The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-06

God-send to Regina to have the pies,
for she did not know much about
cooking, and I did not, either, so That
we naturally confined ourselves to sim
pie things which were easily made.
We learned a great deal about the
people OF the parish through aunt
Lucy. There was one blessed trait in
the old lady-she praised everybody.
We Quite concluded, before the Sun
dav visit ended, that the church ofthe
HOLY Cross in PennhOllow had some.
how managed to gather II cream OF
the city. Certainly, ii 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, l said
to Regina:
There is u romance connected with
this suave woman, and am going to
iathom 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-"
Eyes; 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 her aged
maidenhood."
l believed in myself rather than in
Regina, on this especial theme, and as
q phrenologist had Just told me there
were carloads OF paper Warrington my
pen, naturally | wanted to take pos
session of interesting material. So
began to court aunt Lucy. There
vas ample opportunity. l met her
twice in the church on Sunday, and
as often on week days "out to tea,"
when it was very delightful to walk
home With her, and sit a while in her
cOsey Dom on Antler street.
l asked her about the old times
when the church was in it's infancy,
and about the people who filled its
ample spaces before the great division
which occurred during the war o.
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. RIce's, and she
talked about sea captains a great
deal on her way home; when, risine
and goiI& to the bureau, she fumbled
among the papers and brought me q
miniature ola "sea captain" she said
The very young face was genial and
honest, and l asked her if he went tc
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?"
"In Paris" she replied, and hel
voice was low and tremulous.
"Tell me about him, aunt Lucy"
"Why, have never told anybody
about him."
"But you can tell me. / am soor
going back to my home among thl
green country Mills, and it will be just
as safe with me as though it wer'
locked up in a chest and the key
lost"
81 don't know what made me show
you the picture. ] have never shown
the picture to one of the girls. But
do feel Just like taking about him to
night, and / guess / will. We went tx
Ma'am Goreham's school togethel
when we were children; and he used tx
carry my books for me, and lead me
and I liked him better than any 9th,
other boys and girls, and he liked ME
Then when he was not q bit NOR
than fifteen, he went to sea. / diC
not want him to go, but he would.
'He said he meant to be a rich Sc,
captain and know all about the won
5eFful countries all over the world. III
was gone six years, and when be cam
home, il he was not q captain, he wa
pretty near il. He came to see m
the very FIRST place he went, anC
brought me the miniature and thes
shells. and some other lovely things
too, which did not last like the smells
That was the time we were engaged
h4t I was too happy to tell Of it, an
not u goul ever knew.
"He went of again to be zone thre
years, and be expected to be captain
before be came back, and then we wer
to be married, and ! was to take on
voyage with him. and III liked it,
might 90 as often as / pleased.
thought / should live on the sea il h
did. I was very busy, and the thre
years did not seem so long as
!, thought it would. But when it wa
all ended the captain did no
teome and the waiting was hard. BY
and-by, the newspap 8 said that th
vessel sailed for home at a given time
and ought to have reached port lon
! before. But ] did not give up KEEP
, on hoping and praying. and prayin
and hoping that my captain wcul
: yet come.
my wedding dresses were al read
| II did not have them made il Penr
hollow. for fear the people would 6n
out. and / wanted to keen it all to my
sell. But the long days kept comIr
and going just the same; and ever
, morning when / awoke my heal
ached, and it did not get over achif
all day. used TO 60 down to ii
, shore and look out on the sea almoI
every day; but that only made n
sadder. ! was beginning to think the
my captain was lost, and 1grsw Yer