The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-04-14
III.

IluGiu WtN RuluB W sooutu AtueEtCa
vita party who were to survey the
route Of new railroad. The scheme
prnmissl finely: IN salary was COOL.
fnere was No attempt at concealinS that
the task would b. ar,upus, and even
dangerous. It WA the s1rt Of thing to
Ere Young nauS i'm IsinatiUn. II
wOnll establish his reputation in his
profession.
He told lirr all tIi& She listened. feel.
ing that tan'e years Of separation bal.
ancel it all. Then u horiibl5 thouyht
ap,i,,.--SOuth A.u.rita was u land Of
volcanoes and earthquakes. wild beasts
anil dasperatlOes.
"Yon may die tharrr' sic g,sped.
lyon may he kiIlsl"
ii may. anil brick may drop OH my
head from az oil chimney. or lightning
strike ne: or may I've stricken with
typhoid Fever before | go" he said.
"DOesn't the minister tell IA every Sun
day thIt in the midst Of life W. are In
dratl:''
He felt it hard that his grandnothe:
aud Dbris should both insist Oh being
mi4erl IL. when h" neelril to b. cllreretl
himself. and there was no longer any
thUa III in his mind Of declining the up.
pOinInrnt and ask < the siorakeepsr to
take hin rs cleri H. haiol to leave
home. but the spirit Of adventure which
slnOlders ia I'll. heart Of every yoath
who is worth anything hal blazed up at
last, and he looiiel forward with de-
light
50 NJ last he cauglt Doris iu his arms,
kissed her twenty times, said, Don't
forget mp. darling" and ran away.
And shortly u pale. tearstIinel little
face. no startled even Uncle Matthias,
who had dread Of sick women and doc
tors bills, that he gave Doris II half holt
day.
She spent II watching the railway de-
pot, her face Il! lien by blue veil, and
90 saw FrIukliu's GDal parting with his
grandmother
''Reinemh.r. always pat on thy wooden
socks u Il rains. Franklin" the old lady
called snrilly from the platform after the
train hIl starr |, ''Ooys are 81 careless"
And tine yDnng civil enrlherr periled
his meek IN answer. "All right. grand.
mother.
AMI nci'oly LInsilal but one i,liot
Oh. tue uneventfnl. Innrly dry4 Oh.
the w'TIy waiting
O,d Ms Fairfax had her servant. Q
girl from the Orphans home. and snne-
times invite'l tea compIny, bnt old Mat
thiaS hal driven everybody from his
hous' 10y his qneer ways. and 1t was only
now add then that Doris managed Ia zee
Miss Chandler. and when at last Ger
tain eTulite professor. who hid been
paying cautious ATTENTIONS" for Eve
years. really offered himself and led that
amiahle lady to the matrimonial altar
Rnl HfteTwarl to New York. Doris had
noboly whatever.
Oh. II the stately old QuakeresS on the
other side Of the fence wOuid have but
nodded and smiled rs she went by,
would now and then have talkel to her.
But the catnenlikv profile In the border
less cap WA always presented TO her,
and no CONSCIOUSNESS Of the presence Of
"Iatlhi's MOrton's folks" WIS visible
in the bIae eye that 20 ressinilei Frank
Inns
The old lady had a comfortable In
come. the interest Of money In the hank.
anil her house. She hal been very liberal
to Franklin. and had spent good deal
on him while he was at school anil col
lege. He had left her very well OF for
. lone woman. But Il is that which we
least expect that oftsnest happens. The
COurtland bank WIS supposed TO DO rs
substantial a. the Pyramids until the
day It closed its doors. Then the people
founa that IL had been Ms hollow rs a
last years chestnut for long while.
Among tho depoitors was Grandma
Fairfax. She lTl1 lost everything.
Matthias Morton chqckleil over his su-
perioF wisdom IN having nothing in the
bunk 10 lose.
"WiddeF Fairfay THINKS she knows all
creation" he said. II could have told
her q thing nr two"
'sThen yOu shonld, uncle" Doris said
"Mebbe might ef she'd done the cor
rot thing about them pigs" Matthias
aid.
As for the QuSkereSs, her placid face
=: - ..- ..s-1 = I;.inrbaLco.
She sold her land, retaining tlfe' mons,
and fFpnt garden. and put the thrs,
thOuSlnd dollars she thus gained into
the closet with her Silver,
II do not deem 1t advisable 10 tTpsi
banks" she sail. "The cash in hand
I will Inst me until the return Of ny
7 grandson
I Then the village prophets propheaod
| evil, sitting on the barrels Of the village