Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-01-18

sempiancel l could swear this woman's-
fishts-iooking woman was the maiden
A''ns On my spiritueiie blonde. Those
e!et' tnat nose. that chm and there
upon SANK on into a retrospective rev.
enc "nieh iasted unui found had
peen driven SIX blocks past the paternai
residence, ana rehected that the dinner
nau Ny that Tune probably grown un-
Pa'a'aDiy iukewarm
The mystery was not at an end yet.
That same evening at about 8 took an
other ride, which was to last me until
aext morning. icing agrin the sole oc-
cupant OF the car, l was about 10 solve
the problem h1s great q portion Of my
ocdy could epose upon the velvet
cushionedseat without an impmgemento Of
my dusty feet thereon, when the car
stopped. L heard the conductor ex-
claim All night. aunty," and the
next moment there ambled IN q middle
aged woman, who seated herself, pain
iaiiy and with heavy breathing, oppo-
Site She wore a thick veil, but my
eyes were sharpened by much obserya-
tion, and, for the second time that day,
exclaimed to myself:
Heavens what resemblance r
and fell back on the old work of COM
pairing eyes, chin aud nose with those Of
my spirituelle blonde Of the morning.
Yes; the family resemblance was
there-there was no Disgusting that. IL
the womans-rights woman had been
the spinster aunt, this woman was the
doSager mother. Mixing with it all
there was confusion, mystery, con
tradiction and defiance, which tired in
vain to understand or remove. Why, OF
all the faces l had seen that day, these
three should fit before me, weaving
themselves together, growing out of one
another like monstrous heads, alternat
ing each with incessant repetition, and
mingling their identities like objects re-
tiected infinitely IN opposite mirrors,
was the mostinexplicable question of all.
dreamed about those faces all that
night. They grew outyof my bed-posts !;
they hid themselves IN the folds of my
mosquito net; they sprouted from my
neck and flashed before me IKE iabied
monster, and when woke In the morn
ing twas as though they had divided my
appetite between them, for / certainly
had none for breakfast.
30 wearisowe lad grown taiis co1t'tnnA
brooding that, in despair, / went to my
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'iiinB or Two WHICH more .o.'i"u
pn9 s'o''hS n'isn' Se"i'n 'n 'I'A ''A'
ioi Ia vain -,
ne o'u no' 'aush ~ th'' no ''o nv
ieei my euise. he oiu no. "sA ino -
60 through the farce Oh putting ou' my
tongue. nut he 'ei' oi my 'nui'l
W, ana then he aShea me 'ne very BILL
guar question:
Do you kno" "ha' . spo''ei "
pondered ior q lew moments anu
then pehsively shook my heaa. was
not excessively green In ei'y me- ou'
did not know what spot'er was an'
30 1 said
"I tbonpht. perhaps. I was little
out of nv head" I added. "Some.
times fancy my fever Jared me there
terribly. And L have been 30 haunted
by these three faces. You don Know
AT TINS Poin'' iof INC uis' '''ne' 'ne
aoc'or ih'erfup'e' AA' WIN A
iaugn.
40 know ai' my aeai 'ei,o"' n'
sald' siapping me On 'ne sn'u,uei
Nothing 'ne matter 'here' 'ou,nhe
my heaa. iour peins na'n'eo' ~
you caii II, WIN 'nose ',iioo 'Aoes' ou ,n'
contrary Is one Oh tue oes' pfoois 'i'a
you are all rignI lake your cuS'oha
ride To-Day, len chahces 70 one ou
you wiz en'oun'.i 'Ao 'A' 'u0 80 'a''s :
"hen sou u,' se' - o.oso :" ~. - !
poSSio'o' An' o" " A go '
pa,D,, ,ha rasn,, - your observat;op
10 me and IL bv that time. YOU dom
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