Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08

so sympathet that perhaps 1T could
not be wonde Tered at that it was q case
of Glove at first sight = w E5s.
So far othing had been said by the
young man except what eyes can say &
but they had said q great deal, and In
their own language had been answered.
The very afternoon on which Mrs.
Howard had invaded her husband's
sanctum to give utterance to her opin-
Ions on her daughters future, the
young people in question were resting
after the tolls OF q game Of croquet,
for croquet was played in those days
calm, languid croquet, with none Of
the fierce excitement, the frantic
movements and contortions of its
SUCCESSOR, lawn tennis
They protested to be watching with
great interest another game played on
the lawn beneath the raised path ON
which their seat was placed, but they
were really interested only in each
other; they were far enough away to
talk gently without being heard, and
no unkind intruder had made himself,
or more often herself, an unwelconse
third.
After few pointless remarks on the
game, silence had fallen between them.
Elizabeth sat looking on the ground,
feeling that q great crisis in her life
had come. The weight of silence
seemed almost unbearable, and, with
an effort, she turned to her compan-
ion and began some tritiing remark,
which died away unfinished on meet
ing his eyes full of look that pierced
to her heart and filled her with an un-
known rapture. He spoke in a tone
OF repressed passion; she listened.
Lot those who will recall what words
she heard. Love has always the same
language, varied only by the charac-
teristics of the speaker, uttered only
with slight difference OF speech-some
times hesitatinaly, sometimes eagerly,
sometimes brokenly, sometimes as.
suredly, but always with the same
meaning, Glove! And you?"
"Your eyes always told me they
loved mel Did they not speak the
truth?"
A look answered. What need to re-
ply when, they shone brightly and
thruthfully-bright with q happiness
unfelt before by her, and thruthful with
the love of a pure soul?
How long they sat in perfect con-
tentment neither could say, but it
seemed almost like thunderbolt fall
ing when Enlma's voice was heard:
"Liz2ie, are you ready to 60 homer"
The merry farewells, the laughing
appointments for the next meeting,
the walk back-all were to Lizzie as a.
6roo -, ovront tho loro l;pror,o~ ,,ro,
sure OF his hand as he whispered,
"To- morrow--to-morrow!' What
possibilities Of untold Joy lay hidden
behind that word! Tomorrow, to
hear his voice, to feel his hand, to
watch his smile and glance oflove that
came into his eyes when resting on her,
and, greatest happiness Of all, to know
that tomorrow would only be the
forerunner OF many more bright days
all equally uncloud3d-so many that
she grew bewildered Mt the thought,
and gave herself up to the one dream
that youth values above all else, HE
loves me! love him.
Alas! poor Mrs. Howard, your
warning words had the common fate
they came too late!
"Lizzie, my dear, come up to my
room; I want to talk to you," she
said, with more gentleness than was
her wont. "My child" shutting the
door and drawing the girl down to a
chair at her side, 'Fwhy did you not
tell me this before?"
On Elizabeth's face came a. look of
sad self-reproach.
ooh. mother" she said, her bright
ness dimmed, and her eyes filling, Il
could not speak oft; astoo happy!
But now / see was selfish and wrong"
Had her mother but been as kind
and approachable as heriather, Eliza
beth would not have hesitated, but
she knew that Alfred was not favor
tie, and her timidity of spirit made
her afraid of increasing the prejudice
| against him.
EYES," said Mrs. Howard gravely;
chad you but told me all as you
ought to have done, you would have
saved yourself much PAIN
Here she went on, not needing the
scared look, which gave place to one
of anguish as she finished:
when your father told me was
Mortified, especially after the talk I'd
had with him yesterday. Alfred Stone,
as he knows well, is not the husband
we should choose for you."
Mrs. Howard liked to pretend that
her husband always agreed with her,
but in this case, as in many others,
the poor man, sat below in his study,
grieying over the affair, and wishing
vainly that it.. could be allowed to
progress smoothly, and thinking that
he was sure it would all turn out
right, and Alfred make good hus-
band. and be quite steady, and all
that" a.
You, being young, have been de-
| ceived by his outward looks and man.
| ners. grant he is pleasant, but that
is not enough, and we, who know
more than you, have heard enough of
his character to know for q fact that
he is not steady" ~ ~ Vi r.. b..
Elizabeth tried to speak, but a great
fear stayed her and choked her speech.
Her mother went on impassively and
with the unyielding air she knew SO
| we'll. +o'# Is, = %r.,
eve had heard many rumors before
that made us doubtful, but to-day I
heard from witness, and a thorough
ly trustworthy one, that Mr.. Stones
behavior last night was not at allcor-
rect. He was at the club till quite
late, or rather early, playing some
gambling game-ecarte, I think--for
very high stakes, very reckless in man
ner, and very excited, / fear from the
| use, or abuse rather, of too much wine.
If" she went on, again disregarding
her daughter muffled cry-the cry Of
one whose idol is falling from its
throne and breaking q heart in it's fall,
IF q young man will so behave
when he has first won the love Of girl
he processes processes to love and es-