The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-24

NO.. said Jessie Graham, as she
curled her hair in front of the Kitchen
mirror, I'VE are not exactly engaged.
but he has given me to understand
that he wants me to marry him.
Has he told you what prospects he
has of making a homer" asked her
mother, as she bent over the skirt
she was cutting out on the kitchen
/ table
"oh, he gets SIS a week, and ]
could make that go a long way
I've heard" said Mrs. Graham,
that most young couples in the city
board, and think that is a dreadful
shiftless way of living"
Percy thinks a young couple should
start housekeeping as soon as they
are married, and he told me the last
time he was here that he was saving
every dollar he could
He is, is he?" said the mother.
dryly. He gets SIS week; pays
five dollars for his board; sends You
a box of flowers every week; comes
out here twice a month, bringing you
some useless, expensive present, and
always has a pocketful of cigars. The
last time he came, because there was
no one to meet him, he paid a dollar
for a. cab to save walking less than
mile. That may be his idea OF
saving money; but 1t amt mine
Mother" said the girl, airily, you
ought to know that when a man finds
the one girl for him, that the best
is none too good for her.
No doubt returned the mother,
| If he saved some of the best for her
till after marriage
Don't be doleful mother. You know
| that was the way Kitty Jones hus-
band spent money on her before they
were married, and you remember the
letters / used to get from her. Why,
she was living a perfect dream OF a
| life
We'll, / hope Kitty's dream. or
yours, either, won't turn into a night
mare"
Never fear, mother, it must be fine
4 Ill LAC lily. lIu W1lS1 LAC oI11So AhAG14
are much nicer and more polite than
In the country. Look at that stingy
Bob Moore who has been hanging
around after me for more than year,
and never has given me a single pres
emit
NO" said the mother, with some
asperity; .he has not spent money on
you, but he has worked early and
late to make home for you, and
now his father has given him clear
deed to the SO acres across from
the homestead There is a good barn
and a house that can be made comfort
able, and he has brand-neW top
buggy. It just goes to my heart to
see how crestfal1en he looks since you
have been giving him the cold shout
der"
We'll, he can get some one besides
me to ride in the buggy" said the
young lady.
Jessie" said the mother, wistfu11y,
3'you know l think only Of your good.
fear you will miss much in the city
that you are used to here
There are many things here /
would like to miss. would. like to
miss milking the cows that give a
bucketful Of milk, and to miss feed
ing dirty, squealing pigs, and greedy,
bunting calves, when the men are
too busy to do it. I would like to miss
picking berries and wedding the gar
den in the hot sun. ! would like to
miss carrying in water and carrying it
out again, instead of the conyeniences
they have in the city,"
Just then a timid knock was heard,
and as Mrs. Graham opened the door,
a weary, travel-stained woman en-
tered, carrying a baby on one arm,
and a valise in the other hand She
sat down on the nearest chair. then
raised her veil.
why, Kitty Jones, is it really your"
burst forth both at once.
= think it must be, replied the Wis
itor, with dull smile.
Then Mrs. Graham took the two
mont1s-old baby from the tired arms
Of his young mother, and Jessie fell
to kissing her old chum with tears
in her eyes.
Why, Kitty" she said, how did
you happen to come along like this 2"
Because couldn't come any other
way, and had to come
Come, Jessie" said her mother,
hurry and make some tea for Kitty.
Don't you see how tired she is, after
walking from the station with the
baby and that big yalise?"
So Jessie soon had a lunch of home
made bread, sweet, fresh butter,
Strawberries and cream and steaming
hot tea before her visitor, and they
were surprised at the eagerness with
which she ate 1t.
Did you leave the rest Of the lug
gage at the station?" asked Jessie.
mo, / left it at the roonling house
until two months back rent is paid"
But your husband got SIS week,
didn't he?"
Yes, but / didn't get it. He
seemed to need most OF it to keep
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