Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-09-21
Was safe in the envelope, just as l received

AsI step; red aboard the steamer saw
Mis- Minnie and a. her side Molock, that
il, Mr.. c., who lost no time making
the umeade. II leave Miss p" he
said, in your care. did think of going
across with her, but stern sense OF JUS
tice, which is the prevailing trait OF my
charact> r, compels me to leave the field
wholly TO YOU owe you q tetc-a-tete in
place of that which stole esterdsy."
"Don't believe one word he says" was
Minnie's, mean Miss P--'s retOrt "he
is dying to be off to Sancoty Head sketch,
ing, and only came down to see me OIL,
because made him come and apologize
to you for his trick"
"She put me up to it," the victim be-
gan. when the last bell sounded, and ne
was obliged 70 hurry ashore in the midst
of his aulacious tib, and was left to en-
Joy one of the pleasantest journeys ever
made.
OF course Miss P asked me what put
it into my head to give reading, and
told her the whole story, and got sym
pathy enough and fun enough out of it to
nav me twice over. When it was all
finished she said, Zone thing I don't un-
derstand, how yoY bad taoo twentics, when
you only thought you had one"
81 am sure don't either. 1t is clear
that the one gave Fred last night was
the same laid away for reserve fund
where the other came from l cannot
imagine"
ii 1T me look at it," said she, and took
it out of the envelope and gave it to her
She turned it over once or twice, and
presently showed me mark on one
corner. "This is lesson to me not to be
so careless again. might have injured
you very seriously for life" )" she said. "Do
YOU remember the day it rained, and you
went over to the shcil-shUp to get me the
basket l bought there; you paid two dol
lars for it, and handed you the money
when you returned. remember think
ing how polite it was ofyOu that you took
the bill without even looking at it, and
put it in your porte naoanaie at once. This
is the bill. lust noticed the two, and
not the cipher l got it at Bentons in
Washington Street the day before l left
was told it was bad at Hovey's, and then
/ marked it, 80 as not to pass 1t away
meaning to ask father to return it. for.
got all about it, and having only flves in
nv purse, except this, gave it for two y
The reader can skip the SEQUEL if desir:
GUS to do so. l think 1t worth telling.
was kindly asked by Miss P to call
upon her while she remained Miss P
and on her returA from her summer trav
els was reminded of my promise by note
spccifying the evening. Somebody wat
there with velvet coat and mustache
that was finer than ever; but really al
Miss Ellen P -, younger sister to Miss
Minnie, was so good as to entertain me
did not find the artist in the way. As
we walked down Park Street together al
the close of the evening he asked me tc
come to his studio the next day at twelve
managed to get off from the store it
was dull time, and l did so. l met some
ladies at the studio, Mrs. P, Miss
p, and Miss Ellen. They had como
to see picture which was upon the easel
Just finished. 1t was a view OF the South
Shore at Nantucket. There was one fig,
ure in it, a young man in graceful attl
tude gazing upon the surf. l think the
figure was little fattercd, though Miss
p said not; but she saw things
through very rosy atmosphere that day
What struck me most was, that note ad.
dressed to me lay on top of the frame, and
this was desired by the ladies to read
aloud. II was as followst
Mr.. woodbridge Will confer redl 1dVOE upon
the artist by accepting this little memento of enc
Of the happivst days in the life Of the donors l r.
conveniences brought Upon Mr.. Woodbridge by
sitting for bis portrait. With the best wishes o.
his friends, ~: 49,,
II never had the pleasure of hearing
Mr.. Woodbridge read aloud before" said
Miss P, very demurely. II have un-
derstood that he is quite an amateur"
1 have heard the picture highly praised
by competent judges. l hope to see it
hanging on my parlor wall some day, and
l may add that my chances of having a
parlor and of calling Mrs. c., nee
p, sister-in law, have considerably in
creased since I became a junior partner in
the house of P Brothers & Co., Bos-
ton, Mass.-Atlantic Monthly.