Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-30

M sweet chllulsil az eoao - uo,,r
@ % nress a child's face to your
boscnl' i,. eor th;s.
'Na ~ s,' comfort twill bring you in
sorrow, ,;.h . L,s,,
| ( JULES ODST|upcY.
~ HOW IT LED TO A MARRIAGE
! ,,,t two niles from my house, on
;;::ftota wheat farm, stands one
y Iorpv tree. 1t is the only object
4obt that breaks the low horizon,
.itr many long mile, north, south,
I i Or west, no other tree can be
.,,d L stands just on the high bank
Snoky river, which goes curling
j Winding across the country east
M and close beside it stands Chris
Err,sns log house, built of logs
|,,rbt down the river in the spring
M from the North.
hp day. early last spring, I had
r 10 the next town to get an iron
n made at the blacksmith's, to ..'e-
I'M one that had been broken the
6rtefore. and was riding home. Ny
N was loping at a good rate along
b road which followed the river.
ID as We reached Chris's log house,
Eah had just been newly white
kshed outside, | saw Chris sitting
inly on the door step, while Lolita,
kVie, was lifting the heavy harness,
hhFoving it on to "Yack," their old
Mite mule.
Chris must be either sick or very
b. said to myself, ITO sit and let
wife harness the mules" I did
EElow much about Chris then, but
lg him the benefit Of the doubt, I
Tted, in passing;
Sick, Chris"
ghiS shook his head in what I
hssht was a rather sheepish way,
Lolita looked over her shoulder
laughed
1.-THE hurry Of the days work, this
lTaHce slipped from my mind. But
Dc time afterward, when I hap
ato pass their place again, I saw
ia out in the fields driving the
us winch were fastened to the
SR This in itself would have not
surprising, for the Norwegian
la III the Territory, with their
.aVS frame and robust health
4SoFk with their husbands at the
'"oI LABOR. But | saw great, robust
himself pairing potatoes outside
DoE And just as l rose into view
below the riyer-bank, he caught
~ pan and slipped into the house
~ aoa0t he is a lazy, good-for-
Jug fellow, | said to myself, "who
lFlty' energetic wife. And SO
w V0SR and does her light work,
SAt Is out sowing the wheat. It
IV' nave a bad result if he could
-.lFSSea up with one of the mules
!, ,"'' and made to work under the
- 'aat | saw Chris himself at
u Tue held several times. But
S'llAg a week Or two later, I
49, 1lVFe again. The mules were
y outside the straw barn. The
,. naO oeen very wet for two or
Jays past, and of course tho
m nss were fairly coated with
l' na' which had partially dried
,st ,a was hard at work over the
s ,"' mule, scrubbing and rubbing
\, % Al. brushing and currying.
,,s lie Il, depended upon her sue
VI ot. slefe' on an overturned bar
NJ ; hi, ni much as his ease, calmly
an D'S plpe' and looking compla-
W. w., | remembered what I had
,,5 I s before about his lazi-
n a :; Just S| stop for few minutes,
th, ~ me L, Presence of a stranger
4, t- ,Ds t. the fellow into taking off
'Du song to work in his wife's
! Il /, my mule to a ring at the
h. c We house, and walked over
b ,n su,Is was sitting. He looked
nh tha and said, e"Good-eyen-
po ns same sheepish expression
elhr NJ oe1ore. And Lolita
Gorsgu U13le and stood up, her
iii Ts :, with the exertion. and
npl>
s%ss to give her husband nuulu a p nae1
d S usa. said it was very warm
1 !. 80 she said. before nS@l dark to R get
eas r. ! could not lead the CON
b pst. any explanation of the
NJ sa s3 of affairs, and u cb ,ns
d = 5 DISPOSITION to to take dua hold Ihr u,
~ Nv, was dark. Lolita led tho Two
aejs s,r stalls, and then at last last
sdoos, snded to rise and fasten
GE CIV, was sure by their man
"a V 5r expression when the
e,asso preached, that either he
v ss FOHsly lazy, or there was