The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-07-04

The eyeLt3 or this story took place
some years ago, and if I told just wien
Iwould give data by which, with a mod
crate arithnetical equipment, the reader
could compute how old Laura really was,
but though I deDrecata her concealmen5
I like her too much to betray her. Size
was a brown eyed, auburn haired, gen
! tie, glorious beauty and the most. woIn-
anish woman I ever knew. She wanted
to be admired and loved by every thing
that breathea, and she made herself al
ways 1o7ab1o. People wondered, Of
course, that she hadn t married, but che
| Of her friends, q woman, said:
Laura never looked upon. marriage
as an achievement, but IS surrender.
She has faQnd It more If q career to be
belle than to 'r1arry, She ought to
change her views -GW, but she's ten
IL such . feed h572.tof being yonL5 and
beautiful a-= making c0n2EastB. don 6
know how size is ever going to syl2ze.l5to-
to ez-y one E111ess she gets q real Toraan-
TIC hero, and hoEg. S any man going to Be
Q hero thase dcys
Laura had not. seen the Waternans
for. years, and she set about making con
Guests anew Of them with her usual as
siduLty, and cha-acss-isoically she SEEM
ed 20 davsce IS mach ee59rt 70 The d-y
| dust coI11ed Il1aLaa.-ss TO her brother.
she SAT On her ovvl1 12zazzz with -lEalzls
one Eloal sewing, baca-se Emma
nevar a15 with her hands Idle, a1ld talk
ing kille-eyg Sac aSsc-s 81 her.
SELF with what she la-eW &b0-t kinder
garte,Gs v--l7-l she tried 3a--es>s .-terLlaa
stEol-e1 bE, a1s. Lzra Slated her a5si-
tue g plate poe IS he asc4d -
ssspsssE zEsssfsses peasiaizassoeazsse
and see ho7T yTsl $40 e11 he-a-ss sil,
and she s oe showing OF pretty
Eszt5 p 1 o q TIE e center a--e
ygas 7ToE.s Azaa L9o a5 her as 4
she were eaa2-a.E2 c sz1
ed a1elslT s5 se g5t u1, saying $40
rau25 - o a ara sca
her departure sE-eeT sac wished to
P-aae br5a 2 Zs- sld
g woman there Wa3 never any dou5t
which she most cared a1o1c
Waterman drew Up q chair and sat
down ~ her, and she yTea5 Gu hem stitch
ing and listening she arrays Listened
II the man -zotL-tl tax
Il had q letter from Dawson this
mccniag--JaclDaT yoa know h--sl,
don't you? He's coming oow11 tolaor-
row Says he's got TO set ont Of town
baiora the beastly Fourth. IL certain y Is
o necessity 20 escape al tn row. | up
pose the CHI 1oIe2f VIII have some ne
CRACKERS at TIE hotel, and Il tlley set too
noisy I'll run over here. May L.
q ways nave q little Fourth OF ny
own. 1t 1nigat be worse tan the c--ll-
dren's,. but | hope yoa'l tiy tae ex-
change. . Laura looked at Inn via iler
osrlal so1S slal1-e' ti4sa .(.fo5Iea E.7l fIldn-
PIE ana waterman h,,d 20 l-cK 70 Up lor
her, ana t-2e conversation t9o}k new
turn WHell ne pco0gLls L .5tscI sec On us
little niger ana expressing zleT2ftr'ilty
as to It's oelnS Dig enough Tor a--J grown
woman TO sew W-s1.
!" nen ne next saw En4nla sac SAD,
ISL t Laura A4SrloEEe the most smooth,
aecelt1al 3snllla. tang 10 me 2 goat
kipdeEsaEtans, and sak,ng SO mach care
OF her complexion all the Gl1Lle' and
Angling aIfer you.
s. Well, Emma, don't see anything
very damaging III your specific charges.
and "a sure theTe IS hoG much ground
Tor saying sac 8 angling aftef me. she q
nave 40 use fof me "nen she got me.
she s sweet TO everybody. You say that
yourself
shes got to the time now she
thinking about settling herself seriously,
for al she gets herself up to look SO
orr1a---yotilg for her age that is--and |