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

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land to set some scheme in connectio
with the publishing business afloat AMI
that he proved most successful, and mad
tIs, falss,@s 81 a,a,s'3. .vh;
doesn't he act honorably by Noble
? Croaker, and refund the money he used
by the way said George Mitchell
; who was present, and now Just caugh
at what they were discussing; at Milo,
market, on Saturday, I was show d
paragraph in the aagony column Of tn
Times. copied it down. and, taking
out his pocketbook, he read, sMessrsoN
& Co, of NJ, if you will let me knoMstbt
amount of w. F.'s defalcations, six year,
ago, Twill remit same with interest. r.
Tape, solicitor, $50 Chancery lane, Lon
s ss5 e. Gill; &' gssss, h ssst
er can you find another spare beds A'fef
low was once acquainted with wants. tt
come down here to knock around ,0ul
worlds; he won't trouble you much,
dare say, and he's an old friend of mine
His name is Wilson, iii,
Then Mrs. Maria Smith, Mrs. Mitchell's
married daughter, talked to Annie Hand
ford of Ferguson, and Annie said: L VI
never knew whether quite really loyee
him; I liked him very we'll, and more thar
,Elfeyer earedstor,any other fellow, Hbutia
any rate, II I ever did, this feeling j.
entirely dead now, and if felt sure thai
l loved him. T would never marry Z
thlef.' .G-'
The next day brought George Mitchell
and his friend, Wilson. Mr.. Wilson was
q tall, b1onzed and bearded man, and
though Geprge said he;Was only 81, HE
| looked like 81, and alt the inmates OF
the house remarked that they fancied
they had seen him before. However
they concluded it to be entirely fame y, las
none \! Of them knew any Wilson's resident
in London. sf,,l, rae
Weeks passed ava, away, az and it was soon
pretty evident that this Wilson was
deeply enanored of Miss landlord, and
it was also plain to the NEST careless
observer, that his1 love was reciprocated
One day he announced that he in.
tended to depart on teh morrow, and
in the evening he asked Annie
to take awalk,uwith. him.: On astile
in shady lane, with the red sunset shed.
ding its glow upon them, once again wal
the same old story told. But, before
Wilson obtained Annie's answer he told
her that he knew Ferguson; that he had
known him all his life; known of bis Sin
and disgrace, and also knew how bravely
+ he toiled to redeem, his'name, and that
he was now comparatively itch man. he
told her that he knew that Ferguson
loved her deeply, though he
had never known, whether it was mutual
love- and he had asked her to say wheth.
er it was sol. eOl, no. she replied, it wa.
all fancy I never loved until now; be.
sldes,' she added, could never we'd "a
thief, you know These words were
like sharp knife in Wilson's side, but
he went on: 20,
Don't you think, If you saw him, you
could love him iasTI know.he loves you?
him, please; all that IS gone and pas,
years ago, and we need never mention his
name again.
There was short pause.
'Annie,' said Wilson; Miss landlord
forgive me for deceiving you. I came
down here only known to George Mitch.
ell, just to take a look at old scenes and
old friends. I am viii Ferguson.
never meant to speak to you of love, but
from the moment Deheld you again, ]
was no longer master of myself. But
shall go away tomorrow, and never again
shall you be troubled with the love Of a
thief When he finished speaking she
tell on the grass in a kind of dull amaze.
ment, and as she began to see how mat
tiers really stood she was at loss what to
do, and speak she could not. ...,. ~
Miss Handford, try, to control yourself,
said Ferguson, and think no more of
what has occurred; let us return :
They walked mechanically to the house,
in perfect silence, and saw no more OF
each other that night; and when Annie
awoke in the morning Will was on his
way to London. Now that she had time
for reflection, she felt that she still loved
that man. She felt annoyed with him fo1
deceiving her; and yet,- after further
thought she decided that it was pardon.
able deception-but, there was that dis
grace. ~;
She consulted with her great friend
Mrs. Maria, who advised her to wait q
bit, and let. her father know all about
Will Ferguson. ....., 49,. -.
If Milton had felt disgraced by Will
Ferguson when he fed defaulter, il
now did Its best to try and give him d
firm footing once more. The local news!
paper scontaineda long lsudatory para.
graph commencing his honorable con.
duct in rounding double the amount
which he had stolen, and old Mr.. Noble
had shaken him heartily by the hand
wishing him well ALL entirely forgivine
him Will was now proprietor, too, OF a
good renumerative business, and had
good credit in The commercial world. iBy
degrees, where his disgrace had been
known, it was becoming fast forgo; ten
and in nineteen twent1eths of the country
] it had never, been heard of. - .ra t,
II SoH old Mi. Handford wrote TO his
daughter and babe her please herself he
was satisfied Ferguson had learned a les.
son from the past, and meant for the fu,
ture to do we'll. And thus it came te
pass that Will one day in October, re-
ceived letter from his friend Mrs. Maris
Smith telling him to come down and TRY
again. He went, and, one Sunday after
noon, exactly seven years after they had
first met, these two, who had waited fol
their fate so long, plighted their troth
And one day, Waens the snew1rops were
pSepingaup through sth6 ahafd, wintry soil
the bells of Beacondale church rang out i
merry peal. = For WilliFerguson had de
termined to wed his wife at tho church
where he had first seen her; and So afte1
tie long years of disgrace ana pain, and
labor, and at last success and honor, from
out the little church, followed by the
blessing of the old vicar and the cheers
Of the villagers, stepped into the carriage
which was waiting to convey them to
Rillbrook, Mr.. and Mrs. viii Ferguson
A TWENTYSIX ROURsTALK.
Patriotic and Terrible Speech Against Tim,
~ iss To KnIa Bill i s. aefBT
; Peoria National Democrat r,fI3 Egs:e
The longest speech on record is said Il
have been made by 9 Democratic mem
Der of the legislature Of British Colum
bla, named De Cosmo. It was, IN the in
terest 81. settlers, who were to be defrapd
| ed Of their lands. De Cosmo was ID The
hopeless minority. The job had beer
i held back till the eve of the close of the
session. Unless legislation X was taken
before noon. Of q certain day the act o
i confscation would fail. The day beior,