Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-11
?Es;:fiAtnia,9'3Ls do ts.n,II

have done anything tor her, and she really
felt that, before Lii went to Dresden, she
had not better friend than hel, the baronIls
/ . kaa94R4tes3s ew :n51uisAg,ti Anil al
When Lii returned to spend her vacation
!, ilbnsy she did not sEe' Liess ior! taese
had never the privilege of spending vaca-
ton at home She must always 'ssayt at
Chemnitz, and work hard all day long, and
sometimes in tho night.
When Lii had finished her last term in
the boarding-scho in Dresden, and gradp-
nted, she returned home to live with her
PTi nisats 81 aa3I9 S.
whom she thonghf worthy 81 associati1g
with her, and consequently she had very
little society. One day she felt very Sc
we're headache, and the next day it grew
worse, and on the third day she had to lie
in bed. The doctor was called, but he did
not know wheA swaa the matter with hef,
and, after a week, he pronounced that she
had very severe fever, which might last a
long while.
Day after day, and week after week, lit
tie Lii became worse and worse, and vast
s sa 1y seys. so Il that "a aae
since she had written n word to Liese, the
weaver-girl in Chemnitz. But Liese did
not forget her, neither did Lii forget
what good friend Liese used to be to her.
One day, Llese received a letter from he'd
z &thsT The Old IGller, in which he told her
how Sick Hh Vas, and that she had no
body to associate with her, and that she
would very likely die. Poor Liese felt.
very badly now, for she still loved Lii very
deariy.s SIZE could scatcelywsas ut all the
whole day, and frequently burst into tears3
and her crying was observed by some
Of tina ,ueoverc oro,,p1 bor That ,,iohk
she slept but little, for her heart was way
!, LIS ioon. I Ahs vsptal t1esSo III, and
t0 fake care 81 hey,Sif she could. She wrote
to her father, asking him for the privilege
OF returning home, and nursing Lii, for
she felt that she could do her some good.
The old miller thoughftis nhtter over,
paid a little visit to tho Baron difd bis wife,
ind told them what his daughter wished.
They had almost forgotten little Liese, for
sas vas poor, and itEas aeveralysafg since
5 hsd lie ssSg e het md tSssc.
fore they welcomed tho proposition with
joy.
about it, and though she was silent for a
they saw Tic teEyS- s16U to lten
s+6s-shssh had not forgd Vie EJ1s Liese
of former. years. The baron promised TO
pay all the expenses that might be necessa,
ry for Liese to leave the factory, and srE
ranged that she should spend several
hi. dausheE ;!C !;
I tlsnthi miller vfdte p Hide, 81 waspei@.
tectly delighted that her PROPOSAL had been
accepted, and never did the old stage coach
carry happier heart than it did on the
morning she LETT Chemnitz ON her way
home, and to Lili's bedside
The meeting between the girls was pleas
ant, and very pleasant, though Lii was
very weak, and Licse could not have told
who it was if she had seen her anywhere
else. She attended faithfully at her bed
side, slept in the same room with her, was
up ut all hours of the night, and gave her
medicine, and attended to every want. BY
and 'y lii logan to recover, but the doc
tor noticed one day tina. Lrr eyes we're very
weak, and after u few Jays, that they grew
much worse. Sfegco,ld not :aeAhSe least
light, and while her bcsi. was getting
stronger all tho time, her cyes were becoin-
ing weaker, and tho doctor was very fear.
ful that she might be blind. And 30 it was
~Lili, tho tcaNti fnl daughter of tho baron,
|, AAeAnP SesiN Wing: AS soon as :, she way
she always needed somebody to take her
Lv tue hand; and who should do this hut
Licsr? She became V: rr much attached! to
Lnse again, asone might suppose; for no.
body, not even her own mother. could take
smell, care of her as the millcr's daughter.
It. was now out OF. all question for Liese
toso back asain to the. factory IN Chem
nh 6t3Ad4l HI,aron mat! G Arrangements 70,
iN,sAoA8 sSdna al ,ss1asneft. rd4nber OF biz
family, to take care of bis Lib, and to bc
h,r constant attendant. Ono day Lii told
lii SO how she had become very much
ashamed of associating with poor people,
and that therefore she had ceased to CORE
spond with her. But now,as soon as afilic
ton lad come upon her. she found that the
friend of her early youth was true
friend indeed and ono who did not forget
her.
Year after year passed by, and yet rool