Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-09

longs to man OF the world, she
dropped her nluff, and Of course, it
rolled under the car seat. .E=5
| Wasn,tI down on my knees at once
after. it? 1 rather think so. -.
| Thank you sir, !" said the delicious
| little widow. 81.
! "Not at ALL replied. "Can 7 do
anything more for yon?" .<
"No thank you--unless you could tell
me what time we get into Glendale. '
Glendale" I cried. "Why 7 am 60
ing to Glendale.
OF course we were friends at once,
and the daisy-fa faced enchantress made
loom for ME beside her, "lest'' as she
said, "some horrid, disagreeable crea-
ture should crowd: in and bore her to
| DEATH" and stepped right out of the
musty, ll-yentilated world of the rail-
way carriage into an atmosphere of
Eden. ,.4 80. +"
When bachelor Of forty falls in love
at first sight-oh, what @ fall is there
my co,,ntrymen No half measures, I
tell you.
Before we had been speeding through
The wintry landscape an hour, I had al
ready built up several blocks of chat
eaux dEspagne, in my mind.
saw my bachelor rooms frightened
with her presence. :.$
fancied myself walking to church
with her hand on my arm.
! heard her dulcet voice saying, my
lear Thomas, what would you like for
supper, TO- night?" beheld myself q res
pect able member Of society---the head
of family.
What would Bob Carter say now-I
meant then? Bob, who was always raj
lying ME On my state of hopeless old
bachelorhood, who supposed, forsooth,
because he happened to bea trife youn-
ger andbetter lookingt than myself, that
had no chances whatever.
I'd show Bob! -. .,s.
"What did we talk about?"
! The weather, OF course, the prospect
all the available topics, one after an
other; the more we talked, the deeper
grew my admiration. ~.
| She was so sensible and so original,
and so everything else that she ought
| to be!
I discovered that she preferred
town life to the seclusiqn of country
residence--so did T. Who would stag
nate when he could feel the worlds
| pulses as they throbbed?s -,
She loved the opera so did [. She
thought this woman's suffrage move
ment all ridicrllous-with q bewitching
little lisp on the last syllable--I agre ed
with her.
! She thought a woman's true sphere
was home; my feelings surged up too
strongly for utterance, and I merely
bowed my assent. t' .a
Here was delicious unanimity of
soul-a mute concord of sympathy.
What would Bob Carter say when he
saw this beautiful little robin lured into
my cage. How I would lord it over
him How would invite him to chap
pen in at any time" How would-fg-
uratively, Of course-hold up Mrs.
Thomas Smith over his envying eyes.
/ uttered an audible chuckle as I thought
Of these things, which I had some diff
Guilty in changing into cough.
you've got cold" said the widow,
synlpathetically "tDo, please have one
of my troches; they are so soothing to
/ took the troche, but didn't swal.
| low it. I would as soon have eaten a
priceless pearl. T. put it in my left
| hand breast pocket, as near my heart as
| practicable. -. &...I 54.E &
Her first gift! ....... .-la.
"A bach elor like me is used to such.
| things" said, in an off hand manner.
"a bachelor!' echoed my travelling
companion, Bless me, then You are
| not married?" s. 49, ..r. r: + =
| Unfortunately no." e., er L.,
ed the widow, roguishly.: r.: :.S ',5, .-...
| "That is my sole consolation" I an
swered, gallantly. .4..n.G. l. . 4 .ass
"There is nothing like married ife,"
! sighed. the widow, with momentary
eclipse Of the limpid, brown orbs, be-
| meath the whitest of dropping lids.
"But what's the use Of my talking about
| it to you You can't understand" s.4,.
| "You can imagine I replied modest
ly..*$"}s ~ = s.z#.r !.
"You must find wife as soon as pos
sible, " said the widow, looking intantly
| ct the hem Of her pocket handkerchief.
| "You're only living half a life, now, Ah,s
you cannot think how much happier
you would be with some gentle cGnglng
being at5your side some congenial soul
| to mirror your own. 8 4 &
InstinctiYely / laid my hand on my
heart d
Il do not fancy that ] shall lose ON in
slant in the search. said. have
already pictured to myself the pleasures