Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-12-21
NEVER AGAIN. !

1t was d soft little voice that said it
$50 scft, that Nigel Macp herson heard
:withons any Of that impatient irritation.
which was usually his first. feeling
when my human, voice came In to
break upon the silence of his solitude. s
'Iss'ot very lonesomepn 4. :. i
Nigel Macpherson turned his blind
eyes round in the direction whence the
words came to him. He Had not heard
the door open; but watt Of the outer
air that blew in OH him, told him it
was standihg wide now. ID .z@.s -. IN,
Perhaps his tisitor saw him shiver;
for she put her sturdy shoulders to the
door, and shut it to, it being a five min
utes' work, as she had just learned n by
experience to reach the Lock a-tiptoes
.:ls 700 very lonesone?:'''t, H. .sst =: E
This time it was not over by the door,
but closerto his elbow; and the hand
that lay listlessly on the arm of his chair
felt something very like an electric
thrill, as a small veNet-soft cheek nest
aed against it. MI. -, - ,ss%~ '' 5~s' Il
It5seenled that she must, have her
answers bat ii also seemed that it per-
picked 1lassr nearer TO give one. J. g. IL
Me had been sitting: bowed together
In his easy chair drawn up before the
hearth, the cheerful blaze upon which
he could feel, it he could not see; but
there had been no cheerfnlness reflected
in his face. 8 ''"; f.'.s4 .'a's Z - ~
Yet neither had he looked, as the
child said, lonesome, rather, Us one
whose$lite was 50 benumbed as to be
past the: sense of loneliness !.
The child could not understand that,
however; it WAS the bowed figure which
had appealed to her; and she said, still
with her soft cheek rubbing against his
hand and sleeve, in 4 pretty kittenish
way She had: ..... a....,,. ="
Mamma Milly sits that way when
she lonesome. | think 'os must be,
too"
e.tAnd who is Mamma Millys'
Macpherson had began TO Wnnder If
he had been 1onesofnc---as s&ane begins
to thaw and then grow ean seious OF the
cold. - =
Mamma Alilly? Oh, she's not Lr1lu's
own mammal. Lulu s OWEN 711stu.11lsa went
to heaven, and zMan,r1a Milly came to
keep 4alu and papa from being lone
some. '8a,,4' ~ " ~ r. = t*>%s'
Wh,tt allaAe him :smlle2. Lulu. could
sseesnothing to smile. at though she
hooked around her,r, - =. f'~',..
What asgreat bare aagly2room it was
big enough to. hold all the rooms at
home. B. 81 r. E. :, E*.-....''
The child's ronnl blue eyes could
mot take in the fart that the o!iI-lash-
Toned place was. furnished well and
handsomely enough; that it. WAS only
the absence Of a woman 5 loving toucn
which made vlle wide difference between
"a house and a home. %, . 49,: t.. !.
And d., Mamma Milly and papa
know where you are, my little one?,i;
asked Macpherson, laying his hand or
the small curly head, from which She
had pushed beck the hood s'And vii
not they be lonesome after YOUR "
But the child laughed, J..
How can papa be lonesome whe1
he's gone to heaven to meet my OWL
mammal And Mamma Milly----'' =
What was that step at the door? Wa!
this lonely man, Who asked no one
across his threshold, to be throngeG
with visitors thisaeveningp NJ %S
: There was o hurried knock; and. the
! door was hastily opened. >>. q
r I. Ayoang woman in mourning came
forward q few PAGES, putting back tilf
s.arape veil which the wind had blown
hall across her face. . :. 4s3-. {:
t., She glanced around, half heWillerea
In her eagerness she lad opened Tie
hall door, and shc was startled TO- sec
that She stood in oneof those square,
- furnished halls one sometilll IS finds ir
,old-fashioned houses; and that she had
thrust herself IN on some one seated
there. %z.G. " .3.:e~ !. Il E. Il. ~<. r,
{. 81 .ardon me, = she said, sssbut have
lost my little girl II have no time. ste
ii lose, it is fast growing }dark--anld ]
Il thought / tracked her. little footsteps
i through the5snow, closely your door
4 .#.5, .sMamma Milly. Mamma MillYt''
.*<s q. She had not. all at once seen the
: i child, who was standing on the other
ID side Of Macpherson S armchair. 1t was
s not at s;ghttof her, but OF the man seat
edin the zarnch air, that she had broken
short her peeeh. 81 $$s5s 5s. II. .
4 ~ 53p She did .not seem to see. the child
even now. She 81 us standing, with hei
eyes riYeted on the man. every race o1
color hanished ont Of her fair *.s
II I.lsl, had come round to the otIrel
sidesof the chair. She Still kept one
soft little hand upon AIacp Oh IS arm
while she reached out the other to the
Il new conner. ...E !. n 5 s... 81
He was lonesome MIanlla MiiIly
Lulu ~ rs s ure he was lonesome. I1ulu
peeped il and y saw hin
sitting sc ssS5
suitiIgg the action to the .yogd, slls
lrY1,t,nd 4hn1, l,s, i, ii 3,