New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-10-01
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tionary put against solid cash and
intrinsic Worth?'
intrinsic worth is good. Aunt Sa-
mantha," said Mahala; then sudden
ly she broke down and began to cry.
YOU'RE forgotten all about Dam
iel,' said she. Everyone has ior-
gotten him but me"
"No, DEAR haven t,but he is dead, ;"
said Miss Samantha. ''They were
all lost, you know; everyone went
down with the ship. Daniel, why [
get, but you know he is dead
'My love for him is not" said Ma
hala. I can never care for anyone
| else"
Dear mel sighed Aunt Samantha.
"Well, I never had a sweetheart; per-
haps there are things I don't know
about, but then, why not Samuel
Jefferson as we'll as any other MANI"
'Well, I've a month for thinking OF
it," said Mahala. She left the chair
and caught up a hat and walked out
into the twilight. 1T was summer,
but at that time there were few Wis
itots from the city, the children had
been called in to supper Or to bed.
She walked on until she came to the
shore, whence she could see the water.
the islands. the wreck of an old
whaler, rising black against the blue
gray sky, and the lighthouse on San
katy Head, where the lamps had Just
begun to glow How often had she
walked here leaning on her lovers
arm, what dreams they had had of
the days when he should be captain
and she the captains wife. All
those sweet hopes, all that tender
love, had been swallowed by the
pillows when the Sally Jane, of ST.
aseonsent, went down with all on
board.
"Oh. DAN, my dear, dead darling
the girl moaned to herself. and turn
ed and saw Samuel Jefferson behind
her.
He made haste to reach her side
and hold out his hand. He was old,
but sturdy, shock of iron gray hair
covered his head and his face lay I'M
der it, red with wind and weather,
but still a fine face.
"Evenin', Mahaly,'' he said. :sI'm
real glad fur co seeyou-how be you?"
He spoke even less grammaticalIy
than he wrote, yet his speech produce
ed u better effect than his letters; it
seemed to be from choice that he used
the words he uttered. not from igno-
rance.
You got myletter, he said. 'Take
your time-take your time. I
wouldn't hev no answer yet eff you
was ready with it. It's u pretty
night. isn't it? The light looks good
out there
Yes" said Mahala, she had laugh
ed at his letter. bnt she could not
laugh at him, lit is all very charm
ing"
S'Thc spot you stand on is the pref
tiest," said the old man. you've
been crying, Mahaly."
YES" she answered eve been
thinking Of Daniel-Daniel Dane,
was to marry him when he came
back.
Il remember-lost in the Sally Jane
of Siasconset,' said old Jefferson.
$50 you was a tllinkin' of him"
II never can forget him or cease to
love him." said Mahala. She stood
still and looked out toward the light
as she spoke. and old Jefferson took
| her hand and drew it through his
arm.
II don't ask you should" said he.
sSYou don't expect I've forgot Pa
thence Sperry, do you? She and me
married forty years ago. married
Rosanna Carrick after she was gone,
| but l don't forgit, | dunno how
things is fixed in heaven. but shill
look for Patience eff it's fixed so / kin.
/ want you to be good to me and me
be good to you, and shall be proud
ofyou and pet you like you was a
little lamb; but I don't expect them
feelings [ had for Patience to come
back, no more than you expect them.
you had for Dan'l to come Other
things die as well as folks, my dar-
ter
For the first time Mahal;, felt that
there was something in this old mans
soul akin to hers. She looked up in
to his face, he stopped and kissed
her on the forehead, and she said:
Il will marry you, Mr.. Jefferson,
and will try to make you happy.
An hour after he left her at the door
Of her cottage, and she entered and
closed the door before she spoke.
You shall have the corner room,
Aunt Samantha, she said. .'and YOU
can see both streets from the win
dow, you know,
You've accepted him them" cried
Miss Samantha. did you writer"
II met him." said Mahala. Are
you pleased?''
81 am tickled to death, !" said Miss
Samantha. Then Mahala took the
blue letter from the table and folded
it up with the yellow envelope and.
lifted off the lid OF the small stove
and dropped the little package upon
the Goals.
God bless us ALL" she said. Let
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