Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-04-24
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pair of beautiful spirited lips. s@'-
"Some time"
With emphasis proportional to the
negative character of the hesitating con-
sent, comes the echo-"Sometime !"
And Dacre Farleighstone's whole atti-
tude bespeaks Of despair. "Some time
Only that! Why, some time we shall
all die and our bodies shall be given up
to the worms. Some time we shall-it
we are so unfortunate as to live long
enough--grow hoary headed and be-
come the victims OF govt and dyspep-
sia. You might as well say never,
Dolly"
"Well, then, make it never" says
Dolly, pretending to pout.
"Do you really mean that?" asks
Dacre, in tone of tragic despair; be-
cause, if you do"
II think you are just as mean as you
can bel" exclainls Miss Dolly, inter-
rupting him, and springing to her feet
in a decided manner, "to make up a
quarrel out of nothing" Here the
young lady comes to sudden stop.
Her witching eyes are fixed upon the
face before her, and the dismay depicted
thereon is too much for her, despite
her determination to appear seriously
Indignant
She bursts into hearty laughter.
"One would think, to see your face,
that you were going straight to your
execution" she cries.
"And if I were, it would still be sport
for You, l suppose?" murmurs this
crushed young man, turning away with
an air of resigned melancholy.
The scene OF this dialogue is on
board an ocean steamer, bound for Liv-
erpool.
They are on that portion OF the deck
which seems particularly adapted for
stolen tete- a-tetes, at the stern end of
the vessel, their seats being protected
by the state-rooms.
The wind IS gradually rising, how
ever, and it is no easy matter to pre-
serve dignity amidst the noise of the
roar and creaking, and the DISAGREEMENT
OF attire consequent upon its furious
attacks. Dolly has to raise her voice in
order to make her lover hear, and as she
turns, on her way to the cabin, she
shows herself a very poor sailor. The
rolling OF the ship and the wind together
make her stagger backward, gasping
for breath. The creamy shawl, the cor
ner Of winch has served as hood for
her hair, is blown out like balloon, and
in her frantic efforts to secure it, Dolly
stumbles against her lover, who hest
tales not to make the most of this op-
portunity, and throwing his arms about
her, draws her back into shelter.
"Tel} me, Dolly, Go You mean it? he
whispers, his cheek close to hers.
MEAN what?" asked Dolly, in malic-
ious inn, ccnce.
"Why, you know--that you intend to
keep me waiting forever and ever before
you will marry me-"
Il don't say So" savs,Dollv, pre-
verse twinkle still lingering in her eye,
though her cheeks havedeepened from
wlld.rose pink to the hue of crimson
queen rose. "Please let me- CO." with a
delicious pout and downward fall OF
pearly, brown fringed eyelids.
II shah not" cries the determined
young man following up his advantage,
until you promise me that when we
both go to America next fall YOU will
marry me one month after our arrival -
II shall not promise you anything,
sir" cries Dolly, really becoming wroth,
until you let me CO." 49, ;
''Then kiss me, and I will, )" says Da-
ere. r. ,......-
Arebellious smile conquers the seri-
BUSINESS Of the small rosy face: an un-
comfortable smile which shows this au-
dacious youth that he has come off VIC
tor. BE has not besieged the eitadelof
fair Miss ThornhUrn's heart in vain.
a stolen upward glance from Dolly,
and that first kiss for which he had
longed, but has never ventured to take,
is his. f%# -'ss z'..s r. -.
After which Dolly makes Wild dash
away from him. ,,.,
Zone moment, darling-just oner
cries Dar1.n -. -. e. +. ~. .