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

having now, am an old woman. And
yet he loves me, and will consider him
self fortunate IL I will be his wife.
What have i done to deserve this great
happiness" Falling on her knees BY
her bedside, poor Miss Penelope sobbed
and cried wall Of sorrow for har lost.
youth and more than one tear Of Joy.
Here Penelope Jr., appeared upon the
scene, and hearing the wonderful news
told by Miss Penelope with as many
bushes as q girl Of sixteen, clapped her
hands, and embraced der relative on the
spot, declaring it was no more than she
had expected. n
On DIR. Sherburne's table lay two
letters. which he was Quick to spy when
he came in. One was postmarked
aBoston, = and was from his sister; the
other was rected in q small. cramped
hand the capitals care fully elaborated
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Nelther o1 them seemed 70 pe Wnat ne
expected, SO he read his sisters letter
first. The end Of it ran thus:
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~ you NJ. nno" nii oouJ {, ~ s,iae 'olJ
lar away Flilnee OF yours SDyy Tue name
Of Pansy Harding? / happened to
nf an) that
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sue - engaged 70 MY particular particular PEI,
Archie Johnston. he raves over her q
me, and report saws her paternal rela-
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~ 90 ny 1 =, - ~, an
ing TO know all aDout her 10 mako
her acquaintance, and give me GU can
did oninioo III bnr
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lAel ples'y llne 1l1enu ~ WON
she constantly spoke OF writing, and
numberless incidents unnoticed at the
ti,ne rnshad "a b;a namorv and GLOW
s;ck anino cony;ct;on : graw nncn : Tho
lnnaa1v nan that nvo,,th attracts vonth =
and that Arch;e .Tobnaton,a Pansv
would never i. his wife Slowly,
aimlesslv. he onened the other letter
Init after tho f;rst line ~ two road
ron;dlv To Tho end Mics Ponolona
wrota: .. - =
have read your letter, and must saw it was
! great surprise to me. I never imagined that
you cared so much, or at all, for me. First of
all, want TO tell you some things that you may
not know; You speak OF the difference in our
ns 90 th, Tes s ala not tn 'ooT
am forty.four, and fheard You tell father you
| were forty-nine, so you 500 there is very little
to1 PROMISED motner wn . snH aledl
Would take eere Of him. ' so YOU took me YOU
would have to take father too, andnot many men
you'd want an cd maid for wife. and her old ia
haT s,tora ~ hs ise IN my
life; You are the only man who has ever cared
enough for me to ask me to marry him, so
l Know nothing about love AFFAIRS, but 40 know
that i sbond ha tha Viii nf '
try TO make YOU a good wife. But would like
you to consider all the obstacles, and do moth
ing that you might regret one OF these days
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small Nv hro,,oht - nota tn M,s. Pana.
lone containing these worls.
The Obstacles ara not insurmountab1e
shall cali to see you this afternoon is.
This note threw Miss Penelope into
state of nervousness very trying to Pene-
lope, Jr., though it must be COZ fessed
that energetic young person did a great
deal in a short time-certainly Pene-
lope Hardy, with her hair rolled
loosely at the nape of her neck, instead
of in a hight knot on the top of
her head, with a soft bow of pretty
blue fastening the simple linen collar,
and relieving the severely made black
dress, with pink flush, (born Of in
tense excitement) on her cheeks, and
new light in her timid eyes, was much
pleasanter person to look at than the
Penelope who had sat by the hearth
and damned. Il s..
Penelope, Jr., opened the door for
him. II am very glad" she whisper
ed, heartily pressing his hand in her