The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-25
G~RANDMAMMA'S FORTUNE.
cone I love, two l love
Three I love, 7 say

Three l love, ! say
The children. Youths and nlaidens
,athered dose about rho roor;no gro
lot ohe NOV haaero"nVe deep Wlti-
out and the frivolous old wind shrek
ed with delight as it lifted the soft white
folds aud ,;lod +,a,o IN ar;sts.
nT >, ~,
Low MISS BESSIE, e~Jacuiated niue
black Joe, as he knelt on the rug she'll
ing popcorn, "hope I indie ifyou amt
burning the corn
The Young girl laughed merrilly at
her small servant. while she answered:
"Vell, Joe, YOU are safe. for / I'm
Burning it shockinrfy. Suppose Won
take the pepper while | have nv for
tune told; it was for that / wasuettinp
these seeds out when the fire took adj.
vantage Of NV corn.,l E 9enAi.4g
4 "Yes'm," said Joe. apropos,of Moth
nginparticular, as he obeyed and tried
to watchhis task with one Y and the
fortune with the other. Various cannes
we're in progress about the room, for
nuts. apples. cakes. Ee.. wt,re making
Young hearts clad. But Miss Bessie
had an absorbed air. as with quaint
gravity she turned to her handsome
cousin to name her apple seeds and
beyancountinp. MoneTlove, two + love
three I. love. say-n "
Grandmamma in herchimnev corner
had been WATCHING the Games, and now
caught the cone iloye." DC. Dropping
her knittingsh restedh her head against
thetan back of her cosy armchair and
listened. whilet the words took a, new
meaning as they stepped across the
threshold 81 her brain. she n,ade 4
sweet, picture IN the fjrelieht5@ which
albeit was sad4too. she seemed SO near
Tie sbadowy bor,er.land If lanot,ber
world. There VAS a sublime peace
on the dear, wrinkled face. and the
soft hair was whitenea With tie Sd,lst
of life" gathered through MANY heart
acknowledgements and wistful~strl1pples.
Grandmamma's thoughts we're swiftly
t7r;ayersine thelonp lapse Of years. and
were down again 81. the sprinr-time OF
reading once 8 from tie great
book of4experienee. And She wonder
ed who wrote the wise little lependthat
pretty Bessie was repeating. mSome
old dame like myself, she mused and
smiled when she saw how meaningless
the words we're to vo,1ns folks .'Ah,
YES, oneIlove.n Herthoughts fingered
tenderly about the tiny. curly-beaded
laddie who Truldeed beside herand ear
ried her books to school. at the first
dawn OF knowledge We begin COMING
the sad old lesson set for Eve to learn
in Paradise. and EAGERLY refuse 10 he
that itstakes wears Of experience
and sorrow to reveal the true. deep
meaning to us. She turned the sun
leaf Of memory and aTwo / love-
she murnrred. as the picture rose
before her of the frank. mon]v
Young fellow with HIS lai,ohter low
ingblue ewes. Halfsadly. ba1f amused
she remsmbered how She had ont
grown him IN her precocious way
and had come to look down mon
him as .toosyounq.e .Ihree love,I
saw" Grandmamma reneated. forced
10 ACKNOWLEDGES fhat His was q ire
Irritation. She saw y cour-
teous man bending 10 do her HOMAGE
in a spirit OF idle lest, she re1nembered
how her bosom swelled With injured
pride when she discovered that n his
estimation she VA only a. child. a
bagatelle, a toy. Her childish faith
shiyelpd in the ii,st cold Has ~ 'tbe
reality, eall is not gold that rlitters.a
and she determined to be reveneed. A
lurked about the corners
ofhermouth at the thousht ofhow ear-
nest her lover had grown aIdahow he
relnained Years. All, grand