The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-03-16
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Innctts snmmers ana j had been invited
ID snend IA nm holiday With, our school,
/ NM, Kate Harrineton Deacon Harring-
1 - s ala fashionAA. hr0wn house. ffonted o.
/ varil ~ South. Behind IL stretched Is
i hrasa 1870 rrerda.r. "a rim further back
was ! dsnsely wooded acclivity. famous ~
| flowers end berries il tho geography Of ev-
erv child ia Ryeiald. 1 used 10 love TO look
atsDeacon Hafrington's Old brown house,
even in those carly days, when had not =
single well-Gennsd notion of artistic skill in
my early bead. know that it combined
| to ~ eminent degree the elements of the
picturesque The low root, which sloped
backward nearly to tho ground, was gray
with mos, Ivy orept about the windows
and over tho rustic porch had climbed twin.
| ing roses along with heavy clusters Of trum-
net creepers. 7a
There was rude seat at the doorway.
| made Of the little bouqhs Of the white birch.
twisted together in fantastic fashion, and
here grandmother Harrington vas woucuto
cit, with her gray wooden knitting work
Oh! what treat we used ID think il to spond
| . half.holiday with Kate Harrington. 's
| al wish were YOU. Kate. !, exclaimed An
| nette. after we had snent half the lone sum-
| mer afternoon chasing butterflies. and Ar.
| ranging q vegetable baby house. with hollv-
hooks for our ladies' parasols. and teanota
manufactured ont Of veritahla nonnv.nods q
II wiah / were Won and then / cnni IL
hannv ali dav long. With nothing ~ tronhle
me- 81 1s-@ II 1sg a. !.
aYou could conld von ., and K.t...
cheeks flushed a. she nut av.v from thsm
her heavy bands Of black hair: avou th;nk
90. and that's ali YOU know about K Ihaye
n thousand things TO yex me There Il Knaa
for instance. Mother expects me II IL con
stantly taking care of her and she'a the
greatest torment Won ever Jaw ~ tina WV
girls. LET'S start after those Strawberries IN
the wood. now she il out az sight for \ min.
nte. 40 she WON'T taaze e % with na,n
| We were halfwav ncross The meadow
when we heard q sweet voice CRYING
"Please sister Kate. Rose wants r. On /
too 80 19 4s'7 l1 ~
turned around, I remember. and thought
how beautiful WAS the little 'creatnre cominO
toward US Che was verv unlike har sistar
Kate Kate was q brunette. but the lit-
| tIa white.rohed fignra trimming across tha
meadow had pale spiritual face. and long
curls Of gloden hair falling to her tinv
waist, There was . flush On her cheek
and a look Of eager, beseeching interest in
her large blue eyes and she stretched her
dimpled arms towards us, and kept crying
in her earnestness:
oPlease, girls, wait for Rose
A look of yexation crossed Kites face
and she called out in a tone Of extreme irri.
liability
"Go back. Rose. you're too little 10 come
Go back 90 back !''
Kate always had way Of being minded.
and the little one nut her Hnsers to her eves
and silently turned towards The honse W.
hurried ON in the direct;on az tho wood
without giving a SINGLE glance hackw.rd
| think Kate's Coincidence rcnrnachad Ia
for selfshness and know NV own nleasnra
was sno;Iad fnr tho Afternoons W. $500
plentv Of strawberries. rod and r;na among
their heds ofloavas Thora ,.nra ;.,, . ,I,.s
eyed blossoms too that Lent rev;n5 ;,e nus me
Of Rose and was not sorry whon tha 900.
set shadows lenothenad 4, o. home
We had cone down tba hin ont ar tba
wood, and crossed several rods Of the mead.
ow land whom Koto sod = ! ba..sa ."h;.
ner- "A''
ases there GIRLS what il that white ,h;nn
bv the hrooS H. von sea ;.Y 49, "A''' '''ins
was Rose At first we thought abe was
dead. Scarcely seemed the faintest breath
to steal from her parted Inns. and the pursa-
tions of her heart were SO weak YOU could
scarcely feel them She was in trance.
like sleep 1t was some time before we sue
ceeded in waking her, and then her limbs
seemed chilled and stiffened by the subtle
danpness Of the meadow-land atmosphere.
She could not stand. How many times that
afternoon the little darling had begged Of
us to snake chair for her with cur hands
and we had answered that we couldn't stop.
We made one now. She twined her DIM
Piled arms about our necks, and held on very
tight; but she didn't speak. except once,
and then she only said, "Aint | most bis
enough, sister Kate p
Mrs. Harrington met US at the door, with |
q look of alarm.
''Good Heavens, kater' she exclaimed.
"whats the matter with Rose 2" Ind Ia.
king her from our arms, she discovered that |
her clothes were almost satured with moist |
ure "Kate, child, why don't YOU speak p
Has Rose been in the water n
ono, ma am, but she went into the IL mea-
dow and got to sleep, and we found her
there sleeping
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Oh, there were anxious hearts il ne..or
HARRINGTON. hrown honsa that ,;,-h. w..
tenderlv wos tbe sutfsr;n, i;,.la i,oso a