The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-03-21


WEIGHING ABOUT 200 POUNDS
believe you have had full meal IN
week. Helen, help me to set out the
cold ylctuals.'
Helen was her niece. She was an
old maid. She had turn up nose and
wore glasses, and she looked upon me
Us dirt beneath her feet. She assisted
her aunt but very reluctantly, and !
overheard her talking against me. If
1t had been left to her l should have
got the bounce instead Of good sup
per. / knew that some sort Of story
would be expected of me when had
eaten, and 1t occurred to me to heap
Goals OF fire on the old maids head in
revenge. Sure enough as l showed
back from the table the fat woman set
tied herself in rocking chair and
said:
"'You must have had some adven-
lures while traniplng over the coun-
tryY
'Yes'm; a few
"'What started you on the trampr
"'Now, auntie, what do we carer
put in the old maid. He's tramp,
and that's enough. He is probably
anxious to be on his way
"'And I'm anxious to hear him talk
why did you take up tramplngT
"It Is a story that | seldom tell
replied, with choke In my throat, but
you have been so kind to me that It
would be selfish in me to withhold it,
You may at some time have read or
heard Of Chief Justice Rathskaller of
Washington. Well, he Is my father
"'You don't sayY gasped the widow,
while the old maid pricked up her ears
and grew Interested at once,
"Ten years ago, when left college
my father wanted me to follow in his
footsteps, or at least to become law.
yer. That was also my ambition, and
perhaps l should have been on the
bench today but for a trifling incident
One day my mother sent me to the
laundry to say that the towels sem
home were short by one
Eyes; I've heard how them city
laundrles keep back things replied thu
widow.
"'At the laundry could get no sat
lsfaction about the missing towel, bu
the girl who was running the mangl,
instantly attracted my attention. Sh,
was as handsome and had about sucl
figure as this young lady here. He
bearing was proud and aristocratic, a
Miss Helen's Is.'
"'Thank YOU slmpered the old maIt
as she hitched her chair a foot neare
and began to smile,
"Ishat mangle girl captured my nd
miratlon In moment and my hear
within five. Twice again during tn,
day returned TO the laundry to speal
with her, and within two days ha,
told her that could not live withou
her. ! loved as the strong man loves
Had oceans rolled between us woul,
have drunk them dry to kneel at he
feet
Gracious, but you must have had |
hard! exclaimed the widow.
vss~ 81 have always wanted to be Loves
that way added Miss Helen as sh
gave me tender look
"WithIn week had proposed an,
been accepted. Then found tina
jeanette was the daughter of a million
alre who had put all his money int
flying machine and 1t had flow
away from him. She had sold he
clothes and jewels and gone to worl
In the laundry to help him get a new
start. We had been engaged tw
weeks when my father told me on
evening that ] must marry a glI
named Aramantha Schermerhon. Hi
mind had been made up for some time
but he had taken his time about In
forming me-
"'And you refusedY queried the oil
maid. oh, do not tell me that yo
Tilted the sotherr
81 refused, of course. For the frs
time in my life l defed my fathel
Aramantha's papa owned a theatel
and had wed her we could have a
had Tree passes and could have gon
behIna fhe scenes cow and then, bu
no arr bent could make me give u
my Jeanette of the mangle.
Good for your said the widow a
she slapped the arm of the rocking
chair.