Willamette farmer., March 18, 1887, Page 2, Image 2

WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, MARCH IS, I8c7
4jnrrcnf ilcralnr.
A LOMO OOOD-BTB.
The Ur waa heavy with wfod and rain
When last we taid good-byj
When I and my lore (halt meet again,
There will be a cloudlet! aky.
I claped your hand; but I made no ilgn,
I could not i peak nor stay;
But something flashed from your eye to mine
I dream of, night and day.
And stranger itood In the dreary street,
And marked each glance and tone;
When I and my love ooco more ahall meet
We ahall be all alono.
There'f many a troth break easily!
There'a many a lovo may quails
I know wherever wo two may be,
We two ahall never-fail.
And death may sweep our years apart,
And all but faith shall dio
As my own heart, I trust your heart,
A long, a long Good-by I
MAXIMS FOR EVEEYDODY.
Who builds tho flro for hit wife
Much happiness will know in life
Who ashes on the sidewalk throws
Will always have more friends than toes,
Who doffs her bonnet at the play
Will meet with blessing every day.
Who his wifo'a letters promptly mails
Needs not to tell flolitlou tales.
My Summer Journey.
"If ho cannot !ovo mo whon ho hours
I am 11 poor shop ?'' u0 cannot lovo
mo at all."
All very well In thoory, but very poor
in practice. I fold up Fred Langloy'H
offer of marriage and sit down to writo
him that I am ono of those superfluous
boings; a girl who camo into this world
with no special placo propared for her;
that I havo clorkod at Sharp it Sniper's
ovor ninco I was sovcnlcon and I nm
now twontythroo ; that I havo two
young eistors depending on mo for Bup
port; growing P n Biwky, ill-clnd
uglinoHs, a ohado plnlnor than iuysolf
oven.
Bomoway, when I first met him nt that
pleasant summer resort, tho first breath
I had had ont of Sharp &8nipor'a store
for two ycare, I was happy. I forgot
to montlon tho scrubbing llfo I had loft
lohiud mo at homo, and I wna sick of
povorty and thlrd-rato people. I was
glad to forget it.
How should ho, being n man, know
tho dross I woro had boon turned twicoj
that I trimmod my bonnot mysolf ; that
tho diamond ring I woro I had borrowed
from my sister, being tho unvalued rolio
of somo forgotten lovor of horn, ; that tho
beauty ho said was in my face was duo
to my happiness in his Hocioty? For I
do think tho old saying : "Ho good and
you will bo lmppy," ought to bo tovorsod.
How did ho know that charming
nalvotoof ndno was loarnod trying to in
duco austomorH to buy?
Old Sniper nlwuyti says when ho ex
poctn to soil n largo bill of goodn to a
customer: "Let Miss Jo manage him,
ho enn biiiIIo tho dollars out of his pock
et if any ono cnn."
Bo I smile uml smile, and yet 1 am no
villain, for they aro Inform! and impii
dent smiles for breiut and butter.
lfow round and rosy I grow in thoo
fow weeks of ecstatic joyl What love
ly walks and ridos wo had up and down
tho woo! uml rn vinos! What chnrm
iug sails through tho dolls, through
Witch's Gulch, and about tho Dovil'd
Klbowl
How brilliant nnd agreeable and how
haudsomo my Fred wasl Dnro I call
him my Fred boforo ho knows that I
clerk at Sharp it Sniper's?
I am no Htrong minded woman ; I
frank confers that I do not liko to tako
euro of myself. I am no clinging vine,
howover, never bud anything to cling to.
I havo grown up stiff uml straight all by
myself, like n weed in tho middle of a
bare, ten aero lot.
Perhaps I will not make such n bud
wife, utter all. I am a good house
keopor, and haviug been no trouble nor
expense to any one since I can remom
Iter, 1 do not see why I should bo ho
very much trouble now, even with my
two sUtorH thrown in for ballast. Still,
Fred mint know all about tho poverty
and incumbrances, and make up hia
mind accordingly, bo I waste a great
many sheets of paper writing an answer
that Hhall be f rauk and truthful, and yet
ladylike.
I inform him In my most gonteel man
ner, that ho must marry three when ho
leads mo to tho later.
I send it olf In a pink envelope, my
heart beatiug n painful tattoo, ns I think
of his elegant sister he has described to
mo, and ho a member of the legislature.
1 pieced down my sister Sophia's ono
summer silk for her, that I bought at
such a bargain, thinking peradveuturo
thoro might bo a wedding soon. I do
not scold May whon alio comes homo
lrtto from tho picnio with my best ssu
drenched and soaked through, laco
Helm torn, and her toes through both
hor boots, and creeps into bod besido mo.
I hug Her mto my arms instead, with
that hungry, unsatisfied longing I always
havo for kisses and carosscs, but alio
Only says : " You strangle mo Jo, you soft,
mushy thing)" and moves along out of
my roach.
My name was nover Jo, bat I havo al
ways boon called this on account of my
enforced manly accomplishments.
For a woek I sing about tho houso
liko A lark, tho noxt wcok I do not sing
so much ; tho next week I do not sing
ut all but go about heavy-eyed and slow,
and burst into tears when May sits down
at tho old faint-hearted piano and begins
to storm away nt "II Uacia, Jbrcds (a
vorito waltz and inino.
I might havo known all tho timo ho
would ncvoranswor tho letter: it has al
ways been my luck. Lot me sco how
many lovers havo I had.
Thcro was No. 1 waiting on mo whon
my father died of hoart discaso and left
mo ponniloss at sovontecn. Ho camo to
sco mo af tor tho funoral and told mo ho
had a great sympathy and respect for
mo, and that ho should nover marry un
less it was somo poor girl thrown upon
her own resources, and with no ono to
tako caro of hor ; as ho thought that was
tho truo way for tho truo gontleman to
dot a"d with theso sontimonts ho bowod
hlmsolf out for tho last timo.
Most heavenly philosonhy, but then,
ho married tho samo year tho daughter
of a wealthy man, who had nover dono
anything harder in hor lifo than curl
her front hair ovor slato pencils.
Then thoro was a young man who
wroto poetry, and throatcucd to dio or
shoot himself when I refused him this
was yoars ago. Ho is now in good health
with a wifo and two children; but I al
ways hated men who wroto poetry.
Then thoro was Judge Fcathcrby. Ho
visltod mo for n year nnd told mo ho
lovod mo, but somothing ho dignified by
tho nnmo of prido forbade him from say
ing anything moro, aud I' havo been
heartily glad siuco that ho was ashamed
of mo.
I) ut tho thought of nonoof those well-disposod-of
and settled gentlemen makos
tho nnn-nrrival of that lottor any casinr
for mo. I got woary and cross, my chest
is getting weak, and I get faint and dizzy
by spells.
Somo davB when I stand at tho laco
countor and somo ono is pricing this and
cheapening that, I think I shall fall in
a dead faint from sheer oxhnustion. Wo
men aro so much harder to Btiit than
mon, and ten to one. go picking ovor
thingB, vory llkoly becuuso so fow of
thorn, poor things, havo any money of
their own to spend.
Tho fall winds como. and I walk ovor
beds of fallon winds; thon that long, aw
ful wintor of 1871 I rode through hii:h
drifts nnd through storms that tako my
breath away, to roach Sharp it Snipor's,
Sophia, the oldest of my young sisters
is nillng this winter, so I got up nnd
build tho lire with inimb lingers, so ns
to cot to tho sloro at seven. licforo tho
spring opens, that she so longs to sco,
poor, patient, hard-working Sophia
dies.
Anticipating tho lifo that won beforo
her, I havo triod to instill into her tho
principle) that works is her ond aud aim
nnd that sho must not expect Anything
beyond in tho lifo of a woman who is
both poor and uubcautiful.
Sho hns dono all tho cooking and
most of tho housework for ue thrco
while I havo been at Sharp it Snipor's
and May has boon at school.
I havo como homo worn out aud fret
ful, to help what I could by snatches.
Sho litis had about half what sho
ought to have to oat, und about a third
of what sho ought to wear. Well, sho
U ut rest now, and has gono where "all
hearts aro filled," nnd I stay whoro
hearts aro hollow.
I closo hor oyos ; lay her out in tho
summer silk that should hnvo graced
our wodding ; tuko tho sovonty five dol
lars I havo laid nway in tho bank, to
buy hor colllu and pay her funeral ex
penses. AlKHit this timo thcro comes a legaoy
of a fow hundred dollars from and old
undo of ours. I xend May olf to school
with this, determined that sho shall not
bu like Sonhiu. I am loft alone. I do
my own work. 1 cut my solitary mo.ls,
salted with lonely tears. I havo ceased
to ever hear from Fred now.
Tho Juno days have como again, hot
add long. Thero is sunshiuo without
happiness aud stillness without ret.
1 look at tho glass I am all eyes ;
my faco is sharpening out, my collar
bones protrude, 1 tun getting wuspy and
nun; ru miii'ii lur iuiuih ihj iiusv iu
man.
Old Suipor looked at mo to-day, oven
kindly, aud said t
"Miss Jo, you must havo n vacation a
week or so ; this hot weather iu the coun
try w ill do you good, and you can work
the bettor on your return."
So I thuuked him, thinking sadly that
uo trip to tho country can make mo hap
py now j that I am heir henceforth only
to woman's undisputed legaoy, tears, ami
longing after the lovo und appreciation
sho will not receive.
Tho bic-lieartcd maniiKor of tho road,
who is acquainted with mo, has given me
a jwss to St. Paul and return. I euro
little which way I go, and hao selected
this route becuuso it paseos mo through
tho town where Fred Langley Uvea.
Though I half despiea him for his fickle
ness, still I have a woman's curiosity to
ride through this city, oven though I
only catch n glimpse of his oflico win
dow. I get nm a brown poplin traveling
dress. I find that old maids generally
wear a brown poplin, and tho older they
get, the moro colors they wear, especially
scarlet. I havo always hated rod. I
cannot neo my way clear, just yot, to
putting it on my bonnet, so 1 get a moro
youthful bunch of palo blue rote buds
for my hat. t
Ono hot, bright July day I set out on
my lonoly trip. Onco seated in tho train
by tho open window my spirits rise, for
I always did lovo to ride in tho cars :
thcro is a pleasant rush and excitcmont
about them that ploascs mo ; wo aro fly
ing, so last, through whito towns, and
over bridges and out into tho vast Wis
consin prarios not smooth and rolling,
liko thoso of Illinois and Iowa, but rough
and ragged, full of rocks nnd ragged
thickots; with littlo cabins sot down
hero and thoro liko birds' nosts in the
grots j flocks of ragged childron troop
out of theso and stare nt passengers
mo ucar iittio dirty creatures I What an
invontory thoy tako of my Milwaukco
bonnet and my dusty suitl Hero is a
fiold starred with swamp lillios, scarlet
lobelias, and wild asters, How I long
to got out and gather thorn.
1 sco by tho towns on my ticket and
know by tho warning whistle that wo aro
within a milo of Fred's home. Tho big
manufacturing town is already in sight;
tho sand and sawdust and coal smoak is
flying. Of courso I havo my head nnd
shouldors out of tho window, with my
oyes and mouth full of cinders, and gap
ing wildly about mo.
Tho train grates, jars and stops. Tho
usual nombcr of women with boxes, bud
gots, and parasols bundlo off tho train.
Teo toachors's association is hold hero
this weok, and a tribo of lank, sharp-nos
ed, hungry-faced women get off also,
'to.iclior written all over thom, from
their ugly hats to their ugly shoes.
Can I belie vo my oyosT Who is that
steps up nnd shakes hands with two of
tho lankest, most wizened old maidest
of thom nil, but my darling Fred, with
a Btnilo as sweet as tho morning; takes
thoir satchols and shnwls, and turns to
tho lady who is with him, whom 1 know
by tho olcgauco of hor dress and a cer
tain high bred sweetness about hor, is
his sister, Tho oldest old maid says :
"So kind in you, Sir. Langloy, to meet
us. Wo should havo been bewildered In
this place. So good in you to tako eo
much trouble"
"No trouble most happy," but ho
said it rather languidly.
Ho glances up at my window, and in
spite of cindors and soot, my cavod-ln
bonnot, my hair all living, nnd my chocks
burning liko live coals, ho knows mo and
drops tho satchols.
'Tako tho shawls a momont, sis," 1
hear him say, and nnothor second ho is
on tho train, leaning ovor my sont, with
my hand hold tightly in his, asking mo
a dozen questions in a broath.
"I nm going to bt. rnul, is nil I havo
timo to answer: and ho whispors,"Good
by. Mignon,
, I will sco you again," and
ho is olf tho cars
as
tho boll begins to
ring.
1 catch ono moro glimnso of him as
tho train movos off helping his sister,
and tho old maid with their satchols, and
thoir ankles liko axohelvos, into tho car
riage; I boo him tako tho front sont bo
sido tho ono with red poppies in hor bon
net, touch tho roins and tho horses aro
oil' .liko birds. How I envy that old
maid, though sho has n wart on her
noso, nnd looks liko a last yenr's million
stock.
Something gots into my throat nnd
ohokes me, and I rofuso tho oraugo tho
man in tho next sent with n big beard
oilers mo. Somothing choked mo all
tho way to St. Paul.
I may bo tho green peach I havo oat
en, but I think it is that old maid.
liy did I let him speak to me eo
familiarly, aud call mo "Mignon," his
pot namo for moT Why did I not pull
my hand away?
I busy myeolf with such thoughts us
theso until wo havo crossed tho bound
ary lino und havo ontored Minnesota ;
hero tho scenery gots wilder, tho broad
Mississippi winds lazily at tho foot of
its tall bluffs with trees toppling uncom
fortably along their stcop sides ; closo to
tho car windows groat walls of rook
riso, oh, so high in tho air. Tho train
balances dizzily along liko a ropo walk
er over high rook, whero it sooms us If
tho least jar would eoud us down, down,
I daro not think how far.
I ride along in a sort of mist until wo
roach St, Paul. What u queer, elevated
town it Is, as jf every hoiuoVin it had
climbed up nnd sat down on tho top of
tho hill. I get out iu a pouring rain,
greatly to tho detrimoiu of my bones. 1
stop nt ono of tho grandest hotels thero,
tho Motronolitnn, nnd say to mysolf
spitofully :
"l will enjoy nvyfoli for once, though
I starvo tho rest of tho year."
Katlier n iiroary maguilicence, how
ever, for I get tired tho first day wander
ing up and down tho parlors anil long
halls, l grow rchtless tiio second day
aud want to go home. As to Minne
haha falls, what n baby falls to como so
far to see! I grow so tired of thostraugo
faces and tho scenery that by the third
day my brilliant summer debut U bo
coming unbearable, when a boy brings
up a enrd with Fred Langloy' name
ongraved on it,
I try not to mako indecent haste down
into tho parlor, but omehow my foct
will tako two ttep nt n time.
Fred is thoro with an open letter in a
pink cnvelopo in his hand, which I see
by oloso scrutiny, is my poor old letter,
written a year ago, telling him about
my aUtens
Iho fight of it angers mo beyond ex
pression. I snatch at it fiercely. Fred
holds tho letter far out of my reach and
catches mo in his arms instead, bestow
ing upon mo some of thoold-timo kies,
who,-o unforgotten sweetness I had
trained myself to boliovo I should never
see agaiu.
"nm you iiur.K me eo inoau, Aorum,
unmanly?" ho asked, "as not to answer
your letter! It was lost and never
found until yesterday, nnd I camo as
soon as the train would fotch mo to
answer it in peredn." '
I ask no questions ; I only lay my
woary head down on his' shoulder, und
cry out my overburdened heart on his
bosom. ' ' I
It is not until nftornoon, when wo are
driving in a nico carriago to Minnehaha
sprinc near Minneapolis, tho noise of
St. Anthony's falls in' my ears, that I
ventured to my "
" How in the world did you happen to
loso that letter?"
"Well, you see, sister took it from tho
postman nnd put it oil tho high mantel,
whoro it slipped away against the wall,
and shu forgot nil about it, and boing a
bit of a' woman liko yourself, b!io nover
noticed tho edge of it abovo tho mantel,
or no ono else, until this wcok, .two
rather oldish lady teachers camo to
spend a fow' days with us, and ono of
thom, whilo looking for nicknncks on
tills sholf, discovered add brought to
light your letter."
"Did folio havo red poppies in hor bon
net and n wnrt oil her noso?" I enquired
cagorly.
"Yos, on tho whole, I bcliovo sho had.
Heaven bless that old maid.
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