Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-12
DOTS BABY.

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owner Of baby. With her soft pink ind
white prettiness, her crinkliug, golden
hair, her smiles and her dimples, and her
happy innocent heart; what was Dot but
baby herself7 And yet, one day in the
rosy ripcness of summer, We had all
crowded the parlor in white Swiss froeks,
with garniture of tho lovaliest blossoms,
and quite premeditatedly, but oil in te2rs,
and with yearning regrets and tender
forebod'ng and signing. looks backward to
the happy girl life which had been q
thing Of beauty, but would bs fair
dream forever more, had given her SWAY
to tall, handsome fellow, Harry Ascot
by name, of whom We akpew"nothing,ex.
cept that Dot loved him and hs loved Dot.
1t was an awfally audaeions thing to do,
plucking Fate BY the sieove, as i were,
and bidding her serve; us nolens volens;;
anti when, after the cake and ice.sIeam
6ah been served, sad everybody had Kiss.
ed noh and every one Who dared had tb:
kissed tho 'blushing bridegroom; and our
darling treasure had clung to,us all one
dreadful moment, ana cried u ihs moot
heartrendering, fashion, and said she never,
rever: could, leave, %, .anA she Wss:s
wretch for thinking of it, and when ,eoA,e-
body had announced tho time for the train,
and DIT had slipped out Of her white tilk
and into her gray lipsd in q ;tEinkling, and
that cool young robber had quietly shut
her up in the carriage, and we had flung
an old slipper, after them for: luck, ard
Harry, ah smiles .ss,d 'inky mustaohe, and
Dot, all bushes and sobs and futtcripg {
little rings Of gold hair, had vanished in .
mist Of tenrs, went away by myself to
my chamber, now desolate forevermore,
and private little weep Of my ox'D, and
and indulged in the dismal luxury, Of hor-
rid forbodngs. "' :; "a :':..' ':'' :"
Harrry might be brute . He might
break her heart, They might both be
killed on the railroad. Harry might lose
Ill his money, and Dot might have toeome
back, an Abandoned, miserable little wo.
man, to the. family ingle: But ibis last
picture had : bright ide. / dried my
tears TO look at Il, and was presently in
condition TO- take myself inj hand and ad.
minister good scolding. Harry did not
tdrn out q ,reprcha.e. I was made quite
miserable by Dots happiness ss reflected
| in her letters. Al, these girls! iIow
confidently, with what utter hilarity, do
they fec from the dear old heartbstone
lured away by the. might sof that strange
potent necrom.1,ccr,s who holds such a
narveloes leu upon Gil i hpnaan heafts.,
ssBy-and-b1 I rad ttsr frog Dot
begging me to come to her, and lying
tey1u in the little rose.scented note VA
the most cxqufsits see1ar ID Ill thi. i.woAd
| went ut once, and before l had beer
many weeks in Dots house all the world
our world-knew our secret. There wa,
u day and night Of awful suspense, and
the stars in their course seemed to stapt
still, and all the; great round earth II
lremble and quiver in mute, breaahlel
expectation. Thou, in the hush of tn.
informing, new little life began, and ",
laughed and cried over each other, ant
praised Gods goodness, which We ha.
dared to doubt only half an hour earlier
+. 1t was funny to SEQ Harry. He ba'
been lifted in a moment from the valley o
despair to the sunlit h0ightS dG hope, an,
the poor fellow Was dazed. He stoo'
leaning ovor her where sbe, lay,, like
wilted lily, but with heaven shining IN he
eyes. .....
1 >@Oh, Harry, look at him"
That was just wha. Harry was doin
with Gil his might. Presently he touche
the baby's cheek with bis finger. i thin
he had had suspicion that it was by q
means real flesh and blood, but only
waxen hoax.
"He's a little fellow" he said, COZ
tcmplatively.
All the mother awoke in Dot.
"Little! why Harry! how can you
He weighs eight pounds"
Harry did not rccoil under this monstrou
: fact. lie took it quite calmly. j. =
"Does ho? Welt" ptill dorbtfullv q
: suppose he will grow"
0 "Grow!" cried Dot, sobbing and laugl
ing. II should think ho i'll. It's onI
f q question of time Give him time enoug
and he will be rs big as you IRE. .0
you precious, conceited fellow. / didn
@ know you thought you were born grow
y up"
= Dots baby did grow. 1t was in a r.
u fined, suitable fashion, after my ow
c heart. never could understand IL
ersts.cics people 80 into over thoiT hu,