Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-03
ANA'S DOLL

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ftr as the facts relating to Anas uon 20
It /. entirely true 49,,
Ana was once IN the service Of friend
Of mine. and her present position hel
bonse and husband. are ~ ] represent
them. II have failed TO do Justice e
NV ono. n 4 20 the doll. whose beauty
gr.,t Judges declare to have been indie
scribable. Bat Ana had no doll when
This story ipgifs she wasa rosy checked
eirl with faxen hrIiis wound about hel
head. and big blue eyes that still seemed
s,arlnr at theworli with infantile aston.
iehnent She was but seventeen, but
even then bc,ro,hed to a certain young
Hans who bad placed himself with q
erocer--a youth as red checked, round
eyed and baby faced ~ Ana herself.
They were very fond Of each other and
very true 10 each other. but they had
prudent souls. and had sct before them.
sclves the fact that certain suin must
be saved before they married. II was a
comfortable sum. too. not 10 be made by
maid servant and n grooera clerk In q
hurry; but, a. Ana conhded TO her mis-
trees. "ven some peoples gets married
toge,ier, right awaycomes dose children.
and cos dem mnch money II Is better
dot dose peoples wait until dcy got dot
money onco already"
No one ever contradicted Ana or stroye
70 disuads her fron her purpose. II
Hans ever sald anything 10 anybody
which seemed unlikely, for he would at
long hours without speaking. even TO
Ana on Sunday evenings, when be al
ways went 10 sec hcr--hc was probably
encouraged In nj. economical intentions.
Al all cymts this honest pair Of German
lovers never sweryci from their object.
Every mouth they made deposit In a
savings bank. aud slowly the dimes
turned 10 dollars. aud the dollars TO
eagles, and the eagles became the sum
total OF the marriage portion-vcry
slowly. some swecthearts would have
fancied. but Hans and Ana possc1ei
their sonls with patience.
For years each Sunday afternoon saw
him arrive at the kitchen door Of Ana's
service place dressed In his best clothes !
and wearing rcd geranlum blossom In |
his buttonhole. Sometimes they went 10 /
church together hand In hand-wcre
they not bc,rothedi-and II any one
grinned neither Hans nor Ana was Of.
Tended. He bought her papers Of PIP.
perrnint drops aud sticky slabs OF taffy.
She knitted him red worstcd comforter,
and hlne nittcns. and yellow wris;lcts.
and sometimes they read their hymn
books and sometimes their bankbooks.
rejoicing when the money gathered IN.
lercst, until at last there came day
when Ana revealed to her mistress that
The money had been accumulated and
That the wedding was at hand.
Meanwhile Ana's chccks had faded
nd Ana's eyes wcr, not 20 blue. and
title Fuckers were 10 be seen at the cor.
'cn Of her mouth. aud certain pencil
Ines crossed her forehead. which had
cen as smooth rs ivory on her bctrothal
ny.
Hans, too. had changed from q round.
irly headed boy 10 y stocky man. with
bald spot on the top Of his head, and
9TH OF them had lost sundry teeth,
hich they were far too economical 10
ek 10 have replaced by dentist.
Still they were rs fond 81 each other ,
ever, and very happy In tho little
aine house, with u small garden about
which they bought and furnished ,
ON their savings. Hans was also prom. l
ID partnership In the grocery. aud Il
eincd as though their good angels had .
oked favorahly upon theae humble and
nest lovers Their house shone with u
sanlince. In their little parlor were @
o brightest carpet. the whiiest eur.
ins and tho most highly colored ~.
1ous pictures TO h. bought. A clock 4
In Swiss cottage OF carved wood h
'ked away between q Gernan china
cpherd and shepherdess. There was an a
intoiro In which tho hankbooks were "
'ked up, and tho usual number II b
airs aud table, alo an enlarged photo. b
aph Of Hans and Ana, hand In hand. q
zen in their early counting days. sa- e
ID indeed was this apartment, but the
ier rooms were just as tidy, and for Il
r ", ana ssoinru perfectly happy. u
ihe,e came a'iine' however. whom she "
''nen 70 her ia'e mistress to have II
lwn grayer-to BE- anxious about some. Ia
ng. She sighed. and when questioned
sw.red; n
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