Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-18

| QO4 care uOLui4 dDOuI eating.
said Mr.. Pearson, but, nevertheless, he
entered and made a good meal. And
afterW ards he sat down in the parlor
and retold his marvellous California
experience to Miss Huldah, and ex-
planned to her the wonderful financial
successes of forty-nine cent stores In
general and his in particular.
I'm bound to be a millionaire before
I de- said he, "but, all the same. 1
shan't enjoy cent of my money, Hull
dab, if you don't enjoy it, toor'
Nonsense" said Miss Huldah.
But Mr.. Pearson, who had succeeded
in getting hold of her hand, gave it
gentle squeeze by way of answer,
which expressed a world OF tender
meaning.
AT the weeks end Katie Fielding,
who always came home OF Saturday
afternoon, to keep her Aunt Huldah
company until Monday morning. ran
into the buttery, where the old lady
was screwing down her patent jars of
canned blackberries.
why, Aunt Huldahr' she cried. rosy
and breathless, who on earth is that
old loafer smoking his pipe in the back
garden? l never was so startled in
my life as when 1 saw himr'
"Old loafer. indeedr' cried Aunt HUI
dab, bristling up. I'm sure, Catherine
Fielding, l don't know who you could
ha' seen. The gentleman as smokes
once in a while out there is Mr.. Hi
ram Pearson, the rich merchant, as Is
just settin' up business at Cranch's
Corners-youve heard of the Forty
Nine Cent Store there, haven't you?
All the country's a-talkin' about it.
It's a-goin' to revolutionize commerce
and Mr. Hiram Pearson's a-goin' TO |
be your uncler'
What" cried Katie, with wide-open |
blue eyes. You never mean to tell |
me, Aunt Huldah, that"
Yes" said Aunt Huldah, Pm goin'
to be married. Why shouldn't 1? Miss |
Burdett Coutts got married, and I'm !
a good ten years younger than she is. |
And he's loved me faithfully this thir-
ty-odd years-and I'm to be lady and |
keep pianny and hired gal and
canary bridal of my own!'
Katie knew not what to say. She
stood gazing at her aunt in breathless
and dismay.
Dear Aunt Huldah," said she. do
let me understand. Are you really in
earnest? Have you actually made up /
your mind to this important step in
life during the one week in which l
have been absent from you?"
Yes, 1 have,' said Aunt Huldah.
giving screw to the last jar of black
berries which cracked 1t half way down
he side. so there."
And then she related the whole story
Of Mr.. Pearson's long and constant
owe. his financial successes, and the
great enterprise now in process of com
1letion at Cranch's Corners.
And, of course" added unsuspect-
ng Miss Huldah, Il considered it a
Tery great privilege to be able to in
rest my little savings in business
ike that, as is sure to return at least
hat you had some money in the saw
ngs bank at only four per cent that
ou would be glad to place with him
F."
mot If l know itp' cried Katie, with
pirit. Dear Aunt Huldah, stop and
onsiderl The very looks of this man
reclaim him to be a swindlerl Has
e given you any security for all this
loney?"
Security cried Aunt Huldah.
What security do I need? Amt we
D be married just as soon as can get
ly wedding dress NADER"
But you never have given him your (
loneyr' I
why shouldn't II" said Aunt Hull G
ali. Yes, l have. And I'm to have
interest for it, once the Il
orty-nine Cent Store gets well under C
ay. But it amt that so much" she q
ided, with elderly bashfulness, "as it t
that we love each other-me and q
Tram. You II like him. Katie, when Il
ice you get acquainted with him. He S
MT no insignificant whiffet like n
BRAN Holley, your young mani Make p
aste and help me to get out the best II
to take tea here to- Il
ght!" W
But you'll let me consult Abram n
olley abou. the matter, Aunty."
eaded Katie He's a lawyer, you
low: he'll understand
Il don't consult nobody but myself" =,
i'd Miss Pettibone, loftily. I'm a - -
and physiognomer and -
judge of peoples character. And =.
re knowed Hiram Pearson more ~
ars than you've been born; so Just ~