The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-08-12
WHAT MRS. JOHNNIE DID

is:lVs TON had said when at break Rst
Mrs Johnnie declared her intention Of
running up to town It's slow and
swfully dn.ty and there's generally a
rowdy crowd sb,sd Wait for the eos
expresA"
But no sooner had Tom taken his do
parture than Mrs JOHNNIE decided TO do
nothing OF the sort She WINS q Oustiing
little body. forever on the 20. and when
once m idea crept into that clever little
head OF hers. she was inclined 70 csrry
II through TO finish In her own particu.
lar way
Consequently. Mn Johnnie did take
the 1910 local. and within i've minutes
time she was wishing devoutiy that she
had followed Toms advice. tor II WA
hot AMI II was dusty and they were
crawling along At u snxiis pace and
there were some rough looking custom.
ere on board. and we'll. oh dear
After all Tom did know what be was
talking about occasionally
Al the far end OF the car q young
woman was sitting She looked W
Young that one might almost have called
her child. In spite Of the fact that her
pretty brown hair WAS twisted up on
the top OF her head IN vain limitation
OF the latest fashion And the ito Mn
JohnnieI most strocious fact that her
cheeks We're covered with rouge.
AH johnnie gathered her belongings
together and &c, out 70 take posssss,on
OF the seat Just Ia front Of the young
giri. saying soto vooe TO herseif mean,
while
It's really the most ridiculous hight |
ever saw The child must 10 crazy u
were only an old woman OF my age
MN johnnie WAS rather fond Of calling
herseif an old woman. although she only
owned TO being twenty -eigh,t-if II were
only an old wo,nan Of my age now. there
might b~ some excuse But for child
like tina, with the complexion OF q
peach. why why perfectly prepos
t~roust
Mn johnnie settled herseif comfort.
ably IN the seat aud then. half turning
she scru,iniLs~d the young g,rl ~ her
leisure She could do 20 without rude
ness. Tor the srri MAS gazing out OF the
window. and her thoughts seemed TO he
far away Its u sweet little face
though, Mrs johnnie and don, care
II II Is painted its innocent and trust
fuL Her dr-ss hts her abominabiy. but
abe has a glorious pair Of eyes shes =
positive anomaly I'm going TO intro
duc~ myseli
The g,ri turned her head inst a, tina,
moment. and As their ey.s me, both O,
iac,n smiled and each nrroe,ved 10, In.
ryr, time tina, the other wore the little
silver Maltese cross Of the Kings Dsnyb
t~~ They needed no ,n,rotuc,,op after
that Mn Johnnie moyesl into the s.-s,
with he, and they were /. on the ICES, O,
friends II did no, take Mr.. Jonnn,e
very Ion. 10 gain the par,,cular. os he,
story Sac had never peeu To the CITY
pcsore. she sa,d. indeed excep, Tor so,ue
little excursion now aud then sbe MD
never lief, her home which WA. IN n n,
tic village on the eaa., of L-ns Island
She WAS 40 glad 10 have SOME one To
talk 10. for Of ,our,e sbe wa. feeling 4.
p,, lonely Then she told Mr Jonnn,,
tina, her maine wA Da,sy-Da,sv Hone
and tina, ,hc WA. An orphnn with ,us,
one sister Her name WA. soph,e and
she WAS married now They had xlwsy,
us.-u the very BEST q, fr,.nd.-~be and
sopb,.-un,iI Dan Hackc,, came along
Nowaday. .he added with 4. s,rh Sophir
had eyes for no one bu, ban
Blu, 1 shan, mind /, 40 much now
.be added ,udd.nly Frightening mn
again now ,ha, I'm ro,n, To be mar
red too
Married. exclaimed Mn Johnnie
in As,on.shmen, .You don't mcan to
tell me so When 4, ~ coming off and
what's hts pamey
Yes. we're going TO be married r,rh,
away-Jack and m. This ism, yery
much Of a trousseau is ~ she added
with an expressive vrs,ur. toward her
old fashioned carpe,bsy and two paper
parcels Blu, Jack said tina, wouldn't
matter He could FIX me I'M when |
came TO town he told me In his letter
no, TO bring ANYTHING along. my coun
try dresses would never do for New
York. he said, So I've left them all at
home there. hanging M in my closet
oil excep, my new pink one I got At
Easter It's ~ pretty I couldn't bear to
leave that behind ! guess It will do
for the mornings. now and then
But wasn't II awfnlly good Of Jack,
thought He sent me this dress to wear
ON the way up, and this diamond
pointing to huge brooch tina, sparkled
At her throat, but which Mira Johnnie's
eyes pronounced to be very bad paste