Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26
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en%9pgh to answer to aDv, sb.sa'

m, 70 answer to anvsb;
- Through all these y Salag. |
came no word from the ga" Y
and tune with benevolent ", s.ad;'
swept away all resentment o = |
ilrst chung to his memory ,' ll4t |
only the fond recolIeci3i,oo' l1
manline's and kindly i be,oI. q
we reverence the memo.,. ~
dead forgetting all of III ,ss q |
ishing only the good. 'a'
r. And Molly, in the midst 1.
friends r., lived through ssy u Z. Io7
tpl years as eomely and ki r1'
the old days; but the iooe 1.la I
ana yearning for one sba ~ VA
name, but cherished so reno r,a
IN her saddened heart, bs lJ''s
look of sadness to a face '1 ~. -
be overshadowed by grief = a
IS not 50 strange that he, ~
should go out to one. who d..
he had previously wropgs5 y n
done 1t all for sake Of l o,s . ~
80 when others came to v -r'
there were many such, her 4, |
who read her secret in the .,53
face and anxious, daily ern ,-
she could not conceal, were M.
prised that she refused INV ~
Even the fourth cousin " Il
Betty finally gave it up after a.
successful wooing of five YEAR,
Molly said in her heart that Is
come at last, and wheA h, CO.."
should find her forgiving, re,jl
bury the dreary past and Iiy.
for him and the happinesstba Il
be theirs. But the years gsl
ion9 ana tho waiting so sad anal
helplesSness SO hard to bear. tba,
like a mask for tbs sorrow I'd
there was a plessautness Of ~
sion and a sweetness of yoioo /
ill-accorded with an aching he,
A tall stranger one day in D,,I
along the street in a certain Ma
town, paused abruptly in his "A
look at a little child that wa, |
ing on the green sward tina, ia
a pleasant cottage. Il was /
strange that he should pause d
at the little one, for its brigh, 4
large, blue, wondering eva
pretty face won the admiratol
everyone. But such a sight 4
not cause a strong man to stsrt|
pale, 1t was the queer-looking|
ject it had held proudly up fol
inspection of the curiou, mao
stood leaning on the low piI
fence enclosing the tasteful gaI
"a grotesque, hideous head, ID
a nose, and a single brigh.
sparkling in the center Of
wrinkled forhead. What a std
remnant of a doll; aud how %,
for the stranger to be 80 move
the plaything of a child. lie q
speech at last;
"What is your name, my
man?'
"Me's joe"
"Whose little boy are your
"Me's mas little boy"
"Where did you get your p
dolly?"
The little fellow was taken a
for a moment and then answera
600 mustn't tell ma, will.
Mes took il" Then changing
confusing subject 20 want
in? Me ives here. 20 tom
M house." and running to the
gate he opened it, and with
hand hugging his dolly To
breast and the other clasping
of his new found friend, he LED
agitated stranger up the little
eiled walk bordered with foFa
the open door of the trim little
tage.
For a moment he was not o0sa
as he stood spell-bound, gam
the scene before him. A b
young woman sat IN a low roa'
chair, holding in her arms a
babe over which she bent her y
tressed head, and bending over
both was another, somewhat \
but still in womsnhood's first
who dangled a glittering ,'iI
above the smiling infant that \
and stretched forth its tiny 4
to grasp the tempting pre-
They both looked up at Ii.iIs
noisy intrusion, and the tho
on each other for a monsI.
silence. Then-but we don \
Just how it did happen, for ]
was in the strangers arms a'
pressed to his breast; and 'o'
INJURED with q sob, as he siFoA
silky hair with a tremaI0's
ooh Molly! at last"
And the happiest man -
world that night excepting og. :.
sam, and the weariest man .I ~,
| evening was Joe, having been 7.
all over the neighborlng mo--
to look at the wonderful Pas'
"a a..,,or And me.