Nevada County picayune., 1889-10-02

take walk down there! l spose you're there most every day?"
 "It isn't considered very proper for lady to walk down to tic warves.'
 "Sho! Then you don't want to go?"
 II would rather walk to the Com mon. Have you seen that?"
 "Ies; l seed it this morning."
 And what did you think of t?"
 'tIt's a confounded shame they should let sc much good land go to waste. It would be pretty good to raise potatoes. Hve great mind to tell the government I'll take it on shares
 II don't think it would do any good. They keep it for the children to play on and the people to prom enade."
 "To what;"
 ''To take walks"
 "Oh, that's the idea"
 At this moment Miss Emma Dick inson, the other young lady, was in- troduced.
 Jerry made shambling saluta- tion, and the young ladies continued to ply him with questions, enjoying not little his rusticity.
 Two or three days elapsed. Jerry made his home at the aristocratic mansion of his cousin. It would take altogether too long to detail all the instances of his rusticity during that time.
 At this time his cousin determined upon party, chiefly in honor of a young lady from New York, a repre- sentative of the best society in that city, to whom Alice wished to do es- pecial honor.
 When Jerry appeared to escort his cousin down stairs to the brilliantly lighted parlor she was surprised that he was attired in fashionable style. In reply to her intcrrogatives he said: II kinder thought I'd like to dress httle more in Boston style, so l went out and bought some new clothes. They cost a mint of money but darn the expense. When Pm in Boston I'm going to do as the Romans dc.
 Alice was secretly glad of the change. Really, her cousin looked quite genteel, much more so than she had dreamed possible.
 Entering the room where number had already assembled, Miss Emma Dickinson took charge of our hero, while his cousin did the honors of the arriving guests.
 Soon the New York belle arrived and was warmly received by Alice.
 Some half an hour after, Jeremiah found himself near her. To his sur prise he recognized a young lady whom he ba.l met in society.
 The recognition was cordial on both sides, They were conversing unnoticed by Alice when the music struck up for a Quadrille.
 "Will you accept me in lieu of a better partner, Miss Vancouver?" asked our hero.
 The lady inclined her head in the affirmative.
 They took a place opposite Alice and young military gentleman.
 Good heavens!" thought she 1; "how on earth did Jeremiah get in- troduced to Miss Vancouver! He will make us all ridiculous.
 But she had no time to remon- strance, The music struck up.
 To her surprise, Jeremiah went through the figure with perfect pro- priety. He did not jump about as she anticipated.
 The quadrille over, she went up to the pair.
 II didn't know that you had been introduced to my cousin" she said.
 "We have been acquainted for two years, said Miss Vancouver.
 Where did you meet ?" asked Alice, amazed.
 ''In New York" said her cousin, significantly. II was at that time a college student there"
 Alice was overpowered with as- tonishment, which she managed to conceal, however, till the party was over, when her cousin made an ex- planation, adding with smile:
 "Cousin Alice, you were nasty in assuming that all who live in the country are codpoles. If you will