Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-05-30
PAGE SEVEN
And she was gone

AND n was gone
The nurse left the room quietly aa
the angel entered. still carrying the
bundle and the picture. When they
were alone the angel turned to-
Freckles and saw that the crisis was,
indeed. at hand.
Angel" be painted. "Oh, angell
Did you get them? Are they white7
Are the little stitches there! Oh. an
gel! Did me mother love me?"
The words seemed to leap from his
burning lips. The angel dropped the
bundle on the bed and laid the pic
ture, face down. across his knees. She
gently pushed his head to the pillow
and caught his arms in a firm grasp.
YES. dear heart" she said with
fullest assurance. mo little clothes
were ever whittier. / never in all my
life saw such dainty, fine little
stitches. and. as for loving you, no
boys mother eve loved him more!'
A great trembling seized Freckles.
Sure? Are you sure?" he urged.
with clicking teeth.
Il Know said the angel firmly,
And. Freckles. while you rest and
be glad l want to tell you a little
story. When you feel stronger we
will look at the clothes together.
They are here. They are all right.
But when l was at the home getting
them | heard Of some people that
were hunting a lost boy. 1 went to sea
them, and what they told me was all
so exactly like what might have hap
pened to you that | must tell you.
Then you'll see that things could be
very different from what you have
always tortured yourself with think
ing"
Freckles lay quiet under her touch.
but he did not hear a word that she
was saying until his rowing eyes rested
on her face: and he immediately
noticed a remarkable thing. For the
first time she was talking to him and
doing everything but meet his eyes.
mat was not like the angel at all.
1t was the delight of hearing her speak
that she always looked one suuarely
In the face and with perfect frankness.
AND he was a sour. grumpy old
man" she was saying. He always
bad been spoiled, because he was an
only son and had a title and a big
estate. BE would have just his way,
no matter about his sweet little wife.
or his boys. or any one. So when his
eldest son fell in love with a beaun-
full girl with a title. the very girl OF
all the world his father wanted him
to. and added a big adjoining estate
to his. why. that pleased him
nightly.
Then he went and ordered his
other son to marry a poky kind OF
girl that nobody liked to get mother
big estate on the other side, and that
was different That was all the world
different, because the eldest son had
been in love all his life with the girl
he married. and. oh. Freckles, it's no
wonder. for / saw her: She's a royal
beauty and she has the sweetest way.
But that poor younger son. he had
been in low with the village wears
daughter all his life. That's no won-
der either. for she was more beaut1-
full yet She could sing like the an
gels, but b hadn't a cent. She
loved him to death. too. If he was
bony and freckIed and red haired-L
don't mean that! They didn't say
what color his hair was. but his faith
er's nave been the reddest ever,
for when he found out about them, and
it wasn't anything so terrible. he just
caved!
1.-The old man went to see the girl
the pretty one with no money, OF
course-and he hurt her feelings until
she ran away. She went over to Lon
don and began studying music. Soon
she grew to be a lovely singer, and
then she Joined a company and came
to this country. e.? r~@ !
f.", 80 A1e:,rh- $3.50