Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-04

h ,a'u looking for a place. And as D..
mna. s 'or.y years old, my appearance
snu'e DC very deceptive il YOU take ~
,or anywhere near that age on n,o
six-and-thirty.o 'ui only
| o,,a VI iour years one way or tho
o'her dont make much difference y
J marked the stout man with tho t,,;.4,.
nair Our last was sixty, and she ba5
pretty tidy notion of her businass
MISS Maroon looked surprised.
Thought l understood Won tn 40 -
.na. .he gentleman had never been ,,a !.
RED" said she. UGH mar
~ more ne has," said the man 81
aih talking about wives. Pm +aI,,;.
about nurses" " talking
What" cried Miss Maroon
ne stout man looked hard at ber ~,
minute or two, then he plunged bis
hand deep down into his coat noo,,a.
ahu extracted thence slip cut from !.
Tvs all writ down here in black and
white, plain enough" said he. '
NV ANTED-An experienced and t-n..
| firm mind ny X attendant for gentleman Of in
| m,,norati iu 10 the right person q liberal :.
Anu Will be offered Apply on Wnd,a ~
ICY uex,, between the hours OF ten and gu nunos
''io "eagewood House, Indeld on the Hudson - !,
:. iou see," he added, as he refolded
'ne paper and returned it to his pocket
we dldn't exactly like to put it down
IN the paper as he was a crazy mann
but that isn't the advertisement 4,
saw at all" said Miss Maroon, growing
alternately pale and red in her con.
sternation.
III was in the Daily Visitor" said the
| STOUT man, ''as we put our notice"
And 1T was the Morning Patriot tba,
I saw cried Miss Maroon. "a Mr.. De.
lano st. John, OF st. Johnsgrove, Infield.
on-the-Hudson, who wanted"
"A wife, said the stout man. with
twinkling eyes. 81 thought SO! seen
his carriage go by half an hour apo
with pretty little black-eyed woman
In cherry-colored ribbons and"
And Rob Roy plaid polonaise?n al.
most screamed Miss Maroon. sAnd a
black parasol lined with scarlet?,
| some sort OF rig of that descrip.
! tion," said the stout man.
| The bold, pert, unfeminine thinpp'
salu MISS Maroon. vehemently tanning
! herself. I've seen her this long time
walking up and down the piazza! She's
the very one that came down in the
stage with me! And here she has
whisked off with the advertising man,
and left me all alone and deserted.
'She's got the clear start of YOU. i,
seems" said the stout man. as he rose up
and looked around for his hat. "Well,
If you don't like the idee of ma situa.
ton"
81 decline it, most certainly" said
MISS Maroon, precipitately. Land.
lady,"
st wouldn't be such bad idea, 3"
coaxed the stout man, eff"
'Landlady!" repeated Miss Maroon,
more theoretically than ever. And the
stout man went out, thrusting his hands
| into his pockets as he did SO. The land.
lady hustled in.
"a carriage, please, to the railway de.
| pot said Miss Maroon.
Wont you wait for the stage, ma'amP"
said the landlady. eth be along in
half an hour"
81 wouldn't stay here another five
minutes for all the gold in Golconda, y
said Miss Maroon.
So the rickety one-horse chaise of the
establishment was geared up, and Miss
Maroon, shedding secret tears of vexa-
/ ton and disappointment behind her
vail, went back TO New York. And
| when her nephews and nieces asked
about her sudden journey to Infield-on-
! the Hudson she told them that she had
| been to look for summer board.
and weren't you suited, auntie,
| dear?' said the youngest and prettiest
| of the nieces, who had seen the Morning
| Patriot with the printed slip missing
! from the list of advertisements, and
could put two and two together as well
as any one.
| And Miss Maroon answered, sharply,
| that she was not suited at all.-Henri.
eta Gregory, in n Y. Ledger.