Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-05-21
SALLY PATTERSON.

days WueD canai conhecteu tneSe |
with rss:s,;ssSxsa Sshjccss crossed the
mountains Harburg was place of In.
portance
or its gay society Sally Donnelly was
the belle. She was tall and slender.
Her bright eyes. rich complexion. ready
wit and graceful manners made her the
most attractive young woman In the
town. Her teeth were very white, and
sbe being brunette used them In smile |
and laugh with startling effect
One evening at ~ ball John Patter
son was introduced to her lie was a
civil engineer. stationed at Harburg.
and he was handsome and his ability
20 ,,,asster difficult problem In matie-
u,atics was wonderful. but he could no
more have figured TO nicely on an
estimate of woman than he could
have told what the moons back is
made of Like all men OF his kind he
fell In love without calculation. Sally
Donnelly simply bewitched him. He
loved her with such devotion that his
wooing was irresistible. and to the
astonishnent OF the gossips OF Har
burg II was soon announced that John
and Sally were engaged,
Gossips would not believe she would
marry him Sally Donnelly had led
society to regard her as person with.
out heart. and no one thought her
serious in engaging herself to John Pat
terson. However. they were soon mar
RED. and moved into brick house at
the foot OF Main street From his porch
John could see the packets come on
the canal and the trains go out on the
railroad In his residence. called by
the people Of Harburg the big brick.
Sally entertained lavishly Her recep-
tons were the grandest Harburg had
seen. and she was courted by every
body Her extravagance was freely
commented upon. but her resources
were supposed to be great, for John
Patterson was believed to be rich
Some happy years passed, and then
came cloud upon~John Patterson's
brow His house was big, his wife
beautiful. and he was seemingly sue,
that sounded In his dwelling we're alien
He wished that children OF his, born In
his house. shouted in its halls. froliek.
ed In its parlors and gladdened the
feasts In It's dining room. II would
have made him laugh to see child oi
his break piece OF china that all the
housewives In Harburg coveted But
his wish was not gratitied. and the cloud
on his brow grew blacker.
And In the shadow on his brow came
wrinkle. hut his wife needed neither
Wrinkle nor cloud. She was engrossec
z with the preparations for a reception
that was to be magnificent At nigh
she lay awake designing her toilet
which she meant should be a marvel
She asked her husband to draw curv'
for the drapery Of the skirt Of her dress
and he obllgingly made one OF shari
declivity She thanked him. but dit
not use IL
1T Is too precipitous" she said.
Perhaps not. he replied.
II was not. II considered prophecy
for there In swiftness In law process
that Is startling. like the presto" OF
magician Ii works lts changes sud
denly
A week or more after her receptio
Mrs Patterson was returning" soln
Gala She learned that her receptio
had been a great success. II ha
taught Harburg society the value c
L.. Aaf for hs
tolle, II was pronounced a miracle
From listening to such tlattery MIR
Patterson returned to her home wit
radiant face and sparkling eyes. 81
alighted from her carriage nimbly as
bird. and looking at the steps ran u
them like a young girl When 81
grasped the door knob she noticed
handbill tackled on the panel. Angri
she tore Il down, and without lookif
at IL crumpled 1t In her hand to thro
II on the pavement Then her sense
neatness prevailed upon her to take d
sheet Of paper into the house to thro
II In the waste basket
She paused a moment In the parlc
There. on the scene OF her recent soci
success. she was softened. Her ang
melted away. and curiosity led her
open the paper probably the lampos
OF some envious person who had bold
tackled Il on her door. As she ran h
eyes over the page the text began
grow confused. and she could scarce
read IL She was able. however,
learn from II that her household goo
were for sale. having been seized
the sheriff.
"Johni" she impulslvely called; a
then she remembered that he had go
over the mountains TO survey trs
OF land She sank on the sofa a
tried TO think. Her lips were dra'
and her teeth showed their tips as
recalled the shadow that had been
hia brow growing blacker daily. a
the paper In her hand made clear
cause Of Il She lifted the legal not
aud read II carefully 1t bore evs
mark of genuineness, and adverti'
Tor sale all the personal property
John Patterson To the bill was
ne1ed a partial list OF the artic
seized Dragging herself to the b
door, she called "A servant
Who put this paper on the do
hargaretF'
The sheriff. ma'aIn and he would