Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-04-05

maid looking Tor a place. And as Tor
being forty wears old, my appearance
must be- yery deceptive II you lake me
for anywhere near that age ] am only
six.and-thirty.
Three or four years one way or the
other don't make much difference r.
marked the stout man with the bristly
hair. ''Our last was sixty. and she had
a pretty tidy notion OF her business
too. only"
Miss Maroon looked surprised.
Il thought understood you 10 say
that the gentleman had never been mar
ried," said she.
mo more he has" said tho man. II
amt talking about wives. I'm talking
about nurses"
"What'r cried Miss Maroon.
The stout man looked hard at her for
minute or two, then he plunged his
hand deep down into his coat pocket
and extracted thence slip cut from q
newspaper.
.'lt's all writ down here in black and
white, plain enough" said he.
.stt ANTED-An experienced and trust
w worthy attendant for gentleman Of In
firm mind To the right person liberal 70
aY se w 9e he hour en ana an Il
the Wedgewood House, Iniieldon the Hudson
lyon see,' he added. as he refolded
the paper and returned IL TO his pocket
we didn't exactly like TO put IL down
IN the paper as he was crazy man"
''liut that isn't the advertisement
saw at all, said Miss Maroon. growing
alternately pale and red In her con.
sternation.
lit was in the Daily Visitor" said the
stout man, las we put our notice"
''And IL was the Morning Patriot that
, saw" cried Miss Maroon. IA MIR DE
I lano ST. John, OF ST. Johnsgrove, lniield
| on-the-iludson who wanted ="
~ wife" said the stout man, with
twinkling eyes ~ thought so! seen
4 his carriage 90 by half an hour ago,
with pretty little black-eyed woman
in cherry-colored ribbons and ~"
''And Rob Roy plaid polonaise?" al.
most screamed Miss Maroon. And .
black parasol lined with scarlet"
''some sort Of rig of that deseriP
ton" said the stout man.
THE bold, pert, unfeminine thingr
said Miss Maroon. yehrmently 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 ba.
whiskcd off with the advertising man,
and left me all alone and deserted
shes got the clear start of you, II
seems" said the stout man. as he rose ~
and looked around for his hat "Wcll
II you don't like the idee of my situa
ton"
II decline 1t. most certainly" said
Miss Maroon. precipitately. Land
iadyr"
1T wouldn't be such bad idea,
coaxed the stout man. III"
.I.andladyw repeated Miss Maroon
more energetically than ever. And ~.
stout man went out, thrusting his hand
into his pockets AS he did so. The land
lady hustled in.
"A carriage, please, 10 the railway de
pot, said Miss Maroon.
Wont you wait for the stage, maam?
aid the landlady. eth be along IL
half an hour
II wouldn't stay here another fiy'
. minutes lof All Nnt kbtu III ppAtoiht,
said Miss Maroon.
so the rickety one-horse chaise Of thu
establishment was geared up, and Mis-
Maroon, shedding secret tears of ycXa
ton and disappointment behind no
vail, went back to New York. An'
when her nephcws and nieces aske'
about her sudden Journey to lniield-on
the Hudson She told them that she hai
been to look for summer board.
And weren't you suited, anntie
iear?' said the youngest and pretties
If the nieccs. who had seen the Morning
Patriot with the printed slip MISSING
from the list 81 advertisements, an,
could put two and two together as wei
~ any one
And Miss Maroon answered, sharply
that she was not suited at ll.-Henri
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