Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-11-30

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got 4 locket from me that way. and
the Jewel in the lid was worth more
than you gave mo for the locket. All,
I forgot myself! Jupiteri What q mis-
take to.tell you its valuel It 10 want
ed again. Win you
By thiD time Adam was standing be-
side the woman. interrupting Israel.
An hour later he paused at Lissie's
gate on his way home with the precious
little gold case in his pocket. .,,-
whats all this about a .locket7'
asked Lissie. II meant to run over
and zee mamma, but l had q visitor
and couldn't leave home. I didn't know
there was a locket In mammals pos-
session." -. .s..
"A picture Of You when you, were
i've years old, I believe. >, 1;ye, spt it
again. Hero. look! I haven't opened
It yet" -, ..:~ r.. go
"Why, papa, what's tho matter With
You and mammal That picture Of mo
tore ont OF the locket some sixteen
years ago, cut It In four pieces and
threw In tho ash bin, along with the
locket, which hammered into it, orig
inal elements. Mamma knew, for I
told her: She forgave me- and forgot
II, 90 far 90 I know. ! was little then,
and she wasn't worrying over my BE-
ing . lost baby. Why, papa, this isn't
q girl at ALI It's young fellow with
= smooth face. and, why. papa. look at
it, It's none Of ours. Look at that
conceited smirk ON his facet Must be
some mistake"
Adam confronted his wife with the
open locket In his hand: ''1s that the
oneT' he demanded.
Eyes, yes; that's It! I'm 20 gladl
How did you
: ''Woman, you cared 20 much for that,
did you? That smirking'-
"smirking, do you think1 Well, he
was but a youth, 4 young blade. may
be. but he loved me when I was also
young" She Kissed the picture, smil
ing.
Adam snatched the locket from her
hand, threw it on the floor and set his
heel on 1t. ;:
"A young blade, eh? Then he must
be an old blade by now and In need of
grinding: I'll make powder OF this, II
I can't Of the originate So that's the
trouble, the crying in the night and all
the rest Of it. An old love affair that
you never forgot Jim Moller-nobody
but Jim Moller ever smirked like
that
A light: dawned on Lorena Hedges
face. "Adam," she said softly, ':you've
forgotten many things. It's a locket
you gave me on my sixteenth birthday,
with your own picture inside. You said
things that day. foolish, maybe, but
sweet to remember. I was Renie then:
now I'm Lorena. It's the same In ev-
erything. IT, been like beginning In
the morning with songs about roses
aud sunshine and ending at night with
quarrels abt,ut the price Of pork chops.
II I had back the romance, the senti-
mentl oh. Adam. It isn't the locket
cry for: That's Just IN excuse to hide
what went along with I'll II you'd
speak to me 40 you spoke then, IT,
''Was that 1T Haven't I shown folly
enough In this last ten minutes 20
prove I'm still q boy1 We men arc
such blame fools. We think when We
care for . woman . hundred times
moro than we did for the girl she grew
from she'll know It without any Of our
telling. Renie, I'm net ! poet, but
wouldn't trade you for all the girls IN
America rolled into one gigsiy. alp
perry little blincle.''' =.
ell wasn't trying 70 make xleq ~
things but oh. I'm % elad You've
:said them Elad the locket got iostr'
There !. nov; don't yess'o 81 !!l
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