The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-10

Il ttE- SAA
he s;sB|,
"Look here, now, Old fellefs d0nt
try ter rig me. Eff you air the right
sort NV man, why don't you come
out an mix with us like q like q
MANI"
Because I am following the course
of my own contentment. The flip
pant talk, the idle observations OF
your people possess for me no in
terest. You may be men of highest
honor, but men of honor are some
times destitute of that great and no.
bic quality, cultivated intellect. I
prefer to spend my time among my
books, to sit with minds which bring
with their familiarity no shadow Of
contempt, but which, to contemplate,
gives ripeness to my thoughts"
"Look here, old Teller, fyou amt
gone draft / never seed a lunatic.'
81 only wish that you were gone
somewhere"
"Then I reckon my company amt
agreeable?"
"On your part, to have thought it
SO, were meanest vanity"
"Wall, I'll be dinged. Now I jest
wanter tell you suthin. The folks in
this here neighborhood air willin' to
devide their vidults with a man that
will work, but they hate a lazypuson
wus'n they do pizen. Nv cause you
air too old to work much, but they
would like to see you stir round a lit
tile. Do you here me?"
cage has not dulled my years."
Gan right. Hope you will take adj
vantage Nv what I've said, Good
day to you"
Shortly after old Bill had there
came a gentle tap at Potmeyer's open
door. e The old man. without look
ing up, said: "Come in" Light foot
steps, Immediately following, caused
him to look round. A handsome
girl, with dark eyes and hair, waving
with suggestions of romance, had en-
tered the room. "-
"Come in, MISS" said Potmeyer,
springing from his chair with q nim-
bleness that was surprising in SO old
q man. cit is SO rare that ladies call
upon me that you must excuse my
lack of courtesy"
"Oh, do not offer any apology"
the girl exclaimed, as she seated her
sell. sIt is / who owe you an ap-
ology."
eyes, sir. My father was here q
few moments ago, and gathering
what I did from his recital, 1fear that
he was very rude to you"
"Do not allow q thought so far
from truth to rough your feelings
for q single moment. I knew the old
mans mind was truly honest"
ooh, ] thank you, sir. These peo-
pie here, you know, are very rude.
They do not know the finer points Of
life. Ihave just returned from school.
l have been bookish nearly all my
life, n is q source ofgreatest pleas
ure to know thatin the neighborhood
there is some one with whom / can
talk upon my fayorite subject
books
You are in fact q strange young
lady" Potmeyer enthusiastically ex-
claimed. "Before you grant your en-
thusiasm such large sporting
ground" replied the young lady, sslet
me tell you that I am the daughter
Of Mr.. Spillers. You seem to forget
that
HNo, / do not forget it. In truth,
q knowledge of that fact increases
my admiration for YOU"
Excuse me, old gentleman; / did
not come here to hear expressions Of
admiration. had heard that you
were q man Of books. and / came to
ask yon to excuse my honest but
~illiterate further.
81 wish that / had held resentment
against him, for then / could at your
request excuse him. You say that
you have just returned from schOol?'
Eyes, sir.
"Yeu we're graduated with honors,
/ surpose?"
aOh, no; / was not graduated at
all. / was not q success as a stu
dent. There were SO many things
which I did not care to learn that,
uponthe basis of what seemedto be
a necessary average, / was reckoned
among the poorer class Of students.
But Oh! how could / count the dull
and ~speechless figures Of arithmetic
when i had books 90 full of living
characters. Ido not care how long
it would take q hound, leaping 50
many feet at q bound. to overtake q
hare, leaping faster, but not clearing
SO much space alta bound. Ny teach
er seemed to think that my success
In life would depend upon my correct
solution az the wretched problem,
but really i didn't care whether or
not the hound ever caught the hare.
I do not expect to become q hunter
of haree. would much rather
chase 4 fox, for then TIE dogs make
more music
..sWsl," I NE GA man exclaimed,