Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-02-23

III could be then ow golden and sunshinyy
the whole little dwelling would see ID.
il papa only got well again! Md 4 prayed,
humbly and penetently That he might Sbe
restored to u.s. 35s "
He was. After one sad and anxious week
the doctor said he was mending; and if ever
there was 9 happy glad and grateful girl,
twas T. S sSi3 S ny sss 3ssS
I went about the house like q new crea-
tue the day he was to come down stairs,
Enlightened and beautIf fed 5 eVeryth hing
about the rooms to v the best Of my
ability hung the canary in the sunshine,
and made the place beautiful with bloom
ing geraniums and roses, and hellotropes,
and hanging vines. And 4 saw that the
fire in the open CRATE burned clear and
bright, that the hearth was clean and no
speck Of dust about; and papas favoTite
books Lay ready to his hand and first Of all
the great Bible out Of which 4 myself read
aloud q psalm Of Thanksgiving for him and
I,all of us, that night. s5#.. & III
was5so happy that mamma could not
me in her arms and kissed ME silently, and
O. 80 tenderly! Il, 81 $ 855 s5 NJ n
And after that / could not and did not
murmur any more. But, instead. ] went
abouf making daily our despised little
house as pleasant as could until / won
Idered to see how beautiful and cheerful,
and pleasant, it really WAS; wondered, too,
that 7 had never felt it before. But Il
knew the reason had been SO blind was
because I would not see. 58
| Mrs Marchmont had come two or three
times while papa was ILL She came again
now he was down stairs, and made a long
call. As she went away, she fingered in
the door. i54 81 55 5# s :5 Y 5S a s
Do you know, Mrs. Hammond, = she
said to my mother, do you know how /
! like to come here? DO you know. how
1 pleasant it is here?-such home feeling
comes over me when getamong You all,
liz, this little nest, that almost hate to 90
away. II looks like picture IN there.
And you are SO happy!"
She looked back into our little sitting
room, with smile Of real pleasure. And
how pleased and happy was. n.
The next week Mrs Marehmont invited
Ada and me to come and 4 take tea
with her, and 60 with her and her husband
to here O celebrated lecturer III the evening.
When Mr. Marchmont came home from,
the store he brought with him Henry Earle,
one Of his clerks, whom had seen before,
once at their house and once at the store,
when l went there with q message from
Mrs. Marchmont to her husband. We all
took tea, and went to the lecture together.
And Mrs. Marchmont kept Ada over night
with her, butt went home after the leo
ture, and Henry went with me as far as my
own door. Isl 4 G5'S
/ met him at the Marchmonts' more than
once after. for he Was q fayorite with MIR.
Marchnont, and they invited him there
often, and sometimes We went again. as on
tbs evening have spoken Of to a lecture
or reading, and he always waited upon me
home. Presently he came to see us there.
did not exactly know why, but I could
not help feeling q little eaTnestness that my
father and mother should like him. Z
thought they ought to. SIS
For myself, it had become pleasant to me
to meet him. had learned to like his
gentle srnile, the glance of his kind eyes,
the sound Of his voice, that seemed always,
somehow, to take sWeeter toms to me than
the others. And was glad when papa and
mamma beth seemed to like him very much, 4
and asked him to come again. 8
He isvery sensible, very intelligent,
very refined q gentlemen, my dear Helen
yes, like him extremely = said my faith
er. And mamma said she thought as he did.
and that it was qaite pleasant to see Mr.
Earle once in d while of an evening.
Mrs Marchmont kissed me one day
$50 Henry comes to see you noW !" she
said, smiling. St5 t
blushed.I could not reply.
Il wanted to tell yon,n T answered; abHt
II did not,--I did NOT know exactly
how .5s Il
She laughed at MY stalnmering confes-
sion, and kissed me again.
How did you know he camel" man
aged to ask. S} .s5 81 " $ s
ne told MS last night. she replied.
He wanted us to knoW and approve.
Which, Of course, We did," she added,
smiling arehly.
Nothing more was said at the time; but
my cheeks were burning, and was glad, to
get home and hide myself in my chamber.
He wanted them to know and --ap-
prove. The words repeated themselves
over and over ID my ears. What did they
mean2 " hat could they mean? There
was only one thing that my own hsart kept
telling me, again and again, kept telling
! me that kDew--I knew had known this
long while. And put my fingers on my
ears, but I could not keep the sound
out. 3 S5s955 # S tg5 NJ S=
knew from his own lips that night. @
he came lit was a lovely night in June,
bright with Ere TUX rh0onl1gnt ana sweet
with the breath Of early summer in our lit
la.suburban lanes and asked me TO walk
with him. Wv 4 s @ rs 385
| # I cannot tell how far we went. It WAS a.
long way, and we said not a great dealt
| think, all the while, only walked, and
walked, with my arm in his, and his hand
holding mine silently and tenderly
&c was nearly ten when We got back.
| Papa and mamma and the children had all
| gone up stairs. And We went in and stood
/ In the little sitting room with ths beautiful