Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-02
4 JEALOUS WORKER,

Men don't like oddly. And then You
have such way Of rushing about the
streets, at all times and seasons, and
carrying baskets and packages 10 poor
people! One might as we'll be common
carrier at once. Ifyou expect to form
creditaoIe alliance, you must conform
lit" 10 Ihe usages of society"
"Nnnsense, Aunt Jermimap said
Christina, laughing. And suppose |
don't marry, what thea?"
The three Miss Crackthorpes 10 ked
up from three crewel-f frames, with the
amaz nent which company Of respect.
able barn door fowls might be expected
to feel when an erratic golden pheasant
Glanced to alight IN their midst and as
t0nIhh them with it's foreign Wuvs.
Al ther lives they had beeu trained
to reg 'rd marriage as the ultima thule
Of aIl their hopes and aspirations. They
had painted and poWde red, and trizzed
and dressed, danced and tennised with
with stendfast eye to this one cu,, ann
aim; and hore Was black proved evp-
sy, With hair cut short on her ne:k like
Il bow, a zigz,g tear in her cambric
Houncts, and q basket on her arm. actu-
ally prt:Suiuing to doubt the foundation
oftheir PLATFORM.
i know " lot of jolly old MAIDS" said
Christina, coaxlng the cat to q game Of
play over the carpet with the tassel Of
her pArasDl. There might be worse jates
than That"
II don't approve Of young women
making light OF such serious TOPICS" said
Mrs. Crackthorpe. drawing down the
corners Of her nloith a Ia horse shape.
And where are you going now?"
- 10 visit poor Tom Thompson said
Christina, ind ,Htrentlv.
~ man" said Aunt Crackthorpe.
'Well, Pve every reason to believe he
isn't u wona,l," acknowledged Christina.
wv dear, resumed Mrs. Cratkthorpe
''don1 you regard this sys e.u---of mis-
cel'aueons running after the poor as ex.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
Some one must visit the poor, aunt"
said Christina. And | have leisure,
health, and ncIination. And promised
dear Old VIZ. nontagu, when he Wen TO
the Acres for that ugly brouchitls Of
bis, that none Of the Door Practitioners
should suiier until the new minister came
to take his place"
There ought to be regular corps of
visltofs,' said Mrs, Crackthorpe, ITO as
sumo those duties"
swell, Pm y member Of the corps,
Aunt Crac kthorpe," sad Christina. SELF
appointed.
"Who is this Thompson creature?"
aaid Mrs. Cracklhorpe.
II don't know" said Christina, indif-
terently. He must be respectable for
ne dyes at Mrs. Sessions cottage.
But Pm very much afraid it's the same
poor fellow who was committed last
month for bei,g intoxicated in the
streets. The niil-hand at Hupperly's.
you know"
But whv on earth do you 60
tiere?' sutI Miss Millicent Crack
thorpe.
because I found this name on
piece Of paper on nv desk" said Chris
tina Carr. ut any Of the poor desire
especially to SEE me, they have only to
leave their names and addresses there
and IN always willing and ready to
resl''ll'! to the cali
"Rnt,' cried Marianne, the second
Miss CTac kthorpe, "a miserable, drink
ing, mil hand like that! l 80 think,
Cousin Christina, it isn't decent for you
to 20 there!"
at is always decent to do-a1l the good
we can in this world" SAID Christina,
curt|y.
II Shall talk to the poor fellow, and
shall give him piece Of my mind. They
tell ne he is doeile and we'll inclined
when he la net under the influence OF
llNHor; and VIII; knows what straw may
suffice to tucD the current Of his life2'
II dom, think lisa woman's business
said Francetta, the youngest blossom OF
the Crackthorpe family tree, q blue
nosed Gannsel of seven-aDd-tWen'y
Isn't it 4 wUman's business to do all
the good she can in the World?' said
Chri>t'ana.
And then weary OF the catechism to
which She was subjected every time she
came to her aunt's house, she rose and
cook her leave.
Wont you be at Mrs. Larkin's ;esthe-
tic tpa-drinking tonight" asked Mari
anne. slitHy.
IN o." said Christina, eve promised
to show Mrs. Hedges little girls the af-
CHAN stitch this evening. They can get
work III the worated stores if they only
understand that"
Il shall sec vou at the Modern Eng
fish Poets Club at three, shan't T."
yuettionea Milhcent, who was literary.
"Oh, | haven't auy time for the Mod.
ern English Poets" SAID Christina.
Bu. Fr'nceita followed her out into
the hall krAncetta, who was not al ill.,
Datured girl in the main.
You'd better come to the club, Chris
sy," whispered she. THE ladies are
getting up q reception for the new MN
lister, when ne comes. Ma doesn't want
you to know. because she thinks per
maps h. might take fancy to Marianne:
but la! Marianne has not any chance at
all, at her age and with pimpled COM
piexion. Ministers are like other men,
I- oix hnk
and pretty"
~ dare say he's married MIN, after
ALL" SAID Christina, laughing. And
really hav'nt time 10 coms but I'm
Obliged to you all the same. Francetta."
AN! she went away, half amused, half
vex'd, at the glimpse she had of her
Aunt Crack thorpe's tactics.
Mrs. Sessions was quiet little widow,
who let The upper bed room in her cot
tage when she could get respectable
boarier. She Was at the back door,
when NJ S. Carr's light, elastic foot-step
touched The narrow path that wound
between gay china asters and rows Of
purple and scarlet dahlias.
But Christina saw figure leaning
back in the stuffed chintz rocker in the
little sitting rooln-the figure Of man;
80 she tapped at the door, aud walked
composedly ia without further cere-
monv
"You are Tom Thorn pson?" said she.
The man started and rose. He was
tall and pale, decently dressed in black
clothes, and looked as Cnrssy declared
to herself, quite respectable, and rath-
handsome INTO the bargain"
And H. she added, "atn Miss Carr.
You called at my house. Here l am.
Now, T N" seating herself opposi to
him at tue liable, and resting her elbows
in defiant fashion on the red and.black
wcrsied cloth, as she fixed her bright
black eyes upon him severely, II in