Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

where's Jobn?"
EITHER II the :.snbles, or down the
garden, dear. I'll send for him" "S
oh, III go and look him up. I sun
pose hen be glad to see mep"f
"Why. OF course, dear. He has been
salklngg about nothing else since he
neard You were coming, and making
no end of plans"
"Ah, that's right" said Frank Res
ton, smiling.
And I'm 80 glad you've come,
Frank, dear. You see, I'm afraid I'm
not much of company for dear John
not such good company as-as l think
"Wen, you're a deal better company
than she is now"
"ln try very hard to take an interest
in his pursuits; but I'm SO stupid. Frank,
that I'm afraid he gets out Of na.
tience," r"
"1,ll tell you what it is, Lesby," said
Frank Reston, bluntly; elf you two
people can't be happy in this glorious
place, with every luxury about you,
and only to speak to have whatever
you please, you deserve-you deserve
there, | don't know what YOU don't
deserved"
Eyes, dear, we do" said the ladv.
meekly. "Ah, here comes dear John.
I'll u away; don't tell him I've been
CRYING w.
Stuff! Is it likelyp"
And pray, pray, Frank, don't let
him think chat l have been murmur.
ing. 1t would make him so unhappy"
AS she spoke she ran off, and Frank
Reston crossed the hall to meet his stall
wart brother-in-law, who looked the
beau ideal of a country gentleman, and
a striking contrast to the pale, careworn
student, fresh from his gloomy cham
beers in town.
"Ah, Frank, my dear boy, 1 am glad
to see you. Why, you pale, bleached
bookworm-here, come out in the open
air and let's get some color in your
cheeks. Come and have a look at the
dogs"
They went and had a look at the
splendid settlers and retrievers in their
kennels, and as Reston admired them
"Ah," said Audas, '.if my first wife
had been alive how she would have
AuOAiACu lAooC OoSS.
"Better have idolized you," said
Reston, bluntly.
"Yes, of course" said Audas, in no.
wise appeased. ''We'n have q grand
ride or two while you are here. Come
over to the stables. I've got a mare
that will suit you to a T. There" he
said, as he patted first one and then an
other tin-skinned beauty, as it turned
its head round with a rattle of the head
stall for the expected bit of sweet car
rot or cake, s'they'r re right, aren't they?
All, if my first wife had been alive she
would have loved a few gallops over
some of the wolds."
"Humph! would she?" said Reston.
eyes; she was a splendid m on
horseback. Well, come in now and
dress, and let's get to dinner"
well, | shan't be sorry to have it,"
said the London guest; and with his
brother-in-law's hand affectionately
resting upon his shoulder, they went in
and in due time dined.
But somehow that was not so pleas
ant a meal as might have been, and the
acute barrister wa not long in finding
that the grit that showed itself in the
cooking, the acidity in the wine and the
jar in the conversation was all due to
n thing, which found voice in the
words, "Ah, if my first wife," etc.
"Jack loves her," said Frank Reston
to himself, as he lay in bed that night,
"she worships him and they are not
happy. Jack Audas is a good fellow
but not over-wise. Lesby is the most
amiable little darling that ever breathed,
and yet they don't seem as they should
be-. Hang his first wife? Humph! well,
no; she's deceased. What a fool the
man is to poison his cup of happiness
like this! By Jove, what a good thing
it would be if Lesby had a dangerous fit
of sickness; it would bring Jack to his
senses, and-heigh, ha, ha, hum, how
sleepy 1 am-and-"
That was all, for he dropped off to
| sleep at once. But he had similar
thoughts to these every night during his
stay, and again on his way back to Lon
don, after doubling the length of his
| visit, and even then his brother-in-law
being half offended because he would
not, as Audas said, ''make it few more
days."
lily WHO udA OCCh dAAVO: IL NY
| first wife had been alive!' the very beat
Of the train seemed to pour those words
in Frank Reston's ears as he sped south,
and thought over the matrimonial sit
uation at the Coppices.
"Poor little Lesby! He'll break her
heart" he said to himself. 81 do not
wonder at it. She feels jealousy mis-
cradle about that first wife. 1 wish now
1 had spoken to Jack"
sNo, I DON'T" he said, after a little
more thinking, 'it would not have been
wise"
"Perhaps something may happen to
bring him to his senses" he said, after
another pause; something always does
happen"
And then he read the Times till he
reached town.
Frank Reston sat in his dingy room
hard at work oyer a brief-not his first;
but these documents were sufficiently
rare visitants to make him study those
which came with the most intense ap-
plication.
Probably from a desire that the deep