St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-12-29
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keep thinkip' of such things" he de-.
clared. "Now it never would la come
into my great woode" head-and jest
to think how much better onr oThanks-
giving dinner'll taste Tor remcmberin'
the poor fellows that's a 6ghtiu' for Us {!
Gee up, Dolly!'
: And Mr.. Martin winked his misty
eyes and cracked his whip simultane-
ously. -,
+ "1-doh't-sec- where--it-can-
bew ..
. The golden .vapors were all faded
away from the sweet valley now--thc
'gray November sky stretched it's dreary
canopy Of cloud over the glens and for
ests, and tho yellow leaves were rain.
ing sadly down around Ray Martini
feet as she hunidly tr.,srsed the noun
tain path, pushing aside the rcd and
russet drifts With eage,, tremuIous fin
gers, and searching as if for some prec-
ious lost talistban.
4'Oh, to think that should have
dropped it," she faltered, half aloud.
''While woresit I could still fancy
our parting was but a dream. Oh,
where could l have lost itr' "a.
And she sat down on the twisted
bcech.root aud cried heartily, while the
moaning Of the chill wind brought back
an echoios cadence to her ears. >.<
"a barrel Of golden pippins .
Mars isn't it jolly ?" n~~n.:..-1
The FIRST lieutenant executed an In.
promptu thornpipe Ground the barrel as
Captain Douglas priced up the cover
with hammer.
"We'rc very much obliged to Com
pnny A. said the latter, sedately, 81
hope you d'dn t forget that. Jcnniug, p
"Oh, Of :. course I did the. polite -
Company A was so obligiog as to sene
US the barrel, and keep the great levi
athan Of box for its own delectation
1 just wish you could have seen Dodx
ley's face when he opened it!'' a.:
"What do you mean ?"
"Such conylomeration OF decayin9
Carolina potatoes, sour swcetmeats, ole
rags, ard law.books! 1 didn't stop t,
investigate very closely, however; i
was my interest to roll the barrel dowr
hill as fast as possible, lest Dodsle,
should repent of his generosity. 1 con
fess ( was little nervous while 70,
were opening the barrel, lest it shoul,
contain cold victuals and pine kind
liugs. Hullo! what's this ?" h,e: ex
claimed, taking aslip Of paper that hat
lain beneath the lid: GA Thankseiv
Ling remembrance Much, obliged I,
you, my unknown friend III keep n,! il
Thanksgiving now" s...: -. ....,.,.
/, Douglas caught the slip from hi
friends hand; deep flush rose int,
his cheek as be. recognized Ray. Mai
TINS delicate and rather peculiar hand
writing. i .asa .~gs,f
@"The same old apples that used t
lie like spheres Of gold in the long gras
j BY the meadow! thought i knev
Ithem - he p"ndered. "Jennings--'
But Jennings had lodged out t.
promulgate the good tidinss among hi
fellow officers. At the same instan
Mark Douglass eye caught |. foreigt
glitter among the yellow straw.
The turquoise ring! = ..,...:...,
His heart gave sudden leap as b
lren. enbered the careless, half.romanti,
words with. which he had placed it o,
her finger. And then came the revul
[sion Of feeling.
s"What fool I am! as if she coule
have known the destination of fhi.
chance gift ?''@" 4 "
Yet above the cold aud calculating
Voice Of reason, far more welcome
tone kept repeating to the ear Of hi,
heart, with perpetual refrain, .: " es'~''j
"She has called me back to her, she
has called me back y
The twilight Of Thanksgiving Eve
was brooding darkly over Mr.. Martin ;.
great, old.fashioned kitchen, where the
Eglow Of pine logs afforded the only i.
Elimination, and .hrill-voiced cricket
piped behind the chimney bricks. Ray
saw. the red CLEANS Pickering on the
leaAess naples across the road, as che
walked slowly down the slopiug path,
with gray shawl wrapped round her