The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-05

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piano made the solid Mahogany frame,
horse hair cushioned furniture IN
the company parIor look rather
OIL fashioned; but real stained
glass, il the hay window and vcsuhuie
| doors, ~o5 Yrs. Observation-Disclosures
/ ton for whatever the parlor lacked IN
/ s,yio. Tine had been very tgud,r WIN
/ the beautiful woman. Her second sell,
/ belle Of the village at ~, was not blt
/ displca.rd when handsome, gay spirited
Jack Robinson told her one evening,
among many other nice things which she
never todd anyJody, that lac considered
/ her mother queen. This compliment.
/ spoken by q true prince, was more ac-
/ ceptahlc 10 the pretty, brown trcssrd
| DAUGHTER than praise from Sir Hubert,
whom she had uegor met and might
never have the pleasure Of beng intro
duced TO.
When Jack Robinson came to Elsinore
the railroad brought him. That's the
way that, like its famed and antiQuated
prototypc in the drama, our Eisinore got
| It's platform. Thirty years before, Bortel
| HcndriksCn arrived in q farm wagon that
had no springs. He fairly bounced into
his patrimony. Jack Robinson, just adj
mitied TO tho bar Of Richmond, his native
city, came To the wild and luXuriant
northwest to spend a months vacation,
and catch fish. 1t was nearly three
months before he returned to his Virginia
home. When he, on the last afternoon,
was driven hurricdly to the railway
station, in hotel omnibus and sporting
toge, with his umbrella canes, and fish
ing apparatus strapped cumbrously to-
gcthcr and family size leather sachel
completing the luggage, the Hendrix
sens, father, mother and daughter,
who all greatly admired the
young lawyer, stood on the plat
/ form ut i,iainorc to bid him good
| by. The ladies Charmingly expressed
/ their sentiments Of esteem and the pleas
ure that his visit had given them and
] others. Bcrtcl, now n staid, self con-
| tanned man Of five and forty, warmly
graspcd the Nirginian's hand at parting
| and hopcd he would be their guest the
| following summer He said he certainly
would. This reply made little Christine
/ feel very happy, and she hardly knew
what caused The blood To- Ecigh,ou her
natural rosy color. As the train, five
minutes attcrvard, moved swiftly away
| she missed knot Of flowers tlat bad
| been fastened 10 her corsaGc, and won
dcrcd If she had dropped them coming to
the station.
When Jack Robinson revisited Ilsi-
more he brought no fishing tackle. This
was noticed ut once by the proprietor Of
| the Lake House. He also Observed to the
county iudgc. who order d tausy and
biltcrs, that for the life Of him he couldn't
sec why man as rich us Bcrtcl Hen
drikscn was took boardcrs. After a few
weeks this intelligent landlord had more
| 10 marvel at. There were whispers Of
another wedding. Runor soon became
reality. 1t WAS in golden September
/ that Jac'. Robinson again said Euod-by
On the railway platform, but this time
il was to lis new father and mother
only. Little Christine went with him to
/ VIRGINIA, and ON tho journey thiiher he
told her how he thought she had lost her
| bouquet at the very moment she had
won his love.
They were gladly welcomed at the
homestead in Richmond, and Jacks
widowed mother, Il stately, aristocratic
| matron, congratulated her son on his
good fortune.
| In July battle was fought close to
/ the national capital. The government
troops were discounted. AS this omin-
Gus news was flashed over electric wires
to all parts of the disrupted republic, a
fearful woman travelled night and day
toward Esinorc by the placid lake. Jack
Robinson had cast his lot with the cause
of virginia
Christine was so i'll when she reached
Chicago that stranger friends insisted
upon a days rest but she lonGed for the
embrace of tho parents, who knew
nothing Of her despair. Only ono train
was missed, and then she pushed ON. 1t
was late at night when she stepped on
the platform at ElGinorc. Her sole wcl-
Corners wcro the station master and tele-
graph operator. Both recognized her,
for they had known the gentle girl from
her babyhood. No questions wero asked
why she had thus come back. The sta
ton master made her comfortable in lis
narrow quarters, the main room being
closed until morning. In less than ten
minutes he had horse and carriage
ready and drove poor, wearicd Christine
to her fathers house. AS she stepped
upon the porch, her escort said:
II think Col Hcndviksen IL writing
in his library. There's d food Of light"
"Surcly not at this late hour" eX-
claimed Mrs. Robinson, "Uut why do
you cali him colonelP
Before the station master could reply
to her question rapid, firm step was
heard in the hall; the door was opened
wide and Christine, in the glare Of gas
light hacl, of him, boheld her father,
dressed in the full Uniform Of Il regimen,
tai commander. With . shriek which
awokr the lyivan echoes Mrs. Robinson
tainted at lis feet.
CHAPTER IL.
Col. Bcrtel Hendriksen's regiment
was in many engagements. Where
glory's plumes shrivoled quickest, anc
hot shot plowed wide burrows in tn,
ranks of valiant men, its colors were
seen high advanced. AT Chickamauga
whom / op,-streot with his six divisions