The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-30
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ASioy d Before and After a Kansas Wedding.
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iCopyright, 1891, by the Authors Alliance. All
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There was always the prairie. TIC
every point of the compass the prairie.
No trees, unless you count the scanty
fwo-year-old growth of poplars in front
ST the Rogers house, or the three wee
peach trees by the well, not one of them
more than a shrub! For the rest,
everywhere and always, the prairie;
beautiful in early summer, when it is
tender green sea, ripping and simmer
ing inthe sun; terrible in the autumns
sometimes, because it may become only
following, cruel ocean of fire, desolate
and dust-swept in the dry winters, mo-
Iotonous and unutterably lonely all the
lear. No hill, no water, nothing to
break the horizontal lines that grew to
veX the eye with their sameness, except
the jagged ripple made by the roofs of
The distant village and, nearer, the low
buildings of Hon. Seth Rogers farm.
The farmhouses and barns, the
fences and plowed fields had an agree
able trimness of outline. There were
no breaks in the fences or sagging
rails, the buildings were of wood and
the house had been painted. True, the
NlaDL was ~ lJAlAbAA uIdu VIII Alp IGi4GA
Of trimmings, blinds and all being
drab; but this lack Of variety need not
be imputed to the taste of the owner,
but was far more likely to represent
simply the meagerness of the stock of
paints in the village store. There were
few sharp-backed cattle nibbling at
the first spring grass in the back yard,
and some pigs sleeping in the sun.
Three gernniums in round tin cans
made splash Of color in one window.
There was a box of plants in the other
window, downstairs, on that side Of the
house.
Crawling across the prairie, headed
towards the farm, came a dusty farm
wagon drawn by two dusty horses and
holding two dusty women. Any OBJ
server could have told that the younger
Ofthese was a gentlewoman; as plainly,
she was New England woman. She
was thin and very straight and wore
eyeglasses. Her gray travelling gown,
in spite OF the dust, gave her the air of
person accustomed to be both
Immediately and appropriately CARRIED.
Her gloves were fresh. One small foot
from which the old shawl used as a
duster had slipped, showed gaiter ex-
actly matching her gown, and a fat,
low heel.
There was about her certain prim-
ness and decision that distracted ones
attention at first from her striking dis
tihction and charm of looks that was
almost beauty. She sat, unconscious
ly, as far as the seat would permit her
from good Mrs Armil, who drove.
But, all the same, she had sub
stantial regard for the countrywoman,
whom she had, for two years, supplied
with good moral and entertaining
literature, as the secretary of 'Post
Ohlee Mission" In fact, she was en-.
during dust and hot Kansas sun in
this particular part of the state, rather
than come other, because Of her inter
est in Mrs. Armil. Having been within
an hours ride by rail of the little town
that was Mrs. Armil's post office, she
had come, the evening before, to the
villuge inn and having visited Mrs.
Armil for an hour ortwo discovering in
that time all that the most curious post
oiiice mission could care to learn of her
history and condition. she was now
conscientlously looking up the destitu-
tionof Kansas for the congregations
benevolence.
Mrs. Armil thought her mighty
GURUS lady;" but Mrs. Ar1mil was from
the south and took things easily with
out diving uncomfortably for the
reason Of moral puzzles.
AS she sat on the seat by Rev. Eli
nor Rl'airsrd, she felt peacefully at ease
IN her best frock that "the dust
wouldn't stick to- Rowaysl" Her broad
baelSswns inclined at an oblique angle
from. the minister's erect spine. She
rested her elbows on her knees, while
the reins fabbed gently with every jog