River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28

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A. ache ! dom.
Pr see any especial
- reason why
Young man Of
good moral character and temperate
habits. who takes eight hours sleep
seven nights in the week should have
n headache. hut I did. IL was one of
those popping kinds Of headaches that
make one feel Is II his lungs had gone
To his head and they were trying 10 ex-
pand there about four diamcterS. at in
tervals 81 q minute. believe they
call them nervous headaches. hut
fancy they wouldn't be any more
agreeable ny any other name Then
WY heart was Is heavy aS lead. and
once or twice a. ! walked along
really feared IL was going To pull loose
from its fastcniugs aud drop down
upon my duOfenum. ~ whatever IL l.
that the doctors tell us X concealed in
our persons in that EeighborhOod- Pos
sibly il was the heavy heart that gave
Ine the headache. But M. recall
now that I was going II sec Kitty. the
one girl in the whole world that made
ii any kind 81 a world for me. and we
had had a slight misunderstanding. II
wasn't the head that gave me the
heart ache: il was the heart that gave
ha hssN-afr.. I H..lS..-. I ~
] took eight hours sleep seven nights
in the week. At this point wish to
modify that statement In the week
past, had done - only six nights. for
the night before the day on which !
was on my way q see Kitty we had
disagreed with each other I don't
think slept ~ ala
was going noW tn SO the Young
woman and settle the matter finally.
and though was promising young
lawyer ready o. make case for any
body else. I had no papers in this
case. and was going lpty-haudcd.
didn't even have 81 much as my brief
with me
AT the d"o~ Mrs. Nilthy Mrs Milt-
by is KIity-s mother and most cx-
AANAuA anu AlNffAaAt-ll 0ffAaA mt INC
and on the instant started back i'm
Amusement
Why. John she always called me
John, for She had known me since
was a mere baby why John. she
exclaimed. whatever j. the matter
with YOU Nou look like You were go
ing to- have bad spell
-'Oh. that will bc all right in a day
or 50, replied cvasiveIy Il have q
severe headache. i Your daughter at
home?"
'Nou mean Kitty she asked in sur
prise
''Of course. said I. ~You haven't
any other daughter. have you?- and
made believe {" smile.
'Oh. didn't know she stammcrcd.
Didn't know WHAT and tried To
smile again. Didn't know whether
you had another daughter or not:''
Why, To bc certainly ! know that.
Why. how queer you de- talk She rat
tied ON half Historically. and laughing
one Of those creepy kind cf laughs one
dreams IF when hc hasn't eaten the
right thing for supper. Are are-yo u
quite sure. John. She broke out cX-
citedly. that that headache hasn't
gone 10 your head2-
1t was cruel 10 tease her. and with a
supreme effort | talked nationally To
her for few minutes they seemed
like hours 10 mc-and then She said
she would 60 and tell Kitty.
A. for myself. went into the little
parlor and waited. How sweet and
= l.. 4 4
stone on gold setting I felt. Every
thing was as had seen il - often the
picture Of her grandpa over the cot
tsge piano; the frame i'm which my pie
ture had been for 50 many months.
hut empty now. ON the corner of the
mantcl; the large photograph Of Saint
Cecilia looking hcavcnward- n we had
~ often told each other we always felt
When we were together. the two big
friendly chairs inviting each other To
come nearer. which we always sat in
when ! first came in the evening and
the snug little sofa in the corner that
WAS always INV point Of departure
when I told hcr good night. and went
my way back - INV own cherries
apartments in homeless boarding
house. loo;Scsl az them all and as
the drowning man secs all His sins he
fore him. ~ did sce all these things
twice over and multiplied by the thou
sand a. the greatest blessing, e my
life Then ! shut my eyes I couldn't
help IT, Ny head felt a. II "a dozen
sets of lung had got into IL and were
doing expansion turns for a prize.
opened my ewes suddenly at the
sound " a voirc.
Mother told me Won wished Ia see
me. Il said. - chilly aS II it had been
left ont over night IN the frost.
oh Xxi began. ~ stood MP he
fore her II .e- your pardon. con-
tiuucd. -'y3ur mother was quite right.
] lii wish To see YOU
II can -ca-ccly understand why
she went on after What ucc-, rred last
nign. >tii'. yuU may hc able to cN-
plain ard I ann willing a. listen. At
least fur a Jew minutes have an
euga - meat. Sic added. with the
faiutcst iSind 81 ~mIi,.
II wa> such "a .liSerapl- mean little
smile. thought hat IL was ashamed
to she itself openly
"ls don irJ me detsin you. ! ;.ied
10 say. with biting sarcasm. Int .Llv
hit my tongue in saying IL
= shall not She rep led. when
am ready IL go I viii let you know.
Pray n seated, and She waved me u
my chair again. taking one of our-
''CIr. think Of hs;-big chairs and
nesting down in 1t - cozily that
wanted T. throw a buC < at ner.
/ really wanted L. throw myself At
her. but had never dared do that and
this was scarcely IN appropriate time
TO begin
II presume" said. ''ycur engage
ment i with that Mr.. Eilmcr and my
presence here Is an intrusion
Hilmer had b,ru the cause If the
trouble the night before. and kilmer
was such good fellow generally that
l couldn't help but wish that he had
died sever .ir> before with the chol-
era or some az the other epidemies
which visit our shores and carry away
81 many excellent people
oh. no" She said no intrusion at
all. At least. not yet lie was here