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Show a 8 AL Journal of Current Literature, News, f= Vol. 1... : No. 25s, HOW GRANDMA look round a little those cows. DANCED. “So, in How she danced—my grandma danced! ; Long ago. How she held her pretty head, How How her dainty skirt she spread, she turned her little toes— Smiling little human rose! Long ago. Grandma’s hair was bright and sunny; Dimpled cheeks, too—ah, how fon pony quite a pretty girl, a Long ago. Bless her! why, she wears a eap, Grandma does, and takes a nap Every single day; and yet lost to ‘ reenter FOE Sheen have shocked the gentler folk _ In of us a short time we ran a bunch of ten have more moved 4 Atay ten fine young cows, slouch hats and strolled up in greenhorn fashion to take a look, she greeted us with a smile of recognition so an gelic—the gods! if she had been direct from the Holy Presence she could not t Grandma says our ete jumping, — Hopping, rushing, whirling, bumping, _ Long ago. — about ulated rations. The little woman, too, was at herself, and as we doffed our Now she sits there, rocking, rocking, Always knitting grandpa’s stocking, (Every girl was taught to knit, Long ago.) - Yet her figure is so neat, And her way 80 staid and sweet. I can almost see her now, Bending to her partner’s bow, — and see ) what a very few minutes property. across ago. Long ago. Lake grazing ina ravine some twelve miles from camp. They were in charge of a ‘couple of squaws, who scampered off without ceremony at the first sight of us. ‘ : “We returned just in time for supper, which on the occasion had been ad‘| vanced very considerably from the stip- Grandma danced the minuet, Long Salt were mounted and on the the trail of the Grandma told me all about it, Told me, sol couldn’t doubt it. me. Art and Science for the Wester February 23, 1880. Household. 3- = Ah, my Colonel, He was agreat Master who designed a woman! was he not?” “T suppose so,” retorted the ‘Calonel, “but proceed.” : “Yes, oh, yes! but had ic ei a wonderful conception of divinity i in nee | “Most decidedly, - had!” City, Utah, a whisper, and when he ceased the tears were streaming from the eyes of both himself and the Colonel. bf A long pause followed, which was Bailey centre of my bones that she was mine, for the balance of this life at least, by every possible right of human interest; and heaven knows I yearned for her as passionately as a starving man for nourishment. Besides, reason as I ‘The would, I could not drive from my mind broken by a very emphatic but scarcely audible that had damned muttering much from the Judge sound inhuman scoundrel,” followed by a gutteral $2.25 Per Year of and was echo of the samwe the belief that the one single effort nee- He met me at the door, his half stern half jocular man- dent’s office. and in ner rebuked me for not coming sooner. “We sat for an hour talking of my troubles and various other personal matters, when, as I was rising to leave, he stepped before me, and clapping his hands on my shoulders, looked me in the sohard.and quizically that the sentiment from the Colonel. earthly prizes tome, was to open my blood came to my sallow oheek despite The Captain with an effort collected arms and my heart and take herto me. my struggle for self-possession. himself and continued. But following the bias of all procrasti‘Brother Stephen,’ said he after satis“T sat down,” said he “on the grave be- nating fools of my sort, I hesitated and fying himself he had my undivid od attenside me, not particularly to increase the brooded over the matter until the little tion, “you go and get married!” Had he tension of my feelings and imagina- wisdom which possessed me in the out- ordered me to set out the next morning tions, heaven knows, there was no great set vanished; and then, when I was next on a handeart expedition to the Misoccasion for this, but simply because I door to an idiot on that particular sub- souri river, the ain -uncement would was tired and found it dry and comfort- ject, came on a period of self-deprecia- have pee: me happy compared with able. At the same time, looking up at tion on the one hand and _ idealization | tthis one.’ the frozen moon, serene and beautiful, on the other; and having once begun My ‘Why brother Brigham,’ satay I, after I was constrained to acknowledge its my stupid comparisons I continued to recovering from my confusion, ‘IT get similitude with those evanescent’ bless- enlarge upon them until I had to all in- marrie@! you are ignorant of both me ‘ings we are wont to call the providences tents, transformed my lady to a divinity and my condition, or you would not hint of God, today bright and clear and de- and myself to a beast. : such a subject to me.” lightsome, tomorrow quintescent dark“At all events, my little Phillip and I eae aay, Brother Shanken: you go at ness. And why, I queried with myself, located ourselves in a‘hovel dswn yononce and gets you a wife; I want you to : why cling to asolace. so indeterminate der’in one of the swamp districts and I help me, and I will have no man under ! woe oe -glorio 1s beacon of God's pitched out to work. My boy did the your circiimstance about. me > that i is not BOSE eeping, and bless hime: he did his married e essary to achieve this dearest of all eyes sericea Bs ae, i |