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

care; I4wish was dead this minute. for
whats. the good of living if I'm neverto
See Tom again2, n .aa s;sss ii . eo5sSas.
And with this final summing up fsher
woes. Nellie ran up to her room, threw
herself on the bed and cried herself, into
raging sick headache, 7, not unqo common
sequence to girlish sorrows, pstulance,
and penitence, such as Miss Nell was
justly suffering from. Y, l' 80 ~
"A week went By, but Tom ala not not
Come. 7 Nellie hoped and E waited, ana
1secretly thought that he might swrite,sor
IN some way give her an opportunity of
making up their absurd quarrel, but Mr.,
Chandos did nothing ofthe' sort!
pride, and she declared she would go
home aoI I'll the next day, just to show him that
she ls : was not breaking her heart about
him by any manner of means. ~ ~ ~ -
"But. you intended to spend the sum-
mel with, me, and ir'si not half gone Yet!
What will people say21. o / remarked, pre-
tending to be mighty surprised. sssnd s9f
~ can't help what people will say, LIN
not going to remain here, and allow Mr..
chapdos ste t. think IL am pinlng tot his
"ob, nobody would suppose + nat, Nell;
least OF all MI. Chandos. He has: given
/ you UP I dare Say, aid troubles himself
very little about you one way Or the 9TH
err 'fedr2 & 10 oGEGf5 a5a5 IsasI"h
''1ndeed you are very wise, Miss; F Fi,a.
rest; and now; I willtg home, since you
presume to know m'sthoughts' so in:-'
timately. well, = replied Mel, with great
dignity. .f,.o: ~: ,.,sa IA * F,5Ini"t,,
The above conversation; - took, place
while we were on our way to, visit o poor
woman who was quite ill, and whose
husband had recently died of consump-
ton, leaving her entirely destitute, with
three children to support, and not a relal
tive or friend in the whole wide world. T..
We found Mrs. Hammond much. bet
ter, though still very pale and weak; and
sitting beside the bed attentively listen,
ing to the poor widows tale Of want and
suffering, was handsome, gay careless
Tom Chandos.' RI: 40 COS - ~:
Nellie's face grew crimson, and the
hot tears sprang unbidden to her eyes,
but Tom did not seem to notice her, con-
fusion: he bowed politely and arose to
go, but I detained him ''.' '''>i i ,,
"Weu really, Mr.. Chandos, this does
surprise me; for of all the places under
the sum- this Is the very last where I'D
ever thought of meeting you."e> J. i
That's because you believe me to be
thoroughly selfish; and so I am as gen.
eral thing; but Mrs. Hammond has no
small claim on my beneyplepee, and l
came to do what I could for her IN her
present sore Distress y Nv 81
."Claim! Why, how can that be ,? I do
not understand you at ALL. Mr.. Chandos."
! t'et.Perhaps' not, but there lis nothing 40,
very strange about it. Mrs. Hammond's 8,
husband, whom T never saw, was mis-
cradle Mason, which explains the reason
of my being here, and sinks me still Aow-
er in nay estimation OF at least one fair
lady, I fee, quite; sure" he said, glancing
roguishly at Nellie. =
"Oh. please Tom, don't say another
word!" she sobbed. II isn't that I want
to be restored to my old place lin your
heart-I dare not hope so much-but on
ly to be forgiven, and then go no me and
die; for I'm hateful, silly, willtul little
plague, and no good to anybody, and Id
just as leave be dead as not"
The trembling hand she timidly held
out was quickly put aside. Tom caught
her in his arms, and kissed her half q; dog
en- tunes, regardless of the establishment
of good Mrs. Hammond and the. gaping
wonder of the three little Hammonds.
~ began to think you did not love
me one bit,' she said, smiling through
her tears.
well, must confess, did not take
it much to heart" replied Tom, with the
utmost assurance. "Because, you see,
Miss Nell, knew you better than you
knew yourself, and felt confident of winn-;
ing you, despite your solemn assertion
never to marry Mason" .,..-,-,.
"Oh, you did9 And like simple
ton, crying my eyes. out and breaking
my heart all for nothing: III never do
it again, Tom, never, as long as I
liveW 80
II hope not, dear; for I hope you will
never again lose your temper for such
trife," he answered, gravely. ....
"No, Tom; only l do like to have my
own way" ''' 3~''
"Yes, am quite convinced of that, but
you must learn to bow gracefully to the
inevitable, for you are fated to marry'a
Mason"
"I know; but wouldn't Tom, if you
hadn't happened to be the Mason: ~
Unanswerable argument! Tom said no
more.-Saturday Might, =