Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-03-13

Dead, and then the vail 81 "a u,nbroken
silence. Lids MD rned with . bitterness!
Let anguish that found no relief save II
hard work and caring for other stricken
hearts. Alasi there were plenty 70 care
for ID these sad days. Mrs. Brown
mourned loudly and wore the deepest
mourning for six months. Then she
was married again wild owhocd was sc
lonely" But her last choice was d very
bad one. Whether she had married
him for fancied love. or what had infu-
enced her, no one could tell; but he, the
new husband, was drunkard, and, after
some years Of misery, the woman who
was Jack Browns wife was laid to rest
land few mourned for her. Il. s.. Be-.
That was all Of the past that Miss
Olney received to-day, as she sat in her
lonely room; but oh, how it filled her
heart till her eyes overhowed in tears.
The day that had been SO bright in the
morning grew overcast as the afternoon
wore on, and ere night snow and sleet
filed the air. Miss Olney lighted her
lamp, but she did not close the shutters.
Better let her light shine out, she
thought; il might cheer some lonely
passer-by, and guide them on their way.
So she set out her supper with
ttsnowy damask, /" and dainty china, and
the silver that had been IN the family
for more than q generation. It was her
choices treasure, her only inherited
wealth ]. and as she laid the solid knife
and fork beside her plate and placed
the other pieces to her satisfaction, she
stood back to note the effect, as she
often did, and then she sighed to think
no one was with her to sympathize with
her in any of her feelings.
Just then she was rather startled by a
heavy rap at the, door. "Only some
neighbor," she thought as she stepped
to admit the applicant.
The wind blew in with its attendant
sleet and snow, and the stranger at the
threshold stepped in with it, neither
waiting for an invitation. A gentleman
by his dress, but Miss Olney, though
not given to fear, felt a sudden chill as
she saw that he was stranger. he
might be robber despite his gen.
tlemanly guise-and her silver, her
preciou silver. How imprudent to set
it out before her unshuttered windows.
The stranger did not wait for her to
speak; he was shaking as if with an
ague chill.
Excuse me, madam, he said, in a
voice tremulous and hoarse, II believe I
am chilled through. If you'll allow
me-"
But before the words we're fairly
spoken Miss Olney had drawn her own
easy chair to the fire, and the stranger
had dropped into it, evidently exhaust
cd. Iida forgot her fears in compass
sion for the stranger, and when his
trembling fingers tried in vain to un.
loosen his muff1er, she offered her assist
ance in tones she found trembled, too
The next moment she fairly blushed
at her act, as the face, clear of It's wrap
pings, looked up at her. The pale face
with the mustache and hair tinged with
gray, and the eyes He looked but. said
no word his lips worked as if he fain
would speak, but no sound CAME Only
the tears welled up and fell over the
pallid cheek. Lida stood mute, trans
fixed by that look. "What does il
meant" she said at last, in an awe-strucE
whisper. y,
Then the stranger stretched forth
his hand. He had no strength for fur
Their GESTURE, his agitation was SO OK.
IRENE. ...% 49,.
Ida" he whispered, t'Lida, don't
you know me? Don't you know Jack %
Was the world receding from her?
Had the grave given up it's dead? She
felt no fear even in that first moment.
Spirit or mortal, it was Jack. But fol
q few moments her senses seemed tc
fail her, and then with a whisper '.'Jack'
she clasped him close-only for a
moment though, for she must look at
him. y. ..5.t'.s,s
lis it really you, Jack ?" she said at
last. care you sure it's you?"
eyes, quite sure" he answered with
alaugh that if he had been woman,
would have been hysterical.
I "But I thought you were dead Jack, "
''And were you sorry? 2"
Such look as she gave him. GLOW
can yon ask But tell me how it was.
And then he told her of the long OBJ
ivion. from which he woke to find
himself reported as dead. The terrible
prison life had driven him mad. He
was taken and cared for by good Sama-
ritans for three long years, and then
when he was himself again, he found
that every one supposed him dead.
"'And,' he said, knowing my wife had
remarked and my other friends given
me up, I thought it best not to break
the silence. But hearing, long ago,
that she was dead, I could no longer
resist the longing to find out if I was en-
tirely forgotten. I arrived here but a
little while ago, and found on inquiry
that your were still Miss Olney, and
lived alone, or at least had on establish
ment Of your own III a. -.
'Ah, Jack, do you know what day it
is? You are my valentine sir. f.
Audacious, wasn't it for little Miss
Olney to 50 forget the proprieties?
The old people in the other part of the
house came home, but whether it was
hours or minutes after Jack came nei-
ther Of the young" people could have
told. 2+sI :.
II And so the wonderful news OF Jacks
return became an old story in Lorraine,
and Mrs. Brown, once little Miss Olnev,
tells her children the story of her oval
sentine." - Y E. ..~s
s# Gold IN Nova Scotia \,
Novia Scotia is not generally regarded
as gold producing country, yet since
the discovery Of gold in 1860, it is said
its mines have produced over S., 000, DOC
worth Of bullion. The mines are leased
for twenty one years with privilege Of
renewal, on royalty Of two per cent.
or, tho cross Weld Strict account is