Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
roUSG NEWS s1s4rn

Young men are generally verv !.
and c%onsiderate toward the
somebody else, but it is not oftan 5
they extend the same courtesy and
sideration to their own sisters.
The average young mar will allon,
sister to run up two flights of stsi,l
bring him q handkerchief. and y
dream that it may fatigue her, Will
would walk a mile to get a fadea
cluster of cardinal flowers for tho :.
of some other fellow, lest she miabt
ert her delicate strength in going e,
herself.
If his own sister wants to rido ,
where, the young man always discor1
that it is either too hot or too cola
her to be out, and he can't ride WIKI
many in the carriage, and he is
hurry, and can't stop to bother VI
women, and off he will go; but If So,
other fellows sister will only 60 ii
him, he'll sit in the carriage with
flies eating up his horse, and the :
pouring down on his devoted head,
mortal hours, waiting for her to cr;n
her hair, and change her dress. and n
ton her new gloves and boots; and viii
at last she comes sweetly forth and I'd
him she is afraid she has kept n
waiting, he will assure her that she
been very expeditions, and that he Tea
enjoyed waiting, the weather was
fine, and the prospect so delightful.
And if his own sister keeps him W
ing five minutes. he is ready to fly AM
with impatience, and he will SGD
enough to fill a newspaper, and end
with wishing that there had never be
any women invented! But he doeJ
mean that, and his long-sutfering sis|
knows it, and judges him according
When the young man is walking vi
the girl of his fancy, how he does Id
to have his sister come along and ii
them. That is a very good illustratj
of the truth of the old saying, "Two J
company, three are a crowd"
He grows not and cold in a momeI
He is never at his best when his sisl
is present, with her half scornful 4
upon him, and he knows it. AndI
knows that if he plays off any Of his 81
timental fine airs on the other girl, Il
sister Of his will note it down, and
first time he falls under her condem]
ton she will twit him with it before 7
whole family, and they will all emf
hearing her do it.
How free he is to admire the cra
quilt of some other fellows sister! !
calls it artistic, and beautiful, and WI
ders how she ever had the patience
do it; but for more than q year he |
been making fun Of his sisters efforts
the same line, and denounced the VIII
thing as fit work for nobody but a lul
tic!
At home the sound of the piano,
manipulated by his sisters, nearly dri
him frantic, and he compares it to
concerts, and the wall Of a dying !
and takes refuge in the kitchen to
cape it; but when some other 70,
mans sister fingers it, and at the tol
her voice proclaims that though II
may come and men may go, vet she 6
on forever" he listens in rapt costa
and turns the leaves of the music, a
adjusts the stool, and regulates the
jet, and assures her that he could list
all night and never know fatigue!
And he believes it, and so does 81
and both are happy; and though his
ter may laugh at it all, she will I'd
her turn in the Fools Paradise vii
some other girls brother comes alo1
and pours some Of the same sort of n,
sense into her ears.-Hate Thorn,
Ne1r YORK. Ueehly.