Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-06
dewy out here. Let me bring this
chair here for you, and Twill sit on the

dewy out here. Let me bring this
chair here for you, and Twill sit on the
step here below. So +
Adcline like child submitted 10 her
arrangements. Every word and move
'nent Of this Young girl was so
strangely. 50 swenlly acceptable to
her.
II have been wanting tn talk 10 you
like this for weeks" said r 1rlel. in
joyful content. 'Blt dear Miss Ryer-
son. ] did not como for myself to.
night. Father sent ne. lie has re.
membered something Uncle Richard
wanted done. Father is sorry. very
sorry, it was not done before. 1t was
to make over some land that ought to
have been yours. Father has sent me
with tho deed Here it is He wan is
you to take it as from Uncle Rich ard 3
hand"
She laid the paper upon Adeline' 8
lap The poor woman trembled from
head to foot at the touch of it. "After
so long! After so long! she MUIR
INJURED. Il have quite done with all
that!'
mo; oh nor cried Rachel in dis
tress. ':After so long it is Uncle Rich
ards love that has done this. 1t is a
token that love is everlasting; its
fruits can ripen after many years."
But poor Adeline could not follow
her: Her eyes were still fixed upon
the paper your father,' she said.
has waited too long to honor himself;
too long"
':But won't you forgive him"
pleaded Rachel. Forgive him for
Uncle Richards sake! We must he
friends for his sake. How can we
keep Memorial Day to honor him il
all whom he loved are not friends
together? Forgive us and be friends
with U.S.
Il can not have friends" said
Adeline. Il had one, but lost him.
And since-I have suffered!-I have
suffered! l have no heart for friends. ="
But let me be your FRIEND"
pleaded Rachel. 'Lct me come some-
times to see you. Let me come again
tomorrow. 1 want to bring down the
beautiful banner l have made with his
name upon it. 1 will come early in
the morning: You ought to see it first
of ALL"
Adeline looked earnestly at he-.
"Yes. l can let you come again." she
said. with you I an be friends"
Aud very early in the morning
Rachel with her banner was again at
the old house. She had waxed very
bold by this time. By what coaxing.
by what infusing of her fresh
young spirit into that stricken
heart she accomplished what she
did that morning no one can tell.
She was astonished afterward at her
own success. With skilful fingers she
re-shaped and re-trimmed an ancient
bonnet, and routed from long-closed
drawers fine old cashmere shaw
for Adeline, and then induced her tt
get into the family carriage behind
William Guild himself and to drive
down to see the banners given in the
church porch. and the f1ower-lader
procession that reverently sought the
soldiers graves.
Poor Miss Ryerson with her thin,
sorrowful. stranger face. looked more
like 4 ghost than any the church-yard
was ever likely to see, but there was s
pulse of new life f1uttering in he,
withered heart
Meantime. all the morning long the
neglected deed of the south pasture
lay futtering in the wind on the table
where it had been tossed. What cared
Adeline now for the gift of the land
whose precious memories had receded
faint and far into the past? But
the deed had served its purpose
all the same. 1t had taken out of he,
heart its hard and sore feeling toward
her lover family. Henceforth she nc
longer shut herself from their neigh
borly kindness. and in Rachel she had
found bo:h a friend and 4 child.
How radiantly happy and beautiful
was Rachel, standing on the church.
steps in tho Sunshine with her banner
that morning! The youth who took il
from her hand looked up at her with 6
look that made her heart leap. And
as she watched him bear it away she
was glad-oh how glad!-that upor
her vouth- and her love there was mr.
war 10 lay its blight.
A new deed of the south pasture wa:
made after few years; Miss Ryerso on
gave it to Rachel for a wedding gift.
Elizabeth Glover. ~ Sprin0fe' ID
(Mass.) Republican.