Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-11-11
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: this Hss.Iock Holtoy &! 81 =.
driver hers ase yoa ne q
! And Miss Comfort Dikeman, with her -
thrust ont Of the stage coach window, eysi
the lonely ravine with . glance of dilts S
She was = little, brown aced old lady, ~,
bombaxine dress Just the color.of her faiso.
front, . quilted silk hood edged with fur. .,
scarlet wooden scarfand an umbrella uhieh
might have come out of the ark ITSELF. o -
tique and ponderously fashioned was It. And
her spectacles glimmered IN the twilight q
the early winter evening like miaiatlEos
moons. 31slfs3 *::.s..Es<s s.:
81 ..eYes'm, = - the driver grufly answered
from his elevated station; "this sere's IL.
hollow, and here's tho road that leads up 70
Squire Ponsonby 4 that where yoa'ss
goin'." s* s.. . Z. S :ss
/ And be. drew rein opposite = grass grown
road, which wound its way into the woods,
"I s'pose they'll be down here, SOME ea
'en, to meet you, said he, a. he helped.
/ Miss Comfort Dikeman 10 terra TRINA. I'D
wait spell, eff 1awasn't behind with ~
Peckville mails, but z.ass
ooh, it isn't necessary at all, - said Mia1
Dikeman, looking rather furiously, and TAX
ing up her carpet bag and bundle. II can
soon walk there" '-s :. T. :. *.'4s.
1T is. a little lonesome, she thought, .,,bse
! it will be 50 nice to surprise Marian and
the girls e
| And she turned and began to trudge up the
hill with new resolution. - $3.50
ITS q long way" said Miss Comfort, dole
fully, to herself, but just then friendly red
star glowed through the network of bongi,s
the light from the crimson curtained win
dows Of the old Ponsonby mansion!
l. "Oh, mamma, I'm sure heard some oae
step on the plaza floor. And do hear Rover
barking! Mamma, do you think it's = hsr-
glar?" .s.: - So: @: .
'*Don't be . goose, child, !" said Mr.. Pos
sonby; but Fife could zee her mother1s
startled glance toward the window. ~
| Mamma, you're never going to open tie
door!" ~ little knock came to the paneb
without. Remember re ire all alone in
| the house. We may be robbed or murdered!
Oh, dear, dear, why did papa 20 away and
! leave ussall alone? Why didn't he at.lease
wait until the boys were home from colleee?''
and Efe Ponsonby chung hysterically tok4
mothers arm. .-.<.s
| fare they never coming to let me in:'
Miss Comfort Dikemap thought, with chat
tering teeth and nose dyed in ceruleAn bBne.
| 1--WE 4 great mind to peep in at the win
dows and see what they're all about"
ring the dinner bell, mamma" cried II
; fie. Patrick will be sure to hear. Para
said if anything happened we were to RIM
the dinner bell out of the back window:
Oh, run, mamma quick, please" ...
! Teas ready. said Miss Comfort, alresdy,
in her imagination, shifting the Chinese frA-
GRANGE. There goes the bell"
But when Mrs. Ponsonby came back, her
self nervous and alarmed, she found Eff1e IN
q state Of wild terror. t., ~..-.s ,.~x =. : -
mamma; mamma! it was ghostl" IL
shrieked, with a bloody mark upon IL
throat, and great livid eyesl ] saw it M.
self at that very window" 49, u =.
! 'Efie, I'm astonished at you,," said Mr..
! Pohsonby, trying to speak collectively. "a
I ghost, indeedl Hush, control yourself, Eta
! insist. Patrick will be here presently and
/ then" ~. %~ tsy.x s~'t4 T..
1Hush, mammal" and Ef6e held up her
plump fingers. "Oh, thank Providence her>
| he comes now" 'z
| And Miss Comfort Dikeman patiently
waiting with carpet bag and umbrella fos
some one to come and let her in, was nearly
! terrified out of her senses by heavy dep
/ rushing across the veranda and rough
hand on her bombazine cloak. " q: :
ITS Yourself, 10 it," painted Patrici.
"frightenin' the ladies' out O. their siyiz
senses, when the mashter amt at home.
But III teach yez." 49, >: = 81:
e."Rufian, nnhand mel""' tragically cried out
Miss Comfort, in her -dtmay; but Patriel
only pulled tho harder. -
Mike! Teddyl" he roared, cts the ouId
gypsy wife, that robbed the hen roostl
! night before last and took Biddy's wash Cd
the bushes. between daylight and dark.
Sure, don't / know the ugly mug Of herl
Come, boys; quick, an we'll shut her up u
! the ould corn crib till the mashter COMES
home to clap her into the jail, the best plaeG
for the loikes of her.. tt>; ~ "a ~
And before Miss Comfort could find breath
to demonstrate against this unheard-of cut
rage Patrick, with the jealous aid of tho two
halfgrown farm boys, had dragged be.
across the veranda, through dreary wall
and, into . tumble. down building, where the
twilight glimmered through innumerable
crevices and disused pig trough afforded
the only seat. .--. ...*-. -. il
"An' it's here yez are, as tight as trivet,
chuekled Pat, a. he drew grating bolt out
!, hide; "an here yezu stay till tomorrow
4 mornin'." IL, n .. .s.sE ss2sss S*
'svillains!" cried Miss Comfort, recoverin,
) her voice It last, chow dare you! Coml
back, 1say- come back. Pm your mistress
aunt" &c St. =...r 49, .sr& L. x.s.
You,rs Queen Victoria aunt and grand
! mother to the pope, for all know, jeered
Z the irreverent Pat, and away he went witt
his satellites, leaving our elderly heroine
J alone in the chill and darkness Of her prison