Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

the room, and little Miss l.. held it up
for me to see. Tt is the prcttiest one
that / have made, she said. THAT Law
ender pansy coming out of the gilded
corner is for tender thoughts
"The rhyme on this was:
IF your wish prove the same as mine
I'll be your faithful valentine
"And down by the pansy were her
initials, ID. E. IT, She had her moth
er's good old-fashioned name, Dorothy.
And now, my dear, comes the strangest
part of the story, but of course you
know it is all true. The next morning
after Miss T.. had gone to her pupils, I
went down on the South Side, for had
the rent to pay and some shopping to
do, and as I passed Bascom's window,
among other pretty things, saw Miss
LIS valentines.
GA brown. haired gentleman stood
looking at them quite intently, and as
hurried along he went into the store.
Well my shopping took up more time
than had anticipated, and 1 went into
Thompson's for lunch and took seat
at an empty table. Soon after a gentle
man seated himself at an empty table
| opposite me. I fancied had seen him
somewhere, and thought that he glanced
rather sharply in my direction. He did
this several times, and I decided that
he must be looking at some one behind
me. He was one of the particular kind.
my dear, and was some time in select
ing for his lunch, but finally tempting
repast was placed before him. Just
then lady passed by me, going out,
and / recognized little Miss T.. I could
not mistake that brown Russian circu-
lar nor the brown velvet hat with the
long, floating feather, although I did
not see her face.
"But think how astonished I was to
see the gentleman opposite start to his
feet, hand the waiter some money, and,
leaving his lunch untasted, rush out,
apparently in hot pursuit of little Miss
L.
"Well, | finished my shopping, and
on my way to the street car stopped for
a minute at Bascom's window myself
and saw that little Miss LIS valentine
with the pansy was gone.
"Then I went home, and as entered
the hall noticed that little Miss LIS
| door stood ajar and some one was with
her. Now, I don't think am an caves
dropper, my dear, and I give you my
word did not intend to listen while
took off my cloak and bonnet, but I
heard manly voice say: What kind of
feather is that on your hat, Dot?
"'A Bird of Paradise she answered /;
but why, Ra1ph?'
That is what I thought said he,
and / followed it to it's home just
then one of my parcels dropped, and
the noise brought little Miss L. to close
her door, but seeing me she insisted on
my coming in. She had white card in
her hand, and what do you think,
dear Mrs. Ray?' she said, 'one of my
valentines has come back to me-
"Then she introduced Mr.. Ralph
Ainsworth, and her face was as bright
as sunbeam.
swell, of course, my dear, he proved
to be the same brown-bearded gentle
man had seen before the same day,
and | could not restrain from asking
him how he enjoyed his lunch.
"Then there was an explanation and
hearty laugh, and they told me how
| the odd valentines first caught his eye,
and the initials D. E. l.. took him into
the store,,to learn the name and address
of the artist, on whom he determined
to call as soon after lunch as propriety
would admit, he said
"And, of course you can guess all the
rest, my dear.
"She isn't little Miss L. any longer,
and when they found Mr.. Ray and I
were coming over here on the South
Side they rented that same cosy little
fat, and there they are to this day, as
happy as happy can be-"