Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-07
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looking up suddenly as the tall q old
fashioned clock ID the corn 81 rang out its
Ishril ann ncenentt II ix Q, clock, a,,d
oh ! mother, here is Jenny Lane, punct-
Iual to the very moment. Now we sI.ssan
i have some good news from Jack i hope !
| She ran out to the gate, flushed and
teager to receive the letter from the
country carrier, and returning seated
Herself On a low stool at her mott hers
feet and broke the envelope.
/ On the first glance at It's contents d
shade Of disappointment dimmed her
bright face. Instead Of reading the
mote aloud she glanced hurriedly over
the brief lines, and then silently, with a
|quivering lip, placed it in her mothers
hand and turned aside to a. window: ..sz
I This was what Mrs. Hilyard read: :
sDEAR MADAME saw yonr sol, q few days
since, when, to my surprise, he expressed him
self reluctantly to apply his money to the re-
4 deemlng OF the mortgage, saying that he re-
quired it for speculation which promises to
be more profitable to him than thu. holding Of
I1C 1nl LII. AtSS, UcCIi.
to dispose of the mortgage to gentleman of
my acquaintance, who proposes TO take imnae-
date possession, and consider Tiny duty to
inform you thereof, in order thatyon may lose
no time in making arrangements for a removal
Very Respectfully, ABNER HARRIS. ~
/, Mrs. Hilyard returned the letter tc
:! its envelope with a trembling hand and
a dazed, bewildered look, as. though I'M
nb}e to realize the Blow which had sc
suddenly fallen upon her. =
Her eyes met Marion's and the girl
threw herself upon her knees By hel
mothers side, and burst into passion
Of tears. ...t q. = .5|s
'Oh. mother, what shall we do:
What will become of us?" ~ l."
s'The Lord will provide" said Mrs.
Hilyard, raising her Overlooking eyes to
the motto on the wall, embroidered by
Marion's own hand. Where's your
faith, my child, that it should fail you
in the very hour of need?' :
Mother, it is not so much the loss of
our home nor the poverty and trial in
store which grieves me, but that Jack,
your own son, my own brother
should have SO changed. Oh, mother,
/ I know that our father in heaven will
not desert us, but to whom on earth can
we turn when even Jack can become
worldly and heartless :.
| At this moment little blue eyed girl
burst into the room with
! ''Mamma-Marion! here is Miss
'Melia Anderson at the gate with her
buggy. She says will you step out a
minute for she wants to tell you about
old MI. Willard being sunstruck; and
she darent leave her horse without
some one to hold him."
| Marion was in no condition to listen
to 'Melia-the greatest gossip in the
neighborhood, SO Mrs. Hillyard, drying
her eyes, was, in civility, compelled to
see the informal visitor. Marion, her
head resting upon the window sill be-
hind the screen Of clinging roses, could
have heard every word spoken; but alb
sorbed in her grief, she paid no atten-
ton until the name of Walter Hinton
struck upon her ear.
Its true for certain, for Maria had it
from his own sister, Aggie Hinton. Says
Maria in her wild way, IF he comes
back with all that money-you know
his Uncle Samuel left him most of his
property last year--says Maria, If he
comes back rich mean to set nv cap
for him. On which Aggie replies, ooh,
you needn't, for he's to be married be-
fore long to real, nice pretty girl Of
course, Maria wanted to know all about
it; but Aggie only laughed in her mys-
FERROUS way, until Maria says, 7 believe
you are joking! when Aggie replies, If
Walter isn't married before winter I'll
make you present of my new earrings
which he has sent me- So you see it's
certain, sure; and no doubt he'll bring
his bride to visit his family, and then tell
Marion We may look out for grand
party. When the Hintons undertake
to do things, they always do it hand
somely." ~.
Marion stayed to hear no more. Gid
ing out of side door she crossed the
garden, passing little Myra, who was
fondling snow white calf, her great
pet and treasure, and who called to her
to seehow fast Snowfall was growing.
| Poor little sister! It would be as
hard upon her as her mother and her
self to leave the dear old home, with
all the scenes and objects endeared to
them by the associations Of their lines.
For in that ample, pleasant, old-fash-
ioned farmhouse Mrs. Hilyard had been
born and married, and here her chill
dren also had first seen the light. s..
Two years ago her husband-who
had been too little practical to make a
successful farmer-had died suddenly
leaving his affairs in very embarrassed
state and the farm burdendd with a
heavy mortgage. Then Jack, good son
and brother that he was, had thought
| it best to so to the city, taking advan-
tage of situation offered him by dis
tant relative, until the mortgage should
be paid. 1:& o. 81
| Only two weeks ago he had written
cheerfully that the matter would be
specially settled to their satisfaction,
and now, just as they were expecting to
hear that their home was their own
again, came this cruel letter. Is !, &. s rs.
As Marion had said to her mother,
not even the loss Of their home went to
her heart with SO sharp o pang as did
this evidence Of the change in her only
brother That Jack should have grown
SO worldly and heartless as to consider
his pecuniary advantage before the graft
ifcation of his mothers comfort; that
he should allow them to be actually,
turned out Of the dear old house, and
lgo and reside in the strange city, where
they could never feel at home !; oh, this
was the bitterestt pang Of all .:3
So Marion had thought upon first
i reading. that letter and it was not until