The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-07-04
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cDoaf let Rss,so,Ts I said. I!o 3ht zsall
And we didn't. We continued cur work.

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IcLrpon,f let Hsso,gs I said. t:o sGt zla,a
-, And W. didn't. We continued our work.
-. 40 sAticel D" A1icei Alice" JILL"
re- w gave ittuipp!9 We Knew she would screech
tii we aame; sOwe WENT ii s3wo 2zuJ
SCENE and sit here with as and stop prowl-
ing around said Fan.
'77Y3s,qdo, echD&9d Yxhhee totthearss s9s7Aao
Il Mereswas nothing else to do; SO we sat
Idowi., . There eWsa but one seat for me- 1t
WAS q chair en- Q low flat sled used to push
the girls on the ice In winter. II. was placed
with itsbak to The water and ON the edge Of
the platfDrmL cd MU u!GIs iuot 8 a.3IJ
b Nlotyitbssap55ing the desire Of the party to
have us Join them, no sooner were we seated
tthan 'ffwpoo Of tthen Went Of 4tcsit elsewhere;
sth6H, Stfe others followed and others, till all
were gone.-WhaDstreek neas very singular
w~asfhattheFI tool them ehairs with them.
5TEaerg MAS 40 p.aes forme 70 sit except where
was sitting-on the sled chair.
My ooPpportanity HAD CINE. r deity led the
s1oh9zrsasfSf sato.s that s6bJeet which most
fintersstedtaesI 70 Ibegsn1 b. telng Alice how
when I first saw Der I adj. -
"Dont you smell smokeR" she Interrupted.
t@rNo, replied, Somewhat tmpatiently.
!iittAsithey very moment of our m~eeting,"I
sMas Saving, IA knsw9 that inyou ] had found
lsfhsfs IS 55aa4ftta hhy bbdfhti 431 powder ox near"
sAeitrsefraptea again; oq smell it" liz
.bsMeg care n~hstakerloaIg could smell pow
der, 4, any d could for ] hate it Alice"
I continued, after a brief pause-I took her
'fahd:H Rneww1 EoHvertss always take the iady's
nhand asAea1 they pscposeY SOL took Alice's-
! 5HHnay Inot hope that those pesthetic tastes
/ which I'VE shars, and. which can alone form
. 81 ~ tIoST 1ox,n - T,,ox oo,,,x
3,ttbo an'oM- 81 yBnI 5r2iIJ -3iSi Yell 80
sod had besnLsoara ttled9 by b explosions all
day tlIstI couldn't find ~angua to express
what l wanted to say.
"Alice," l commenced again, feeling a sud-
den swelling Of something in my bosom, my
i#AoIs speak to me-, iAlice-tell
nae that9TuiIEi91 ii a!IuI3, 4Iaiay.
n ! felt the chair fisa beneath me. I heard q
deafentng SOUND. I was tilted backward. I
sr6s5e a few feeSs III theenir:. My head described
aacircle, jarIdi then oaxasi suddenly doused in
/, gold water; ; and Alice, who had a moment
before felt the warm pressure of my hand,
= saw the solos Of ny Boots as | sank beneath
eiS RaHeoW yItiuC1 2t- In0G 1.-u;i:-
tobTkeA say droNnisg5people think of all the
sins they have, cpmA4itted. know, not how
this is, but /. d. 011now that while under
.3wwhter during that Uncomfortable ducking I
thought Of aylEthe SINS others had committed.
"Ithsthatcersed teutenant, that diabolical
:EEanIi, they had q .iberately placed powder
} UNDER the, sled beneath the chair to blow
The fireworks that were expected on that
,memoyabls? Fourth Of July evening did not
take place, But other fireworks that had not
been aptieipSteddd4iG, take place. The children
were .sent, to bed a physician was hastily
|, called 10 tt5eat Alica, whose nerves had received
ateTiRle Sh0ffkk,, Tie older people vowed that
they, nqstt hflnoYW who psrrpefrated the outrage.
Old lMlE Flint .stormed,, Mrs Flint cried.
Tom YpYed that he'd thrash the perpetrator
within an inch Of ibis life il he caught him.
A more uncomfortable Fourth Of July party
was never assembled under one roof.
/; The next morning Fan was packed Off to a
school where they took summer b~oarders,
sonlyito be expelled at the end of a month for
general g~cussedness. The lieutenant joined
his company In the western wilderness; was
wounded in a skirinish with the Indians and
/ was back in sixty days Alice nursed him.
It's absurd to suppose any woman can nurse
a young man, especially one who wears but
tons and Who has been shot In battle, with
aout being attracted to him. even ii, he is q
field, incfrnates: Alee-the gentle, meek
eyed Alice-feu in. love with the scapegrace
Who had assisted Fan to blow me up. When
4 returned from atrip Oh which I went soon
'9afteantha Fourth, j found q letter from AL
,ice, tItI anpopnced her engagement with the
lieutenant, who, "peor dear fellow" she said,
l s'hhs} suffered So much from bis wound"
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