Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-26


call her all over the house."
And 50 Julia's silvery kitty! Kitty
Clyde" resounded through tae wide
rooms.
And pretty soon small figure gl:ded
silently down in the twilight.
''Ah, there you al e! Now eat y Our sup.
per, SO we can clear of the table," said
Mrs. GREY, reprovingly.
Kitty sat down, still as @ n ouse, and
helped herself to bread and butter and
strawberries, and, unhappy as she had
been, was making very good meal,
when all at once her aunt said:
Are there any pond-lllles about"
Miss Julia just then sailed out Of the
parior, a graceful white cloud in the
dusk.
oh, yes. There are some great
dishes of them in the parlor. We have
them all the time" she said graciously,
forge ting to add that good-tcr-nothing
Kitty Clyde gathered and arranged
them.
II thought / detected the odor! How
loveiy they are!'
"Oh, very Iovely!" said Julia, with
sweet enthusiasm.
THAT reminds me- said the young
minister laughing softly, that I had &
bit Of an al venture coming from the sta
:-e,n."
''An adventure coming from Clover
dale Station to cur houseW cried Julla.
"Prav, what was it?'
why, little girl-at least sac was
very small, though she might have been
grown u was picking lilies III the pong
just down here, and fell III. Vi course :
pulled her out"
''Pulled her out!'' Dill she get wet:
tt was Mrs. Grey. She had come Ii
1;,,}. Low
- IN afraid she did," said Mr.. Wes-
ton, his eyes twinkling.
Unfortunate Kitty Clyde! The cruel
light Of the lamp fell full uDon her face:
and betrayed the deep bushes and tear
tlI. dOWncast eyes.
"kitty Clyde, WAS that your said Mrs
Grey, in a stern and awful voice.
Kitty :hoke and tried &c get up.
"And you got your new ulnsiln wet.
Oh, Kitty Clyde you are the worst good
for nothing girl in the whole world"
IL don't care!" eobbed Kitty, and
she fled from the table and ran upstairs,
crying very bitterly.
Now, mother, you've scared her most
TO lie til. You'd ought to be than tnl
she wasn't drOWned,' said the good dea-
con.
II hope am, Deacon Grey" sud his
wife. Il hope / don't wish any harm to
the child, though she is such trial.
"Oh, we'll, well! We can't expect all
girls to be lie Our julia
Julia never caused me moments
anxiety III her life" said !er mother.
That relnarkapic y, uns .aty Came N
just then. anu AIR. Weston examined
her with interest She vas really very
| pretty girl, lady-like, and W-I.-Jred.
"Alod What good girl she must be!'
III 4
Yes, Julia was q pretty girl and a
good girl. Anu Mr.. Weston wanted q
wife. Is that strange? Not bit OF it.
Al! yOhng men who are ulantv sac pure
t.o-when the right time comes.
Cloverdale oul:e agreed that Mr..
Weston wanted q VIE, and when he
vas properly installed, as.,: every thing
Vas as it should be, tie good people
TOOK counsel together, ana tttrlhed nat
he couldn't find better vile than julia
Grey.
Apparently Mr.. Weston, Was Of 4 SINH
lar opinion. and yet, perhaps Tot. Per-
laps it Wac only in a friendly way that
lie took julia out TO rite, and out boat
my on the pond, ant! 10 walk III the
sweet starry summer evenings. some
times Kitty Clyde vas with t1t:"-of-
tener not. Sometimes she started with
them, Uut was Off directly i'll 4u5st Of
some gay night roses.
Ana 50 Mr.. Weston found obstacles in
the way Of studying k.!,yS cl'or<tct9r,
1t vas Il study "u;cn Interested him
more and more. But somehow the LINW~
or which at times opened 70 bin, ana
let him drink in its sweetness and fra
GRANGE, at o!her times folded itself away
in silence. And the reverend Edward
Wetson was exceedinLly disturbed.
Hnt hh rpE:,r HSka,i himself what IL
meant, till one golden evening in the
early October, wien Jamie Wood, q
stalwGrt young farmer, came i'll, and
looked hard at k:ttv in all he Dauses Of
the talk. md at last Kitty slipped
away. Then up rose Jamie Wood, and
took q sorro vtuI, disappointed leave.
Jamie is sadly in love, poor fellow"
said julia, tenderlv.
TN love! with whomo?" said Mr. West
| on, rousng up
"Oh, kitty Clyde, Of course. It would
be an excellent match Tor kitty, only
| she is SO perVe rste.'
Che reverend Edwsrsi Weston felt q
sharp stab near his heart.
An hour later he was walking Up and
| down noonlt path, and thinking very
| hard and fast, when suddenly white
| wrath glidud out OF the trees, and would
have passed him, but he put one hand
and detained it.
kitty, want to tell you something.
What! VIII you run away from me as
| You do from your l0ver!'
Kitty shook in his hands.
"Jamie Wood is not my lover,' she
said, passlouately. l won't have him.
Let me- 90 Mr.. Weston!"
"WaiC minute Kitty. want wife.
Everybody says do. and am sure Of
II Rnt 7 want nobody but Won for T
love you dearly"
| Me-" said the bewildered girl. Such
| a good for nothing as l? On, you can't
mean it."
81 10, Kitty-you, just as you are. Oh,
| my darling, God s good to send me such
| treasure and be gathered her in his
| arms, and Kitty's longing, loving heart
! fairly ache d with happiness.
ALucky Hit.
! B cstonsssaturday Evening Gazette
A French servant in the family of a
| we'll known gentleman in this city, with
that thrift characteristic Of the French
| people, invested 500 francs, some time
ago, in the loan securities Of the City of
| Paris. He has allowed the interest to
accumulate Oh his investment since 1888,
| and recently he gave the requisite au-
tkority 70 friend in Paris to collect the
| same. On presenting the number of the
! certificate, the agent was informed by
| the financial agents of the loan in Paris
that the certificate in question had drawn
the ''premium lot" Of 100000 francs in
the last annual drawing under the pro-
| visions of the municipal loan. The lucky
| holder OF the certificate was promptly
! 80 e I. 4 E