New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-19
81 was sitting hot, her little brother, we're

ar was sitting hot, her little brothers were
| compelled to remain in their room. Ned and
Jim had been guilty Of the enormous offence of
1lttermg the house. with the trimmings and
pieces OF paper they had gathered at Judge
Tanners house, where thepaper hangers were
before The boys swooped down upon it as
ml.ers might appropriate gold mine. They
wore it round their arms. legs
and bodies, and wa1tzed away
with WITH II home, where in due season Mrs
! they both cried themselves asleep in broad
| daylight IN their bedroom Ned on the floor:
jim 81 Nell's shielding arms When she laid
AIM down beside Ned gently. and seated herself
again, IL was an attitude the Almighty never
intended youth to take
Her elbows were planted on her knees; her
palms clssped her cheeks and chin. and she
looked straight before her into vacancy
/, AS she sat there in the darkened room, she
recalled a face In which compassion and ten
/ derness blended SO ssweetly that her memory
could not grasp the approach of a. frown upon
It 1t was not possible the dead could see: the
AVlng-f her dead mother could see them
now it would be torture nconceipable.
Nnat could girl like,her do. If her faaa-
would be- bound out 1t would be as much as
she could; do to pay her own way.
AS she sat there with stony eyes staring at
the door, the cat pushedits way in, ndrubbed
against her, purring. It fastened to little Jim S
slde-lt always purred around him when he
| cried-and curled beside HIM Mrs Chan
man number two hanged at the front door,
leaving it wide open, and when Nell, recalled
| to herself by the sound looked down upon the
noory broad bar of sunlight falling through
the door o. the room, slanted across the floor
1t fell upon the tangled trimmings of paper
them little wretches brought in" around
their legs and arms, and drew with them in. 4
heap as they fled from the heavy hand of the
sstepmother. The scarlet tints-burned like fire;
the purple shimmered; the yellow stones
pas:nes OF purple and dull brown interlaced
with a network of tangled trimmings, she
started, Her pulse. quickened An idea
formed itself slowly il her brain. Then she
new-talry iiew to her measure in the cup
board, brought forth her poor little box Of
cheap water colors-pathetic in their
cheapnese. and her shabby pencils
and a piece of paper, and began to paint.
| The flies hunmed through the open door,
the cat purrea loudly beside little jim, the air
these. It was only when Mrs Chapman num-
Der two returned and noisly slammed the door
to- that Nell paused in her work Then she
put her paint box and paper III their hiding
place
II you please. indeed sir, did it all ny
'H'm!'' Mr.: Hague, the elder, looked down
upon her through his glasses in way that al
most made Nell's heart stand still, she was SO
overcome ol with awe by the appointments of
Mr.. Hague's private Office. and by the manner
OF Messrs. Hague, father and son
My father did not intimate a doubt of tire
truthtulness OF your statement; he simply
expressed surprise. This is, must say-Oh!
by the way, what is your name2" 'Nelie Chap
man"
Young MI: Hague looked meaningly at the
elder Hague, the elder Hague said something in
q low tone to his son, then the latter asked
abruptly:
Glow is your father, Miss Chapmansn
1t sounded so strange to be called Miss Chan
man" that she was Hurried, but she managed
to say, 'sIhe doctor thinks he may see again y
"H'm! h'm!" said the elder in peculiar
manner. every odd-unaccountable
Not at all, said the son. II have heard of
cases almost similar"
"H'm! rare-rare, should say" He wheeled
around to Nell suddenly, then, ssMy child
this, l scarcely know what to say of it. Best
put it in Boone's hands and let him decide"
Now that is precisely what do not propose
to 40, said Hague, Jr 1t won't be fair. Boone
must not know where we obtained the design.
suggest permitted, as usual, to order him
to supply any details that may occur to him,
III preparing the design for the frame"
You are r1ght-quite right. And you Miss
this IS the most extraordinary case that ever
came under my notice-call on us-say in
week"
':Make it Saturday if you wish" interposed
Hague, Jr., kindly, as he looked into the visit
ful eyes that seemed to search his very soul
in their anxiety
II will be back Saturday." Nell said simply
a; as she skipped out. She thought She would
have tainted if she had remained moment
longer her : joy was so great
| The present owners of Hague's factory, the
foremost in the land point to an elegant resi-
dence Oh the summit overlooking the town,
where the hobby horses Of the grandchildren
! and children of Hague, senior and junior shine
| under the trees. The Hagues amassed COM
potency and retired from active pursuits The
greatest stroke of business the firm of Hague
& Son ever did was when they put their famous
Bar OF Gold" pattern on the market The Sc
rles OF patterns following yielded them larger
profits in two years, than all the profits of the
two years put together. There is story cur
rent in the trade that the profits of the origin
al ''Bar of Gold" pattern amounted to upwards
OF two hundred thousand dollars. Incidental
~ [ may mention that the succeeding profita-
BILE patterns were designed by the same hand
the hand that was appropriated by Hague,
Jr, before the firm retired from active bust
ness.
Needless to add that Nell's brothers and
father shared her good fortune, or that her
father thinks to this day that there never was
pattern as handsome as s;The Bar of Golds