Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-03

Alice laughed, but b1ushed 1ittle.t II is
the face saw in my dream last night, said

Alice laughed, but blushed q little. It is
the face Isaw in my dream last nigh" said
she.
Wis - he Rsf bsst likeness have ever made.
That is, in every feature, the face that was
bending toward me when your voice broke
"Weil, my love- You aYe,Eonderfnlly vivid
dreams. va must take caro- thaty az not
sleep under the starlight osoften." -
/. Frank Baldwin arrived that afternoon, and
we fastened our preparations for departure
He kindly offered to assist us, and stood
round, man fashion, in the way, putting things
in the wrong trunks, and making CONFUSION
generally.s We were limited In trunk room,
and Alice declared it quite Impossible to.get
in her voluminous sketching- books OK -, 1Ihey
were accordingly laid aside to be left TIL they
could be sent for, or until we should make
our regular yisitnextsyear Franz; roaming
res;lessly about tired of our inattentlon, spled
the books, and began to look them ever: He
was silent for some time; but at Length he
looked round with an exclamation OF sur
prise.
Edward Changers portrait! Alice, where
did you ever see Ned Grangerw
II never saw him to my knowledge Pray
who is hep"
"He is the friend of whose adventures with
me in India have frequently written home.
Is t tGis ySnF d,'wingrs xrsfytTTzT
"Is it meant for anyone?"
1T is fancy, merely" ,e7...,.t. ~, ssz
"Well, it's most surprising accidental re-
semblance, considering You never saw Ned;
and ofieourse you never could, as he Is at this
moment on his way home from India, where
he has lived for ten years-since you were q
child in nursery. By-the-way, see that he
spoken only week out. So we may expect
to sec him very soOn..s z Il ~ p, E5s5
r Aday or two later we were at home, and
quickly launched on the stream of gayeties
always flowing through my stepmotheE's
house. Fresh from our six months seclusion
at the farm, we entered with zest upon this
new course Of pleasure: Frank Baldwin was
our constant ally. Alice had always been
rather his favorige,' as, indeed, she was every
body's;, for beauty is born queen even in the
nursery. She had changed in his absence
from a,sweet child to lovely woman; and he
seemed SO charmed with her now that be-
gan to think this brother by adoption might
K become one in reality .''ssts ass*h.L '"'1sf+
i We had been at homea week, when one
day on, returning from drive, we learned
that Franks friend Granger had arrived A
good deal fatiguedwith travelling by sea. and
us at dinner, There were to be other guests,
and Alice and went up to dress. I do not
know that we "primped" more than usual
that day: but remember feeling quite salts
fed with my fresh summer toilet; and Alice
looked supremely lovely in a pale green Or
CANDY, which would have been fatal to Q con-
plexion less dazzlingly fair. =" You look like
the queen Of the faries," said, and wondered
why: she should blush so at the sisterly fiat
! terry.
The blush had not quite faded when we
| entered the drawing room, and Frank brought
forward his friend. Mr.. Granger was pre-
sentented first to me, which gave me an op-
portunity to quietly observe him while he
his eye light with fash of admiration for
her singular beauty; but this expression was
succeeded by one of perplexity, which did
not pass away for sometime. e.,
AS j studied the face of the stranger. was