New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-06-25
WON BLOSSOMS NIECE.
a Local Romance Told by a Boy in a
Single Chapter.
1nomas and His Wife go to Chicago and the
Custodian of the Property Makes Love to
Their Pretty Relative orney's Little
LETTER


Blossom sailed forth for visit to
chicago. They consigned their house
mold goods to the guardianship of
their niece, Nell johnson, assisted by
their youthful son, Corney. Mrs.
Blossom left many admonitions rela-
tive to locking up the silver and the
front door, but she said:
81 should feel a little safer.
Thomas, if there was a. man in the
house nights, on account of burglars.
you Know
so MIR. Blossom asked young Mr..
Smith, who roomed at the Hawkinses
across the way, if he would have any
objections to coming over and staying
nights, to protect the house.
Mr. Smith said: 'sNot the slight
est and added that they need have
no further anxiety; he'd see that every
thing was safe. -
He appeared on the scene promptly
at s o'clock the first evening, with a.
revolver, box OF candy and a COPY
of 'Lucile.':
Nell screamed at sight of the revol-
yer, and vowed she wouldn't have the
horrid thing in the house, and two
minutes later she was making Mr..
Smith promise that he would certainly
teach her to shoot before he left.
The Blossoms had been gone two
weeks when Mrs. Blossom wrote to
Nell, saying she hoped they were get
ting on nicely at home, for she and
Mr.. Blossom had decided to stay an
other week and visit Mr.. Blossoms
uncle, Elisha Blossom, on the South
Side.
She received a reply by return mail
from Nell, saying not to hurry home
on her account Everything was do
ing splendidly, and they could stay
just as long as they wanted to. She
received also lengthy epistle from
'Corney, which spoke for itself. 1t
was written On Nelrs best English
note paper, of which it occupied elev-
en- sheets, and ran as follows:
DEAR NAL take my pen in hand to
write to you, as I haven't anything else to
do at present. Leander Hawkins and
Charlie Mittenthal have gone fishing. I
wanted to go, too, but I couldn't because
I've got cold, and Nell said she didn't
want me to get sick and die till you got
home. So Pm laying in the house.
This Is NelPs paper I'm writing on. I
used mine all up writing my composition.
Had to it write over four times because the
teacher kicked att. Nell wrote it the last
time.
''Nell and I are having lots of fun keep
ing house. We've had mince pie for sup
per three nights running and ice cream
for dinner twice. Smith Was here to din
ner Sunday. Nell put on the best dishes
all on his account. He didn't care for any
pie, so Nell gave me his piece like Smith
better than [ used to-. He buys chocolate
drops by the box. Leander and 7 have got
the best joke on Nell and Smith Leander
said I'musn't tell. but you needn't give it
away, you know, unless to pa, if you want
to.
''4 gu see how 1t was. The other night
Leander came over to my house to study
our geography together. We went into the
library SOS nobody wouldn't disturb US.
and Leander lighted the gas with a match
and 1 pulled the curtains together.
That amt what you call lem, but I can't
spell it; you know what mean-the things
between the parlor and library. We
pulled the blue sofa. Gloss up to the cur.
tains, and we was having lots of fun plav-
ing that we was going round the world in
seventy days, like Nellie BLY, did, and that
we was shipWrecked on desert isla nd.
with nothing to eat but peanuts and gin
ger-snaps, (D7sdemona gave us the ginger
snaps if we'd keep out of the kitchen).
when we heard some body coming into the
parlor. And Leander said: 'Let,s keen
still and see who it ISL
''And we peeked through the curtains.
and it was Mr.. Smith. He looked all
around to see If there was any body there,
and when thers wasn't he went over to the
looking-glass and looked at himself and
twisted his mustache. Then he walked up
and down and talked to himself real kind
OF queer and at last he sat down ON the red
chair with the lace tidy.
I'VE was just going to pretend that he
was South Sea cannibals preparing to
attack US when Nell came rushing in. She
seemed awfully surprised to see Smith, and
said:
""Why, Mr.. Smith, how you startled me.
''Atth It he jumps UP and says: Nellie
just as solemn, like he felt bad about some
thing. And Nell, for wonder, she didn't
say anything. Then he got hold of Nell's
hands, and talked right off, just like our
minister does, as if he was speaking piece.
'''Nellie, he said, you must long ere this
have preceived my. feelings toward you
It is vain for me longer to dissemble. /
adore you with all the ardor of my being.
Oh, spurn not my suit. You are the guild
ing star of my existence!'
land a lot more that I can't remember.
but it sounded awful smart. didn't think
Smith knew so much He kept holding on
to Nells hands all the time, and she tried,
but she couldn't make him let go. was
going out to help her, but Leander held me
back. And all of g sudden Smith put his
arm around Nell, and before you could say
Jack Robinson, he was kissing her, for all
there was in him, and she didn't say a
word, just kept perfectly still 1 said /:
well, I'll be blowed!' But Leander said
they were making love, like they did at