The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05
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Then Q must pay the forfeit
said Aunt Jane as she held out d mir
ror and a little card to the girl. Hold
this mirror In your hand, and 60 down
into the orchard until you are out Of
sight OF the house. Then, standing
ADder q tree so that the light Of the
moon falls over your right shoulder,
repeat the rhyme that il on this card
three times. Keep your eyes covered
until you have said the last word for
the third time; then look into the mir
Q and the image Of the man you are
going to marry will look ont at you"
Well. I'll CO." said Eve, but II its
any OF the boys here, I shall call it no
fair,' and IL It's old Molly, the COW,
who wanders over from the other pas
ture l shall give her the 'mitten' then
and there"
She tripped of and selected her spot
with due care. Then. AZ rapidly a.
she could speak the lines, she recited
the old familiar verse that she had
known since childhood.
Under the autumn leaves here I
stand,
The Halloween mirror In my hand. II
Moon, shining full in the sky 50 clear
Pray let me see in the mirror here
The face of the man who some day
will be
The dearest in all this world to me.~
So intent was she on getting through
with this Peter Piper performance that
she did not hear the click Of the or
chard gate, nor the fall Of footsteps
coming nearer and nearer, and with a
little scream she dropped the mirror
out Of her trembling hands and COW
cred her eyes, as a deep and very IA.
miiar voice behind her repeated soft.
":
Under the autumn leaves, 10! l stand,
Brought hither, fair lady, at thy COM
mand.
And the moon that is shining away up
there,
Never shone on a face more wondrous
fair.
And my life will never quite happy
be
Till it's dearest in all this world t.
And as II to convince her that he
was more than moonshine, two hands
were laid gently ON her shoulders, and
Eve was turned around to confront
the %impromptu poet.
"Oh, Adam J" she gasped, 1T is veal
it is weal-I am so glad" and then
struggling between a hysterical incli-
nation to laugh and a hysterical in
%clination to cry-Eve stood mute.
YES" said the man, 1T is veal
thank God, for now !. can tell you
what I wanted to tell you long ago,
but dared not until I knew ! should
be well again. Ny DEAR" very tender
ly, you know how long Adam waited
for his Eve-won't you make this
place a ParadiseY" And with a half
sob the girl went into his o~utstretched
arms. i" .
Back to the cottage a group OF
young folk still sat on the steps sing.
ing all the old songs to pass the time
till Eve should return.
"Hello, everybody" called out Tom
Murdoch, as he went around to the
back of the house searching for the
voices. Hello, everybody he said
again, but his eyes sought out Grace,
who was most demurely looking
straight ahead. 49,.
where's Eve" ne asked a minute
later as he missed her.
why she went down to the or.
chard," said one of the boys, land. by
Jove. she didn't 60 for nothing" he
exclaimed excitedly, al he caught
sight OF Eve and q man coming slowly
up the path.
"Well you see I found him." called
out Eve gayly, as they came nearer
HE was out there waiting for me II
"'Under the autumn leaves"