River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-05-15
A Flood and What Came of 1t.

her MoJIie Muldo0n sweet Molile Mul-
doom Now more delightful creature IT
would be hard to find, for she had that IN
comparable nature that blends the child
with the woman; and whereas she could
play like "A kitten in seasons OF trlvoilty,
YOU might in dire and serious cXtrcml-
Nv search the wide world over for a wiser
az maturer Judgment. She had the
most wonderful knack Of taking shah
by house, and going over 1t from top To
bottom. with touch here and brush
there, and little adornment over yon-
der so that when she was through, the
metamorphOsis would he startling, and
one would declare that under the Kilt
nlaits Of her house dress she concealed the
wand Of "a fairy
Everybody knows that poverty and
pride are like oil and water, and won 20
together very we'll and it could not hc
denied that MolIies beauty and grace
were sadly suited to the stlnted means
Sc life doIed out Ia the widow Muto'n
and her two children. When Mr. Mul-
doom was living they had all the Injuries
that his handsome salary and generous
heart could devise; but the bountitul
heart became cold in death, and the
handsome salary ceased long before
Mollic was old enough fully To- ENJOY
either the one cor the other. 1t was only
u mercy from heaven that Mrs MuldOOn'S
father outIived her husband, and was able
to allow her small income, or heaven
knows what would have become of sweet
little Mollic with her warnings after
fashionable furbelows and surroundings.
Poor little Molici Many a time I've
seen her beautiful eyes filled with tears ct
rage and modification over AN abortlve
attempt at making dress with pulls and
trills out of small pattern; but out she
came presently with some old under skirt
of her mothers or aunt's or grandmoth
cr's. and with few touches of her magic
fingers the whole fabric would fall to
gcther, colors and all as gracefully as Il
rainbow, and then her eyes would shine
again, and her dimpled chin 90 up in the
air with the true pride OF genius.
Just look at that Mollie Muldoon,
said Fanny Sharp, as Mollie went hy;
shes running her mother, the way She
dresses"
Pride coctll before a fall" croakcd
old Granny Sharp.
1t WAS only a week or 50 after that
heard from Mrs. Muldoon's own lips the
confirmation of rumor that been going
about for months that Molie was actu
allv engaged To bc married to young
Adolphus Dacrc. The DacitS had been
given over hy our whole community long
since. They had treated the church
scandalously, hiring the best pew, and
never paving penny ON it; the gTo
Ger had refused to give them any further
credit the butchers cart drove right by
their door; and Mallory, the milkman,
had been seen sitting upon the front
stoop of the Dacrcs,' waiting, he said, for
one 81 two things his money OF the liver
of Mr.. Dacrc.
and OF course, SAID Mollie, 80 long
as these miserable tradespeoplc held ON,
and treated the Dacres with respect, the
whole aristocracy Of Babbleton followed
suit hut now that the butcher and baker
and candlcstickmaker have given them
up
ITS u case of the rotten potato, . SAID
her seventeen vear-old brother Jack.
Have YOU too turned against Dolph.
said MoIlic
IL" replied the lad. with mock
tragedy. Never. A. friend of mine
he's 4 /, aud no mistake; but | don
take much stock in Dolph as a brother
iu-law Its all he can do 10 keep him
self in chuck"
Mamma, will you make Jack stop
talking slang
II beg pardon, said Jack; ,what
meant to say was that under existing cir
cumstances Mr. Adolphus Dacre finds it
exceedingly difficult to supply his own
individual necessities, and positively de
clincs any inducement to take IN the mat
rimonial racket
declines me- said Mollie, with scon,-
ful emphasis
declines the whole feminine genera
ton" said Jack
That very day. which was q freezing
one in December. Molic was seen down
upon the skating pond executing with
marvellous grace and facility the intricate
cvuutons OF the outer edge, and with
her was Dolph Dacrc. Whatever might
have been his inclination toward the FEM
mime generation in general, it was plainly
evident that tn MolIie in particular has
whole, heart and soul went out IN fond
emotion. His face was of the same
mobile tendency as Mollic's. and love, al
mnation, devotion. idolatry, beamcd III
every line of II,
Its q shame to part them, said the
romantic lookers-un.
ITS ruinou, tp have them 81 much To-
ycthcr." said the prudent; hut Mollle and
Dulph went gliding ON. their hands
locked together. then glad hearts caring
no more Ion tate than for the freezing
wind
"Dolpli is hang-up skater. said Jack
that night at supper That patch IN his
lett boot loJscucd his skate, OF he'd have
-. H.. Il
only ret pair Of shoes
DO YOU mean 10 say, said Mollic, the
murscl upon her fork suddenly becoming
distastful to hcr-io YOU mean to say
that Dolph Dacre can't get as many shoes
as ne wants
Well sis. # it come To- that, can III
Can YOU Poverty IS Il blamed uncomtorts-
hlc thing but hope its no disgrace
1T Is e disgrace. 1t Is a hideous, helm
Gus. unhcarabic crime - said Mollic, and
pushed her chair away. and went up stars
to cry her pretty eyes out.
Her mother found her with her heal
buried in the pillow, her whole lutlc
body quvcring with excitement
why Nollic. my child" began poor
placid Mrs Muldoon; and then the young
termayant turned upon her.
Its your business She cried, ito pat
an end Ia this madness between Dolph
and me Do YOU think its vcrs nice
thing to have your daughter :
daughter Engaged To lie married To a men
that can't afford t. buy himself pair Ut
ShucS.'
~ little temporary embarrassment,
my chiid."
"A little temporary tiddlestick.'' hr'he
in Nellie. Its forever and ever, and
hopeless. and wish was dead Here
she began To- sob again.
w hat can | do" said poor Mrs Mul-
doom.
You cau break off the engagement
forbid him to enter your doors-insult
him tell him YOU wont give your daugh-
ter IA pauper make him 80 mad he'll
never look at me again.
I'm do nothing Of the kind said the
puor lady her cheeks beginning to burn.
II admire and respect the young man too
much To- cause him any unnecessary suffer
ing; but I'll tell him to give you up, for
his own sake as we'll as yours.
Poor Dolph met Mrs. MuldoOn hslf