The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
When Angelina
Came Home

to town., conflded the twelve-year-otd
sister of the young woman whose spe-
cial young man was calling for the
first time since the family returned
from the lake.
"Er-Miss Angeline-your sisters
she glad, too?" inquired the young
man craftily.
MY goodness, yes!" said the small
girl in surprise. She's the gladdest
of US all. Angelina didn't seem to
care for any of the things that were
real fun, like Ted and | did-she was
always afraid of getting sunburned or
something. / don't think when you
grow up there is much left in life to
enjoy. All Angelina wanted to do was
to put on another dress and do up her
hair and moon around with the count.
The young man sat up straight. The
count?" he repeated inquiringly, with
a hasty glance at the stairs. VINO
was he?"
Why, didn't you know there was
real count at the lake," asked the
small girl in surprise. Il should have
thought Angelina would have written
you about him, because that was all
she could talk or think about.
When she found his name on the
register" went on the small girl, Il
thought she'd have a fit or something,
for she came rushing upstairs and
dragged out her best white embroid-
cred linen suit.
Why she said to mother, did
put On this horrid, cheap blue ging-
ham for breakfast this morning? DO
you suppose he was the one who sat
at the next table?'
Il was excited, too, but when
asked her if he would walk on tight
rope, or something, she pushed me out
of the room.
"All the grown up women were just
as excited as Angelina and rushed
around whispering together. Ted and
| decided that he must have two heads,
or something, so We started out to find
him. There was strange man read
ing magazine in the arbor and when
we walked in and asked, Are you a
COUNT he stared and then he laughed.
After that he said he wasn't, but he'd
be pleased to direct US to the end OF
the pier. where we could pursue our
inquiries
There was another strange man
there and / didn't like him half SO we'll
as the first one. He kept jumping
around and his eyes snapped and we
stared at him long time, till he al
most jumped at US. Then | asked
him, Are you count? And please
tell US what you count?
Il don't think he liked US, because
he threw up his hands and dashed
away
He acted different with Angelina.
He was always leaning over her chair
and smiling and his voice sounded like
the inside of marshmaIlows There
wasn't any other girl there as pretty
as Angelina, so. OF course. she cut out
all the others.
She did, did she?" remarked the
young man in tense tones, with an
{ other glance at the stairs Go on
oh my. yes" said the small girl
She told mother she guessed if any
of those washed out. undressing
girls there thought they were going TO
| get ahead of her they were mistaken
| Mother got real paronizing to the
/ other women and was always talking
| about estates and family trees and
| how Angelina was such a sweet and
! lovely and brilliant girl that she had
always known her fate would be differ
ent from the common run of young
women. No honors.' she said once, no
honors ever heaped on Angeline's head
would ever make her forget to be nice
| to those beneath her.
The other women just shifted and
| left Angelina alone, put she had the
| count, so she didn't care. She used
| to talk about it to mother and say,
Won't the other girls back home be
simply crazy jealous when they hear
about it, thought And mother would
| say, If only father doesn't act up,
1t was real fun to see Angel1ne
sweep through the hotel lobby like a
/ queen and smile sweetly at the other
women and see how cross they'd look
and how they'd rock fast and talk aft
er she'd gone.