The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17

sight. He was drefful surprised when
William demanded his due, an a heap
more so when Emmaline put up her
sweet, temptin mouth to be kissed.
Emmaline had a reputation for aIlus
gettin out Of hssin' games, an Jim
Bates never expected to succeed with
all his COntTivin'. Once he schemed 10
no end to catch her on forfeits, but she
even got out Of My Old Injun.
"Of course, William see her home,
an that commenced it. For a boy who
never noticed, he took holt of cOurtin'
surprisin' we'll
In the sprinstime, when the wild
roses blOOmed, William asked an EN-
maline forgot to tease an owned up to
lOvin' him. He was real handsome an
such lover. I used to think To be IN
clover If I ever had one like him. Your
Uncle Eph want a mite like William,
but somehow I was as well satisfied as
Emmaline was. Williams father was
so tickled at the givin' up of the acad-
envy idea that he gave William the
northwest forty.
Jim Bates got UP a bee, in slack
time. an the boys all helped hew logs
William went right to work buildiu'
the house.
THE weddin' was set for the 18th of
October a year from the huskin' when
William began to notice. For once
love rolled right along on smooth
track without a chance for wreck.
Like all girls in those days, Emma
line had plenty Of pieced quilts put
away, but she must have more. When
she gave her consent William said
hull lot about her cheeks an the wild
rose. He called her his Rosebud an
wrote some verses about il. Emmaline
called him her 'Willieboy,' an, strange
To say, he liked it.
But about the quilt. Emmaline had
a knack a DRAWN, so she made UP a
Y7exx- IA fterT7 wild rinse one That
quilt was handsome, all pink roses
scattered over white. Sometimes when
William was wOrkin' on the inside OF
the house she'd take her piecin' up
there, though I don't believe either of
them worked so fast William got the
house done first, but left some nails out
of a door, SOS Emmaline could get the
quilt done first.
ION the Sth of October Mis- Lane had
a Cuiltin'. only askin those who were
master hands at it. When twas done
twas handsOmer than the table fiXin's
girls work nowadays. In the evening
the young folks come for a frolic. En-
maline's cousin. Fred, was stayin' over
fO- the weddin'. He was from the city
an acted awful smart. Emmaline
couldn't resist an led him on some.
Twas moonlight, an the young folks
went over to the new house to see the
nails driven in. When Emmaline took
the hammer she pretended she cOuldn'
use II, and handed IL to her COUSIN
Fred. She thought she'd catch him
with something he couldn't do an
'twOuld take him down q piece. They
joked about it awhile, an Emmaline
was so sure that she promised a kiss
for every nail he drove IN straight. Jim
Bates to be the Judge. With all his
airs, that city chap could drive nails
with the best of EN-. When Emmaline
see this she started for home on the
run, with Fred a-chasin' her
The next evening, when Emmaline
was at the gate waitin' for William, a
boy brought her q note. Someone
found her afterward on the walk white
and still. with the note crumpled in her
hand William wrote about a Rose
bud defiled an such trash, but the gist
of it was that he'd gone away. Emma
line seemed turned to stone for weeks
when one day her mother got out that
quilt. She had a good cry over it, an
took up her life as best she could. She
took great comfort in piecin quilts,
maxim up lots Of new patterns, but
never another rose one
She gave a quilt to everyone in the
neighbOrhOOd that got married The
girls set great store by EmmaIine's
quilts. One of EN- found out that
Emmaline would like to buy Williams
forty, so she collected from everyone
who got married. There was a regu-
la epidemic Of weddin's about then an
she soon had enough. They was dref-
ful cut up when they found the forty