The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-25

her pen, which T he Globe here re-
produces. will prove. The name of the
author is Miss Uhlrich. Her parents and
sisters are still living in ST. Paul and
Miss Uhlrich received her education here.
Even as little girl she showed an app e
citation of good literature and was always
a faithful and ambitious student. When
she had barely reached her teens she be
gan to write descriptive articles and snort
stories. One of the latter found its way
to the editor of the Chronicle, magazine
that was successfully published for sew
eral years in st. Paul and was noted LOT
its high literary tone. Hon. John u.
O'Brien was then the editor OF the Chfonl-
Gle and he Immediately realized and APP
story. The sket Met l cmfwy cmtW n
preciated the unusual literary merit OF
the story. The sketch was published
Uhlrich became a regular contributor to
it's editorial columns. She also wrote
special articles for the local newspapers.
New York, the, mecca of all AMBITIOUS ls
Uhlrichs goal, and few years ago sne
left st. Paul for the metropolis. Al
though she arrived in New York com
parative stranger Miss Uhlrich has pc en-
very successful in her work there. Those
who are interested in her success and
who have closely watched her career re-
sion she has chosen. The young woman
is a fine German scholar and she Iias
been doing some very good work IN trans,
lations Her literary style is clear and
direct and possesses a vigor that does not
in the least detract from Its dainty
femininity Her vocabulary IS large ard
she shows a nice distinction In ner use
of words. Miss Uhlrich Is OF German
parentage, as her name implies, and 1t. is
doubtless because of this that some Of her
sentences have a foreign little twist that
adds q certain piquancy to whatever sac
writes. It-is not improbable that in the
near future the reading pubic VIII re
ceive something from her pen that is far
more ambitious than anything she mas
so far attempted.
Miss Uhlrich is not connected with any
one publication in New York city, pit
her work has appeared in number or
the magazines there.
The neighbors called the Gibbons house
the big house on the hill This was
not because 1t was really so big, but
rather because the others were so small
The hill, too, was only a little rolling
rise in the prairie. When it was still
farm land, Platte City had a boom" A
booming city is one where everybody
wants to buy as much ground as quickly
as possible, because some great new fac
tory or railroad or perhaps, just much
newspaper talk and advertising make peo-
pie think that their city is going to grow
very large soon.
Somebody bought the hill and the next
one laid out streets, planted trees along
them, and called it Park addition Then
the Gibbons people bought TWO lots anc
built the house with eight rooms and a
gable.
Soon after that the BOTTOM dropped out
of the BOOM" as it is called when the
people begin to find out that they nave
been cheated or cheated themselves
There were no other houses built in Park
addition: the Gibbons house remained.
for the people in the tiny houses outside
of the addition, ''the Big House"
Standing all alone it had a fine out
look which was really very pleasant
What was not so pleasant was that it,
also, had mortgage, and that Agnes
and Mary, the two Oldest Gibbons chill
dren, had to quit school and go to work
to try to help pay this Off For the same
reason Annie had to stay at home and
help her mother long before she knew
as much as she thought she would like
to know
But with all their troubles the Glib
bonses were a rather happy and cheerful
family who loved each other and had
Kindly, simple ways. If you had asked
them how they were getting along, they
would probably have said to you that
everything was well, as long as nothing
happened to the Little One and II
was about her that they were concerned
when our story begins.
Annie Gibbons stood at the front
WINDOW OIL Ine Sllt1liS iOOhi VI Sh4S A0Ae
House, The sky was clouded and the
curve of the river frozen. Not thing
human or animal, had been seen through
the Struggling trees for the last fifteer
minutes.
"The Little one she said suddenly
as though she had just thought of some
thing. will be sure to go down under
the trees to play, and that's the way
Tulmann's wagon always comes up II
the house. They said it would surely
be here at o'clock, and now it il
nearly g."
Jimmie Gibbons, who was in the hlgi
school, and had only half day sessions
this week, because of Christmas ex
aminations turned away from tn
side window He had been watching
the northern edge of the trees at the en'
of the cut through the hill that hat
brought the street leading to Park al
dition to the proper grade. When tn
thousands upon thousands of cubi
yards of earth We're hauled away t.
nuke the cut, it was thought that man,
houses would be built along there, blu
there was not one single house Ye
the children liked the cut for it was tn
shortest way to school and in the sum
per the wind blew up nice little heaps o
dust. and piled up loose drifts of snow
in the winter in which they played da!
after day. Thus the old cut had the bes
happiness of ALTO be liked by tn
children.
seThe Little One, said Jimmie, turn
ing away from his window, will b
coming through the cut pretty quick
] lust saw Willie Toller. OF course h
runs all the way home from school, blu
she will not be far behind
Then Mrs. Gibbons herself, red wit
cold. hustle in from the back 0orcl
to warm herself for a minute at tn
base burner.
81 thought she said, shiverinsly
"that may be the delivery wagon Nigh
come around by Green avenue and driv
up the back way, but don't see sig
of it yet"
The Little One was nearly eigh
years younger than Jimmie-the young
est of the four older children. She wa
a very remarkable child, and mad
marvellous progress in the primar
departmental least. so her devote
family thought-and the Gibbonses i
this were really very much like every
body else with a Little One.
It seemed, indeed, strange that sue
little thing could really absorb S
much. and when she took out her boo
in the evening and slowly read out he
lesson. the family listened in silent &C
miration. They did not say anythin
in her presence. however, for they wer
not going to spoil their Little One a
other people lad done with theirs Tn
chorus of praise did not break fort
until she went to bed; and there is
one to tell us whether the Little One
ever set UP in bed and listened or not.
A rattle of wagon, wheels sent thel
all to the side door. Just as the kettl
boils in an unmatched moment, 1t ha
come at last, and the family secret wa
safe from the Little One
1t being a large Christmas tree, 1t wa
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