The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-03-08
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Their First Trouble
7 BY Gertrude Smith. !
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IT HERE come those dear children
over TO see me. Hold up your
skirts, Althea. You ought to have
gone around by the road this we,
morning"
"Niifred insisted on coming this
way Althea answered. laughing.
81 love to come by the zg-zag mead
ow path over to Aunt Roey's." said
the young man, and taking of his nat,
he made low bow to the little wom-
an standing in the doorway.
"Of all the happy ones I ever saw. I
do believe you two are the happiest,"
said Aunt Roey, looking down at them
with shining eyes
We've come over TO breakfast" said
Althea.
80 have you? That is nice. 1 can
give you strawberries and cream and
toast and some of Toodle's eggs"
Dear little Tood doesn't know
what a blessing she is" laughed VIII /
fred.
"If she doesn't, it isn't because Aunt
Roey hasn't told her" said Althea.
"She talks to everything about the
place. Why, she even talks to the
clocki"
There. there. Althea. Don't tell all
my fooIishness, TAX Wifred on into
the front room, and III cal you in
few minutes"
When the two were alone in the
long, sunny parior Wifred took Al
thea's hand and led her to the piano.
1t had been bought by Aunt Roey as
special inducement TO the young peo-
pie who lived across the meadow.
Since Althea's engagement to Wilfred
Brayton the instrument had brought
the little lady pleasure she had
never hoped for. !
Althea turned on the music stool
md looked up at him as the song I
,ame TO an end.
20, long to have mother and the $
'irls and Aunt Roey hear you sing in
J hall, as I did last winter. They "
Iaven't really heard you yet you s
now" ]
ut wouldn't mean so much to them -
s hearing me here, dear" Wilfred an
wered, kissing her. 81 sing only sim z
le music here, because / am singing ''
or their pleasure. You understand
ne other, but they do not" W
THAT is just why love YOU" said h'
lthea, with emphasis. you never
ave tried to impress them one bit OF
ith your importance"
81 have no Importance 10 impress
em with, Althea.' nllfred answered, TO
ughing. "There was a time when a Oh
an who sang as well as | do would
I've been known the continent over. as
It now there are many who sing as co
sll, and who live as well on the in
me Of their talent as we shall live. yo
Id there was a time. and not long WI
o, when it would have been impossl-
2 to have found girl like Althea an
nthrop in the wilds Of northern we
chigan." Sht
% well, I've not always lived right "
re. I've been away to school," said oul
hea. Wit,
breakfast is ready" said Aunt d.
ey opening the door "Such a treat Tn
you have been giving me, dear yor
Now, isn't that fine? No one but W.,
mother ever called me dear boy.'" Won
| came into this house 30 years ago dow
he same dream of happiness you two let
now in. Ny story IS told and bac
RS has just begun Sometimes I 81
TX If young people could have plea
Ie trial come 10 them along with "'
II first happiness they would be thin
niger to meet what may come to ID,
N after; but I don't know" derl
\ trial has come 10 us i'm our FIRST 81
piness. Aunt Roey." said the young tess.
. AT least / feel it almost more S.
trial than | can 90 through. Al H. ST
is very brave. She seems to think 0 n