New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-04

compound, and the minister's purse
the Unnecessary outlay Itwas q real
| God-send to Regina to have the pies.
! for she did not know much about
cooking. and did not, either, so That
we naturally confined ourselves to SIM
pie things which were easily made.
We learned a great deal about the
t people of the parish through aunt
Lucy. There was one blessed trait in
the old lady-she praised every body.
/ We quite concluded, before the Sum
day visit ended. that the church Of the
Holy Cross in Pennhollow had some.
how managed to gather the cream OF
the city. Certainly, if every other
church was made up OF such perfect
/ people as the young minister had that
day preached to, there was an anoma-
lous population in the city-a race OF
angels scarcely lacking wings.
After aunt Lucy went away. said
to Regina:
There is a romance connected with
this suave woman, and am going to
/ fathom it. She's right handsome,
and I'll warrants there's a lover some
/ where in the beginning OF this century
or the close OF the last
"She will not tell you, # there is =
said my friend
You notice how easily she talks;
OF course she will tell me"
.'Yes; she talks easily OF common
things, the church and the sewing cir
Gle, but lovers Of fifty years ago are
not. so easily brought to the light OF
day. She'll be a very sphinx if you
try to extract the secret of ner aged
naidenhood.
| believed in myself rather than in
Regina, on this especial theme, and as
q phrenologist had Just told me there
were carloads OF paper waitingfor my
| pen, naturally wanted to take pos.
session OF interesting material So ]
began to court aunt Lucy. There
was ample opportunity. met her
twice IN the church on Sunday, and
as often on week days aout to tea, /"
when it was very delightful to walk
home with her, and sit while in her
cOsey room on Antler street,
I asked her about the old times
when the church was in it's infancy,
and about tile people who filled its
ample spaces before the great division
which occurred during the war OF
1912.
One night remember the dim can.
/ die light, and just how she looked ply
ing her busy knitting needles-we had
been to tea at Capt. Rlce's, and she
talked about sea captains a great
deal on her way home; when, rising
and goNS to the bureau, she fumbled
among the papers and brought me a
miniature ola Hsea captain" shesaid.
The very young face was genial and
honest, and asked her if he went to
the old church.
Eyes; we went to the old church to-
gether, when we were Children
"That is a beautiful picture, aunt
Lucy. Where was it painted?'
Gin Paris. she replied, and her
voice was low and tremulous.
Tell me about him, aunt Lucy
'Why, have never told anybody
about HIM"
.'BuJ you can tell me- I am soon
going back to my home among the
green country Mills, and it will be lust
as safe with me as though 1t were
locked up in a chest and the key
lost
II don't know what made me show
you the picture. I have never shown
the picture to one of the girls. But ]
do feel just like talking about him to-
night, and ] guess will. We went to
Ma am Goreham's school together
when we were children; and he used to
carry my books for me, and lead me,
and liked him better than any ofthe
other boys and girls, and he liked ME.
Then when he was not a bit more
than fifteen, he went to sea. I did
not want him to 60, but he would. r
!; He said he meant to be a, rich sea
captain and know all about the won
/ derful countries all over the world. He
Was gone SIX years, and when he came
home, ii he was not a captain, he was
| pretty near it. He came to see me
the very first place he went, and
brought me the miniature and these
shells. and some other lovely things.
too, which did not last like the smells.
That was the time we were engaged,
hit was too happy to tell Of it, and
Ao5 a soul ever knew.
HE went off again to be gone three
years, and he expected to be captain
before he came back, and then we were
to be married, and Twas to take one
voyage with. him, and. if I liked it, /
might go as often as I pleased. /
thought | should live on the sea if he
did. was very busy, and the three
years did not seem so long as ]
thought it would. But when it was
all ended the captain did not
come and the waiting was hard. By
and-by, the newspap 8 said that the
vessel Sailed for home at a given time,
and ought to have. reached port long
before. But ] did not give up. Ike pt
on hoping and praying, and praying
and hoping that my captain would
yet come.
My wedding dresses were all ready
II did not have them made in Penn
hollow, for fear the people. would end
out.and 1 wanted to keep it all tony
sell. But the long days kept coming
and going just the same; and every
morning when ] awoke. my heart
ached, and it did not get over aching
all day. | used to- go down to the