The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-11-05
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As they read, the grief-stricken pa
rent recollected that he had been re-
fused two pieces of pie at dinner. The
premises were searched unsuccessful
ly, and as uncle Ply was absent, Mr..
Thurston volunteered TO walk to the
village, only two miles distant, in
search Of the fugitive. About hslf
a mile from the village, he discovered
Sam, who was resting from his IA
| tigue on a stone-heap, but with his
bundle suspended from q long p3le,
still upon his shoulders. This bundle,
as after-search revealed, consisted Of
flaming cravat, and q paper-eollar
OF his fathers, box OF percussion
caps, steel-trap, an empty powder
horn, q pair of thin, Sunday trousers,
q jack-knife, six jell-tarts, and a gen.
erous slice OF sponge-cake. He scorn-
fully refused to return home, strictly
affirming that to Riverdale he would
go, to aunt Huldy's to see Kitty.
'sRivcrdale? aunt Huldah Bliss ~
The Young minister's face was radi-
ant. But by putting forth all his
powers of persuasion, which so few
could resist, he succeeded In bringing
the young prodigal home, where, for
that night at least, he found there
was pie enough and to spare. Mrs.
Ross and MalViny overwhelmed the
young minister with gratitude, which
he received with good nature IN fact,
he seemed to be In such bllssful
state of mind, that nothing came
amiss to him. But he could not stay
| to tea his vacation was so near at
hand, he was exceedingly busy.
His vacation! They didn't know
he was to have one.
Yes: he was to have three months
vacation-the church needed repairs
it had been arranged at the last ves'
try-meeting.
After he went away, Mrs. Ross as
sured Malviny that when it made
certain person so happy to do another
certain person a good turn, she
thought that certain person had bet
ter be in hurry for what might hap
pen. Malviny blushed, shook heI
head pIsyfuIly at her mother, and be-
took herself to her patchwork, for
she was now pieeing up sunhoWer
bed-quilt.
The third day after the hegira ol
the terrible, Kitty Ross looked up
from her sewing, ut the mild face op'
posite her, which beamed out from
/ its lace ruffies, like the moon from
feecy clouds.
iI shall be just as glad to see hin
as II he were my own SON. said Lni
old lady, impressively, as she folded
ap her letter, took off her speetacies
taI,d wiped them, and looked up at heI
niece, Little Kitty was sitting in
! rocking-chair, before the window
i and aunt Huldah thought she looked
like a picture, in her white muslin
4 dress, and her beautiful head resting
against the carved mahogany Of th'
i old-fashioned chair-back. There was
! wonderfully pretty color in her race
too, SIS she asked, shyly,
"Why does he happen to come her
Waiting, aunty, when you are no rela
tive of his ?n
nHfs mother was the best friend
i ever had in my life, and wnen so'
died his father was most distracted
They lived next door to me then, ant
i / took FIoyd he was nine years old
I right here, and / kept him year. Hli
father died too, a year or tWo afte
i that, and Floyd went away TO scnooi
and to college, and finally got 70 De
j minister. But he has always consid
cred this . sort of home, and has beer
here every little while since and
he were my own SOD, he couldn't b
| more welcome, for better boy never
1 lived-n ..s
i Aunt HuIdah gave the letter fDa
fold, previous to its lifelong seelusioI
in her bureau drawer, and then ex
claimed, triumpbanlys f.I
4 "How glad am, Kitty, made yoU
take that sage-tea, last night 9o'
\ looked dreadful pale when you mrs
Icame here. Sage Is an excellent herb
4 I kayn't seen such 3 color in you
! cheeks, never and your eyes snin'
J iust like stars
Aunt HuIdah's ssge-tea was indeed
! marvellous iu its effects, IL that excel
{ lent herbu was really the cause OF To
! brown eyes Iustre for they were, in
deed, like stars, and the cheeks why
u sure roses were pale in comparisoi
80 the Rev. Floyd Thurston though
a. he sat by her side in the vine-shad
J I'd portico, through the long, swee
: lfWfiights, or wandered through th
: fields with her, the fields that '.rar
dew-dabbled to the sea"-for aunt Hu
/ dsh lived near the sea-shore-teact
3 ing her SO many things. why, q
, knew everything, Kitty though
! Why, every birds name, and all co
e lovely ferns and licheDs and Nose
: she had loved, without q proper II
ttrodnction. Why, they were ol