River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-03-21


evening, as they were walking home
together from "A corn-husking.
That had been just one week ago.
Annie had said Eyes and had agreed
to take t1e responsibility of bringing
father and mother around on the sub
ject. David had not been TO the house
sin:e. Probably he felt very much
like dog who fears 10 venture upon
the premises of person whose sheep
fold he las just plundered thus it
happened that as yet the powers that
were knew nothing of the momentous
secret, which they kept between them
selves, fearing to diyulge. And now
Annie, who wished to put otlthe ordeal
Of ayowalas long as possiDle--,at any
rate to gain time for one more conf.
Dental talk with David on the subject
said hastily in reply TO that STAN.
mereG query of his with which we have
preiaced this narration:
Mother IS going over to Aunt
Ruth's with father to spend the even
ing, and she wants me to go. too, but
guess | won't. I've been working on
fathers rev shirts all day, besides do
ing the dliry work yesterday, and I'm
about tired cut"
Then she added before he could re-
ply:
4" Don't come until eight o'clock;
shall be ABOUT through putting things
to rights by that time.
OF course, David was not too obtuse
to understand that he was specially
favored by this arrangement, and he so
/ far forgot his bashfulness ms TO petition
awkwardy for parting kiss, which
( was at once refused in the most inexor.
able manner possible.
"No, YOU shan't There, now! Do
take youIself off, will youl Dye think
/ | didn't see your fidgeting around En-.
Smith at Deacon Andersons sociable
last nigltl I've not forgotten that,
sir
ooh, low, Annie. Just one
1 But futher appeal was broken of by
tantalidng little laugh, and when,
rendered desperate by this, he tried to
revenge himself, at the very moment
when he thought he was sure of the
coveted Hiss and stopped his head tri-
umphautF over his struggling pris-
oner, the aughing, rosy face suddenly
/ vanished rom under his arm and was
of and AMY up the garden path lead
/ ing TO the louse almost before he could
realize whit had happened
/ For one moment David, who stood
/ gazing rueully after her, thought of
pursuit AMI a recapture. But before
/ he had TIM TO put his plan into execu-
I ton his tomentress, after stopping to
/ give one hooking farewell wave of her
hand from the front porch, vanished
inside the hall door So there was
nothing tobe done but to turn reluct.
antly frombhe gate and take the road
homeward
Ii you could have looked into the
family sitting room at Squire Moore's
shortly bebre eight o'clock on that
same evening, you would have had a
CHEEKY picture before you. The after
supper cleaing away was over, for the
sitting room was also the room where
the daily meals of the family we're eat-
en-. fhe leaves of the old fashioned
dinner table were LET down, and the
table itself had been covered with
bright oiled cloth and was set back
against the wall. The crumbs had
been carefully brushed with a turkey
wing from the neat home made carpet,
and Armies workstand was drawn up
in front Of the ample and blazing fire
of hickory logs which cracked cheerily
in the olylfashioned fire place.
A beautifully piled tray of red
checked apples and plate full of
cracked Ealnuts were on it, in close
proximity to Annie's couqettish work
basket, made Of pine cones by her own
delft litlte'hands, and daintily lined with
blue silk.
On oneside of the fireplace sat Mrs
Moore, fat. fair, more than forty, and
at peace sith AZ Tue world. She sat
swaying backwards and forwards at in
teryals lnlher low rocking chair, knit
ting as she rocked and refreshed her
self nowl aud then with a mouthful
from hlf eaten apple which lay with
in easy rseh, just upon the corner OF
the table, or touching in a caressing
manner Nth the tip OF her foot a sleek,
la2y.lookhg gray cat tlat lay puring
and blinling on the hearth rug before
her
Annie sat on the other side Of the
table Quietly drawing her needle out
of a long piece oil white cambria, and
with her head as busy as her hands
with irving TO contnve some clever way
of ncdeitally mentioning the visit,
which vas now momentarily expected,
60 her uother, without exciting suspi.
cion of il being a pre-arrauged affair.
She would have given o good dead TO
I've able to say in an offhand manner
that she wouldn't wonder if Mr. Wi
throp we're TO drop in, rs he was in the
habit calling occasionally on Satur-
day evening at about this time. But
she rcctllected with twinge of con-
science loS hard she had tried to per
suado TIE lady to accompany her hus-
hand o. he promised visit to Aunt
Ruth's n spite of her fOrewarniugs Of