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

Asleep, alone, and cola as stone e' -'"* ia*''
l. yWhete no kind misunderstanding, "7a''s,
In winding sheet Of snow and sleet
Was found the drunkard's pallid daughter
-. ..Aa>i Z lB4I ~ ed-1he. Rechabne.
HOW GREEK MET, GREEK. ii
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h. $50 it is;true,, Jessie Hardbrook! You
have have been !, ttriaing with me, from first to
last. May God forgive you'll cannot!"
said Ralph Ashton, Bitterly, >, as he
fdropped the white hand" land gazed down
&C. rntully at its owner. :orari5 ~ rr' =.
"Why, ,Ralph = ~lisped an aftectionate
voice, II never dreamed you meant any
thing really9 it seems so toddl''2H 10, '';
"Odd, Jessie Handbook" and his eyes
flashed angr1ly. "You never dreamed
that I loved you2- You knew it we'll! Day
b day yoqq .l haze, been leading ME on.
Why, when y6u' saw that + Was begin
ming to love, you from my very. soul, did
you not check me2 Twas because you
wished to swell the list Of your victims.
/ congratulate you upon your success
Now farewell foreverl'' AND before the
apparently astonished young lady could
frame sentence, the door had slammed
behind Ralph Ashton. ,n. ..,.. - ~ .
He strobe fiercely. down the street to
his studio, and entering Il, locked the
1idoor behind thimsraA, picture stood on
the easel, partly concealed byia cloth
which had been thrown over it. This he
snatched hastily of and revealed full
life portrait ofssJessie Hardbrook, Just as
she looked the first time he had met her,
fclad ina white silk trimmed with tube
roses, thessanae which nestled in her long
golden curls. sAssmile parted the saucy
red lips, and dimpled one daintily tinted
cheek. It was Jessie Handbook, surely,
but thousand times more beautiful, for
he had endowed, it with a soul 4Fnot hers,
but one of his own creation-one that he
imagined that the woman lie loved pos.
sessed. r9tIu ~ IL /, !v'1lF sat 30:
:. He had spent much time ON. this pic
ture, and had succeeded beyond his
widest hopes. 1T had become the great
est pleasure of his life to sit before it,
and with every stroke. of the brush paint
and fancy d wonderful dream of the
future when he lshould call her his very
own. .,,n, 49,, :, ,-,. -
All this may seem romantic and nom
sensical for strong man to indulge in;
but it was true. Ralph Ashton possessed
the sensitive nature that continually
leans toward the ideal and, suns the prac-
teal side of life: Whatever pleased or
attracted him, he endowed with gifts of
q divine nature. He was honest and
truthful in the highest degree-just the
one to fall q victim to tho snares of the
hard, hard world. -.
! Jessie Handbook was a. firt OF the
deepest dye, without a shadow of a heart.
Her one aim was to secure rich hus-
band-who would keep her in: ease and
aff1uence all her butterfly life. She mad
been pleased and fattered with Ralph
Ashton's presence, and, when sac saw
him falling under the spell Of her charms,
instead of releasing him there and then,
| as an honorable woman would have done,
she strove the harder to please until size
gained her own wish--mainly, to sly ''no"
to the important question: sra.i
u As RALPH Ashton gazedilong and bit
terly at the, beautiful picture, he felt the
one great hope Of his life died within
him, and all became darkness and de-.
spair. At last, snatching' it angrily from
the easel, he ripped the canvas with his
knife and thrust the whole into the CRATE,
watching the flames consumeit with q
look of fierce hatred ho''G<'-'h '3' =. =.
+ The next day a friend, coming to call
was surprised to find this placard on the
door, *sGone;to Europe. Il s,,.i.c@~f -v7;
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A, suppressed murmur ran through
Mrs. BIS crowded rooms as. Ralph
Ashton entered them. It was his first
appearance in society" since his return
from Europe, and Mrs. B a--had secured
him, though'bydi Of strategy, tor that
one evening, at least, as she announced
triumphantly to her guests. - s'''''7* ~.
7 He was quite lion, for his paintings
had won him fame, and already riches
enough to secure comfort. When lite
fhad become barren and dlstasteful to him
he had sough consolation in his work,
and had grown IT, love it with the lnten.
sity which insures success =: sa,"s ...
p Jessie Hardbrook was there. She hao
tailed, although it was four years later,
to secure the rich husband. She had not
altered, but looked as fresh and beauti-
full as ever as she stood under the full
light OF a chandelier, clad, singularly
enough, in white silk garlaned with
tube roses just as he had seen her for the
! first time Whe / he had fallen SO madly in
| love. $50 ~ 5fEss'['Ss 10 49, rs;
"A blush dyed her check as she observed
his figure approaching her. ri will win
him yet, she said, under her breath. For
the man whom all the world acknowl-
edged seemed very different to her from
the poor, uukno wn artist she had scorned.
"Missa HMdbrook aasWhat pleasure!'
She felt her. hand graspcd cordially,
land thought. she noted look Of interest
in the speakers brown eyes. es,' s'z :
is He remained BY her side the most of
the evening, making. himself wonderful
llyaagreeable by descriptions of his trav-
els, and when he placed her in q carriage,
whispered softly: 5.28 . IT, !
MAY come tomorrow - IT,. .sS41
| After that their old intimacy seemed
revived. The gossips began to dream Of
/ a grand Wedding, and ali the girls en-.
ned Jessie her good fortune. She was
very happy, too; fol. the first time she
knew whist it was 10 love; yea, she
loved Ralph Ashton from hersycry soul,
and felt sure that he loved her in return.
Only one thing troubled her; he did not
speak. 5 IS, ~ 7,s... =. 5 = ]
aHe is waiting TO be sure = Of ne, nshe
would say to herself. ssHewilI not riiisk
another refusal And shebecame dolbly
l2f4clQla
Ono afternoon he remarked carefessly,
as he atby her Side, -, 49, S,
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