Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-07-26
CHAPTER III.
"Waiting For 4 Prince to Come"

"Waitina For q Prince to Come"
NlHE colonel told Miss Ellen what
TIT the girls had said about Jim,
Ill at which she laughed heartily,
but grew very red and showed
some annoyance when he related what
they had said about choosing farm
In the country and especially when
reference was made to Squire Haw.
kins. l shall never forget how my
plate looked after 1t had gone around
the table. 1t had left my table empty
and had come back piled to the brim
with every sort Of vegetable on the
table. Miss Ellen laughed when con-
fessed that did not know how to eat
rice, nor would she rest content until
she had taken my plate and arranged
It according to the manner of eating
rice In that section. She covered 1t
with butter and sprinkled little salt
on it and, handing 1t back to me, babe
me eat 1t, telling me that 1t was part
of my education. She laughed again
when I wanted to put pepper on 1t,
but she would let her father put lit
tie dish gravy over It II it were not
palatable. l ate 1t, not because liked
It then. for would have eaten 80
much sawdust had she told me 1t was
good and asked me to do 80.
Every now and then. after ] had
swallowed some rice, I would look up
to find her eyes fixed roguishly on me.
and then we would both laugh. She
seemed to relish the idea that l did
not like the rice and that was eating
It because she had fixed It and told me
10 do SO. ! made this fact very plain
to her BY the faces l would make In
swallowing It She confessed after
ward to a little malice In forcing me
to eat It, and later. when ] really be-
gan to like It. she would often say.
"Wil you have your rice with cream
and sugar on 1t or little pepper. Mr..
palmerT
After dinner we went on the porch.
where Bud brought us pipes. Il hope
you like the pipe" he said as he hand
Cd me an old brier root. I'VE have
Given up cigars iately-on account OF
The tariff" he added with a big, good
natured laugh. ! said l did: that Il
was my chiefest luxury in my univer'
sity days and still preferred It to
cigars Colonel Turpin said that II !
did not object to music Ellen would
play 10 something; that she always
did when he took his after dinnes
smoke said that could not imagine
greater luxury. and l leaned back pre-.
pared to undergo any amount Of tor
ture and outrage to my artistic nature
for I knew something Of music. a. my
father had been splendid performez
on the plano and had given me the ben
EFT Of his knowledge. Instead Of hymns
and whites. however. there floated
through the window to us the sweetest
notes l seemed ever to have heard. ]
sat dreamily thinking Of this lovely
girl and her odd surroundings when
she appeared at the window and asked
II there was anything that liked espe.
ciaVy.
II do not know II you care for
Chopin" she said. "Father does NOT
know 1t Is Chopin. but It Il the music
he likes, and so always play some Of
the nocturnes for him."
1.-The truth Is, Miss Turpin." said.
ri did not think Of what You were play.
ing. but was merely feeling the effect
Of the music. Your playing seemed to
me to be a part of the scene out here.
as II it were an accompaniment to the
moon in its wanderings or to the stars
In the silent watches"
MY speech sounded like flattery, and
blushed as the thought came to me.
II hope you will forgive my praise u
It seemed extravagant," l said. 'but l
only said what was in my heart with
out rejecting that you might take It
for nattery." I had been accustomed
to pay compliments at will and some
times, / fear, was given to nattery, but
I would not have had this young girl
think me guilty Of such Ill breeding
for anything in the world.
'If that Is the way you feel" she an
swered sweetly, II will play something
for you and trust to pleasing father"
and. going back to the piano. she play.
ed something's do not know what
Bud said he had never heard her play
It before, and, though I asked Der often
after that to play 1t for me again, l
never heard II, yet the strains even
now 60 through my head when sit In
the moonlight or lie awake at nights
thinking Of Ellen.
She disappeared after awhile to clear
the table and wash the dishes,
thought with some resentment. Colo
mel Turpln talked politics. and soon
learned that he was decided in his
views, though somewhat mixed in his
politics. l found out that he was ad-
dicted to the habit of writing pieces"
for the papers. but never under his
own name. He chose rather such mons
de plume as "vox Populi," "Citizen"
and sometimes Patriot" He did not
believe that writing was the profess
sion of a gentleman unless one could
hide ones identity. Yet he felt that
the public should be educated by this
means. He was Democrat. but be-
heved in high protective tariff. He
disclaimed being lingo. but thought
It the duty Of the government to avenge
the wrongs Of any people prosecuted
by a foreign mower And m tho NIGHT