Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
devoted himself to the care Of the spar-

devoted himself to the care of the spar
tied animal he was driving.
AT her own door Lucy put out hel
hand Whatever happens, Howe, YOU
cousin Lucy will be your friend. Blu
do not tax m ) beyond a woman's power
OF endurance. IF you are in earn
est In what you have said, / advise
you to think we'll of it and do moth
ing for which YOU viii be sorry for il
the future. y Is .yg ), ms.
Your disapprobation has given me
the greatest pain that I expect to exper.
fence, Lucy. But it has not altered MI
mind. I worship the very ground my
darlingss feet have touched. .
4 only wish You may always feel so
Howe was Lucy'sa rejoinder; for I
marriage out of ones station seldom
confers lasting happiness. 9a 5~f' +
The marriage took place, but Luey
did not attend it. Howe took his bride
away for the wedding tour and, finding
so much enjoyment where, as no one
knew anything about Norah's anteced-
ents she could not be exposed to Sights
and all did homage to her beauty and
grace, their stay vas prolonged indefn.
itely. 7 -. H., ae,Yg ~. il.
Lucy had never seen Norah, as he,
old housekeeper had returned to he1
place the week previous to her own ar
RIVAL at home. and she had declined
Howe's. proposal to bring his fiancee tc
the house to introduce her. 81 ..a q
a few months after, she received q
note from him, accompanied by sealed
package. s- s-'&%
r. "DEAR Cousin Lucy" wrote Howe
for so ] shall always call you, al
though YOU have crossed me OFT your
good books-I herewith send tangible
excnse for what you consider my folly
Look upon the pictured faoe-which
does not do full Justice to tho original
and acknowledge that you have for
once been a harsh, Judge. assure you
1T IS the index OF d fine nature, which is
daily developing into a luxuriant
growth Of goodness, and whose posses
sor is one OF earth's most gifted souls in
more ways than. mere personal beau
ty. II you should conclude to
come abroad I hope you will
let ssbygones be bogones,' and come
and join us. COUSIN HOWE"
:, = ""The glamour still lasts" thought
Lucy, as she removed the wrapping
paper from the picture
But she wondered no longer when at
last her eyes rested uponit. >n,ssg}s
It was taken in what was evidently q
bridal dress, for orange blossoms were
fastened in the soft lace which fioated
IN transparent folds around the exuuis-
tie face and form.
1t5was not q rich costume, but its
simplicity rendered it the more evident
that its wearer needed no gimmer of
silk or satin t. add to her queenship
in the ranks of womanly beauty.
AS Lucy noticed the absence of rich
accessories in Norah's dress she re-
called some words spoken by Howe
which had brought at Che time a scorn-
full smile to her lips.
"Norah is stubborn about one thing,
Lucy" he said. "She will not accept
a gift OF me unless it be of flowers. /
would like to buy her something costly
and unique for her bridal robe, but, she
will not let ME. I tell her it is all
when she will so soon own
me, and all of my worldly goods into
the bargain" 4.
These words arose and hoated through
Lucy's mind now, as though to
prove that the fair, patrician looking
face before her was conscious of q
heaven born right to hold as proudly to
her ideas Of right and propriety as any
lady in the land. j.
Il do not wonder at gHowe's hulluci-
nation after seeing picture Of his wife,"
she said, q few hours later to ILL intimate
friend. IF she is as beautiful as she is
represented, a man might we'll lose his
senses about her. .,,.s>.z,,.s,,..
Lucy occasionally heard from Vim
cent Frankland in an indirect way
now through mutual acquaintance, or
again by some newspaper notice of him,
He had, finished, his law studies, and
was: working industriously at his pro-
iession. y. Ia Nj '@"1
The last newspaper paragraph with
'egard to him had chronicled the fact
that he had been retained upon an i'm
oortant suit, and had taken passage up
N the steamer Cambria to go abroad
or needful evidence.
Mrs General Clermont, the same
ady who had chaperoned Lucy at
Saratoga Springs, had long contemplate
ID a European tour, and some three |
years after .Howe's marriage she carried
,ut her intentions.
Lucy went with her. At last she saw
he realization of her girlish dreams Of
ambling amid historic scenes.
, All was new and interesting; but one
hing seemed strange to Lucy. At home I
Irs. General Clernlont was one of the |
eaders of society. Her movements
we're heralded by the reporters, and her I
lresses at the numerous receptions and !
,arties ''honered by her presence" were
described much in the same way that
he court journal discusses the doings of !
he royal family and Of the charmed cir
le surrounding thems But; abroad
ne was as little noticed as the hum
lest. %.~f 80 - : f3A5 7
Her great wealth, however, was
seful in procuring her every COM
ort and luxury; and daily did her
,iossy coated carriage horses! draw
Ter beautifully appointed equipage
long the most approved haunts Of
ristocracy and fashion. y .rsr
They, were oftenlacconpanied by Mrs.
Iordaunt, member of the American
olony in Paris, who had been stopping
n London long enough to become
'ersed in soc,ety gossip, and to know
celebrities when she.saw them
One day they were drying 5leisurly
long when carriage passed with the
lrcal strawberry leaves upon itspanels.
drs. Mordaudt- called her companion's
,ttention to it's occupants by signif1 t