The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-05
WHY SHE REFUSED HIM,
Slir drew M her horse a, nv rate

WITT SnE hIfUSED HiM,
Sr drew M lnr horse Il, my gate.
MIR. landon!'
| laid down my book and went down
the path To her. She was always
beautiful III lcr ri,limg-habit. aud the
nia! rose tin, oi her check WAS little
10, ,rlirr than usual. thought that
How t'o YOU do?" she said sohrrIy.
"-ar" You very busy"
"%ut very" answered ylanring
back ut valentine Won" turned up
side down on II piazza CHAIR. What
is wanted? Can be of amy service to
you9"
Not TO me. l,ul papa wished me To
ask YOU ii YOU could come up and
direct Tom about tiimmin. our poplar
trees. The row by the south wall. yuu
know. III" Knows nothing about it, and
Spoiled them liv" wears ayo.'
"''rrlain!v. will hc II, the Three
E'ms III an hour VI two. Miss Nallir."
She gave me Il dainty military salute.
aud gailnprd away. lint. and all her
little tricks and ways were in,lc,cri,-
ably pretty.
Before came to Bav>watcr, my sage
sister had warned me how beautiful
Miss Ea>hli Sonrrs was. She begged
me not To fall in love with her, and
had promised not t". believe. But
after my nous" WAS built. aud had
sc't'rtl al l'a, ,>wairr for the sake of
'"lnS near my nanuiartory | rot lii
th" way of Speeding my evenings Very
often at the place where she lived,
called the Three Fins for the trio of
old trees that stood before the door.
The family consisted of Mr.. SomrrS.
who WAS aged aud iniirm: Eaii", us
she wa> ra."d; two Younger sisters ul
II aud IA, and their gosrrl,rSs. Mrs.
Slnwrli. Mr. Somrr> had taken quite
Il fancy To me. and entertained me with
the garrnlolsnrss OF old a.r: the
children were pretty pets, and Mrs
Stowrll was Il sensible lady. All this.
To say nothing of Miss Nashli's politc-
nrs>.mule their Silling-ronm an atlr;.c-
tive place for Il solitary old bachelor.
My sister who was plain. old-fashinlrd
and practical. would have suffered urr-
told anNir!ir, had She known ii. B,.im.
ulr of the working bees ui his world,
she could see no use or virtue in such
IL pretty, dainty being rs Nusili Snn,-
cr>. The bare suggestion of her be-
coming my wife would have shocked
her rs Il plan fran9it with the most
Consequences.
But don't know that really ever
thought of such Il thing until the mora
in% that ! went up To sulerintrnd the
trim,nin" of the p"plars.
Hattir had returned from her ride.
She had replaced her habit hv IL wrap
per of rosc-cnlorcd r:,mbri,. and wn>
cutting flowers in Iii" garden. attended
hy II gentleman. lie WAS Il stranger.
lie was ynlIn" aud handsome. | saw
linn lift her basket; | SAW her Sm;l. in
his face. and we'll. was ma!.v iral-
Gus.
II WAS a revelation of my own hear;
that | WAS not prepared for. therefore
| did not so forward to greet her.
turned up Il side pall, aud went around
To the soulh door. The two lilt!ry girls,
who were there studying came forward
to meet me.
Mir. l.an'!om, said Rose. ''ha, Eat,ir
come l.on!" irnm hcr rider
"l believe She is in the garden !
Then She is with Nh Louyuis. sad
Lilly. ":lc ca,nr while she WAS "vnc.
Hes very handsome. Mr.. L.nny"i, is. "
primlv. "an. Sister Vattic is Going tc
marry him"
Rose, who WAS younger aud not
romantic, laughed at hrl
Lilly THINKS bcaiiS are ST nice" she
said.
| SEilc'l Al TIE children, but NV
heart ari'eh l;'l waS not fond OF
being miserable. aud s,ruvc to throw
Oh my depression. called Tom.
the trees. received Mr.. Som
crS' thanks. and went home. think
l went abou! my business us usual, but
everything seemed changed had
strong disposition to run away from
bayswater and everybody | had ever
known.
did not 90 near the Three Elns 70,
more than a month. This was UNUSUAL,
aud knew would attract more aitcn.
lion, but could not help it. The more
l thought of Nal,ic Sumcrs' marray.
the more deeply miserable | was. ]
felt that if she saw my face my look,
would confess all.
So stai'l ut home. spent whole
evening. with IL book without reading;
| took long rides over the country,
coming home dull and dispirilrd. Or
] inyi!e'! Il few guests to my house, en-
terlanrd the company, and bored my.
self excessively.
But one night. rs tossed on my
pillow tormcn'cd by my disappoini.
ment. Il thought occurred to me
would propose to ia,tic; put myself
out of my mscly.or plunge myself into
darker despair.
! am aware that WAS no: IL very
brave lover from the first. for | wrote
my momrnlous question instead OF
delivering, it by word of mouth. shut
myself uv in my chamber and spent
the evening writing letters to her.
The one which finally dispatched was
indilcd with the Lricfncss of ,!cspcr;l.
ton:
Miss Waite SoMEnS: love you. VIII
you hurry NE: Arni,EY I.AHuuN"
lhcn rested from my lahurs. liel
reply came back the next night:
Nh. ArnnEr LAHDoH: ! think you art
mistaken. NJ. Waffle SuMEKS."
Then. OF course. there wa, nothing
for me to Ito but To forget hcr This J
did not succeed in doing.
But time waits not for miserable low.
crs more than for happier men. The
summer went by. and it c!lanccd that J
never once saw Val,le Soncrs' face un
til Il certain day about Christmas.
During the hot weather | drove tc
my countiug-roonl. but on the fine
winter days ! preferred to walk. Tile
road lazy along the edge OF - large
sheet OF water called Swans pond
This by the middle OF December wa:
frozen across.
But one morning | WAS rather late tc
my business, and, wishing to make
short cut ! started to 90 across the
pond Oh the ice. | had proceeded but