Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

Ssss AsNys SANSs0 AA0ClaSuS lOL8 ttV q tlulSs 4
8 said q never wanted, any more
girls. We had enough already" he
8 would repeat when vexed ct some
5lapse il thm direction, or when his
Ssolnewhat-tightly -hsId purse was open
ed to meet the necessary additions
to Pauline's rnlcf ab,lssd wardrobe.
No other baby had followad Pauline
and IN the years which had passed
since her I'M welcome appearance, the
eldest daughter had married and gone
TO . western home, and John, the ell
der Of the two sons, had entered q
banking house in q neigh boring city. VI
I'm glad, Rob. that you're not
going away for q long time yet, said
Pauline, affectionately, when these
changes occurred. "Ishould miss you
SO much. - - I'D.
II shall have to go by'me by,
Pau, responded Rob, "but TN get
q place near home, and then I can
come back for Thanksgiving and
Christmas, and perhaps spend Sum
days, too, and when Pm a rich man
we'll live together, and you shall keep
house for me only you lhave to learn
a lot of things before hand, you know"
he added, rather doubtfully as he re.
membered Pauline's aversion to the
kitchen and her sewing.
"All right, = she answered, cheerfully.
tI'll be settled down then, and I
won't feel as though I must get into
the fresh air, and just race about for
the very fun of it. You see, although
l enjoy school and my books, it is
rather too bad to be shut up over
those long seams while the sun, and
the wind, and the birds and flowers
seem to be just calling me all the
time" and with a toss OF her long,
brown hair she rushed of like O. young
deer, challenging Rob, who was moth
ing 10th, to race through the lane.
THAT girl will break her neck yet,"
said her father, fretfully, to his wife
one day. "There she was this morn
ing in the horse-pasture, riding old
Charley round at the top OF his speed,
with nothing but the halter to guide
him, and astride of him like g. boy.
Ishouted to her from the road, but
she just waved her hand to me and
ratified across the pasture as though
she didn't hear me. 1don't see what
YOU are thinking about not to keep
her more in doors and busy like tho
other girls" -.#..
Because" answered the anxious
looking mother, who was quite used
to being blamed on Pauline 8 account,
"she's not at all like the other girls
who could not be induced to do half
the things which she delights in. It
isn't because I haven't tried hard
enough with her. 80 don't see where
she gets all those ways from, md yet
there's nothing mean or small about
her, and she is never wilfully dis
obedient." @ $ss..,, H.. ' 's.<= 5 Il
Il knew the moment set eyes on
her she'd be bother; she might as
we'll have been q boy clear through.
Now she's neither one nor the other, = !.
grumbled her father. ~ NJ
Yet when Pauline appeared few
minutes later with her school books
under her arm, and q great bouquet
Of wild flowers for her mother,
which she had gone quite out OF
her way to gather, her cheeks
all aglow with her rapid walk, and
her deep blue eyes bright with health,
the mother, who dearly loved this
roublesolne child, could mot say a
word as to her recent eescapade with
old Charley, but thanked her with a
loving hug. &stss Hi. .S' ii -, =
"She's got such a good heart she
can't but come out all right" thought
the mother silently as she placed the
flowers in water. =
i; The years went by and Pauline and
q somewhat delicate sister were all of
the once large family of children left
at home. The second daughter was
also married, and Rob had persuaded
his father to let him enter 8 techni-
cal school in the same city where ohm
was, from which he could soon grad
uate as a civil engineer. Pauline had
missed her brot' er very much at first,
but she had been the confident of all
his hopes and plans, and as sherealiz-
ed how far his advanced education
was taking him out of one part Of her
life, she easily persuaded him to re-
peat his German lessons with her when
at home, and as she developed q de-
cided taste for languages, she included.
in her high school course Latin and
Trench, and thus felt that the beloved
brother was not getting too far. away
from studies Of mutual interest. $50
81 At seventeen she had lost most of;
her Tomboyish ways, though she still
dearly liked 8 long ramble or row on
the pond with Bob III his vacations,
and looked forward to q skating
match with him in the Christmas Holt.
days. Old Charley had been replaced
by 9 much younger steed, which her
mother and sister regarded with con-
siderable trepidation, and consequent
sly Pauline was moro frequently her
fathers companion in his drives, shar-
ing as she did his love for 8 spirited
horse. Al. s55,.
. Mr., Williams had long since accept
ed the situation as REGARDED his sl-
sperHnous danghter, and il theab senceI
ut both sons, had learned TO de-
pend upon her Tor many littlB
winch incfeasin8 yeass and some in-I
s1rnitlos reDdared ary. He had
ben good niana eor, and had lived
On 3 moderate income for
years. without any llar Business,
tho care of Soma 81 n tsetat e and the
cultivation of several Inherited fields
iaaat oufeide the town. = kin most Of
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