The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
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TnUDIE'S. VALENTINE.

~ TntDIE's VALENTINE.
h Trudie,was on a visit to the city.
She had never been there before in
all her short life,and she found everv-
thtngsso different from what it was at
homewith her grandma in the country.
but she liked and admired everything
from the gilded dome of the State
House t0the stand of red and yellow
nodding mandarins kept at the street
corner, and labelled s'llfteen cents
each.'
So when Uncle Philip asked her if
she was having a good time, she an.
swered: .
'sSplendiferous!''
And isthere anything you want to
do that INhave not thought about?'
asked Uncle Phil.
"Buy valentines and send 'em!' said
Trudie, her eyes sparkling.
''To be sure!' and that very day
Trudie and her Uncle went shopping
for valentines.
Such pretty ones were spread before
them she found it hard to choose be.
tween the lace and silver papers, the
roses, loves, doves and filigree work
so lavishly displayed.
Finally she selected one " here pa.
per bird cage opened to display a pair
of cooling doves, and a fine gentleman
in purple was escorting slender lady
in pink up green path to blue cot
tage empowered in roses, while fat
cupids fluttered in the four corners of
the page.
II should like to send this to Nettie
Gordan; she's my best friend home,''
said Trudie.
..s, .'All right; any more?'' asked her
uncle.
.@s'''May - said Trudie, joyfully.
''Select any four of these" said gen.
erous Uncle Phil, as he swept aside
handful ; ''only don't take three hours
to choose
Trudie took half all hour, and then
with her treasures started homeward.
On the way she bought ten cents
worth of peanuts at the corner, and
warmed her fingers with them.
Then she and Uncle Phil sat down to
direct the valentines. ssMiss Nettie
Gordon, Cherrywood,' dictated Trudie.
'tAnd may send them all where 1
please? Thank you. Then this one is
for grandma, and this one is for Mike
Brady
ttWho?' asked Uncle Phil.
"The boy where bought my pea.
nuts; he looks so cold and poor. I
think he ought to have something
NICE"
"How did you know his name e.
''Asked him. He doesn't live any
where in particular, SO l thought I'd
ask the postman to hand it to him
when he went by. And I shall send
this one to Bridget in the kitchen, be.
cause she said she hadn't had val
entine since she came from Ireland"
swell and what next p
ssThis one is for that ragged girl
who sells pins on the Common; all
know Of her name is Bet, so I'll walk
out and give it to her myself. And I
should like to send one to the lame
man with the hand-organ down by
your Office, if it wasn't for sending it
to grandma
ssI'll give him one,'' said Uncle Phil,
gravely. ssDon't you think you've
chosen queer lot of friends %
"Why, no." said Trudie. "They're
all SO poor, seems as if somebody
ought to remember how hard it must
be for them to see valentines all
around and not have one.''
So Trudie had her plan carried out.
Nettia Gordon danced with pleasure
when her valentine came. Grandma
wiped her glasses over hers and said
''Dear lamb several times. Bridget
pinned hers over her kitchen table and
said it was a ''Swate Elegant affair."
Mike Brady called his ':buster,' and
was 80 pleased with it he forgot to
fight the next peanut boy for getting
on his corner. Ragged Bet did not say
''Thank you,' but she stared at Trudie
and at the valentine, and laughed until
the tears stood in her eyes. ''She
never saw a valentine close to, be-
fore!''
When Trudid went up to bed that
night she found on her bureau pretty
cage holding q beautiful canary. On
the cage was tied pink note, saying,
''Trudie's Valentine.
And this is why, to this day, Trudit
calls her pet bird ''Val.
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Mai. Blomberg's Ghost.
From Horace Welby's "Signs Before DEATH"
Early in the American war, Mai.
Blomberg, the father Of DR.. Blomberg,
was expected to join his regiment,
xuhic oh wac at that time in Sarvica IN