The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-26
il on an easel near his wife's sofa-it would
help to vile away the weary hours. and she was

help to vile away the weary hours. and she was
the
Rather than hear him saw that s1s was the
crea ure of impression l hastenad awsy to get
the picture for him. His wife did not care Tor
picture.; why did he borrow them for her?
She did not care for DO ks either. She was
entirely nneducated, and though possibly a
Wllmot OF Taunton, she certainly was not a
lady. She wished to be pleasant, though, aud
was very fond Of sympathizlng with me when
ever she happened to observe certain small
green insects which shs called nasty afrite."
on my roses. Had she been reading Tho Per-
sian and Turkish Tales? I wished an ill-dis-
posed afrite would carry her off-but nothing
ever dill carry her away from nv side but
the sight of the gardener going toward the
kitchengarden. Then she said in a moment,
Dear Mr.. Pevaril, Edward and I are so fond
or fresh vegetatlon-msy I go aud ask that
man to cut some little trife for the cottageg g,
and ], rejoicing at this m,mentary 20 I'd fort
une, always said, "oh. urav do" And she
went and commanded him to bear to her aboGs
caulilowers aud peas. lettuces, apricots, or
whatsoever else was agreeable to the palate OF
q creature OF i'm preston. For NV part, I
should not have cared what went 10 the cot
tage 9 , loag as nothing cam , from ito AIT by
my side, mean. But my wife said too much
went they had new-laid eggs, milk, cream,
and more butter than we c ,uldw well spare, ami
thov did not pay as they got it, but let the ac-
cou It run on
'Bc patient" said I; sdon't complain. and
uou oiobu tuolH. we Sn0ulu navt Osen YerV
hard up without these Shutes, for I have spent
mora than 1 ought on the house aud garden,
aud it is an immense comfort to have such
rich tenants. They must be rich. for those
pictures on their walls are worth thousands.
Dnu't let us think of the Shutes. Let us epioy
our happlnessm
Our dear daughter had got a lovor-not a de-
clared one, but one who was evidently in earn
est; he was . thoroughly conscientious, up
right man, and had . small estate which had
| hpbn in hia fnpniiv fnr n n,-,J - ....
Our Joy of this made US tolera It of the Shutes.
The young folks met constantly, and the moro
we saw of Mr.. Ducle the moro we liked him.
Perhaps it was a lucky thing that Mrs. Shute
liked sitting on my lawn better than driving
with my wife, for il she Ia used our pony
carriage my daughter would have had to stay
at home, and Mr.. Ducie would have had fewer
opportunities Of seeing her.
One dav, after irritating mo by calling my
peu-temons 2ntirrhinums, when I should have
disliked to hear her be.tow such an app la
tlon on my snap-dra IONS, she. who knew moth
ing OF our secret hopes, suddenly exclaim d.:
NJ Peveril, don't you think that Mr.. Dncie,
who comes to your house, is a worry charming
young man? We have asked him to the CIT.
tage and he ia coming. There are a great
many nice young men in this neighborhnod. l
am going to invite my sister to come an stay
with me-she is such a nice girl aad SO beau
%tiftl"
L could see the connection of ideas. She was
going to invite her sister to the cottage i'll the
hnpe of her fascinating some one-most prob
ably our Mr.. Ducie. This was fatal, for If
MIR. Shute made up her mind to deprive US OF
anything which seemed good in her ewes, moth
ing remained to US but to resign ourselves to
letting her have it.
My poor Dorothea! 7 sighed heavily. That
marriage on which we had set our he arrs
was not to be. Mrs. Shute's sister, a Wllnot
OF Taunton, and probubIy also a creature
OF IMPRESSION, would como and win away
Mr.. Ducia's Affect ms from my daughter,
and my wife and l would be such fools that
even we would allow ourselves TO be drawn into
doing our part towards producing that re-
suit. l was silent for some time; l was afraid
She would notice it; l did not want her to
know what we felt about Mr.. Ducie, SO | said:
81 suppose your husband il hard at work this
fine m trniIg!o
'Yes. he is busy cupving-painting, I mean,n
said she, in SOM. confusion.
"Copying nature. l SUPPOSE" said T.: but
1t occurred to mo that considering he was a
landscspe painter. Mr.. Shute stayed a great
deal indoors.
Miss Wi.mot came. She WAS as bright and
rosy az Mrs. Shute was pale, and hardly had
She arrived than the Shutes began to borrow
our pony-carriag &c freely. and asked us TO
lend them our lawn for a tennis party they
| wished 10 give. to introduce her.
SThey want to invite .Mr. Ducie!" I ey-
Claimed, when nv w.fo told me this: 'It is
too much! It's like soothing q kid in Its
mothers miik!" PM
And we shalt have to supply the s'rawber-
ries and the cream, and leul the teacupI and
teaspoons and a couple of servants! And. she
wants to borrow our long dining-table to place
undcr q treo on tho lawn, md has not got q
table cloth long enough to cover it, but is sure
that we have. and won't mind leading 1t.
Say no more" said ], decidedly. s.Wo
must draw the line somewhere, and [ draw ii
ut giving up Mr.. Ducie to them"
He was there even while we vera speaking;
! t.n inil ~. ,oF lta xtSt ,rfA,.-, .1 - z1- -. . ~
Thought Miss Wiim1t . vsry charming girl,
thonsn it wac easy TO see that, like the TAT b "
in P.ckwick, "ne knew a ntcertr;'' but how
10 IS would he continue to put my Dorothea IN
tue first place II those Shutsa bgin to angle
J for him III earnest? Our experience was t al
they Always managed to get what they wanted.
He began to go to the outage a great DIAL
III re than l LIKED My wife said it was be
cause from tho Shutes' window hs could some
times see Dorothea walking in our garden. ]
did not know. Why did hs not como to US?
he dld come to US, and sometimes asked
Dorothea to stroll with him in the garden, but
no SO mer did til " go out than Mrs. Shut, and
Miss Wilmot joined them. l cttled the la tier
how Gould the mind revert to poetry in the
midst of such vexation as this?
While everything was in this wretchedly I'M
comfortable state l received o lie ter from my
~uncie-tho uncle did not want TO offend It
was rather COLI, audit ended thus: II think,
John, you must now see that l had every rsa-
son 10 warn you against TAX ng that foolishiy
expensive house Of yours. but you need no,
have cold your 'Turner,' ami you ought to
have had at least another hundred for il Be
sides, l would infinitely rather havs lent you
some m )ney myself THAI have that exquisite
drawing go out OF the family.
II had not gone out of the famiIy-I had not
soil it aud never meant to do 30! Ii had been an
act OF great seif-sacritics TO let Il 60 to the cot-
tage fora few days, but now l had got it back
and would keep il. My uncle's 10 ter made ma
,eel inclined to go aud look at the drawing. I
took 1t down to emily it thoroughly. IL had
been takon ont of It's frame. Why had that
been done? l at once went to the cottage &c
ask the. question. The ladies' were out They
had hired a ca ,riage and gone to sneud tho day
with Mr.. Ducia's mother They were evidently
in terrible earnest about that affair, and it was
q most significant feature that they hal hired
u Carriage. instead of insisting on having ours
Mr. hnts is in the studio, BIZ; will YOU WALL
up stairs" said the servant. 'ia
1 walked up 8 airs, but hs was not there. On
the tables and easels l saw a aumbsr Of water.
color drawings IN various stages of progress,
all OF WHICH he was copying from others. Mr..
Shnte copied Turner drawings and sold them
as originalsi Isaw it in a moment. And he
had copied mine! Or had he perhaps sold III:
oftgiial and sent me back the copy: Then the
drawings on his walls were copies too, and
had not such u well-to-do tenant after all, for
thDs, Turner's on the waite had been my sheet.
anchor of safety. Perhaps the reft of TIL:
cbttaSe, FOR watch l had sacrificed so much,
IWoald n3ysr DO paid, aud my cream AMI new
laid eggs. my fruit, my Vegetables, my peac. o
mind-eyen my hopes for tbs fntnre, were nj
to be as nothing. Letters with foreisit stamp
lay on the table, doubtless orders from the al.
mo ios for valuable drawings, which my cieve
tenant had no difficulty in supplying, and eve,
now his wife aud hes sister were twiniug thei
nj sizes round
l looked up suddenly, and saw from thu
hu'o, window my DurJthea and Mr.. Duci
walking in the garden below. hand in hand
Joy toop posse ssion of ny heart. liz had te,
from tue two Wilmot sirens in search Of IN,
Dorothval hH 2 if 7