The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-09
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!: Making NaIette Happy. J:
= BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. .
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THE first time he saw her he was ten
L years old and she two. Her par
ents had taken possession of the house
next door to his own home only be
previous week. 1t was warm May
afternoon and he was coming home
4 from school with his books strapped
over his shoulder when the shrll
scream of child fell on his ear,
scream full of angry pain and rebel
lious grief. He turned in the oircc-
ton of the sound, and saw vision of
& childish loveliness-a tangle of golden
hair, two great eyes swimming in
tears Ike pansies plucked from their
stems and tossed into a bowl of water,
purssd up spot of crimson where the
mouth should be. and two doubled
fists, the size of pink rosebuds, beat
ing the air. while the small feet
stamped in violent rage. With the
screams of the child had mingled tn
wall of eat and the voice of n
woman in cap and apron, who up
peared to be the chld's nurse.
mo no. Nanette must not pull the
I poor kitty's tail, it is very naughty"
said the woman, at hurts the pussy
and makes her sick" lust then the
cat in questio srrarg on the garden
fence ready 10 Lal.v $ escape into
the street. ana his anr8 nLtnl thg
grief of the small maiden to the ut
most limit. She threw her pretty
body on the ground and beat the
earth with her tiny heels, shriekjng
at the top of her voice: Il wants thy
tat wants tity-tat." The sight of
the beautiful babes grief was too
much for Master Albert Orton's ten
der heart. lie sprang forward and
! seized the unsuspecting eat in his
arms, leaped the garden fence like a
young deer, and kneeling by Nanette
he said soothingly: Here, baby, here
is the kitten for you. Don't cry, don't
cry any more Albert will hold the
kitty while you play with it."
Nanette's heels ceased their ANGRY
vibration, and she looked up through
her tangle of curls and smiled ador-
ably, while a ripple of laughter re-
placed the walls of agony. She sat
up and stroked and mauled the poor
cat with her rose-leaf hands. saying
in a cooling voice: pity tity-tat-
doOd little boy-Nanette like dood
4 little boy-Nanette hate bad nurse"
This last with a contemptuous glance
at the disconnected woman who stood
near watching the proceedings with
doubtful eyes.
After that Albert and Nanette Were
the greatest friends Imaginable lie
FASTENED home from school TO play
with her, and there was no sacrifice
on his part too great TO make for the
qualification of the small damsel's
least whim. She might pound rock
with his slate. toss his marbles into
the well to hear them "chuck" against
the water, mix mud pies in his Sun
day hat, break his hoop and lose his
bat, and there was never a word of
complaint from his lips. To make
Nanette happy was his chief desire
She w" mos Destructive ghnd
and s. led never content until she
had rninad every toy she touched,
whe har her oWn or another's. "a a
cons uence she was most unpopular
with The children of her own are:
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things destroyed, and rs years passed
by and Nanette grew more imperions
and destructive. she chung more and
more to Albert as companion md
playmate, because he alone allowed
her to have and do whatever she de
sired.
Nanctte was eight and Albert 16
when he was sent away to college
She wapt 50 violently at the s. para
ton hat NE,e2t would have rein-
quis I t. -rnier' of acquiring an
education had he been his own master
Nine years elapsed before they met
again. Nanette's father died and her
mother took her abroad to be elu-
Gated in a convent, and then there was
year of travel about the continent
During this time Nanette was thrown
with party of American people, and
became engaged to Sylvester Gamer
on, young man of fine family and
fortune. Perhaps the evident desire
on Mrs. Sylvester,s part that her son
should devote himself to a certain
Miss Dos IN the party was one great
cause IL Fastening Nanette's betroth-
al. Mi $ Doris was "A very sweet girl
sensiblN and earnest, and, although
a depeLG2nt upon rich relatives, Mrs.
Sylvestcr's mother eyes read the wom-
an heart in her breast and knew that
she possessed all the requisites for
gocd wife.
Pvt Nanette's witching face and ap-
pealiag eyes carried the day. and
Mrs. Sylvester gave her blessing with
a stifed sigh
Meanwhile Nanettc's mother stipu-
lated that the marriage should not
take pace until a year had pass d.
They returned to their American
home to prepare for the occasion, and
found Albert Orton back from col
lege, settled in the practice of law
and winni"" laurels avs an orator.
Before ne right occasion seemed
to present itSg.f in which to inform
the young man of Nanette's approach