The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-12-14

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Federal Republican, 1918.
DOLLY DEVINE.
A True Heart and How Its Reward
Game Through Sacrifice.
Dolly Devine or "Diyine Dolly" as
her numerous lovers and admirers
choose to call her, sat by 1.-THE library
window in the morning sunshine, watch
ing the sparkle of big diamond on her
left hand, third finger, and making lit
tie rainbows with its beams on the blank
sheet of paper before her. However
idle and meaningless Dolly's occupation
might seem, her mind was busy enough,
and with every gay little bow new
chapter of Joy was numbered in her
revery. A big diat.ond on 1.-THE third
finger OF the left hand of a maiden
means something, and to Dolly that
something was the sweetest thing of her
life. The ring had not been there long
and it was quite a novelty, but the
love that placed it there had been
hers for a long time, though it
was too much happiness, Dolly thought,
former ever to dare hope. Although
Dolly was "divinely tall and most div
inely fair" she never for a moment al
lowed herself to imagine that Philip
Graham's love was hers. Philip was all
that the most fastidious Idly might de-
sire. He was not q society man, nut his
accomplishments, wealth and good
looks, to say nothing of an illustrious
line OF descent, were more than a COM
pensation to the most frivolous belle for
his lack of a knowledge o fthe waltz, his
inability to pay triiing compliments and
other like arts so necessary to the mod
ern man.
Now "Divine Dolly" was consummate
IN all the powers Of a society belle, with
her Waiting, wax and art. She firted
daintily, modestly, TO be sure, yet in
stinctively, while her life had been a
gay butterfly exlstance of honey and
sunshine. 1t did not satisfy Dolly at all.
Sometimes she would wish she was a
nun or q Sister of Charity, but this was
only in desperate cases. However. Dol
ly did wish for better things, but all the
dressing, dancing and theatre going came
as a matter of course in her everyday
life, as do the lessons and exercises
come to the school girl or the cares Of
each day to the busy house wife.
Dolly's first unhapplness came when
| she began to realize That her heart was
her own no longer and that she was so
unworthy of his who held her own,
and yet she went on with her
society life, occasionally meetingthe OBJ
ject of her secret. thoughtat a soiree, din
ner party or concert.
Dolly was fair; Philip was dark. Dol
ly's head was covered with sunshine,
Philips locks were like the ravens
wing. Dolly was innocent and helpless
as the clinging vine, while Philip wa
strong and sturdy as the oak itself. The
lady knew all this, and once, when fate
CHANGED that Philip should be her es-
cort to a play, she past most Of the time
in drawing contrasts and imagining how
happy she might be if-and she dared
imagine no further.
Dolly dressed and smiled and looked
her sweetest always, yet she knew
that these things would go but q
little ways with a mar like Philip Gra-
ham. However it all came about, at the
present moment she is thinking Dolly
Divine is very well, but Dolly Graham
never; it will have to te Dorothea then.
And che twirls the ring once more and
makes, oh, such a big rainbow and
smiled a happy smile, which says, Dolly
is perfectly content.
/ will tell you how it came that Dolly
Divine is going to be Dorothea Graham
If you will listen a little. II Dolly did
hirt and dance and drive in the park-if
life was so full of frivolous thoughts AMI
acts--she found a little time to help 9th,
ers who needed the. help that she could
Sunday school, neither did she attend
the Sc ewing circle. She had no particu-
lar mission and her work was all done
in secret, not in the charity bal OF in
the concert in benefit for slch and such
a society. But Dolly often found time
I o go out into the highways and hedges
with a tender heart and a helping hand,
and more than one old and helpless
woman blessed and prayed for the
Sweet, fair lady," and more than one
little face lighted up at the sound of her
tootstep and cheerful voice. Now,
Dolly's secret and social work wa
with the little drawf, whom she visited
two or three times each week with com.
!! forts for his delicate body and soul. Two
weeks prior to this day, when we lind
her 30 busy in the morning sunshine
making rainbows with her ring, Dolly
WAS sitting in the same window with
pen and paper near. Tonight was the
night of q grand party. One Of her in,
innate friends vas to celebrate her
birthday and everybody said it would
be the "grahdest affair of the season.'
OF course i,ol'y bad anticipated the
occasion with much Joy, aud up stairs
in her dressing room was the most cx-
quisite costume Of pale blue satin, EN-
broldered with wild roses and
founced with delicate lace-the pref
test dress Dolly had ever had, while the
that she cannot be present at the bail
Although she goes 0 iten to balls and par.
ties, this is great sacrifice; for all the
little triumphs which SO delightthe fem
mime heart will be hers tonight if she
goes-the most beautiful costume surely
and the sweetest face. "Well, perhaps
Dolly thinks, and such a host of admir-
ers, and this, too, is so grand an affair
and. besides all. che uns the risk o
offending a dear friend with whom she
helped plan the dances and decorations
and dresses for the occasion. The little
pen flies fast yer the paper and when
tlc AoIc AS Couuplcto duu Ooliy iias Icdi
ly signed and sealed it a big tear falls
from the tender blue eye, which she
brushes away, saying: There, Dolly
Devine I am ashamed of you. This is nc
way to make a sacrifice" Then she goes
up to her room, looks atthe dress again
pats it, signs over it little and, with 8
merry laugh, tells jennie, her maid, to
put it away for next time.
What Dolly .oes now Is to remove hel
pretty blue morning dress and put on
one Of black, pla n, simple, and did, sh'
but know it, more becoming than lega
robes. Then Dolly slips out of the Sid.
door with a basket, and down through
the side street, and silently, swiftly on