Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-01
+ ARE WELL! J.

Eyes, so / understand. y -.
Sand IS that all you have to say,
Bell?' a II. &5
4 wish you pleasant journey and
safe return, = she said, bending over
her flowers to arrange them. "When
do You think you shall be back, Will.
iam?' Ess
This was not whatI wanted. Cous-
IN Bell was too quiet and calm.
wanted her to feed my craving vanity
by some look or word, or tear OF love,
that I could carry away with me to
feast on and she would not. deter.
mined to touch her some way, even at
the expense of the truth. g.. IS
perhaps never, Bell! If I succeed
In business, l shall most probably set
tie there, marry there, and live and
die there
She did not answer.
"Would you care for that, my pref
ty cousin?" -.
"Hum! I don't know. wish /
could find another violet to match
this: Look what beauty" ~
.''You would care--you do care
though you sit there talking about
your flowers"' I said, hastily. "Tell
me, don't you love me alittle bit, dear
Bell?"
/ drew her nearer, and a softening,
yielding look came over her face.
"And if I did, William?'
ut would make me happier in one
way, Bell; for 1 should feel that nv
Journey was only taken for your good,
and that IN time yon would thank me
for making it,"
"What do you mean, William? Have
you lost your senses? What have
done, OF said, or looked, to make you
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES you have just
said?"
II was saying it all for your good"
/ blundered out, sulkily. "And going
away for your good, too"
'Because you thought loved you
too much-was that it,"
"Yes!"
land so you were kindly going to
take yourself out Of sight till had
forgotten you?"
I was silent.
"Oh, grant me patience" she ex-
claimed; and then, as if had stung
her, to the very heart, she buried her
face in her hands. At last she looked
up.
~ do not think you are to blame for
this; l suppose all men are so," she
said, SO gently that she took me bv
surprise. 9.But think we had better
part now I hope, when we meet
again, you will know women better
than you do now"
'Will YOU give me q flower, Be1l?" I
asked, feeling with strange perversity,
just at that moment, that would
have died to- win her. -. e." ..'
She smiled, and pushed them toward
me with her loot.
"Help yourseN, William"
I took up daisy and a violet and
put it in my bosom.
I wrote to my cousin several times
after had established myself in my
new home in Ireland, but as she CON
tented herself by sending messages in
answer in my sister Maggie's letters, I
took the hint at Last, and followed
her example. Butt her silence and her
anger did for her what her affection
had never done; and if ever dream
OF happy home came into my mind
as sat alone. it w~s sure to be the
face and form of Bell that beautifiad
it. She still remained unmarried.
Three years passed away, and during
the summer Of the fourth went for =
visit to my country home, thinking
fondly to myself that I would bring
my cousin With nae when returned
and keep her there with me forever.
It so happened that Bell had just
returned from her spring trip to town
when l arrived and my favorite sister
Maggie was only too glad of an excuse
to call upon her and see the recent
fashions she. had brought. =.
II am Obliged to have an excuse,
nowadays she said, with q merry
laugh, 'for Bell is very proud, and
seems to forget that We used to play
together day after day at school. 1
often think / should like to remind her
OF it, but sbe has grown such 6ne
lady handy dare
Bell prosrA and fine lady! could
hardly imagine that.
1t was I'M the orchard that we met.
%"Well, cousin" she said, smilingly,
"when you have looked at me long
enough, perhaps You will talk to me-
A penny for your thoughts!"
'"They were not very gallant ones,
am afraid, for / was thinking that
though you have grown very beautiful
Bell, you have also grown very heart
less"
She laughed carelessly.
"And a perfect woman of theworld."
+ Thank you, sir. j" she added, with a
graceful bend OF the head. "You are
quite as complimentary as you used
to be, / see. But never mind what
am, have been, or may be-. Tell me
what you have been doing all these
years?"s ~ 'aaS .'s. =. - ~
Thinking OF you, Bell" said,
bluntly but truly. ssTer = Vi.
She changed color:a little, but soon
recovered herself. IS Isl. II. ID J. 4; u H.
ut strikes me that you might have
employed yourself better. ] think the
air is growing chilly; shall we join our
friends and go back to the house?" +
l placed myself in he her way as she
turned. sss,<4 +, 81
Don't go just. yet. Bell. You are
not cold, though you affect to SILVER
and you must hear what I have come
all this distance to. say Will your"
She shrugged her shoulders, leaned
against q trek, and looked out towards
the sunset west. !.
'.Do you remember our evenings
long ago?" I asked as our eyes turnel
toward the. sinking sun. Those were
pleasant days s.
Yes Il, 45'S,.