The Portland daily press., 1871-05-06

great hnrst 81 taars /
Sn;S avs u y, s1a'i top whined Mrs. Pike.
aUbo so;a con- mean: to? Careless trollop!
nv Nv w., Sa acse Pm goin' to buy pitchers for
vo U y ~ Knock to pieces? Now that air was
1850 new pitcher, N it cost two N six |
down to the corner store. tell you what,
IJn,iy.n and here Mrs. Pike grew animated |
under the impulse of fresh idea, Il tell you |
what, your gold dollar shall go to pay for that.
An then Wen see II youli 60 thumpin' round
after TINS lashlon: Lawful heart! Why.
twould take iortln 10 Keep us In dishes, |
goin on tnis way. Ugh!
her gold dollar!
once, long while sgo,-how long it SEEM
ed wnen Linn remembered the ''crOss days"
Aunt Samantha had gone through since
there had come gentleman, with his fishing |
rod and line, who, walking up from the brook |
side, had asked for bowl of bread and milk. |
Linn had carried It TO him, out under the |
GREAT maple and had sat near by while be ate |
it. Linn remembered the pleasant eyes that |
looked at her from over the curling beard, AID |
how. when he went away, he had stopped to !
lille GIRL at bome"-and had slipped into her |
hand Something small and round and shining,
telling her to buy something nice for herself |
And then. sayiny perhaps they should meet
aoain sometime. he had gathered together his
fishing tackle. sprang upon his horse and can.
tered out of sight.
And this was her gold dollar. How Linn
had treasured it ali these months. Muslin
paper to wrap 1t in, and her little box with a
pink rose under glass in the cover, was not
half good enough for so rare a present. She
never thought of spending it. though she had
no n,oney, Mrs. Pike had once promised her
if she would keen at the head of the snellino
class, and 90 through the term without mis-.
sin0 word ali suwm.r Tho roward ~ n,,o
cent Rnt here wos q aoi1ar ,ha Srst oniS
one Linn had ever seen and # seemed so Of
n,u,oraa na, G o r ~eu ~ ';uh. t y,
hnnah. g s y. inat a larm i p oe
.% ,Tl y, que nau n1 eouo' tt.a uue
.nss mUau Se PoSa eAon d ~ hor ' he.ns;I
neiolles VI uia: way, anu CT y. ". LA ..o.,on
!ienu Mith snu hhu oy sost ,a"d ~ her
lorget Tue Iee.ng a NJ n Uea SaS ~ I;oaed
cneek why sn"ru suH w ono ., n"u N'''"0
ner since, Oh w2aiu aSs,n ever' Rea niyan
| That was tbs thoucht as the cbi,S hent mo,
| the mot Aoor hsr f;noers hIoeSing 90 pha
"s, mn ha charm n;aces T5s don 90 s she
pphaS al The harsh Command
DIM rio%t alone now,n, oft mo ver GOLD
dollar Pretty child Won he 70 avn money
| when vo,,,re breakinn nm chirv that ami
| your'n.
| Can Won see that little thing as she goes to
| the old chest. and takes out The small box
| with the pink rose in the cover? Can YOU
/ IMAGINE the Aad heart hIO well MA IN tn
| BURSTING a. the tears rained mon the mns,in
| paper. and she. trembling. unfclded and loek.
I'D at her treasure for the Last tjmsp m Won
know that in o;vjnc nm The tinv velIov coin
| sho sasmaS ~ e;va IN ths oniv n,sasant nron'
ar,v of tLa ar.srv IA SaHs A. tthora ;s potb-
inc an boneIess "a a cbid. tronhle 9th ito
ai5ors ndtL;nr ~ haar,,oss os the wonton
a u", n sUoh tEon 1 ~'''' 90 '"o ""nO'"
1Thssr norv Will e.. - oro,v,od Mr.. S.uor.
L ~. 49,
little hand. and dropped II. remorseIesslv. into
/ the chest I'M.
| The work was finished at last. Tt WAS 4
| O'Clock. Six was STAGE time for Edad pixies
farm Law along the STAGE road from the MAUD
| CITY of K Tonight were coming twa
passengers for the farmhouse. Two months
previous it had been arranged by lettsIs.
cramped, laboriousy penned on one side /:
Graceful. easy elegant on the ether that Mrs
| Dr.. Innis and her daughter Ruth. shonld
spend the warm weeks at the farm, What
| an event this was to Linn cannot he told
| Day and night. for six weeks. her mind had
| ~, Ell - $780, nT III .uo nau
Deen III y, peS4 ns, =, 'aese people VINO were
S1Souie. "Ouu nun uo 'aii VI pump. "ou'u
sue nave curnng nsr, ana Wouia sne wear
eronIe ooosv anu kiu sioves, IKE tns httie glri
iro,n NeW Iorh, VINO nau SAT Ill tne minis
te1s pew lone once I las. summer
M4 W ~. sney Me a,, coming ana the heavy
lime II in ' the so arc;t.ment as Hus Oy, ,oL 'ne
i'ine, ~ .1s eAc,eement OF me OCCASION
fano anI %a Ua 'au Polou hasrs Just wasnea
ha;r No nus s. ~ no;un M ner neavy dars
the dav the trial TO xhich sha h srugg,e u
foru.rJ ~. .a,,.h quo nau iooc ce
VOC ON oh ,otn,,aj .nd Ta ..h he. u.eS.. que
soilad calico She b.d nm sta;rs VS.,
eineham which was to he her s:meetine mo-" "o p
'st;s s,,r,,"ar 81 ~. IT, o ILL enS somn
n.rm;ss;on ~. ,,,t -, th;s r,aI- ,;en,. "@ "a.
tor this afternopn Rut bor .hon1d ha =. i ;os
the conrase ~ ast Amt Ssmsnth.p H rH,De
state the 9ne.iion in the moot arroaahio sor,,,
Never aid dinloma,ist more csrf"1l T' az ,,dv
suyroundinos and maaspre annroacha. % a's
Mp,j volt iii .ha oo-,,aa oIpt 10 ," -:.,,
her can on'n said the child 70 herself T %a.'
.PII ask her when she takes her knitt;no
| work into gra'mas room Sbs,a somat;mass
pleasant there
1Wbat are Won boro;n, eror,a hor. e., o,
asked Mrs p;ke % 1;5m channSd n. ne,u ~,
from one position TO ano,her' ''
aNoihing'n answered tha cb;la fo.r oo,,
quering truth, as IS usual IN case Of such
household discipline as Aunt Samantha's.
''pll wait till the minute hand of the clock
gets to the six, and then I'll count fifty, and
then I'll ask her" said our little diplomatist
| to herself tl t-t'A
"Aunt Samantha ~
sWelI, what |" snapplishly.
"Dont you think might put on my ging-
ham dress?" -'li..--
| "Put-on-what?"
Mrs. Pixies needles stood still, and she look.
ed as though the child had proposed to put
on her own wedding silk, which had laid in
lavender for twenty years. NJ
| 80 dear. It,s no i,se . tbonobt linn. She
said. II Thought this dress looked bad. and AZ
there was company coming-I thought"
| "Land Sakes! Who cares what you
| thought? Things hrve come to q putty pass il
| a good caliker gown amt fine enough for YOU
to wear enny day't home, Dreful smart we're
| gittin' all at once. Ive got INV falip.s but
| Pm thankful vanity hain'f one of 'em. 1No.
| uor never was. There was INV sister Milissy
| now. Milissv sbe-n -.
81 tbouobt nerl,sns bec.u.e Mrs Tnn;s vss
going tn he here ~ said linn datsrm;ned TO
strike one more blow AGAINST the hateful old
| nrint -e''-D'
"Miss Innis Marcy to me, what o. Miss In
mis- ?" It NAV be well to explain that the
| mother was referred to. and not the daughter.
| here "What d. Won s'pose they'll care 5bout
| YOU? You amt Eothin' to 'em. only to wash
| dishes clean. and moi break pitchures ali tn
pieces. PIT on vour Bingham gown THAT'S
| a fine storvw . -
| 0SamanIhy.~
| A voice from the bod wbere er.na,ootto or
Law. and had lain for s;r roor, or;,.-,Ia
/ theuob che VOC how 80 Jas oipP,S
her will "a ssronr COZ sc was 40 'nd.p, anu
more im,ortant to hsr e,H, . "nu mma' was
sncb a 3anohter-;n.,aw -ebo 70 LII w..n
an. "a riches ~ IN th",o -. 80 Ci on won
the house and farm and sba wo. NJ" .o ~m .n,