Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-08-07

little figure disappeared up the lane
II hate awful to disappint her, but Brow
er's Hotel to day'd never do. She'd meet
the engineer, sartin.''
With the sunset back came Winifred
Gone were the tears, and her face was as
bright as ever. "Buttercups and daisies
Oh, the pretty flo ers!" she sang, as she
came in the garden gate. Grandmamma
beheld her with secret Joy.
"Was you very lonely, Winlfred," she
asked.
"Not very" replied Winifred.
And every day after the little brown
girl came dancing and singing home, as
happy as happy could be: until the two
weeks came to an end. That night she
said to the old lady: "The linen is as
White as snow, grandmamma, and it
smells of clover, and I'm 50 glad it is to
be mine"
"Aye! my child" replied the widow,
"you'vc come to your senses and you be-
gin to see what fine present it'll be for
you when you're married."
| "Oh! granny dear, I wasn't thinking
of that" said Winnie, suspicious blush,
nevertheless, mantling her face.
"Have you seen George Topnot lately?''
asked her grandmamma, sudden
thought darting through her mind.
"Oh! granny, granny, how can you?''
said Winnie, reproachfully; "George
| Topnot, indeed!' and then smile called
out the two dimples that hid in her
chee]s. "To-morrow I shall bring the
linen hnme. For I'm little Buttercup-
dear little Buttercup.'
"Eh? What's that about buttercups,
Winifred?' asked grandmamma. II
hope none of it looks like buttercups,
cause it must be yallerer than ever if it
does.''
"No,no, grant, laughed the girl; ''it's
as white as the leaves Of the daisies. I
was singing bit of a song picked up
somewhere"
And the next evening, little earlier
than usual, Winnie made her appearance,
and with her handsome young man
They carried the clothes basket, heaped
up with snowy linen, between them,
while Boy-blue, his neck adorned with a
wreath Of wild flowers, gamboled about
them, apparently on the friendhcst terms
with the stranger.
"Bless and save usr' said grandmam-
ma Van Dorm, holding up her trembling
hands in great astonishment, "who is
! thls?'
"Elbert Vahlen, civil-cxtremely civil
engineer, at your service, ma am" said
the saucy fellow, setting down the basket
and taking of his panama, revealing a
head covered with auburn curls as he
did So
The old lady sank into chair that
fortunately stood on the porch, and look
ed from one to the other in a be ildeged
manner. Thought you'd gone home"
she gasped at last.
"Glad to say you were mistaken, ma nm.
My friends left day before yesterday, but
| remained for the pleasure of helping to
bring the linen, all splendidly bleached,
home to YOU"
Don't be angry, dear granomam ANNA"
plead Winnie, kneeling before her, ''and
III tell you all about it. The very first
day went to IT, meadow-the fourth,
you Notwithstanding is Mr.. Vahlen-
came near shooting me-"
eyes, indeed, grandmamma," said Mr..
Vahlen. I had been tramping about
looking for my old muse, Kate O'Rei,ly,
now Mrs. Willlams, who I knew lived
somewhere around here, and whom had
not seen since was the dearest, sweet
| est little boy that ever lived, and lost nv
way. Having lost my way I proceeded
to fire off my gun, which I was CARRYING
in honor of the day, i'll hopes that some
one would come to my rescue. To my
horror, scream-a woman's scream-in-
! stantly succeeded the shot, and Fastening
in the direction of the sound l found tins
darling little girl, still smaller girl
clinging to her dress, clasping her hands
in a terrible f light and as wife as, ye~
whittier, than the all sorts of things that
were spread on the green, green grass.
My ball had whizzed past her and lodged
in tree few feet away. called my.
self any number of opprobious names and
I'll shoot myself then and there if she die
not forgive nc"
"And did forgive him, granny dear,
said Winnie, earnestly, "because it really
wasn't his fault, you know. He never
dreamed there was any one but himself
in that lonely spot, and Boy-blue Liked
him right away and Mrs. Williams came
over brook-she heard the gun, too
and oh my, how she did kiss him. An6
he knows cousin PAMELA we'll and she
never said word to him about Inc
though she knew he was coming to Cher
ryland, and you'd beso glad to see him
being friend of hers. And he was very
tired and hungry and I gave him half my
lunch"
Homemade bread and butter, pot
cheese and cookies said Mr.. Vahlen.,
"And Mrs Williams sent fancy will
a pitcher of mill and some custard pie
And the next day he happened along tina
way again looking for the Gigan-Gigan
teOus-"
"Giganteus Harmonious pebblebus,
said Mr.. Vahlen. "a wonderful ston,
which am told is sometimes found il
this part of the country, and which I an
anxious to possess"
'Did you find it. sir!' asked the oil
lady, recovering from her establishment a
last. i
mo, ma,am can't say 1 did. "But,'
dropping his jesting tone as he took Win
MES small brown hand in his, 81 fount
something Infinitely more precious. A
face as pretty as the wildwood flowers
A. soul as pure-a heart as innocent a!
a little child's. A nut-brown maid sweet
Ell than all the lily maids have ever met.
Ten thousand what-d 'ye-call- ems" ex
claimed Wido " Van Dorm, almost using
IN her excitement one of the favorite ex
CARNATIONS of her husband. s'And is thi
the end Of all my care? And me think
ing all the time how we'll I'd contrivee
and what good, healthy appetite the ga
had" ~.
"Better short-cake and tomato marina
lade never ate,' said the young man
"And now, sir, continued the old lady
her eyes beginning to twinkle, shaving
provided You with your lunch for fort
nit, no doubt you'd like to have me tt
ask you to supper2" .. - go.
eff you please, ma'am. But first con
sent to accept me for grandson. The
linen been bleached and I've been tanned
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