Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-12-27

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lar cheeks burn and her lips culver.
am then to understand that youi
selection Is NADER"
at certainly is?'
aAnd you prefer Mr.. ana MfS.
Vivian to mc?" =.
~ prefer my duty TO anything ~
the world, Mamie"
81 have the honor to wish you q
very good evening, them SAID she
And Mamie swept out ofthe room
In style which she meant sho'''
be overwhelming.
"Good.'' crien Hero Field the heA'
day. when Mamie related TO hcr '.o
occurrence of tho evening. "HeIi
be On his knees to you before three
days are passed, and you'll nave
your own way, for good and ALI ai'of
this.n
Bnt the three days passed, ana
three more on top Of that, and never
a peuatcnt lover made his appear
ance to sue for Mamie Eastlakes
nardop. And she began, most 70.
mctantly, TO realize that Donaia
Aubrey had been in earnest ana
that her own mad folly had es'rah'
oed her from one of the truest ana
manifest hearts in the world.
Mamie had been brought up fool
isbly and frivilously enough, Dut
there was vein Of genuine goid IN
her nature, for all that, and she Di1-
| terIy felt her own mistake.
ooh. Hero, what shall I'do?" She
pleaded, with wistful tears IN her
eyes. 80,
eq.et him CO." said Miss Field,
! who, to tell the truth, had been a
little cnvious, that Mamie Easlake
had become engaged before herself
"Thcre's as good fish in the sea as
ever came out Of it,"
'sPerhaps so,p said Mamie. but
there Is only one Donald Aubrey III
all the world to me-"
| And she took counsel with herself
and decided what she would do.
Donald Aubrey was sitting alone
I by himself in the pretty blue and
gold drawing room thatho furnished
| OK pressIy with regard to Nannie's
taste. Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian, early
risers and early retirers, had gone to
bed, although it was hardlyyet dusk
when the little parlor maid an
nounccd:
"plcase, sir, q lady tosce you"
And Donald found himself look
ing in Nannie's deep blue eyes.
"Nannle," he calculated.
eyes, Donald, il is j. Oh! Donald
! hago been 50 wrong, 80 foolish.
| And / have come TO ask your par
| dom
"My little Mamie, hush! Not Il
word"
"But | must speak, Donald! !
must tell you how earnestly have
! repenled my folly, Ifyon will take
nae back to your heart, will try
J and be n good wife to you and du-
tiful daughter to your grandpa
rents"
So little Mamie hauled down the
| nag Of rebellion and remained true
10 her better nature, aud much TO
Miss Hero Fields scorn and con-
ttncly.
"Donald thinks Pm right" per-
sisted Mamie, and Donold's opinion
Is of more consequence to me than
that Of aIl the world besides
"Oh, IL you're as far gone as that
have nothing more TO say" jeered
Hero.
Tho wedding day came, and the
wedding tour passed away, amid the
ihunders Of Niagara and tho green
glitter Of the Thousand Islands, and
TIE gray walls of Quebec, and when
Mamie Aubrey came home TO the
house Donald had furnished Cor her,
she were face as bright as q rose in
June. Grandpa and Grandma vi
Wan were waiting on the threshold
to greet her. Mamie kissed and
Rugged them both most heartily.
sit Is 80 nice TO have you here to
welcome u.s." said she. "And you
arc sure your rooms have been quite
comfortable. And grandpa has had
his dinners just as no liked them.
Bat mean TO see for myself now.
For you don't know what a famous
little h0usesocper | am going to
make.o
But when the cosy tea-dinner was
over the old people got up.
"Whcrc are you going?'
Home said Grandmother vi
Wan.
"llome IL here" said Mamie.
"No, my dear, no, said the old
lady, kindly, young people are bet
ter by themselves. Donald has
bought us q pretty little cottage a
mile or two outin the country, where
| can keep COW and grandfather
can look over the poultry. And you
must come and SEQ US there every
day.
So the old people trudged away,
and Mamie looked up in her hus-
bands face.
"DonalI,n said she, "what does
this meangu
sit means my darling" he ans
wered, "iiat grandpa and his wife
could not be happy IN The nnwonted
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