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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1890)
Ill WrT HHOItK. M Will, 0)e 'rrfiN,u vttUi- ry hot wk an' I'd' defence by the boys, while Nan and Mollic joined for- l,une, an' he wi uJIin r,,. thi rirnif). He Zarh rri and liutcl the number of eggs consumed and found ut tt 'twa dot .tirj rr fol?" the manner of their consumption, with greet fluency " l.ill Mo.by, he Mid they 'lowed 'twa done pur and leal. Lit rat by, toeing her baby brother and I blushing when Hank appealed to her for confirmation " You don't My !" rjcUimed Mr. I'oger. to ome of hi statement. " loh mi mighty jr'xl h-i dog, h t me U ye," Then the egg subject im allowed to drop while the Mi l Ur husband. "Zahtd'tne himlf he wouldn't the matoial of the wagered handkerchief waa dia- take a hundred dollar (r hlui.an I know of hiahein' rusN-d, Hank tnaintaining that it should be. of silk, offered twenty-fur." nhile Nan declared that cotton waa good enough. " T) sherp Uiur U a mighty lon me one ef a When thin phase of the wager waa exhausted, Mr. filler haint got a hcrp d"g that' me account," em- Uoger jiroH.l some music, and, after aome urging, piratically replied Mr. ru, and then the party I. Mr. Imcen, who had been a singer in what she called gan a ptrnt of dg tri , some reminismit of various h r day, which must have Ixen at aome remote eriod canine on nn at different time by the narrator, and in the history of her youth, favored the company with ti.e aj-K typhal relating to d.i tbry had heard of, "Cruel Karl ry Allen," in such shrill nasal tones that and (hit I'UflMht diirtirw u only t becked when the very dg howled in terror. Then Mr. Rogers, be Hilly, who mie- to devote hi youthful ejintenre to ingduly urged, sang "Wait for the Wagon," with great alternately tormenting the chickens and washing the effect, after which the girl, who wouldn't and couldn't road for j rri by, lurst into the houw to annotince a ing alotie, sang "The Sweet Ilye and Hye," the boys party of hortrhnck rider coming down the grade, coming in manfully on the chorus. The grade wa the p,,mt on the road wlnre traveler Hy the time thi flow of soul was concluded the air were first diemb!e from the lingers domirile, and wa full of the pound of tinkling India, as the sheep wa at leat half a mile away, thm affording a delight streamed down the hillsides, and Mrs. Iwen discov ful Interval of umntalnty atid gueMtng a to who crcd that they must In going, and after prolonged part might I- approaching, ing injunction to "come again when you can stay " That tberr'a Nan' j.ny on thi aid"', an I r kou longer," and related invitations to be " neighborly," It' Nan a ri din' 'im," said Mr. bwii, after a critical the rnaking wagon wa turned homeward, with the urry of the rider. young f.lk riding on either side and indulging in " An Ihere'a tud Htnlth, ridin' 'l-.f.g ide o her." mu h gay Unto, a Hank and Lis gradually drojd " Y, Hud, be'a albr hingin' 'round Nan." to the rear and were bt to ight as the road wound " An' thnii other in our Tom an Moll M(by, an' around the hill. IIiA an' our Mi" aniMtinm! Mr 4n, triumph" " What ye thinkin'aN.ut?" wkl Hank, tenderly, "''J- ,,r they had ridden awhile in silence that was bliss " l-k at Nan an' Mod unn Which d'ye 'low'll itwjf. 'r l? " li tartl and hlushni under the bright blue eyes H.e wiry M.e Plfri r, i ihir w..rk a their and frank fare of the energetic Hank, who, being a r Kited rider urgoj then, on. frxkUiof ..ibletum. " ru.'ler to work," wa not likely to prove a "laggard l b that might U Ml thetij at they ti.re dow n the grade, in love." and w ill, much laughter and framing drrw up at the - Ye Uk awful purty t-nlay," he continue.1, ad- U" u miringly. " I je,t rt.uldn't keep my ey, ofT'n ye." " U y, Nan. w at dye bt tud Uat yr, frf?" ..kd J,, blushing m.,re and more, found it riHirnt to Mr. Wtn, a a be cubl male hinlf heard ay a..mrthit.g to (he, k the flattery which was so dan- aUve the grtie ral omfmion of gnrtipg, a the merry geunlr wTt. '"'''ll v"'' '"'"."I " N'" "i" V7 I'm H like . !' llul llr I Nn (..t I.. I .wltr ctM Tom ..i..n." f.ltrr"! IU. U I... V, ru....fntl.o .nl. i.v, j,m.j ,. W()ml muriimrfJ ,. "-I. I -t.ine hi. h.nJ hrn, .n.l ri.ling cl , N.n. II l,.f ,.. ,, IU l,n i,nM lKt il,, k,,,U, ,.,, ,UnJt ,ti ,,, ra,,w ,., in.il riiliiiunll.trtu.4lrr. In miU ..n.,r. H .r . ,11..,, l.nUf ,..uuj U Mr N.. - , , .. j, him u, M , ' ''ir " " ' ' ' riu, nut .,! t.inVW fl,iu,,;,u , clllt.