Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-02-21
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J ii.f likeness That is all the word Il
our cool dictionary that will tell you any
things of Lois Hall though, TO be busi
nesslike, / should commence with the cot
tnge. standing on little brownish rise
with a faint flowers garden and an ineffect
nal vegetable patch from which you are Il
infer that the soil was stubborn, aud IikeI,
to prove too much for the little hired boy
sole scrap Of masculinty about the premise
Of Mrs. Hall and that the only neighbo
was the sea, tnmbling in disorderly fashion
on The desolate beach below them.
Lois's room looked on it, out of one littl,
white-curtained window the other KEEP
itself Informed as to the state of the coun
try and the probability of Visitors comiIe
"across lots I" Between them stood bureau
whose drawers had been rihed by Tory
tndrauders, troubled with an eruption Of
brass knobs and handles, having q swihgiug
oval mirror. and sr1nl inRnity of little
drawers, where, doubtless, some belle oi
the Revolution bestowed her powder and
ruffles. In corner was the bed modelled as
to proportions, aftef that of tie Gniucky
Cnnaahiish king of old--one which made
getting in peculiar, and getting out prob
lcmatical, and offered you yonr choice Of
locality, If you had any fancies about your
head and particular points of the compass ;
grirnly carved, and unrelenting, even over
Lois, asleep there, her brown hair falling
oil over the pillow, and little hand clutch
ing painfully at the eoterlet. LAZY child
waking, half an hour after the usual time
with start and troubled eyes.
Lead US not into temptation, but de
liver us from. evil, murthGted Lois, as she
knelt down to pray. e Does the Father oI
Lois send such dreams.W
have said that Z" lily.tkeness" was the
only word for Lois, yet / wish that | could
better define her peculiar charm Other girls
hnd hair as soft and abundant brighter col.
or for Lois was pale, form as 1.-THE neither
was there strength or lofty purpose in the
lines Of her face ; vet she took you always
by surprise she was just What you had
nat expected TO see. Then, TOO, lived a
peculiar charm in Loiss touch every
thing that had been near her blabbed
of its happiness ihe little collier lying
across the toilet cushion the velvet bow
that John Clifford had taken from her hair
and kissed the night before be went to join
his regiment.
She was thinking now OF 1t and him
When he came back she was TO marry him !;
she had ioted no, not that-she had liked
him all her life. from the time that he fought
ber battles al school, Till now He was the
son of their nearest neghbor vas taller,
stronger, better lacking, kinder, braver,
than any ore else. 1t was quite natural
She had been more proud than grieved when
he went away. and always calmly certain
that he would come back safe, only her
dream troubled her. 1t had been of him,
and oil pain and confusion and doabt if
she qnite recovered serenity till, on her
way down, she had looked out on the
piazza, and breathed in the morning peace
and freshness before entering the sitting
room, as it is styled in New England nonh-
enclature.
Her mother turned from the window
with face brighter than he sun ponring n
oetween muslin curtains. leaving for Lois
view tall 6ngure with lientenal's straps
on his broad shoulders, and a face that,
however Drowned altered by the shading
Of mustsche and emitting short of curling
hair, was still John Giffords.
Lois stopped short in utter wonder. Her
mother quietly stepped from the room, clos.
Dg the door behind her. aalf a gsy
Well, Apple blossom cried john, atfi
not ghost, you see ft.ua = fr
At sound Of the voice Lois remembered
herself, and went quickly to him, holding
oht both hands. -s',sa- =
So it is really you | am not balf awake
yetl / thought you were part of my dream.
How you have changed M ~ i9 eea
You have not said the admiring John.
Then suddenly catching her close in his
strong arms I: '. tsAs 3fet ~sN
ION, Lois, Lois bow can you + Is. this
-FOUR girls nonsense, or does your heart still
really know nothing Of what Is going on in
ninef Child / have lived In the thought
of you as we ought to live TO God. Why,
have stopped when the battle was at the
naddest to make sure that that bit Of rib,
bon Of yours was safe, warming my heart
md oil the hateful time 10 the hospital ]
lad bot one prayer, o God, come what
Eil let me see my little Lois again p
While you--you are so coldly sweet, s
Lois looked puzzled and distressed.
Whyl am very glad to see you, dear
lohn, only II is so sudden. aud SO strauge
Did you come last night {? I heard nothing
'fit
We made nois enough. holding hsf fast,
md sirokine her lovely brown Rsk.
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