Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-04-09

light mustache, and beautiful chestnut
hair, and features that looked as though
they were chiselled;a refined, scholarly
looking person. Doesn't he answer the
description2'
eyes, it must be he; but, my daughter,
don't be indlscreet or foolhardy, and do
not let him break through your reserve;
for saw that he evidently admired you,
and was determined to make you talk.
Now let US listen to the grumbliBgs
and CALCULATIONS of the gentleman under
discussion. --3 3,
"Rex Milne actually snubbed! What
a half curious, half shy. half frightened,
half sympathetic look those sweet brown
eyes would at times cast on this poor
mortal! She looks like sunshine but acts
like an iceberg.
"Just as thought the dreadful monot-
ony of these springs was to be broken by
a sparkling, intelligent beauty, the .dain-
ty sprite repels all my little civilities,
and I am left to amuse myself with my
little Russian girl, who IS of that tender
age when she can tell me as often as she
likes that she loves mc.'
asHere she comes"
"Well, Vera, what is the joyful news
your tell-tale face seems TO have in store
for me2'
"Oh, sir, have you met the beautiful
lady2 She told me such pretty stories,
and when I was in my little bed last
night, came into my room and SAID that
her mamma was tired and wanted to rest,
so she came in to me and sung me such
merry songs until fell asleep.
/ "Then she can be affable, and take al
interest in something beside herself
"Oh, wait till you know her. She asked
me if / knew Count Polanski who board
ed here, but don't, do you?''
stNo, but run and play, and by and by
I will take you for a boat ride"
"Thank you, will run down now and
look at the pretty boat"
After saunterlng around he bethought
himself of his promise and upon appl oach-
ing the stream, what was his consterna-
ton to find that his little pet had seated
herself in the boat, and was drifting
down the stream. She cried to him in
her fright and he paclfed her and tried
to think,wh was best to, do. Upon
throwing a stone in the water he found
that 1t made a current, and the boat, il
he could make sufficient commotion
with the stones, WOULD approach the
shore, so he told Vera to bow her head
and he' commenced 10 rapidly throw
stones. - - -
Just then Adelaide Warren appeared,
and the sight of this maniac throwing
stones at a lovely chlld T. helplessly float
ing on the water in. the boat maddened
her, and at any cost, she meant to draw
the mailman away. She ran to him and
frantically seized bis arms, pulled him
and entreated him to 60 with her to- the
hotel. He was too amazed to resist and
so perplexed, at the contrary moods of
this altogether lncomprehensiple maiden
that lie called back to Vera to keep quiet
and that she should come on shore in .
few ifiiAates. ;-@" 3 E'f ~
In the meantime, Miss Warren kept
pulling and urgingshim on till she met a
servant, and speaking to him in an aside,
she delivered over Mr.. Milne to him, tell
ing the later that she would attend to
Vera. -,.-
MI. Milne could not shake off his guard
till he reached. the hotel, when he told
him he must beat a. ,hasty retreat, as he
could take care of himself; whereupon
the man grinned. and seemed to,look up-
on the whole thing as q good joke. - . .
Little Vera wanted 10 know why she
had sent the kind gentleman away, since
he was always good ito her, and Twas
amazed to- see how frightened Aaelaide
seemed to he, and SO oyerjoyed when she
had her in her arms and telling. her never
to he so far away from her maid again.
She did not meet the count till the next
evening. ~ S7' @S"i1t -
One feature ofhis maIady was that he
cared for all animals, as he believed that
the soul of human beings took the form
of some animal and thus they should; be
protected and tenderly treated-s4t "a NJ
She was seated in fhe garden Listening
to the band playing when he approached.
He talked SO well and. Interested bis
hearer1sso mach that they forgot, both
mother and daughter, that he musts be
treated with reserve. and when other
boarders approached, who knew the
mother, he offered his arm to Miss War
ren. for awalk through the lovely grounds.
She knew that st times he imagined
himself to be dog, or q cat, or i bird,
and at one time he was an owl. So she
said to him how lovely it must have
been =, tor yen the night you were An
aAllow he 10 say, Miss Warren, that
/ never was on OWL . s.s .s5 So. S.. 49, S.