Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08

something romantic II the thought 81.
putting her life into word Of making
q story ont II The dreariest 81 dull real
tiles. She Wonde cred that she Md not
thought of il before. Perhaps there
was some hinx true and noble and heau-
tifnl In this dull reAl lily, after all--per-
haps che might m1ke Il ssem 10 to her.
sell, ~ bringing q light tho M
certain yearninRpEof her inmost heart.
{ Two weeks AeW by; and one after.
noon tho editor 81 the Nes0s was sur
Eprises 70 see Nina Kelsey step timidlys
into hissroom and lay down roll Of
MANUSCRIPT.
III yon please, sir, she said, ut IL
: little story thAt / have written, and
would you be kind enough to look &
oyer and seo i il is good enough for the.
The editor laughed god atnrsdly5.
o he picked up the neatly written.
sheets and leaned back III his
chair to read them. Nina stood
nerv ously Waiting, with downcast eyes,
and toying with the fringe q her
wrap. {
why, my dear girl!'' exclaimed the
o.ilor, as ms eye ran down. the last
sheet and his pencil instinctively hew
back TO the margin Of tho first with the
magic inscription. s..v ritten expressly
for the Aevs'' = this is finc, really fine.
do not know as ever read sweeter
1 ~ 10Y. am proud ron 20 use y IA
.n0 4seOs. ana nope you Will write ~ ~
some more IKE y. Every BODY VIII be
~ Mhon sn, Nno 81. y. - VII be just
ALL . iol oatuIuay 9 l1oull CO page gs
49, -" uuv 70 - c =, t1 a. you, MISS
elioy ~, gu !, WI make ls an autnor one
VI vncse = Jays -. 81 1sS3.. /.
n'ns new Up stalIs WIN tears OF Joy
s.nu grat1eude ~ ner eyes. She had
nos s1pectea sucn cordial praise ana
~ ncouiasement from mr.. r. beckWlth.
was ner nttie story, tnen. really so
goou' - = nag any merit sne knew It
n uos.. 70 tne ne 81 OF earnestness anu
le'uHy, ZOE sne nsa put ner whole soul
anu me ana longlng INTO IT and there
WIZ mo.o 1.a,n s.n upon me paper where her
for he rat - ."n ',t = was laoor OF love
M sat,r - pro ;nso ;spe, anu %hen
the c1earef:cad bo,,raso;s 1p d'd;a -
place of honor in fra literary columns
If tho Nero .ha r,;a. -, nwas;ossa go
~ Wv 1917 ~ n'S ~ 0veilo ,nat
she coulo Scarcely keep from telling
her secret to every one she met. She
wondered If peonle won1d road f. ard
- aho we,,Ia 1870 $3.50 1s"e ~ "nu =
- QUO "oulu ever near 1rom II agalns
somehow sne 1elt as though something
thing more than the mere del;rht NJ
hav;5o o;ver Il forn, ~ !. 49, ~
sto. ~ 4oitn' "uu having utter-
Gu Inrougn II inc yearnlng OF her soul.
thus another week passed. and Nina
toiled at her case, as usual. from morn
chesrf,,insss 1 ~ so "..n naw 10y anu
1n10. 1"A"eSs' IL seefneu as tnougn sne
had In some sense indicated her work,
ennobled it, and beautitied it, by iden-
tifvino her deenast l;fa ond ioro;n -
,.;th &C. '' o auc %4o"
was, therefore, with a start of surprise
that she found. one unornino lv;no m
her case lettor addressad s. ~ 81, ~
ho,S,,~;t;n .o, ~ =. .n1 o ;; ~ s+tahee
Day of Life Care of Editor of Daily
News, Summerville, Conn.," It was
thu Stow, oo-o;o -ovlo. ""'
' sy u"Ps'
one 'oie opoa tne envelope With
trembling haste, and read a. follows:
ife, .sss ,nrtton r.. - hnow Haas "A Day OF
nit mo " to oon"ra4,,s ~ ~ massne nand-pei
mi rnrtr ~ - asua' you upon your oeautl
rua a Va mna' Is 70 me tne IDEAL lie OF
in~ lovaIw .rd m"s,,r,;.o. fn =. pure, iov-
hnne tn Net 1u with s',sS f.. ~ na been my
Veara W If eeetc %n s"ca te tn1ough al my
1t has been only dream Until l read your
story. oeheveo That there was no such thing
that 49, fonnd 10y ~ a. H ss sure tnat mere
| don me for presuminr to saw That ! en- r.ad
the writer in the story. You are the one
w mu S't,, ovJX me o. sen sacrnce ana devotion
o,t Sa ~n nnaS TO Dy temptations With
nortraved Noh,e g y1 ihn5;ero "aen' enere
ta ra;,e ; Mnoie gl, ;,o me- apprecl-
encs vonr de1otedn"ss r. antu ana dnu .1ye.
If the friendship of one who has spent SOME
OIL me oess years OF ms youth seeking for the
Of life reveas can he of nx snc on4 us 1
it Is most reyerently and humbly offered. I
wonder if you have ever read = story entitled
,,s;.,a noPeaess Qaes1H something IN your
viii know in nart the reason wv whv m.te b yy
to address YOU. A reply from YOUR hand
would be more, far more, than dare ak, and
YET ys not OH more ore tnan i, care hope II nothing
published in the New York, and was ex-
travelling in a RAILWAY car It wss creditcd to
the sommerville Conn Ne'es. May I ex-
p',' 's1' A V tvV re sy YOURS
| hGHARD FAxoN,
New York N = 1u'oor Oh "A hopeless quest "
But whv mako a short .torv 1onop