The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-01-31

would never get jealous. Jealousy, Ted
dy, is simply the green calyx OF the bud
ding blossom OF love. Once in the flower
the sweets Of its beauty and grace over
shadow the decaying tints of the leaves
which shelter it in infancy. There jeal-
ousy dies and trust begins. More, dear
boy: Whence comes your right to be
jealous7 We are not engaged, you know.
Then how foolish Of you to jeopardize
your prospects by making me censure
your absurdity. Be reasonable, Ted. Mr..
Hale is q good fellow, a jolly companion
but he is bird Of passage, and is only
resting his wings in the smiling Yakima
valley before he flies to other scenes.
Come, now; put the old smile on your
face, the old sunshine in your heart-and
climb this tree to get for me that glorious
Northern Spy which has been prsctic-
ing its name-given art upon us this half
hour past"
Who could resist the witchery of the
the look? With half.rueful, hslf-msrry
side-glance at the girl, Mr.. Mitchell the
miner was metamsrphosed into Mr..
Mitchell the acrobat; and he was hall
way up the gnarled trunk when-"Good
afternoon, Miss Harper" came in most
polite accents over the orchard fence, to
be followed in moment by q neatly at
tired and somewhat good looking young
fellow-who began hasty apology when
the embarrassed blush upon the girls
face forced him to look for its cause, and
discovered to him that . stalwart and al
together handsome citizen was to be seen
in an equally altogether awkward posi-.
ton some six or eight feet up in the
bougbs OF the apple tree. The result 10 ap.
parent. The Northern Spy" continued
to ply it's vocation--save that ii now had
an added charge; for the acrobat descend.
ed and the miner was presented to the
capitalist.
OF what they talked the rudy spheroid
which swung to and fro upon the limb
above them has never told. Had it done
20 it might have whispered Of sundry i'm.
Fortunate glancss which cleft the fragrant
air ~ they flashed from the eyes OF the
miner into those OF the maid; all OF
which were politely ignored by the latter
and innocsntly unnotiesd by the capital
list. The modern Dives apparently knew
a good thing when it came within his
range of vision. He was noted for his
pertinacity. One OF its past results had
been his accumulation Of material bless
ings its present one resolved itself into q
conviction upon the part OF the expert
menter in geology that he was decidedly
de trop. II Mr.. Hale would stay, he
would not; and, with q weak excuse, he
left them standing in the orchard. leaped
the fence, FASTENED after his horse (which
bad strsyed up the lane to crop the grass
by the roadside) and rode angrily down
the trail toward the little village of Old
Town-which he reached as the stars be-
gan to twinkle In the clear, autumnsl
sky. The man and the maid talked
pleasantly for awhile, both entering the
Harper home as twilight fell, in response
to Mrs. Harper's invitation to the gentle.
man to remain for the evening and the
paternal asseverstion that "a mug O. COT
fee with hunk o. Al alternative extract
an dose NV that Jerseys prime quality
milk are powerful stimilant fur lens
ride horseback" Mr.. Hale enjoyed his
refreshments, and grew communicative
~ the twilight heightened to evening and
later shadows merged into the night. Al
10 O'Clock he arose TO go-but his hos,
would not hear OF it. Eighteen miles tC
the Old town, over q lonesome road, wal
not an inviting prospect; hence Mr.. Hal.
again accepted the proffered hospitality
OF the thorough old frontiersman--ant
quiet slumbei soon wrapped the cccu
pants OF the cottage in its strong en-
brace. Lights still twinkled here ant
there from different windows in the set
tlement; but these, too, were soon extin
guished, ahd all N atcheez closed it's shut
tiers, barred its doors asd drifted int
oblivion.