The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-21


prettier than of old, and she still looked like
maiden stepped down from fairydom.
Law still and watched content to be near her.
knew | had but to open my lips and she would
he with me in an instant. But did not choose.
I nreferred, like a child, to play with pleasure,
spfnning it out to its full length. 1t was SUM
mer's ecstasy, and for a while | could not break
the charm. But then the thought came TO me,
what would she do if she knew / there
Wondering what the answer might be, softly,
hardly above whisper, l gently called "Itm y
But she, engaged with her dalsy-chaln ana WIN
her little ones, did not hear, and paid no heed.
So smiling rs / watched her, second time
called a little louder-"Em ~ But still she did
NOT hear The daisy-chain and little ones seemed
to engrOss all her thoughts, ana my voice 9IeW
past her with the wind. How would 1T do, |
thought, since she Obstinately deaf, to
rouse her by confronting her? If she would not
hear she should see and her eyes, if not her ears,
should be opened. With some such fancy, was
Just about to rise and intrude myself upon her
presence, when noticed the figure of a man COM
ing down the path.
had no objection to children witnessing our
meeting, though / could have spared even them
but a third party, and he a stranger, l did not
want So waited till he should have gone. He
was young man, gentleman beyond doubt,
good looking, dressed in a gray suit of Scotch
tweed and bright red necktie. His was fair
young face He had promising mustache which
he tended with one hand and he was smoking a
mighty meerschaum. Instead of passing as | eX-
pected, when he reached the wall he paused and
looked at the group within. There was !, peeping
over the outer edge of the Summer-hOuse won
dering what kept him there There was he lean
ing with one hand upon the mOss-grown wall.
There was she, with her daisy-chain and the chill
dren at her knee. Just as | thought he would
be surely moving on, TO my surprise he Vaulted
lightly over the wall hiding behind the very
Summer-hOuse on which / sat. Then quickly and
quietly he passed from tree 10 tree, though he
wished TO do unobserved until at last he was
behind where the unsuspecting maiden sat.
While / watched with angry eyes, he darteC
I from il ran fI n4pf frpT Igf
drew her head back 10 him. and kissed her twice
or thrice upon the lips. The blood boiled within
my veins / did not doubt that this das-
tardly outrage and that my darling needed de-
fender. In minute vengeance would have beer
done, and he or | would have lain low. But hel
answer showed / was mistaken.
Charlie - she cried, with that sweet smile
knew so well, chow can you kiss me before the
children ?n
"Why not >" said he Don't l kiss them be-
fore you >"
And, To prove his words, ne snatched up a little
/ girl and kissed her again and again. she laughing
at the fun. Then he sat down by her side, put his
/ arm around her, and drew her to him. The daisy
chain dropped To her lap, and she looked at him
/ as though he were all the world to her.
/ Darling said he, not loudly, but loudly
enough for me 10 hear, Il have spoken to my
mother about YOU and me to-day, and she thinks
/ ! am very foolish; but, since / have always been
and always will be 50, she thinks ! may well
take you 10 be my little wife, though you will be
very foolish for letting me-"
! Her answer was to Law her head upon his shOul-
der and fash her blue eyes with a still softer blue
upon his face.
Charlie" said She "are you sure you love me ~
Love you?' he returned, and he meant it
/ ''more than | can tell ~
And you are sure" she continued 'yom
mother will not be angry? ] could not bear to
/ anger herr
"Angry ~ said ne, closing her lips with kisses
"Who in all the world could be angry with my
/ little sweetheart ?'
/ And so on.
! 4
/ rience to them. What mattered il? They would
/ have 10 learn themselves some day-theugh per-
/ haps they were beginning early. And II hac
! to listen to il all. Who could have shown him.
self, placed as / was at such a time?
They cOOed and coocd, and made love as love
has oft been made, until the afternoon was spent
and then they went And was free 10 20 well
/ Was ] disillusioned? Partly, though the fau
was all my own. Once / knew her well. Tn,
/ knowledge which for a time was lost was only
found again.
have not seen her since. For some cause he
/ happiness stuck i'm my throat, and left Rhyd
/ that evening / may never see her again. Er
/ this, doubtless, she il another's wife. But when
think of her, even TO this hour, it is a. My Litt
] Sweetheart
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MANS Philadelphia large state?
Are Boston and New York on the same river
DO YOU have any really good theaters in Ne'
York?
What can You buy am American judge for?
Did you ever kill man?
How wide is the ferry between New York an
/ Chicago?
Why don't you let the Pategonians vote?
What is the cost of a cab per hour between Ne'
York and san Francisco?
| thought the war between the States wa
stopped, and there is Peru and Chill fighting We
VIII the Brooklyn bridge be as long rs Blacl
friars?
Is Texas as large as Devonshire?
Can an Englshman readily understand the n;
tives of Chicago or 1t. Louise
Is il true that your single young ladies are gou
for week together ON excursions with gentlemen
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