The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-02-23

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thenen, ! hato EN- all. Tllen bedpnc1
away With the pale pink ribbons flyino
from the pink robe, and tho lads follow
her everywhere She read love stories
novel, shecall them, and they putstrange
thingsin in heg head.
"Sho Will net marry the lads n I'm
village, sho say, but some ricl man viii
come from the city and take her awav
ana !, her mother, will haze plenty of
beautiful dresses and a maid to wait IN.
on me. Then | seold her ana say that
do not want those Things ana She
must marry q ladthat shslil choose for
her Then she dance away. throwing
the roses Ut me, and the ribbons flutser.
ing everywhere, always ribbons and
flowers with my Mario, and when she
pass, the carlins iiair all tumblme
around her, there is always sweet per,
fume in THO air, You remember her
when she calno from the conYentY'
inod. Who wouldn't remember that
wild rose ri y girl, with the tlaintiest
foot poet ever rayed over, witb,a slen.
der, 1.-THE, ever dancing, little figure,
with her pretty gowns following every
movement, with her glorious merry
black eyes and the seashell pink on her
cheeks, Remember Mauep /, who had
'followedher floating ribbons, halpcked
UP the roses she Jet fall, had been as
crazy about her as eger was village ladl
Remember hers Yes, as one remembers
d sprlte, a fairy, y delicious dream. Ii
sigh as one sighs for departing youth.
These mad, happy days have nothing
to dowith me now, A moment ago-a
day ago--I was bored, cynical, blase, and
BOW | would give my life to be dancing
once more through the woods after
Marie--after flowers and stleamers and
a hoating gown catching on the wild
Fese bushes after Mariel II once more
the woods could seem as green, the sl;Y
as blue, a girl as fair as Mariel
80 che willnot marry, and by and by
a girl from the convent write Marie to
vlsiI WIN Eef AZ ller nome, and am
tired, and ! let Marie go. She stay one
Whoie year, and weary Tor her, and she
come nack. Wtlen see her, the tears
come in my eyes. She is pale and thin
anu 50 quiet teel Dreadful lask her
what the matter i, and she say, Moth
ing AZ all' but i her mother, know
letteE, ana watch and wait
uhe gay ietter come Tor her, and II |
is a man 3 handwriting on the envelope
MARIE take 1t and say nothing at all.
Ihen ieei pad, very pau that my little
gifi nave lover and that !, her mother,
kll9W l1l, not q II After q long time she
teii me MS name ~ Y Jean LEROY, and
sAe Knew hlnl Ut we mouse of ner friend,
anu pc teii iler no loYe iier, ana ask her
Y she ioVe mm--aitnough think IT not
fisht iiiat 10 not choose for her-and
sue sty sAe 40 IoE Know But one day
LEROY come and say;
Why you not write me, MaFieT and
sne say % nm tpat ! am hermother, and
ne pow o very low % me ana say
!aadaiie, rove your daushter, and
.wrlte anu ask her Wnen may come
her, and she donot answer me II all at
AZ and he stride very fierce ahon4 tbo
-oom, and Marie put her mead on nv I1Iy
and saw that she love me ber
mother. only, And he ask very ouiok,
",Why YOU saw you loyo MT and
Maria win not answer She iust n,,t
Ter hands ia l,et ears and will "a l;sta,
0 him. think she must be craay and
peak hard to her but she irst nm III
f the room Then he 90 awav mi sav
le will come back aeain that a,ef;na
then speak to Marie and she az fbaTa
] another man too and sha 5onot ,,no,,, e,
which she like better-tbat when ono ma of
hem is there that she like tIa otber
ne better-and II Is maxine bor rsIo
nd tbip rhan / on, 49,, - - III r;.lI
er and tell her il isyery wrono. tbar
he cannot love either of fben, i, I'll T.
you'd know, But she sav she tIirk ~
ill marry one of them Il sand | M taIl IT.. @
hat Mr. LEROY il con,;ng toni,ht ane ~
ne must say either yes or no to him, and y
le e.1,i say that VIII break her heart
wen, IN the evening strange gen
teli leman come--a very fair gentleman,
'lth pretty curly hair--and he ask to .