Nevada County picayune., 1891-12-24

son was not awed at all. Aristo. cratic pretentions had no effect up. on the independent American except to make him desplse them.
 "You can never marry my daught, CT, ' said MT. Boulonger, in weighty tones.
 "Why?'
 For various reasons. The most ! important one is that you do not be- long to q cultured family and are not college bred. You are neither an Artinm Baccaldureus nor an 1ftium Magister. Moreover, you deceived me when bought that Jer- sey COW of you. As soon as she was in my stable I ordered my hired man to milk her. He reported that he could not obtain any milk. Think ing the pail might leak, l ordered him to go to a tinshop and buy a new, tight pail. He at once obeyed. He placed the new pail under the COW, and again manipulated the ud- ders. There was no flow whatever. The cows bag was small and shrunk- en. It was a clear case of desicca- tlon. For lacteal purposes the ami nal was useless. 1 sold her that very day."
 Hendrickson could scarcely retain a shout of laughter.
 "There was nothing the matter with the cow" :" he exclaimed. "I had mixed her just before sending her to your place and of course her bag was empty
 Randolph was not astonished. Ev- idences of his stupidity were too ire quently brought to his attention to cause him any uneasiness. More over he was too pigheaded to ac- knowledge any unwelcome truth while he could think of any pretext with which to combat it.
 An ingenious excuse on your apart" he replied, stiflly, "but it will not answer. You must recollect that have studied the genius bovine scientifically. l have one hundred books relating to the breeding and nature of cattle and to the diseases to which they are liable. l have read every one of these abooks through and can speak with an au- thOrity unknown to the empirical farmers Tn this neighborhood. l know when a COW is Tn a normal con- dition; and l say that the Jersey that you sold me was a farrow COW that had long ceased to yield any lacteal fluid"
 Hendrickson soon left in disgust. Had he not loved the daughter deep ly, he would have objected to mar rying into the family the head of which was great fool.
 It was sad Christmas eve for the lovers. John bade Edith farewell with the knowledge that long time would probably elapse before they could meet again.
 As for MT. Boulonger, he made up his mind that his children were being vulgarized by too much con. tact with rural influences, and the family moved into the city, where they boarded at a hotel during the greater part of the next year. In conformity with hts eccentric ten dencies Mir. Boulonger, when spring arrived, set about carrying into ef- feet long cherished plan. He purchased two adjoining building lots in the suburbs of Boston and erect ed upon them two large square houses that were built and painted just alike. He also furnished the houses so carefully and arranged their contents so systematically that the interiors of the structures were exactly similar. His son and daught- CT were twins, he said, and ought to live in twin houses, his design being to have James live in one house and Edith in the other after each had succeeded in getting married. He selected minister for Edith ; but the young lady did not favor her fathers plan, and the dominic made as poor progress in this courtship as he did in writing sermons that con- tained original and interesting ideas.
 Finding that his children would not marry immediately, Mir. Boul- onger moved with his family into oue of the furnished houses and rented the other house to a MT. Bel nap. a friend who also knew John Heudrickson and liked him we'll.