The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-01
The. ! Old Hall,

Inc Q0fent0 or the child sat
Ssfth their guests In q spacious hall
among them the grandmother Of the
ehild's father. The others were all
near relatives, young and old, but the
grandmother was generation older
than the Oldest The babe had been
eAEistened Barbara after her. But
she had also received q finer name, for
Barbara alone sounded altogether too
-fashioned for the pretty little
thing. Nevertheless, she was to be
called by this name. So both parents
-decreed, in spite Of all the objections
which their friends brought against It.
hut the old grandmother never sus-
pectcd that the utility OF her long
cherished name had been brought into
question.
The clergyman, after discharging his
Office to the family circle, had gone his
way = short time before, and now oil
the dearly loved and oft-repeated
otnries were brought forth and retold,
though not BY any means for the last
dime. First Of all, the delightful and
merry stories Of childhood were told.
When no one else knew them, the
grandmother could repeat them. Her
(. own childish days lay so many years
"A the past that any one who could
nave told them, save she herself, must
indeed nave Tar exceeded the age Of
allotted to man. Amid such conversa-
don the twilight had come on. The
1aA fronted the west, and q red light
atreamed through the window upon
the plaster roses of the stucco work
which adorned the wall. Then 1t. too.
'fAded. From the distance a dull. mo.
00m0On3 murmuf made itself audible
In the stiffness. Some of the guests
listc..ed.
That is the sea-" said the young
wife.
Yes said the grandmother, 81 have
hes-m 1t often. 1t has been so these
-msny years"
Then no one spoke again. In the
sSt0ne court outside before the window
4gtood q tall linden, and one could hear
tie spar1ows settling in their nests
among the branches. The host had
taken the hand Of his wife, who sat by
his side, and his eyes were directed to-
ward the intricate antique stucco cell
ing.
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