Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-10-19

men knew everything To think Of i,
grown men. and not know the Dip"
"You know it?" said Miss CASTOR, hal
rising.
"Alas, nor replied Rush; but. then
am not New York society man"
"Where are you from-Boston or Phil
adelphia?"
Neither; came direct from the coun-
try-from the abode Of the milk pail and
the sausage"
Really! and you work on a FARM
get up at s in the morning, milk the COWS,
and all that sort Of thingr'
II never have, but dare say could,
if the cows would let me tyy."
81 should not think you would care to
try" said Miss CASTOR, with movement
Of disapproval 81 should think a man
might find something more manly to do
than milking cows"
"No doubt he might; dancing. for in
stanceT
"Yes, indeed He could learn the dip
u
him to learn to milk cow"
Rush looked at the young lady to see
If she was guying him, but the express
sion Of her face showed that she was
thoroughly in earnest. he began to wish
that he had chosen the intellectual lady.
but the snatches Of her conversation
that reached him were not tempting. II
maintain" she was saying to bald gen.
tleman who was doing his best to sup
press a yawn, II maintain that Greek
should be taught In the public schools;
and you, Mr.. Garside. should look to it,
as a member of the board Of education,
and see that our young girls and boys
are taught that classic language instead
Of these vile modern tongues that are
only useful for mercantile pursuits.
Greek is purely intellectual language.
Herodotus would But here Bessie
Archer whirled past Rush in the arms Of
West Hastings. and gave him one Of her
sweetest smiles as she passed; 30 he never
knew what Herodotus would have done.
Rush wished from the bottom Of his
heart that the dancing would stop, and
that he might have a chance to talk a
little with Miss Archer, who was quite
as bright, he saw, as her cousin had rep
resented her to be. The thought had
hardly passed through his mind when
the music ceased and the dancers stroned
of In pairs. A young man dressed in
the extreme Of the fashion relieved him
Of Miss CASTOR, and he stood for mo-
ment leaning against the wall, wonder
ing where Miss Archer was, when sud-
denly his heart gave such an upward
lunge that he thought for a few seconds
he should suffocate. But it soon fell
back to its natural place and left him at
liberty to feast his eyes upon the radiant
face Of Helen Knowlton, as she entered
the room accompanied by her aunt and
an old gentleman whom he had no diff
Guilty in recognizing as Uncle Lightfoot
Myers.
A subdued murmur Of admiration ran
through the room as the prima donna
stood for a moment on the threshold.
looking about her for the host and host
ess. In a moment West Hastings was
by her side and conducting her on his
arm to Mr.. and Mrs. Archer, while Aunt
Rebecca followed on the arm Of Uncle
Lghtfoot. Rush ground his teeth at the
assured manner in which Hastings took
his place at Miss Knowlton's side. Then
he tried to laugh at himself for being
such fool. "Of course they are en-.
gagged, or the next thing to it, and am
making myself miserable as foolishly as
man ever did" He got some comfort,
however, from two men who stood chat
ting near by him.
"Is Helen Knowlton engaged to West
Hastingsp" asked one Of the other
mo" was the reply; land she never
will be engaged to Hastings or any other
man while Aunt Rebecca' lives. She
may come near it fifty times, but I'll
wager you anything you like that Aunt
Rebecca Sandford is not going to let
that child put her head into the moose
And she's about right. Come, let's 90
up and have a B. and s." And they
sauntered out, leaving Rush in pleas
anter state of mind than he was in Ave
minutes before. If Helen Knowlton
was not engaged to West Hastings or to
any other man. then he didn't see that
his chances were utterly worthless; at
any rate he was not going to retire from
the field until after he had done some
prospecting. Rush Hurlstone, though
as modest young man as you would
meet in days walk, was firm in the be-
lief that man could accomplish any
thing he made up his mind to do, pro-
vided it was at all within the possibili-
ties. If he had seriously set his mind
upon being president Of the United
States, he would have gone quietly along
working towards that end, thoroughly
convinced that he would accomplish his
object But he had no political aspira-
tions. His ambition ran in another
channel.
Helen Knowlton was now chatting
with Bessie Archer and three or four
men at the opposite end Of the room.
Rush's eyes were fastened upon her. He
was thinking Of her with all his mind,