River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-28

tainly fell of interest had tried by
frequent letters to hint and suggest
that the boy was very manly in his
ideas, IL he was small ia person, and
that the patriotic loyalty and independ-
ence manifested at every turn should
be fostered instead of repressed. In
fact, before the end of our journey
had determined TO make him my heir,
or at least concluded that as the last
of our family he was most entitled to
its grandeur and riches" but ] heart
lily approved of allowing him to be-
come "a self-made man"-''an Ameri-
can gentleman"-in his own stout.
brave way The public school was
good enough for him and association
with other boys of good record seemed
to me to be the proper thing.
Slowly and one by one / had deli
cately put these ideas into two rather
shallow heads Of / may be permitted
to call them sol, and i was not quite
prepared for the kind of reception we
received
Being as ] was the head of the
Devereaux family, and having come
into possession of the family fortune, l
am sorry TO say / was counted by Endi'
colts mother and father as almost too
great and good for human natures
daily food The dinner was a ban
quet, served on china with the family
monogram in gilt and colors. The room
was decorated with six large family
coats-of-arms; the chair / sat in had an
earl's coronet embroidered on the tidy;
and-alas for such Extravaganza
footman in livery and a butler in even
ing suit had been hired for the occasion.
The conversation was constantly led to
the historic glories of our ancestors,
and both my cousin and her husband
seemed to have reached the apex of
earthly pride when I formally an
nounced my desire to educate their son
with view to his future prospects.
Great was the Adjustment, however,
when / declared that his fortunes
would depend upon their common sense;
and his exclamation. as he stood way-
| ing his hand about the room: You will
have to cut all thisr' nearly reduced
his mother TO tears.
But in time better counsels prevailed.
and to-day / have Just made up party
to do the mountains once more. This
time my cousin and her husband, with
their son, will be my guests Endicott
| is now ''golng on" seventeen. He is
tall, 1.-THE, athletic and manly. He can
play baseball, swim, row, play tennis,
ride safety" and study like a house
afire." He takes ten-mile walks with
me and talks of hard work at some
good trade, which he declares is the
best standby boy can have in life.
lie has won the regard and admiration
of the boys in this town, and the girls
certainly no longer pity him, while my
bachelor heart, with its feeling of
lonliness, seems full of new cheerful
ness. too, which always seems to come
flooding in when hear the boys mer-
ry laugh.
keep the curls. They are treasured
by me in n small carved ivory box.
Why? Well. Endicott's Aunt Edith,
his fathers sister, was that root of
love which has grown with my growth
and branched into every fiber of my
being. She went away in her beauty
when only eighteen-and her curls-her
curls were exactly like his. / know.
for l have worn one next my heart for
all these years.-Cora l.. Daniels, in
Springfield, Mas Republican.