New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-06-25


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win remember you. fitting unfearinsly
Out in the great white world
Rosy snow on the orchard thi. morninsi
Faint-hushed blossoms with crisp edges
curled;
soft-doatine petals by blithe breezes flung TO
Oh the sweet white worldl
Young whistling robin with round rudy
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viii remember the weicom me- you've sung to
Out in the sweet white world!
Helen Gray Cone, In St Nicholas for Nay
A sEA-sHELL.
It is not much Of story, but It would
have been . great deal happier one i 4
had not been for the little pink twist
she'll which Jack Wallace found aRul
gave to Dora Carter down on the beachs
the day Jack sailed for Bombay.
They had spent the afternoon tbsrs
on the beach walking up and down,
arm in arm, or sitting on some bit Of
broken spar, Jacks arm around her
waist, and her little brown hands
clasped closely in his great strong fin
gers.
They talked about their future; about
the morrow and its parting, and
whether they should ever meet again,
and how Dora would break her heart II
they didn't.
And Jack told Dora how, whom no
was away on the sea and in the faI-OH
eastern land, he would always think Of
her and strive to keep his life pure and
good for her sake, and never do any
thing to render him unworthy Of her.
And Dora told Jack how lonely and
! sad she would be when he was Rone,
and how she would pray for him every
night, and it it was stormy lie awake
and tremble to think Of him on the
furious ocean; and how faithful and
true she would always be to him, and
how he would find . letter from her at
every port where the vessel touched,
and must be sure to send one back to
her.
And they both talked of the time
when Jack should return and buy the
little stone cottage at the Headland;
and of the quiet wedding they should
have, and Dora should be mistress of
tho stone cottage; and then when Jack
came to be commander Of ship, in.
stead of second mate, Dora should ac-
company him on his voyages and be the
captains lady.
1doubt if there ever was happier
pair of lovers, albeit their long parting
was so near.
And suddenly Jacks eye caught the
rose-colored CLEAN of little shell
among the shining sands at his feet,
and he picked it up and gave it to Dora,
saying:
Keep it for my sake. When am
gone it shall mind you of your sailor"
':As if ! needed anything to remind
me of him!' answered Dora, with q
little pout.
'.Nay, them" said Jack, lightly, II
have a within. Let it be the sign Of
your constancy. Keep it till you cease
to love me, and part with it only to the
man who wins your heart from me. =
'.You know that no man ever will,
Jack, dear. What gave you such .
thought. y
1T just occurred to me to be jealous
of that handsome Tom Selwin and tall
Dirck Landfred and-all the rest
of them who would give their eyes for
my bird. Dora dear, when I'm away
don't sail with Tom and ride with Dirck
as you've been used to-, said selfish
Jack, half anxiously, half playfully.
You great bear, !" scolded Dora, ito.
be SO jealous! If you were not going
away SO soon I'd be angry with you.
But I'll give you the promise, Jack, .
she added, seeing his sober look. Il
will do just as you wish. dear
And SO Jack sailed with the comfort
ing conviction that Dora was quite sas
from the attentions Of his many riv
Alas! that wretched little shell
and Jacks jealousy were the cause Of
al the trouble that came to those two.
Over . year from that day Jack met
Dirck Landfred, 4, 600 miles from Dora,
and was very glad the handsome fell
low, who loved as madly as Jack him
self, was no nearer her.
Until this little GOODNESS about Dora,
Jack and Dirck had always been the
best of friends, and now Jack was not
sorry when Dirck shipped for his re-.
turn voyage on the same vessel with
him. Dirck had sailed two weeks after
Jack and for the same port. As Isaid.
Jack was not ill-pleased to have him
for q shipmate, and before the long
voyage was half ended they were 10
good friends as ever.
One day when Dirck was rummaging
through his chest after some trife,
Jack came along and sat down for 8
chat. And suddenly, while they talked,
Dirck opened little box of miscellan.
eous odds and ends, and Jack caught
sight among them of q little pink, shin
ing shell, for he would have known it
among ten thousand.
''Dirck, where did you get that
shellP" he demanded, in q voice SO
sharp that Dirck looked up, startled.
where did I get itp" he responded
jestingly. my sweetheart gave It me. y
Jack stared at him one minute with
great. agonized eyes, too blind, in his
sudden anguish, to see that he was but
joking. Then strange. white pallor
settled over his bronzed face, and he
walked silently away. She was false
to him, then; she had given the shell
to Dirck Landfred; and was not this
the sign that she had transferred her.
love. also. to him.
Jack did not 60 near Dirck again, or
he might have learned the truth; how
Dirck had picked up the shell on the
beach, and, pleased with its beauty,
shsd carried It away with him, never
dreaming that Dora had lost It there,
and that he was hardly out Of sight be-
fore she came back to look for It.
II Dirck, loyal heart, had known
that, he would have walked hundred
miles to restore her the gift Of his sue
cessful rival.
But Jack did not ask, and Dirck, Of
Tended at his sudden GOODNESS, did not
tell him how he came in possession Of
the she'll
He saw that Jack avoided him, and
with no knowledge Of the cause he was
too proud to seek his company. So
the two never exchanged another word
while Jack remained on the ship, which