Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-10
rIp Return Of Her Little Lad.

me on us has their trials,
h's. ov and John Thomas is mine!
t1e' -, 'I nv husband, mem; and, mebbe,
In1 nst him shepherding as ye came
down. S,,l ,r in the wortle bushes wi a
a't ~ his arms, say We? Ay, that's
alD Tbomas all over. Gle him a
JolI sunshine, and he'll sleep the
g ,ls, ro}pd. Terrible thing hus-
cum Honor and obey says the
O'uu, I'll honor him for just his
p ss.ts no more, no less, says I; and
wv s. obey I'll see to that when g1es
III ~r That's fifty years ago
w. - mint O. trouble he's been to l,
s srr there's no talk O commands
stveen US yet! o r
anvil If John Thomas was worth his
WV wv bo,d he to Tavistock to see for
%" n the little lad. He won't
s .-,, his poor old grannie. for all
w. we anp friends as he's gotten now!
rit 70 down. mem, and I'll tell we the
Wv, y. fro, the beginning! Ye thought,
ii ~,bbo when We saw him dressed SO
s,o and smart. and lookin' like a
rto lord that he was non of our'n.
p,t ba is that; he's my own gran
ennis son. and the son of a earl, as
vii he one day, though I'm in no
haste for that. A grand man and a
va, gentleman is Lord Fitz Maurice,
FIR all Billy German says he's a bloat-
ID aristocrat. | don't call him bloat-
ID. he's pale and thin-has heart dis
s,:a thew say-and that's how the
matter come about.
NV son Thomas was a sailor, and
IN turin parts he married his wife, a
sweet Young thing; but, like a hot
tonse flower, she never throve on Eng
Hsb soil, and died when her girl was
three years old.
Thomas was weel to do, and he
gave the child the best O. education;
but she was nobbut a slip of a thing
when he was lost at sea, and she
come home to live wi |. Think of it,
mem, Three score year and ten have
lived here come Martinmas; but she
bad lived in gay cities and i furrin
lands
There was one young gentleman
be might be matter O. eighteen or
nOe-he war fine lad and civil
spoken; he'd be up here for ground
bait, as John Thomas prepares, and
more nor once he'd leave his fish for
W
We'll men, We guess what comes
when there's a pair O. bonny young
NiS about and the spring is in the
R did not see it myself, for Jessie
@a good girl, and l give no thought
70 her eddicatiOn bringing her nearer
aIl nor US. Her cheeks would flush
AID pale when he COON near, and her
zen has gotten starry light, but I
SF blind, Twas John Thomas that
spoke.
IAey q been married then a week!
twas The day | sent Jessie to Tavi-
MUCK Market, and she bided out so
ae' he was an Honorable they
"" me- but he didn't behave much
-S one He had to finish his college
,Vlsllon and he dared not tell his
,''4VE 0 the marriage for they were
w poor, ne said, and his fayther
~ weak the heart and must not
w. "osSed. Howe'er, the lass had her
i, VI money from her fayther and
=, ~ Uoue WI us till he should come
~a claim her.
=. IgO years passed, and he had got
y us degree He was to travel in
Me- ,ta-,s' and his fayther had given
n, 'u'ee hundred pound a year for
usa Spendings. Twas too little,
&Io 10 ask Jessie to share wi
''~ =, she had better wait.
\, ,Y"seF' Jessie had a temper of
,,,, y"u Tor all her sweet WAYS. She
r ,r9 90 wi him to France or be &C.
b, NV, %os5o as his wife in England
hr, 1a' ne said could not be. His
G ~1'' would break his heart wi the
III VIZ. IT, 80 to France they went
OH, '-a' passed there I never knew
sr, Y-s day there came a letter rc
a3 ~ Y''Sle mad died, as her moth
! thu azure her. There was a child
u s.r @lo knowing our true worth
~-,os him to us. 'n0A was
.Ont deny it was a shock. fo,
D,9 sS,'. 5l on in years, and Johr
b b,. ,'0D earn as much as once
ID II, was the mothers money
In N. 1OFa provides. Will We be
S. }75yo.,. mem When John went tt
/. h.. .D 10 get the bit O. money tina
INV our Jessie's there was no
a 'gsr s.t, 1t left! All drawn, tn,
..sss, mad had rare hard winter t,
h VA ~ ..s that year, for tn,
Il. &bsrps SICK and John Thomas ha,
>>ssor u. aa3 But things mende,
= I'F IAN. and when Spring came ther
. bro ral0ie for twenty pound
ass ,ss, the post. There wa
did dds and We never heard again
Y nsm not seek out his folks
ID bin the child war mine,
q au or rs-, and We amt so poo