Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-25
DODGEvILLE WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 1863

Pauline to be my wife. ! am very sorry.
Yet it must be so, for did not they always
say that of me at home? Yet Pauline
smiles on me, and Pauline is very lovely.
[ wonder how it is !!
"The truth was that Valentine had
grown up quite tall and manly. His smile
was very sweet; and he had 8 pleasant
way which charmed everybody, and
charmed Pauline so much, that, when at
last Valentine asked, 'Will you be my
wife, and go to dwell with me in my own
native country? she did not say No.
but said only, Wait till my brother comes
home And then Valentine knew, that,
! if the brother said yes Pauline would
not say mo- And when the brother
came home, he not only said yes, but
declared that nothing would suit him bet
ter than to go, too; for that was part OF
the world he had never seen.
! 90 how happy was Valentine then!
| "And when Pauline heard about the
two old folks, and of the little hut where
he was once so sorrowful, she said,
Listen, now / have taken fancy that
our wedding shall be nowhere but in that
little hut, where you were once SO sad and
sorrowful And after the wedding, we
will build new house for the two old
folks and take good care of them for are
you not still their son?'
Just as you please said Valentine.
And the brother, who was always in
haste, began that very hour to buy the
wedding clothes.
"Now in the mean time, while Val
entine was so far away, the beautiful
daughter at home had grown up.
And the two old sfolks said to one an
other, Now surely some prince will come
to marry our beautiful daughter, and will
clothe her in royal robes, and place her
upon throne, and we shall sit at her
right hand
" But the girl was not kind to the two
old folks, and was too idle to learn any
thing, but thought only of her fine looks
and, besides, she was not sweet-tempered,
but was quick to get angry. And to the
poor beggar women, instead of giving
them kind word or taste of her bread,
she would say, Out of the way with
your
"And one day prince came along, and
saw this pretty maiden, sitting upon a
green bank twining wreath of flowers.
And he said, What beautiful maiden !
I will make her my Princess
"But first asked of the neighbors, is
she wise? Is she sweet-temperedY
&c 0 no, not at all, the neighbors said.
"'Then she'll not do for me- said the
Prince. For if she cannot govern her
temper she cannot govern people; and to
set a Ounce upon the throne would be
folly I'll pass on.
The next year great lord passed by,
and saw this pretty maiden, dress ed in her
finery, all ready for the Ball. And he
said, What a beautiful maiden! I will
make her my Lady
" But first asked of her .neighbors, Is
she good to her mother?'
"'O 0 no, not at all, the neighbors said.
"'Then she will not do for me- said the
Lord. A Girl who is not good to her
mother will be good to nobody. II pass
on
"The next year there came q baron
riding by and he saw this pretty maiden
sitting under tree, stringipg beads for a
necklace And he said, %, what beau
tiful maidenl will make her my Baron
ess'
But first asked of the neighbors, Is
she kind to the poor?
"' o no, not at all ; the neighbors said.
"' Then she will not do for me- said the
Baron. On my estates are many poor.
IL pass on
"And the next year there came along a
merry young farmer, with round rosy
face and waVy locks. And he saw this
pretty maiden looking at herself in q clear,
still fountain, and braiding her golden
hair. Then he watched her through the
branches of green tree, and he said, 90,
what beautiful maid I will make her
my wife
"But first he asked of the neighbors,
rs she industrious?'
"' No, not at ALL the neighbors said
"'Then she'll never do for farmers
WIFE he said and laughed his merry
laugh, and shook his wavy locks, and
! passed on.
Thus years slipped away, and the
beautiful daughter was left to twine her
flowers, and dress, and string her beads,
and braid her golden hair by herself, since
none cared to marry her. But the older
she grew the more disagreeable she be-
came, and caused the two old folks to
weep very bitter tears. And this made
them remember their long-lost son, who
was so patient and so kind.
And one day jolly Tom came to see if
they had any geese feathers to send
away for he was going to distant coun-
try with company of merchants, to sell
wool. Jolly Tom was wool dealer now,
and lived upon the hill near by, in fine
house of his own.
"And when he came to ask about the
geese feathers, there he found the two old
folks, sitting in the dim twilight, weeping
"'What is the matter?' asked Jolly
Tom. And why do you weep?'
"'It is the conduct of our daughter
which makes US weep they said; and
we are also mourning for our son,-our
long lost son ?
{" Whom we drove away said the
father.
go, he would not treat us so = said the
mother, If he would only come back
again He was good to us always. Say,
father, did he give us ever one unkind
word?'
."'No, dame, no, never. And don't you
remember how ready he was to helpp
"'Ah yes and 30 tender-hearted, and so
patientP said the dame.
"' But we were not kind to him. said
the father.
&c We broke his heart = said the mother.
Don't you remember how sorrowful he
looked at us, with the tears in his eyes?
O, if he would only come back, how I
|. would throw my old arms around him 7
GO would fall upon his neck, and weep
tears of joy said the father. But 0
where is he now? Perhaps not alive
"'Perhaps drowned in the deep sea-
said the mother, sor buried in some dis
tant land, where strangers walk over his
GRAVE hr1t uone cast anv flowers there o