Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-17
OUR ANNIE.

Nneh tommy DrouSn ner cloak or
er dinner to the factory door, he al
avs left them for ''our Annie" and
j. confidence in the efficacy of the
ronoun and his contempt for any
khcr appellation caused his name for
es to follow her even inside the door,
mere it clung to her, and invested her
it'll IN aiiectionate distinction in q
il e where the strictest Justice is melted
hit by popular opinion, and that opin-
BIZ never TOO modest to make its YER
let public.
HERE were some among us who
hought her worthy of the name of hero
be as well, though when she came to
compared with the accepted standard
b literature, the divergence was so
lille that her title was clearly open 10
spute.
She was not beautiful. to begin with;
MS was a quiet face. dark eyed and
nv, and not one to impress an observer
nless it had been seen upon an occa-
jon when struggling hate and victo-
ous love TRANSPORTED it, and such o.
a,ions are rare in q lifetime. AS a
Ill, the heroines who wander some
Fnat namely on from preface to fms
ave but one occupation, that of love-
aking; and this excludes all others.
ley toll not, neither do they spin, nor
c any thought for raiment. Clothes,
coming and im%perishable, grow upon
fAm. They go through fire and flood,
ire and snow, with no Disagreement
seorching or bedrabbling, OF they
"Sit i'll splendor, like the sun,
Shining with nothing at all to do"
by any miracle q venturous author
makes his heroine labor for dress and
hoes, with what u flourish of trumpets
That fact proclaimed, and with what
pc al providcnces he surrounds her,
hat this m~onotonous business known
5 earning a living may not be
aintully prolonged! In a late case
II unfortunate young lady made a few
sthetic b9nnets, but wealthy friends
nd q lordly lover lowered near to see
hat She dld not overtaS herself. and to
ro,cst at intervals against her doing
|nything whatever. Not so with our
Annie. From the hardest Of mattresses
he rose singing in the morning, and,
an CT shine, trudged to her work,
fturGing long aft I the sun had set.
E her and thousands like her it was
crnly written from eternity that lone
Nho can not work in this universe can
bot get existed in it, and it was her
f|prciiic business to keep herself, and
mtlin others dependent upon her,
fijye, which she did bythe labor OF her
snd., wealth and nobility, us lockers
PN. beng c~onspicuously absent.
Notwithstanding which she was busy
Pnd light-hcartcd as any chlrping spar
foN that despised bird. in common
@lla Acr class, beng taxed with many
eccs, but never with sulkiness 81 lazi-
.ess. Her shoes would wear out. tc
her sorrow, and her dress fray at the
Na rs: worse t. an that, when spring
faa> poured down upon her, it wa!
fi without reason Johnny teasingly
Flng,
"Jcnny'sa a wat, poor body,
.lrnny's seldom dry:
Shcdri glet a her petticoatie
Eomiu' tnro' the rye
She hated q wet and raveled skirt
pal TO keep her dress OF gray WOO
neat at the bottom, she cut ii oil when
@et ii began to sprout into ragge'
Threads: but it needed tho process s.
o'en that il it dld not, like the dres
" HE ballel-danccr, begin too late, i
must certainly. like that, have ende'
10 soon, had she not taken the precau
IH! 10 piece it at the ton, Therefor
u eternal decoration the %statucsqu
IeFol!es Of fiction left Little Annie ia
Ysi'!lId, and i'll this respect quite hope
w "t evcr ovcrtaking them. Ihel
sF1pcF:es float or cling, and the LANES
a.! 99Eacc u.ly in simple folds TO thcl
nSl, TIT when were they ever pieced
~V pp to exc them OUT
y, quite Il secondary, if not acc:
S'''ai consideration. Annie ''kcptc com
rS!S with Tom, who stood at hi
~9'o and cut by thousands the shirt
N n' made by dozens. She must hay
N"Ie them all the same, whoever bel
E !. %'en knife. the price OF them beln
S.1y necessary.to her getting existet
ss r !er This worlds business consiste
w. IA living: after that, in loving. II
~, NO 'lNe the sugar in her tea or the bu
s,,.' GA her bread, not absolutely nece
t. = oui very pleasant withal, and M
W leiin luisAed without a pan!
h., bitterness favored life that mu
In.' "een either Hat or bitter witho,
t a'1' GHt Which with him, was not on.
N"0 aQ!e, but hopeful. contented, ar