Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-24

she KNOWS 80 many people. Thank
heaven, have no prestige 10
lose, and nobody would know Id
what way occupied myself iii
summer. All, Elsie, dear, awake al-
ready e turning with loving smiles to-
the little eighty ear-old copy III nina
| ture Of herself who came with 7r,ye.iraful
sloWness into her arms. HI your
! Old slow coach Of q sister dom nc 8,
1 when she ought to be preparing Jour
supper. But never mind dear taking
the child 9 face between her rosy palms,
| Il have news for you better than trey
full Of the incest things IN the world.
Now, wish for something splendid, the
thing you want most
| The thing want most, Maidee, 2
said The little one with 3 pathetic smile
into the face that had never worn for
her but it's brightest guise, is to get
well. g 81
fOh you little witch, 10 ask for the
rery thing you're going to have" said
Marian, hugging her and speaking rap
IDLY to hide the trembling in her voice.
| Y Gull go among the kindest and best
people you eversaw; there will be many
other sweet and lovely children getting
we'll, too, and write such long letters.
| Tomorrow I won't have any lesson to
give and we'll ride out to buy q darling
little trunk and everything nice to put
into it. There, now, sit IN this chair
and think it over while I get supper for
my BIRDIE s4
"Maidee, said the child, as her sister
was about to leave the room, shat Mr..
Wallace was SO kind to me to- day. He
gave me ride around the porch on
4 Minnie Aliens cart, and put some
peaches in my hat when I left it in the
hall. I saved one for You, there on the
MANTLE" 81
| THAT was kind. Thank you. pet. !"
As she went down 80 the dining room
she laughed softly to herself; They're
all bound to make me- like this Mr..
Wallace. First Mrs. Allen sings his
praise, now Elsie has gone over to the
enemy with such rapidity it quite takes
my breath away. He seemed to me
very unapproachable, but I have seen
him SO seldom, and that may account. J"
| James Wallace was Mrs. Aliens re-
Gently discovered relative. She had .
personal mania for tracing klnship; the
ties of blood, be they never SO weak,
were very sacred to her, and nothing
pleased her more than to stumble upon
some fifth OF sixth cousin hitherto un-
aware Of her existence and take him
into the benevolent circle of her
friendship. Some chance business deal
ings led Mr.. Wallace in her direction
and somehow it came about that he left
his lodgings and took up his abode I'M
der the hospitable roof that sheltered
Marian. There was no question of Mrs.
Aliens delight ct this arrangement.
1T is SO good to have q man in the
house again, my DEAR" she confided to
Marian. And poor, dear David would
! have approved, I'm sure. The "boys
are we'll enough"--she boarded gratis
her three nephews who attended at an
academy near by but they are only
boys, after all, not men, and of no earth
ly use in emergency. But juat to look
at James around the house ought to
give us poor defenceless women
feeling Of security. Marian resented
this remark somewhat, being An inde-o
pendent lassie and never having
found rs yet the presence of the
other sex necessary to her COM.
fort or happiness. But when she
reached the dining room and found
him there she felt in duty bound to
scrutinize him more thoughtfully, for
Elsie's sake, He was helping Mrs. Al
len to decide between the merits of two
designs for q new monument to mark
the last resting place Of her family.
He nodded to her over the paper and
Mrs. Allen hustled around to assist
Marian in making picture" of the
tray. - He has kind eyes, she thought.
Yes, Mrs. Allen, the strawberry Jelly,
I think. It sets of the floating island
better than the goosberry--and his
mouth is a little, "a very little hard looking
only tiny piece of chicken, thank you
"a most uncompromising chin-Wcll,
if you will insist, just one Of those star
cookies-younger than I supposed, too.
I believed him quite ancient. :. {
Good Mrs: Allen Just then went out
Of the room for some other little deli.
cacy for the patient, and Miriam, look.
ing at her tempting load, let herself
wonder for minute who would have
that task where Elsie was going. Then
it dawned on her what she was about
to do, and to her own dismay, Is we'll
as to that of the other occupant Of the
room, = little sob, try as she would to
suppress it, welled up in her throat,
and her hands shook So it was almost
miracle; the tiny red waited did not fall
upon the floor, Mr. Wallace had heard
something nbout the sisters, and partly
OWNED tho cause of her agitation.
Miss Martin" he began-and there
was noimpertin curiosity in his tone
"canI do anything for you? Is the
Little sister worse 2" egs5 esss
mo, said Marian, responding to the
genuine honesty expressed in voice and
words, though mortified at having lost
control before . stranger; '"'but il is
hard to send her away, and We have
been together all our lives. M. Il. Z, !,
She said nothing for an instant while
she stood there braveiy fighting evidence
Of her emotion, though the bowed head
and squiyering chin were affecting
enough, then broke in abruptly, in. 4
business-li like tone. How soon could
you have the little girl ready 2" .s.t. %.%
Saturday, / think, answered Marian.
"And this ID Monday he said Is il in
deep reflection. While Marian won
dered, he 4 consulted . B note,
book. It contained not the slightest
reference to- what he was about to
say next, he never having thought Of it
himself Till that moment. les, I have
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