Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-05-18
now LAURIE WAS WON.

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~ oor sloou OPEN let-
nassas..ssad a...;s,. ,sns ous oh .ne
s.ssaSa. - $500 sSa I've ana = 'aln1
~. 49, ~. aa oouss anu warm
- 80 ass,;aL. = so ,Ios'y air'
IarSs.-I - $500.
Y tnlousn tue neavlly cureained wln-
aoWs 'ne leu. urapeliss helo oack by q
. .nal,' lou,'oeu ilanu, rs my usoan
uissu me iloln Tue carriage, ana with .
"n s.,r hlss 81 my colu cneek said:
welcome nome. GEAR! ~ home
Wen g m1ne' now.
= monaen. more ana was In the
49, \. ol,eat room, ano, atter oelng cor
ulAiiy me. " ne olu nurse ana mousse
m'-.Ma,t, VINO had taken care
2. NY nusDanas nouse ana TWO children
slnce .ne ueatn ol ms nrss "1le' many
yesrs DeIore, ! was introduced to the
iced at the winsSw. I felt ut once that
should love the child, With her fair
lovely face and clear hlna eyaa On ILL.,
.use.y .ass anu ciea. olue eyes' 80 IKE
9 atners. Ana the posltion OF step
mother, which l had so much dreaded,
assumed an altogether different aspect
u I drew Mamie close to mea and pressed
kiss nnon her smiling line vb;,a "a.
s.ha, 49, M.H i.ps' "nie ner
amer looked on wei pleased at the
meetlng between his little woman" as
he was wont to call her, and her new
mamma.
Suddenly he seemed to miss some.
thing, AMI turning abr,,ptlv To Mrs
wait who .to.,d hv wa;t;n., - 49,
.' wy - Wa'.as " s.ow ine
20 my room, with q halt-5salous, half
pleased expression on her kindly face,
said:
Where is Laurie? Why isn't he here
$3.50 -. AAuo s'o,e .
.fouoieo look AZ ner nurse, and then
leaving my side put her little soft hand
into her fathers gloved palm, and look
ing beseecllingly up into his grave face. as
Mrs. Wait. said in answer =. b;a IN
800. ntS -
4uaay "a , !,
- Aua.e, sIls Mhy, ne had promised
~ soass.ng WIN some lads TINS eve
h LILY, - t;. 10 ueoA an eariy supper ano LETT
;sa 1877 ea mne ioa your arrlvai. de prom.
~ = AZ. .,Io see, ana diant
- ~ L..shpppp .ne ~ she addeo'
W.. ~ lus s.sIi = lowneu .Agnt!y
saIy WILL, ne Iepneu, quletly; altef
a.assad ie "a. panss, AZ Wnlcn Mamle
knnars nu' AAu0 tsu1y VIII i'er sna'i
: Ielt That all was 20 right, and q
strange feeling 81 chillIness crept, over
uv a. : onoMeu 4nIs: " az q lne large
.nusnlN TOLL WHICH nao peer pre-
2srea ior my use feeling which even
sne s'sns OF sO many ! my Iavor1le lux
ulles, suggested, as ! 9 knew, BY my
1usDands tnoughtiuiness, could not dis
during the remainder Of the
cvonans: speht paItly az the
ssuppef tADie, anu partly IN tne cozy IL
pay, Witn my husband n Mamie,
l Laulles name was n 9 again mentioned;
~ ny . Slfange = Drooded over me.
me olo happy freedom o. my heart was
goae, q somewhere there urked q
ssgue mingled with Tear,
ol wna. ! nafoly was conscious, n
yet Wnlcn overWhelmed me 70 such 9
uosIee - 70 MAKE my luture, whlch had
seeMeu go IAulAntiy pright q ieW hours
oer1les hPPeaI unaltIactlVe ana lacking.
AaIeI anu dasneartened l retrec At an
1aIly nour, Dls q o 70 caeep. LAY Tor
LLo oa N houRh aDou! Inc
LOUISE Wnlcn ! q entered-a pride OF
o1ly . lev snoII days-to MI Inc place
ota nio'ner 20 Two motherless children
MyselI = mere cnlid, fresh from my own
Mo.usIs aIms, and wltnout experience
Q Z understanding and now, onthe night
g! my ARRIVAL my ls chllleI and
Dy q knowledge That to
g ~ one OF these children my coming
= nnWelcome. ana Laurie the one l
nao noped 70 WIN hrst; Laurie, n Q
naa learne9 10 love, because they told
me ne was ilke ms iather, q hrst one
. make me ieel tnat my presence Is an
INFUSION.
weary with thinking, ! At last fell
ss!eep WITH 9 prayer on my lips that l
mignt act the part Of 9 true mother to
tnls poy already go dear 10 me, though i
nad never seen him, save n likeness OF
ms handsome boylsh faoe which his IA
tner gave me, when ne said: - know
you'll care for him, Alice, and I'm sure
neli love you. He needs q mothers
iove sadly, poor boy
The next morning as passed down
the long hall to the stalrway-my hus-
and a gone down to give some or
uefs preparatory 70 MS departure to the
city! heard 9 merry whistle in the
lower hall, q rs l ran swiftly dc|nthe
Droao stairs l encountered Laurie COM
ing up Two steps at bound. ! stopped
On Tue nIs5 landlnE and held out my
nana, Whlel smlled at sight OF the
1resn, Happy 1ace ana handsome race as