Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-22

he seemed to get some comfort ont of
that sort of misery just indulged him
in it.
However, about that same time
Easter was getting close at hand, and
| bought 1ulda an Easter bonnet, or
hat, whatever they call it. The bit of
stuff was cute, too. AS little as it
might have been expected of me, l
had taste in that way. | knew what
would suit IIulda's style of beauty, and
| knew a great deal about the other
"fiXin's" she was getting for spring
wear, 50 | astonished everybody inter
ested by my selection, made one day
at Los Angeles. 1t must be confessed,
however, that told the young sales
woman from whom purchased the af-
fair all about Hulda, except her Chris
tian name. Some women are blooming
fools about names, and ! suspected
that this one didn't have enough every
day common sense to know that llulda
was a wholesome, sensible name that
fitted my donee much better than
any garment or bit of millinery She
had in stock, not excepting kid gloves.
| even showed the young woman u
photograph of IIulda, and so Well,
the Easter hat was n success.
Easter Sunday came, and as promis-
ing a day as ever dawned in the citrous
belt. rode horseb back with IIulda
over to Riverside that morning to
church. and ! was as proud of her rs ii
had been n cavalier of the olden time
and she the ladylove | had won in the
tourney. Oh! how she could ride. She
was a Kentucky girl and sat her be-
loved filly as if she belonged there and
didn't depend upon the cinch of her
saddle for her life, as do SO many
would-be horsewomen | see now and
then that make me shudder. They
ride for Il fad, and don't know enough
about a horse and his trappings to
even be careful
My ffty-fve years had not affected
my horsemanship. But we won't speak
of that further than to say was raised
on horse; yet was never raised on a
buclxing broncho. They are not hor.cs.
They are only poor limitations. and
never mounted one-never shall while
the walking is good.
We went to church at Riverside, ad-
mitted ourselves publicly to be ''miser-
able sinners" several times, heard the
sermon and-lTulda's hat simply
eclipsed the aggregation. Then we
started home
How Hulda's flly got into that
quicksand in crossing the creek is
something | have never entirely set
tied in my mind, but she went clear
out of sight for a minute, it seemed,
and iIulda with her, but made grab
at her-IIulda, | mean-and got the
Easter hat first. That was not what
mostly wanted, however. | wanted
Hulda; so threw away the hat, and
somehow we landed on the bank, all
there, except the Easter hat. That
foated off down the stream like any
other wreck. The flly came out, too,
and stood dripping and trembling on
the shore.
Hulda first looked decidedly fright
ened, and pucllered up her mouth to
cry, but thought better of it when
she saw had mud in my whisllcrs and
was ridiculously disheveled one way or
another, and more or less disposed to
say things that would have emphasized
the miserable sinners" confession!
But did you ever notice how quickly
woman can shake herself out and
! look presentable? Well, that was what
IIulda did She had been with that
flly in the quicksand and water and
was as wet as n drowned rat. But
blest if she didn't give herself few
touches some way, and in five minutes
looked as pretty as before, only a little
older and somewhat more graceful and
| dignifed.
Femininity seems to partake of this
characteristic all the way through.
The flly had given herself few
shuddering shakes and fixed her toilet
nearly right. gathered lunches
of eucalyptus leaves and wiped the
side saddle some, spread big ban
danna handkerchief over the seat, and
in twenty minutes from the time the
accident began IIulda and | were can
tering over the mesa, within twenty
minutes ride of George Deans house,