Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-08-10
from him, to Mr.. and Miss Wylder;"
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| eyes grew stern and flashing, the slen-
| der young figure re ared itself statelier.
81 am Miss Wylder," said the
sweet naughty voice.
And without any apology for her
strange dress she led the way to an in
ner room, here her brother, We're
! Wylder, lay upon q couch drawn beside
a sunny window,
She explained briefly to him, and ma
| jesticaliy motioning their visitor to a
seat, remained standing herself beside
her brothers. couch.
Raymond Searle, tiattered darling of
society that he was, had never been SO
near overwhelming embarrassment in
his life.
Anything so lovely as this slender,
tall, stately young creature, in her
bravery ofsilk, and lace, and gemmed
attire, he had never seen; and the in
valid brother looked like a stricken
eagle.
They both made him think of what
his father had said about the way IL e
Wylders had fought his claim,
'tWell, SIR" said Reda, loftily, 'we
will hear your fathers message. My
brother is not strong enough for many
words, so you will please address your
self to me-"
For the first time RAYMOND Searle
felt all the ungraclous dlsagr eeabIeness
of the errand on which he had come.
He blushed he hesitated, he sat over
whelmed with confusion. Finally he
said, desperately:
"You know why 1 have come. l
wish now | had not"
"You said you had message from
your tather?' questioned Reda, haught-
81 prefer not to deliver it now" he
answered.
"You need not. We, my brother and
myself, can we'll imagine that it is only
some new threat to compel us to aban.
don our home-our legal and rightful
home-in spite of that decision Of an un-
just court which pronounced otherwise!'
Raymond bit his lip.
'sIn justice to my father them, he said
II must tell you that his message was
no threat. He wished me to ask you
when it wonld be convenient to give him
possession of Wylder's Rock?"
'sNever!" rang like an buge note from
Reda's quivering lips. go back to your
father and say that to him. Say that we
will die first. We wi.l die here resisting.
He shall never have Wvider's Rock
while we live!"
RAYMOND ,Saar]e rosa from bic soot
bent his heal ca,annn;n,,sJr ISL 'ts - sea.' sa'.'
bowed low to the brother, in whose
eagle glance the same flame leaped as in
hers, and went silently from the room.
u think he meant to be courteous"
said We're Wylder. when he had gone.
hope we were not rude"
~ hope not" said Reda, a swift
change coming over the sweet, spirited
has not told M him ali % the stor,s ,s iarnea or ba
would not have come " @ co,,ld Is9is 90 u tnt ne
liked his loolsodid Iii not ,u,o no Yasos ses si,"'
MHe m,onld soonn - ,t9o ~ you 80, ,'aua
h;s fo.io =; oS,;1t " o ot.oi! oaeSiie's 's
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al, = hi.iu heaven couia put send
tnna = . pau.ton, oa,,,1a,, "l.o " mas as strong anu
JaSs gomez!
ha.y tholIu isl, Weht oacR 10 ms iather with
:. .S;. ug,1u sa;a taie I h.,
,' salu ~ ne, apruptly, YET WIN the
b;r,s ..no,, AK o+ ne tai ntMass useu towaro
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.ha,s tave i,.o1en h Saa ny 70 !ell ms son more
.aai, .,lsu NC VIZ; a1au; W. n ne must' ne was
tor ay,nosinn a1 III ,ounn l,ao VIE Ihe M;ilaers
.bia .bi opposing MS ciaim. why simply
'hi. 4, - p,,
~ was hay.nollu @ 2rah41alner , VINO
.1a,.s .oai.su .s .le inones W guy Myider' aho
,2oh W,.1as niior.sase On , 1ne hoek. ae ano
WIZ VIZ, o,1;a,, msre oiu ~ anu closg iriends
~ siue. e.ailiieu .llas hg pau tne llony
,mu ,nas st aas nj, nj w nasn scare
h;h We? h Nv mi'' we mui.ai !ilhess o
mnrninn e earle sa cerIfe cenH etle lphlloWlng h
ment MT his hanS ,,no, tho q. ontoo sme liao
he was a notorinus,r care,ass 1te roap t,';tl
h;s manars path &c aie.ess LES hlan VIII
tnred m and tbav % tr,sted I sonb Mele o.aa thsy Ia
nIicitlv saarla was ,ot % fae,;ne ;nei n,ail ~
and # was agreed that WrIdnr s ho,,Id mell
come again the following day and finish
up the business.
That day never dawned for old RAY.
| mond Searle, and the mortgage never
| turned up till years afterward.
This was the truth of the matter, but
this was not exactly the way the father
! told it to his son.
The money could not have been paid
| he insisted. 1t was all nonsense about
the mortgage having been mislaid
The pair were close friends, true, and