Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-24

r,, Jeminla p1lo h"oo
SS tho oatelatch click. She knew
aG ~ ,r hrother was bringing in the
o., NV and as he entered the room, she
pl' lower on over her work, her crochet
MI, y. flow faster and she coughed a
T a. oougb But she did not look
p, knew without looking, that her
, III, brought in a pile of valentines
V u, hand. and that when presently
- should have finished distributing
s.r to his eager sons and daughters,
a wv. and nieces, he would come
ND bring one to her-or else? He
snld not do this last. 1t was this
,,,d that brought the crimson spots
her cheeks.
\ there was one for her he would
,.nontly come, and, leaning over her
sorlder he would say, as he dropped
,,on her lap the larger, handsomer
ma than all the others; "This looks
nightly suspicious, Sis Minnie" or.
we'll have to find out about this, or
n,vbe as he presented it, he would
mrartIv shield her by addressing him
off 10 the younger crowd after this
hshOn:
oEf I had a lot O. boys and girls,
M couldn't get bigger valentine from
Al nv sweethearts an beaux than my
A. suntie can set still at home an git,
ybv I'd quit tryin'-that's what l
VOuld"
There was always a tenderness in
he brothers. manner when he handed
bis sister her valentine. He had
Wrought her one each year for seven
Years, now, and after The first time,
when he had seen the look of pain and
Bnfuson that had followed his playful
aasing as he had presented it, he had
lever more than relieved the moment
By passing jest.
The regular coming of aunt Jemi-
4 mas valentine" was mystery in the
hOusehold.
It had been thirteen years since she
. had Quarreled with Eli Taylor, her
TeT, and they parted in anger, ever
10 meet again. Since then she had
stayed at home and quietly grown old.
Fourteen years ago she had been in
! The flush Of this, her only romance, and
st. Valentines day had brought a
Eeat thick envelope, in which lay,
Migrant with perfume, a gorgeous val
milne. Upon this was painted, after
be old Dresden china pattern, a beau
all lady, with slender waist and cork
&eV curls, standing beside a tall
2yalier, who dotted his hat to her as
A presented the card that bore her
lame, so finely and beautifully written
aat only very young eyes could read
y unaided.
By lifting this card, one might read
aP printed rhyme beneath-the rhyme
20 tender and loving that it needed
only the inscription of name on the
zap above it to make it all-sufficient in
FNOnal application to even the most
hStdious.
his gorgeous affair was so artfully
instructed that by drawing it's pic
Ned front forward it could be made
stand alone, when there appeared
fountain in the background, and a
Rlllant peacock with argus-eyed tail.
great rose on a tiny bush and a
resent moon. The oldest children
ID been very small when this resplen-
Sat confection had come into their
0ne' Some of them had not been
Qn, but they had all grown up in the
aOWedge of it.
here had been times in the tender
Enories of all of them when aunt
lne' had locked her door, and be-
use they had been very good, let
EN- take a little peep at her beautiful
aentine, which she kept carefully
sked away in her bureau drawer.
They had on occasions been allowed
wash their hands and hold it-just
minute.
had always been a thing to wonder
Yer, and once-but this was the year
came-when her sky seemed as rosy
the ribbon about her waist-Miss
snlma had stood it up on the whatnot
'ne parlor when the church sociable
w at her brothers house, and every
Wy IN town had seen it, while for her
made the whole corner of the room
faithful.
out the quarrel had soon followed
"'lSh lovers quarrel-Eli had gone
way in anger-and that had been the
oSputes over trifles are the hardest
~, Aend, each party finding it so diff
IVY 10 forgive the other for being
~sIy Tor so slight cause.
n euu SO the years had passed.
s,.' ~ Ten long years the beautiful val
~ ale mad lain carefully put away. For
,...; EARS Jemima had looked at it with
Aos 'eSS eyes and a hardened heart.
sr.I 'neh came the memorable first an-
0sary when the children of the
na uoiu began to celebrate the day,
sfs'' Iuy comic pictured pages began
has IN from their school sweet
On vs. The realization of the new