Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11

see that I will not have mr. salosl lsed as pub
lie sitting room. s
s. Now, auntie, yous viii do no such thing ,'''
cried Charlie; II will NOT havesy0u rude TO her
becaTse he is q beast: she never said anything
BIZ i couIi only see her ian care of and made
much Of, as she deserves instead Of b6ing q
regular slave to that lazy brute, should go
away with Lighter heart g g
Go wav. Charlie e ex reclaimed sslW hat 90
you meant When are yo., limiting s going q
ss aBut yonr foot ~ S$s
'sOh. nv foot IS all right. right enough to
travel AT least And it is quite time for me to
60. You've been awfully good 20 mo, annty,
hit the sooner get away from here the bes-
ter . @ # il.
Il Any further remonstrancss of n1ina were in
terrupted by . knock at the door, and Mrs
Wiener entered. 8 She did the only thing that
could have made me quite give her the In
nocant share she had had in Dummie's remark.
! . She went straight q tho point and proposed a
rubber OF whist that evening, .or Dumrnle
would like it so much 8 5s
s Delighted" cried Charlie tsAnd you must
give US . song afterward, for: this is my last
evening; I'm off to- morrow. s. rs 5
Are you really? So soon? We shall be so
sorry to lose you, she answered sWeetly, but
to my attentive ear little indif It Jared
on me, for / saw the wistfnl look IN my poor
bOG's blue eye But, indeed, ] had often noticed
/ that feature in her character; that while
charming to all. she really did not care for any
one much except her husband Her love for
| hun seemed TO absorb all the affection OF her
! nature, aud her wandering life full Of short
| friendships aud quick partings, had perhaps
| intensified this, her natural disposition.
And SO our pleasant little marty was broken
( up I did not stay long after Charities depar-
nre, but SAID good -bge with great regret TO
sunny CaEises, then looking so lovely in,.it
fla
| orange blossoms. and every garden aud meadow
bright with flowers. IS %% sf,5 $ s5 sf&. Il: $ss
Ibid not at all like parting with Mrs. Vie
! ner; ] had grown very fond OF her during our
winter sojoufn together, and the unceI tainty
OF ever seeing her again made me doubly
me, s'Not often though; you will not exp cot it?
for you know how difficult it is for me to write
an English letter, and what long time it takes
| me-. But just now and then, to let you know
how Dumnaie is and where we are spending
| the winter Aud exactly as she made the
promise she kept it For seven years heard
| from her; then one winter there came no let
/ ter; and toward the spring I saw in the paper
the announcement of the death at Mentone of
1 Wilhelm Wiener, aged forty years $s.rs,4s
wrote immediately to her Dresden address
| to express my sympathy, and after some
months received an answer, in which she told
| me briefly about his last days. The end had
| been quite painless Then she said, y had
talkedit over with him many times that it one
day would come to that, and l was prepared;
| butyou can understand it is always too soon
when we have to part with the dearest we
possess. have much to be thankful for, and
yet the best of all is missing. But try not to
got gloomy, and 7 lead q very nice, quiet,
| Aome-E like life here with his near relations.
who are all SO good aud kind to me-" p
| - :: x E%@ \
Charlie, who in these eight years has won
derfuily altered, changing from a bright boy to
atquiet, reserved man, talks about making q
German tour next summer. He asked me the
other day, in the moss casual manner, for Mrs.
! Wiener's ad lress. as he thought he would call
! on her If he happened to pass through Ores
den. gave 1t TO my poor boy, but Know full
well that it ia no use his going to Dresden. She
| will cling all her life to her dead husbands
! memory, and will end her days in his birth
| place and among his people.