The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-01-12

emotion, she fell into an uneasy slnm-
ber, which grew sweeter and sounder.
until finally she dreamed.
She dreamed she was back in her old
home; that everything was just as it
used to be. She saw her mother. in her
short gown and petticoat. trotting
about as usual, hunting for stray bits
of dust on her spotless belongings; saw
her sick sister, with her two children,
and last, and sweetest of all, she saw
Dermot. ..
He came walking up the lane with
his elastic, strong steps, and she felt
her heart beat with delight as he came
and took her hand in his and bent his
handsome dark eyes down to look into
hers. And then they walked along the
path that led to the old meadow and
orchard, and there they sat down and
talked over the future.
"Ah, Nora, my darling, fear we
shall have to find four-leaf clover be-
fore we can be happy. 1t needs money
to bring happiness in strait like ours.
and where could we find it if the good
people did not bring it.
"They don't believe in the little peo-
ple' in America, Dermot, and 1 had al
most forgotten them. l wish they
might help us. Tn sure I've prayed
to the Holy Virgin often enough for a
way out of trouble, and have never
found it. Perhaps the little folks will.
ANYHOW, I see no chance for us unless
people at least show me where to find
a four-leaf clover"
"None but the pure in heart and the
unselfish in purpose ever find it. but If
those qualifications would bring it, then
you might be sure of it. Nora for there
never was another like YOU"
Just at this moment Whiteface.
| Morals favorate COW. came slowly up
the meadow path, and seeing Nora ly-
ing there, she gave gentle low. 1t
woke Nora, and she could not for a
moment remember where she was, and
she lay still.and looked around for Der
mot, and slowly she began to realize
that she had been dreaming, and she
rose upon her elbow, and, strange to
say, she grasped in her right hand a
tiny turf of grass, and in the midst OF
! it in plain sight, was a clover stem with
four distinct leaves upon it. Wide
awake now, yet remembering her vivid
dream, Nora examined her priceless
treasure. There was no mistake, but
how had it got into her hand? Reas-
oners might assert that in her sleep
she had clutched the turf of grass in
which this clover grew, and that the
whole idea was nothing but supersti-
ton, but Nora did not reason. She
simply believed, and she was sure that
in some way, as yet unknown, all
would be made clear and straight. She
knew it was the fairies who had placed
| that talisman in her hands. The rest
would come.
She went back home and MIXED the
cows and did her duties as deftly as
ever, but now she felt herself a priv
ileged mortal. holding direct and
tangible gift from the fairies, and her
whole thoughts were thanks to God
and the Virgin for the fairies gift.
Two or three days passed, and moth
ing had come still Nora was patient
and her faith great until one evening
Mr.. Satterlee came home and said to
his wife:
..Minnie, what is Nora's other
namep"
"Elnora Creely. Why?"
"You remember that cranky old
woman who had the Marsh cottage one
simmer. when we were in the White
Mountains. don't youP"
Tho one who had the smallpox, and
whom Nora went and nursed all
aloner'
"Yes, the very one, Well, she's
dead, and in her will she has left Nora
$12, 900. in token of the 'unselfish devo-
tion with which Nora took care of a
supposed pauper. from whom every
one else fied.' So it was written in
the will which was shown me today.
After supper we will have her in and
tell her Of her good fortune"
So. when all was quiet and all the
children fast asleep, Nora was called in
and told of her good fortune, She did
not seem to be rs much astonished as
Mr.. and Mrs. Satterlee thought the
case warranted, still they thought il
was surprise that kept her so silent.
Said her mistress:
| Mora, hope when you receive your
money yon will not grow to be miserly
or avaricious, as that poor, lonely old
woman did. It is very unlovely
habit, and one likely to make you very
unhappy If you allow it to overcome
you. / have often noticed in you a
tendency to tliat fault but then
thought you were trying to lay up some
thing toward a home Of your own, some
day, or, at least, something for your
future; but now that with care your
future is provided for, feel 1t my duty
to tell you that money was made fol