, spin
ming along the widest new street in
Sandtown. Fan, sitting by my side
and getting her arm around me, says,
in tone scarcely above whisper:
II heard all You old wretches Of
lawyers praising Polly Ann for her
beauty! Poor Polly Ami can't call
her Marie Charlotte Lafitte, if it is her
name-and l shall never believe it is
But really Jim. my Jim. do you think
she would have been better and more
creditable wife to you than l have
been? DO you think she would have
helped You along in your social and
political ambitions faster and better
than have?'
At this l smile as mischievOnsly as
possible in order to hide my real feel
ings-just Il litttet She sees the smile
and recognizes it.
"Come. no joking sir! The honest
TRUTH"
"Well, then. Fan. the honest truth
IS that Judge Rarks when he drove up
to your fathers with me that night
consoled me by saying that there was
more outcome in that Go-uns girl
han in anybody. More outcome in
the Go-unses generally than anybody.
And more outcome in my Fan than in
anybody"
"And have come out as you ex-
pectedP Have come out as you hoped
and desircd?" she persists, getting her
face SO close to mine that my daughter
Fan protests: What will the neighbors
think of us!''
beyond my widest hopes of hap
piness you have made me happy, Fan!
Beyond my brightest expectations you
have improved and developed into
woman that every body loves and adj
mires. In this white muslin dress
that you wear for me in every April l
still think you look like an angel. Is
that answer enoughe"
you shall be the judge tomorrow.
This evening you shall be Jim, my Jim.
The only lover I ever had. The only
one could have after saw you first
1t yon little school-house. Do you re-
member itp Do you remember how I
coaxed you with apples?"
"Coaxed him with apples, mammal
exclaims my daughter Fan. "How
ridiculous you cld-fashioned Hoosier
girls must have been. to be sure. But
1 suppose eligible beaux were very
scarce. and had to be cultivated in
those times. But the idea of coaxing
him with apples"'
''But you see it was very successful,
Little Fam" say to my daughter,
leaning on my Fans sturdy shoulder
to say it.
$50 it was," she answered, mis-.
chievously. II wonder how our ap-
Piles are. mamma? / think I'll take a
look into the cellar myself when We
get home"
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