Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-07-12

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9 =, few -: moments more the youth
#gazed silently upon MS mot her, and
then = ne ;, answered. !ls'' ',f'l' i, .
! al thls tnought mas been Of one ne
sPerson-o1 kosallnd AIDA. 81.
Cl laue3s, 8 NeVel started as she
nearo ina, tnat Name ana TOE the while
the color 1orsook s her cheeks.
i, y nat, my gear ooy, what Of her.
nave you tnougn1 I! sne asked trem-
" ulo 9l3Sl; -s.,
s. what but out TOT one, thing could !
!, think IL, my mothers ! GU have seen
Sher $! s! 81. 81 rs. ). %==.3 55 Il
= rs es, hurlc. " #S
ana you nave " marked gee the grace,
the loVelness, me ,soutglVen beautss
OF IN the moore glrl!
! know that she Is beautiful, my
son, ana also tnat5 she Is good; at
iea es!n, SO ! tnlnk: - =.
nsh "nat s, oue .iove could move
.:sne WIZ ueeP 'nTusu ~ u net s. IN,
I my mo 'I' IT,; 3 20 love ner! love her
w1en tne w " n streng'h OF my heart r.
anu soul
Aias, my m ~ she Will. never
care love tnee !ss;sz nj, s .s =
:,! gu .khow e.=5 10 enat, me youth
4uckly rePheo's..n1ss eyes burning
a t@?a ana MS open prov aushlng.
Dlo not KNOWS snes floved me De
sure woulo never nave allowed my
tnougil.s sucn. faAge' ssYe were chill
lien 'ogs.nsr, ana even then we
loVeu' ra'e nas uealt ol -; Dy
Us = Tue years #tnae nave passed
: tnose e. cnlonooo tlmes' put yet
i am sure 5hat ner iove TOT me Is
Nv enaneeo' save as increasing age
must cnange an the emotions OF
our nature INTO oeeper' stronger
ng ms ana snaoes. i'm
ou' thlnK' my ooy; you a mere
art'san' sne Inc onsprlng OF nobility
ana the ward OF a duke-a stern,
cola, PROUD arlstocrat' who looks
upon our stat1on only as marsh mas
ters look upon their beasts OF bur-
aen' lear you Will ma little else
out misery IN spch a course or
tnought.
AT least my mother, / will see
hosahnd' and II she loves me as |
love ner, ana II she would accept my
na 11
Husn' my ooy' 10 not: cherish
socn nopes' why should she mate
WIN 'nee "nen the rlcnest nooles OF
tne 1ana Woulo kneel Tor 'H'; hand Z?
Hold! cried Kur1c, starting to
MS 1eet, MS handsome lace flushed
and ms bright eye burning. "Speak
not thus-at least not now: | Hat
ter not myself, but claim soul as
pure and a heart as noble as any
man IN the land. Mymlnd IS as clear,
my hopes are as high, my ambition
Is as true to real greatness: and
my VIII as nrm as any OF them. IL
hosallnd seeks the love OF 9 str4e
neart ana the protection OF stout
arms ana determlned success, then
rear not TO place myself by the side
OF any smtor IN the land; but II
she seeks immediate wealth and the
ghtter OF some nigh sounding title,
1nen-ah' know she does not! But
let II pass now. l WILL see her.:
CLAUDIA would not oppose the
WISHES OF her son, ana she SAID no
more upon the subject. For awhile
nothing further was said, until Ru-
nc remarked upon the increasing
force OF the storm :.
marx! uttereo ms mother,
penang ner ear In a listening attl-
tude. -, twas that a knock upon our
ooor:
surely no one is out on such a
night that could seek shelter here"
returned hur1c: \ gu must have
Inc youth dld not hnlsh the SEN
tence' 1or at that moment the knock
came so LOUD that 1t was not to be
mistaken: Inc youth caught up the
candle ana hastened to the door.
opened It, out the blast came roar