Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-01-29

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An hour later, as she stood waiting
for conveyance to take her to the
station, her father said: 'Marthy, I'd
like to know what you've done with
all yer wages in these five years.
reckon We amt got no objections to
tellin'?"
"Oh! certainly not" she replied; II
have loaned the money to that pig
headed farmer who is spending it on
his education ~,
:'The devil you did! Then it's my
opinion" ...
The slam of the carriage door and
the rattle of wheels, caused that valu.
able opinion to lose it's sweetness on
the desert air."
Fifteen years before, he had stood
on those steps watching the receding
form of young boy, an adopted child,
until it was lost in the gloom of gath
T ering darkness. For some trivial Of
| tense he had driven this youth from
him to battle alone with the world
+ A few minutes later little girl hur-
ried down the road, and throwing her
arms around the boys neck begged
him to return. .:
But no, John Allen Wilberton would
make his own way through life, and
some day-ah, how young and old de-
light to feast upon those delicious.
though deceptive, promises of some
day"
Going! Going! Going!" g.
Job Allison realized that the little
home, for which he had given the best
years of his life, was surely slipping
from him. He had written Martha,
asking her pardon for his hasty words, 4.
and begging her to reconsider her de-
cision, and, by marrying Hugh Danely,
save her aged parents from the humili-
alton of the poor farm
With his ear open to every sound
of the auctioneer's voice, he paced
nervously up and down the room.
Would his letter reach her in timer
Aud would she answer favorably? For
the hundredth time he stopped and
looked anxiously down the road.
"Gone!"
Jobs head sank upon his breast as
he exclaimed, in the bitterness of de-
pair, 81 will laugh at your calamity"
He felt that this was just retribution
for his heartless cruelty toward little
"Al" and Martha. !, = -.
Great was his surprise to learn that,
through purchasing agency, the prop
erty had fallen to John. who ,hadsleft
his service q few days previous.
Sitting on: his front porch, with head
bowed in abject,5 hopeless :idespond-
ency, Martha's belated reply was hand
ed him. With reviving hope and trem-
bling fingers, he tore: tt5opsn: It's first
sentence caused his heart to sink. It
read go .yfs,,,.5.1 !. ~. d,
Dear Papa-1 freely forgive you.
but cannot accommodate you by mar
~ Hugh" :.s So. s. b
He threw the inorensive BIT Of
paper down and set his foot upon it A.
~ifssto crush It out of existence. He !
strobe UP: and down in q torrent Of
passion, muttering vengeanco on the
whole human race. 5@.s -S:.s. ssz S
IS AS his anger subsidized his mjoodl !
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changed. His mind went. back to the
time when there was no happier homo
than, that Of Job Allison's. His mind
wandered to the village churchyard,
where lay four Of his loved ones. Z.
Martha was the only child left to him,
and he had tried to barter away her
honor and her happiness. "a choking
sensation came into his throat and 1
the hot tears courssd down his aged 3
checks as he remembered that 10 had a
10 longer ! Nome to which hs could ]
ever again wslcome ker. B
His eyes rested upon tafl4 unfinished
istttsr I'd rsad
81. - ho11s e morn y, 60 stay. 8
s11syS n,alI44ss pis-heAded
1armer Sthe boy bonn yl,ns drove from
1eme ears ago. He calls
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