Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-02
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where's Dorothy?" said a bright lit
tie fellow. "Hve been to the mail and
have letter for her."
"oh, she's in her studio, drawing Or
engraving or something. She's always
aisy" answered the mother pleasantly,
adding, when you come back I'll have
Il hag of cookies ready for you"
THANK you. Can't 1 take them now?"
said the boy, eagerly.
"No, / don't like to have crumbs scat
tered over the house, and SO I always
give my cookies to boys who ale willing
to cat out Of DOORS"
@They are so nice. Most any boy
would do that, Mrs. Porter" said the
little fellow, as he ran away, quite I'M
conscious that his petite little speech
had earned for him an extra supply of
cookies.
Now as we can't eat Mrs. Porter's
goodies, we will go with Berthe to the
studio.
Good morning, Bertie.".
Here's letter for you, Dorothy"
Thank you, you are very kind to go
TO the office so often for me-"
The boy looked little abashed, felt
q great desire to whistle, then thought
he wouldn't, and as Dorothy tore open
The letter he remembered the cookies
sand disappeared.
Dorothy is busy, and we will glance
at the studio. Every studio is artistic.
SO we suppose this one is. In an i'm
anense jar the mullen rears it's esthetic
1acaa. I hope you all know why null
.leins have become artistic. It's because
when you go to the place where you
know the cat-tails are, they are always
gone.
70 continue our description. Near
by is vase (you can pronounce that
word any way you please now the cot
son blooms nod their greeting, and just
above them the feathered clematis tells
of early Fall. There are pictures and
tools scattered everywhere and neutral
tints subdue the gorgeous reds and yell
lows, which win alike the admiration Of
the artist and the darkey. I suppose
you know now just how that room
looked and what Is the use of my telling
you any more?
Dorothy hasn't paid the least atten-
zion to you and me, and suddenly she
laughs, laugh that is all fun When
Dorothy has only Dorothy for company,
that's the kind Of a laugh she always
laughs, and that's the kind I like to
hear. Now am going to tell you about
that letter, and why Dorothy is so
amused. .--.s-.,.,
ssf the first place you must know that
Dorothy is very uncommon girl, and
belongs to remarkable family, and
ftjlls man who has been writing to her
tfor OF course you haven't been simple
enough not to suspect it was NAM be-
longs to another branch of the same
.sannly, and Dorothy thinks he must be
very remarkable, although she has
never seen him. He has written to her
tive or six times asking questions about
her ancestors; he says he is going to
write a book about the family, and per-
haps he is. I don't know as much about
him as I do about Dorothy. His letters
have been very business-like, with a
CLEAN Of fun once in while. This one
says:
Feb. II. 1888.
DEAR MISS PoRTER:-Please send the
date of your grandfather's death; also the
date OF your great grandmother marriage.
I have mislaid the inscriptions on the tomb
stones of the Pepperill branch: can you
send copy of them to nle2
Yours truly.
"R P. HUTTON.
p. S.-You might consider this valen-
tine. R.P.H."
Dorothy goes to an old-fashioned
secretary, and with smile lighting up
every feature, writes:
DEAR Mr.. HuTroN:-Anow me to thank
you for your poetic and tender epistle. !
would not mention for the world that it was
written some days after st. Valentine makes
iais annual visit. would simply endeavor