Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-31
REDOLETT's ESCAPE.
t is farther than itlooks," said Redo


Not too far for us to Gimp" answered
the sunny-faced boy who held Redo
Iettes hand while ne gazed resolutelv up
at the mountains greenwood height.
We can be there by shutdown, and
run back before it is dark.
Well, then, I'll ask leave"
"Ask leave? Are you not your own
mistress Redolette?"
No; | must obey my husband, :"
gravely the little maid replied.
" Your husband!' cried Willie Locke.
Yes, he is here, in the house. / al
ways ask his leave when he is at home.
| 90 it in the beginning, because it will
be so all the rest of my life. am learn
ing, he says, to be his wife"
What do you mean, Redolette?': ask.
ed the boy, dropping her hand and turn,
ing to her with great earnestness, his
eyes ablazc, his cheeks flushed. You do
not-you surely do not mean Jud &c Hunt
when you say my husbann! Oh, you
are not in earnest, you are teasing. you
are joking; you are not in earnest Redo
lettc?"
I'm earnest, Willie" the girl replied.
Do not look SO fierce. Are you wolf?
Are you going to eat me uD?"
'No, lie is the wolf" said Willie, indig-
nantly.
II have always been his little wife,"
said Redolette. 81 was born so. Ever
since Redolctte was raby," he says, she
has been mine He is my guardin. NV
dying father left me in his hands, and he
takes care OF me, and takes care of the
money am to have when I am of age;
but before that, at least so Aunt Rhoda
declares, although dent say SO quite
before that we shall probably be married
There? Now, Willie, I'll go and ask
leave"
Without another word she ran up the
path at whose outer tel minus, the garden
gate, they had been standing while they
talked, and disappeared in the house.
She returned all smiles. "Judge Hunt
has gone down to the village for the
evening letters, and aunt says we may go,to
Block Height if we will hurry home''
She offered to take his hand again as they
went through the gate but Willie drew
proudly back. She started inquiringly,
but still smiling. Nov, Willie" She
said, don't spoil our dear little time.
flCdSC uOu I De Cross
II am not cross" said Willie; II was
never less so in my life. But l certainly
shall not take the hand of another mans
wife. You do not understand me, Redo
lette," said this man of eighteen to the
baby woman at his side, in voice thrill
ing with emotion and singing with re-
proach.
ooh, I do" said Redolette, deeply
shocked at his vehemerce. "Indeed I
do, Willie. I understand you with ali
my heart" They had gone some PAGES
down the maple arched road before she
spoke again, and during that time Willie
had taken the hand he had rejected, not
only that, but he had transferred it from
his right hand to his left. so that he might
encircle with his firm arm her little waist.
She turned to him fully her innocent,
sweet face-was there ever face more
sweet and more Innocent and said
You are the only thing, Willie, in all the
world that do understand"
ooh, Redolette!" sighed Willie, and he
kissed her cheek.
She broke away from him then, and
they had race. They raced down the
road to the lane; raced up the lane to the
pasture fence, and this without any ap-
peal for assistance from Redolette, fo1
she was mountain maid, and free and
agile as a bird; raced across the upland
meadow, and then Willie caught up. The
ascent began; it became sleeper and more
steep; they went slowly and more slow
Rugged the way was that looked sc
smooth, viewed from below. They
climbed YEARLY the steep stones, stopping
occasionally to take breath, and to look
back with delicious little lingerings al
the pictured field and wood stretched Al
their feet, and the zigzag village clingine
to the rivers brink as for dear life.
Before shutdown they reached the
height. They found a seat Just wide
enough for two in the crevice of the
great square rock that gave to this &C.
cessible hill-summit, perched amid proud
er mountain heights" it's familiar name
"Block Heights" Flushed and excited
and again cooled and Gained they rested
while behind them the sun went down it
orb quite hidden by interlocking hills
and known only in its final departure b,
the uplifting from the valley Of the Skin
OF sumptuous light.
"Now, Redolette, we must have sol
emn talk"
"Generally," said Redollette, with
demure yet coquettish accent, II do no
like solemn talks"
"Never mind" Willie insisted, authori
tatively, whether you like them or not
Redolette'- He paused; he was going t
say, "Redolette darling" but he restrain
ed, for the sake Of solemnity, his boyis]
warmth. "'Redolette, how old are you?
She folded her hands in her lap, an,
looked down like a child at school Gale,
to the recitation bench. II shall be sixteel
the fifth Of next month";"
''Sixteen And what do you know?'
Redolette laughed. 81 know that"
Willie knew that too. "Sweet sixtee
sweetest sixteeu" he said in his heart
He asked her, gravely, "Where hav
you been at school?"
Il went for some time to DIR. R.
class at -, but I have not been tn
last three terms. Judge Hunt does nc
believe in schooling for girls. Just nov
l am taking lessons in house keeping G
my aunt. stitch shirt bosoms every da
-four threads of the linen forward an
two threads back, the regular old-fash