The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1879-10-31

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join AahnEak
"At our nelghhoEA" answered ~
nepAsW. "HlPds a Q 6oaNhae, yoa
know. Bat tAh b Q Anse bid With
a0og toath0Ss thAn eur n0lghhoe even.
i dat know what - have hen tAlnk.
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yeAa AaAlzst laid down his knife and
Iogk and h1snoA.
Thus encouraged, HI nspAsW ccntln.
ned: "6Ae b tall and alsadoE, % mace
full . Q wand. Her facO b HE Q IA.
donna's, but In beauty h In expgosiOn
rather than feature. eh0 WOaE1 lovely
white dEsMA With Q tOW worldly tuck
and ruAloS and her thoos and tkous aRo
beautiful tOh0aR."
John AshuEUt's fAcs Was vory nave.
"DeoaEetul. FraA." vaa hls warning n.
6Suoh women are not falss, surely"
MD Ersd, watching his unels clossly.
"TAsy nay b 6ckls and unjust" ~
piled John Aahurst, stsEnly.
al would swear MI Ruasll b
neither" exclaimed Ffed AshuEst, Pc
John Ashurst's lip tWitchsd, and he
beat hi foot norVOuly On the door.
"Nin Lily RusuelI," explained Fred
Ashurst emphasizing the fiist name.
John Ashhurst Issumsd his usual
manner ct that BE careful, Fred, my
boy" he aid, kindly, al don't want
your chips 10 10 down q mine did"
That day John AGhurst was restless
and nervous, "almost out Of sorts," be
said Of himself. He could not forget his
nepheW's description of the woman next
door. "Nonsensep he would exclaim,
half aloud, In an impatient way. "This
10 the woman with another name. The
other one forgot me years ago. Suppose
she had not forKottenr
John Ashurses face was lighted with
the wonderful miie Of which Ma.
Quincy spoke; then Il faded out and
the restless mood came on.
There came childPs tap Ut the door,
and . moment later Lucy Quincy en-
tered. "Seef I have lots Of books,"
she said, with great glee. al have come
over TO study with You, where the boys
won't bother. I took them out Of cousin
Lily's trunk when she went with
mamma. This II verses," and she laid
down Q volume of Tennyson; "and
this-" As she lifted the book there
dropped some withered flowers, lilies of
the valley and q cluster of forget-me.
nOts.
John Ashurst took the book eagerly.
It was q bible. On the fy.leaf was the
name Amy RUSSELL" As he turned
the leaves he came to more withered
flowers, and on . slip OF paper the
prayer, Forgive US our trespasses, a.
we forgive those who trespaA against Us"
al must always pick up trash, mamma
says" remarked the little girl a. she
stopped TO gather the WitheFed flowers.
Trashl John AshuTst touched them
reverently, and put them hack In the
book. His face was radiant with that
"Lyour cousin Amy home2" he asked
.' s'Ti:a'. .S csu. .i,9, Amy; it's Lily"
answered. Tue Cnll0s
John Ashurst looked puzzled; then he
put on his hat and walked straight TO his
neighbOT'A
"Is Mis Amy Russell inf' he asked of
the servant a. he gave her his card.
"Mi8 Russell Il in; ] think it Il Miss
Lily" answered the servant
al would like to see her." said John
Ashurst. To himself he was saying,
" She must be q relative. If Amy is
dead, I win have the bible and the faded
flowers"
But she was not dead. The sweet.
faced Quaker woman, with Just o touch
Of Worldliness about the tucked and ruff
Hed dress, who entered the room, held
out her hand to John Ashurst as an old
acquaintance. Her face was very calm,
but her hand was trembling. John Ash.
urst took 1t In both of his, a. he ex-
claimed, "Forgive me, Amy; I was
unjust to you, and cruel to rs both.
You have not forgotten me. By this
token I know 1t; and this prayer makes
me bold to ask forgiveness"
He opened the bible to the faded
flowers and prayed for forgiveness.
Tears filled the eyes Of the Quaker
women as abe said, al forgave thee long
ago. II was q miserable mistake" abe
added, sadly.
"But there IL no reason why may
not spend the rest of my life in making
AtonementH" pleaded John Ashurst,
eagerly.
al have never ceased 10 love thee,
John" was the simple, earnest answer.
G,.L . .o-.-.~kf... a. Al, L..,... - Al L..
tWo neighborsl Old Dinah'sequanimity
was quite upset. al declar' don't
know wedder I'm standin' on my head or
my feet. They look Jess like weddiners,
fur shore an sartin. An Jess to tink,
Il all come fru de new neighbors. Don't
have anything TO do wild de new folks;
don't lend 'em scrap, Dinah; drive Of
de chillen', an all Eich
Dinah's hearty guffaw at the remem.
brance might have been heard next door.
"Was allus Spectin' suthin' was COM
in from de day Mars John drug de boy
dar," continued Dinah. "Miss GuFney's
Q nice woman, but dis 10 heaps better.
Couldn't be better. It's de genooine old
Tub. Talk about young lubbersl Landl
Dey can't hold candle 10 de lub OBJ haH
q lifetime"
Mrs. Quincy went about with tears In
her eyes and a smile at her mouth. The
tears were for her past romance, the
smile for her cousins present and future
romance.
The children were discussing It. "Our
cousins name will be Ashhurst," said
the little boy, "cause women change
their last names when they're married"
"Their hrst names too" said the little
girl. "She used 10 Be Cousin Lily, and
now We call her cousin Amy"
"You little goosel laughed the Oldest
boy. "Her right name was always Amy,
but they called her Lily In England, be.
cause abe was fair and wore lilies 80
much. Lily wasa pet name. Don't you
know the song,
"Csli me pet names, dearest; call ca"
"Goosei" added the little girl.
THAT'S what you called me-"
Fred Ashurst came In on tiptOe. "I
have . secret, youngsters. They are to
be married next month. Come along and
zee me make kindling wood Of this on
christian waTnin', a. Dinah calls Il.
Uncle John h like the clustering month
Of March-he went In like q lion, but
comes out Ike lamb."-Hdrpsr's BosaT.
A Race with Thumbs on Their Feet.
Mr.. Tremlett, the British consul NJ
Saigon, In bis report this year mentions
. remarkable peculiarity OF the natives
Of the country that they have the great
toe OF each foot separated from the
other, Ike the thumb Of the hand, and