The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-02-28

.Do you KNOW" she said, breaking Z
long pause. Ave been SO puzzled all this
time to find out who it is you remind me
of I saw it the moment you were intro
duced to me; and, if it hadn't been i'm
possible, should certainly have declared
that we had met before. Isn't it funny?"
SWELL" replied Mr.. Conrad, slowly,
not so--funny perhaps as you think.
I sould likc--may I? Molly, will you lis
ten while I tell you a long story? I have
longed to utter it for days past, but till
now I never dared"
"Certainly,'' said Molly, coloring. He
never called her "Molly" before.
otis about young man." continued
Mr.. Conrad--"a wild young fellow, full
of fun and frolic, who never stopped at
anything that promised good joke.
'Thcre was young lady, too, as it
happened sort OF cousin of his as
wild Us himself. She was sent, for her
sins, to boarding schools very strict
school. 1t was at P not far from
there"
The convent?" asked Molly, wonder
ing: -
"Exactly. Well, my young lady wrote
home all sorts of droll accounts of her
prison house. She told all her trials and
adventures, and made pen and Ink carl
catures Of the Lady Superior, whom she
dubbed The Dragon; in short so conf
cal that her brothers and cousins and
two or three young men who were init
mates Of the house, and so privileged,
used to roar over the letters, and look for
their coming as the best of jokes. At last
a ridiculous plan was started between
them. Adele Chat was the young LADY,
had dcfcd them to insert even so much
as one of their noses into the strictly
guarded domain. It was decided that
one OF them should go in disguise and
attempt the experiment. They had at
wager about it, and drew lots The lot
fell to the cousin.
"The disguise he pitched upon was
that of scissors-g' inder. No please
don't speak" (Molly had given a little
ump); "let me finish my own way"
80, carrying his wheel, this young fcl-
low started off up country. Part Of the
bet was that he should 60 on foot and re-
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Of odd experiences and about noon the
second day reached the convent.
His wheel gained him admission
Adele had been in a measure prepared fol
his coming. She recognized him at once
and considered it the greatest fun in the
world. So the little witch ran round
and collected all the knives and scissors
in the house, ana gave her intimate
friends the cue, and pretty soon the
grader was surrounded by bcvy OF
girls, some in the secret, some not, but
all catching the excitement with sort Of
freemasonry peculiar to schools. Leave
had been asked OF the principal, of course
and obtained witout difficulty. Nobody
minds scissors grinder, you know!'
Molly's eyes laughed, but she did moi
speak.
II hope" went Oh Mr.. Conrad, "that
those scissors were we'll sharpcncd, but
can't feel as sure as I should like to
But know there was never drollcl
hour than that which this needy knife
grinder had with those girls. The secret
got out and tile whole school collected
The flirts pecpcd out of the windows and
made eyes, the dcmurc pretended not tt
understand; the lit lie ones danced an6
giglcd. When all the steel in the house
had been sharpcncd Tor dulled) tho witch
es ran to the Lady Superior and asked
permission to give the poor man. some
thing to cat. He looked so tired-anc
worked so hard Oh, if you could have
seen him silently consuming sandwiches
with those forty girls looking on and Tho
head witch, Adele, assuming the airs O
a hostess at a dinner party
"Wcll,hc got safely off, and made hi:
way to Woodbury., where he stayed ovc
night. And next morning, as he wa!
passing down the street, he caught sight
Of i FACET might have been the mis-
chief in him lie stopped, and begged fo1
work, and pretty soon out of the from
door stepped 6gutc-a little figure il
blue. Alb, Molly, I needn't go on! 70,
have guessid my riddle. You know tina
the little figure proved a magnet to draw
him again to Woodbury., and kecd him
lingering there in hopes that the ola,
might come when, the story told and tn
disguise forgiven, the cx-scissors- grinde
might speak in his own name and ask i
there was any hope for him: any hop,
that rho little maid in blue could consen
to overlook spoiled shears end dull carve
and mskeshim happy for life. Is there
Won't you speak, dear?"
It was some time after that before Mol
ly raised her head from shoulder whcr,
already it seemed surprisingly at HON,
and volunteered a little confession on he]
own part.
DO you know that was St, Valcntinc'
morning on which you Cameo" she said
II had just repeated the old rhyme ant
put my head out of the window to lool
for my future husband, when l saw 20,
and your wheel far up the road!'
''Oh, clever st. Valentine!'' laughed
MIR. Conrad. $50, for once, scissors didn'
cut love, Molly"
NO." said Molly. blushing swectly
"Theres pretticr saying than that abou
scissors, you know. Their meaning is
we part to meet again."
We leave the reader to imagine MI
Conrad's reply.
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