Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-05-11
FOR LOVES SAKE.
BELGRAwA.

Aoubu tuat DOtn his ancient homo and
hlmseif had undergone more chanees
tnan ne knew. The place struck him
VIII a strange aspect, and had 40 ,,,s.
"ering welcome to give that which he
extended to it. There we're now nama
above the low-browed door on the
ssrage!lng high street, and new faces
beneath them. The deep peace os the
once tranquil fields which rinped tha
l'ue town was troubled by the incur
sions OF navigator and collie. Goa,
had been found upon the heath estate
and blackened fit frames and beans 81
unsightiy refuse made hideous the heart
OF rural solitude. The curling brook in
which he had bathed as a lad was low
an evil-smelllng sewer. Many of his
DC acquaintance, at whom his heart
ieaped, failed to recognize him. and
were painfully Indifferent in their greet
lngs When his identity was recalled IL
thelr minds. His old sweethearts vera
all either married or engaged, and o.
pressed by dignity of present or comino
motherhood, would firt no more. Some
were even dead. All these things sad-
dened him, and the happy boyhood Of
three short yearg ago seemed To be ron.
turtles away.
really do feel awfully old" he SAID
10 MS cousin Amy, as they sat tnuetbar
In the dusk, quite patriarchal. INST
have known Adam and Noah had naen
a personal friend of Abraham, only rva
forgotten all about them. Eyerythino
here Is SO altered, both place and people
seemed changed completely. AS I re-.
member myself three years ago / was
rather a favorjte here, and now nobody
seems 70 remember or take an interest
IN me-; l suppose it is stupid, though
naturai, to expect things as you left
"And do youfind me chansea?n asked
More than anybody or anything
Not d~isagreeable, I hope.D
Not d~isagreeable at all. Quite the
contrary. You were a girl when / left
you, n now you are a woman, and a
pretty woman, too, Amy"
An said the girl, with a half lauoh
and a half sigh, you are 0 changed 7
see.' seo l
81 am afraid 1 am, though" answered.
John. "The three yearsthat have made
q woman ofyou have made a man of me,
One ls--a a at three-and twenty, /
SUPPOSED"
suppose So" said Amy, with anotb-
er sigh. "Ab, the dear old days. We
shal never see them again, Jack"
We may see happier, Amy, though
they will be spent apart"
He could not see the panied look up.
on hiS Rn n, y,o rsnr1n E,n -. II y,
toward him through the glitterine dusk.
and, in his detraction, did not notice her
quickened breathing.
"Why should they be spent apart?"
she asked presently. could not YOUR
work be done as well here as in lon.
DOM" wi
Quite as well. Perhaps better"
Then why not stay? Oh, Jack, don't
refuse. The mouse and the farm are my
own now JUNGLE has gone. You know
how kWelcome you are. | have more
than can eve want. Mr.. Samson saws
the last years income was over six hun
bred. What can | do with all that? SIay
here, Jack, and let us revive old times"
mo, Amy. Don't think me proud or
ungrateful. But / must not be a pen
sioner eve IN your bounty, and that is
what it would be-
"Jack," said the girl in a panied tone.
'That is what it would be, Anywhere
is no other word for it. No | must 90
back to London and work. | can see
my way to bread and cheese now, and
shall get something better, l hope, in a
little time"
The girl rose from her seat and paced
the DON
"Jack," she broke out ~passionately, 81
cannot bear it. When 1 think of you
toiling and Shaving for bare life in Lon
don while l live in comfort here, and
every crust | eat and every thread l
wear bought by money that should have
been yours, l feel as if l should go mad
with shame and anger. 1t is shameful.
What right had your father to begear
you to make me rich? / can't live here,
and won't. I1l go away and work as
you do"
"You are far too sensible, Amy, l am
sure, to do anything so ridiculous. And
whatever may have been my fathers
feelings regarding ne, | believe he did
the best thing possible in leaving the
farm to you. Nothing but poverty would
aver make me work. l am some use in
the world as it is, and shall be more
some day"
The girl returned to her seat, and was
silen, for some little time. Then she
asked:
"Tell me your plans and your life in
London"
"There is not much to tell. Ny plans
are simply to go OF working till l can
get a comfortable living for myself, My
life is happy enough. I have, at least,
learned the great secretthat the man who
works is happier than the man who
doesn't. l like my work and | think l
shall succeed in it,"
"What do you nean by succeed"
II think / shall make a lite name for
myself and be we'll thought Of by my
workers IN time, and that ! shall be able
to lead my own life in my own way"
"Your ambition is more modest than
it used to be, Jack"
eyes," answered Jack with, a sad
smile, "a good deal more modest. i
don't know anything better that could
happen to a man who suffered undertoo
high a notion of his own abilities than to
be thrown on his own In Lon
don press world. One cam turn q cor
ner without coming across a dozen clev-
erer fellows than one'sself. A man who
starts with such ambitions as | had
when l started, and who keeps them
after such a three years experience as l
have had, is pretty likely, ! should say,
to be worthy of his own opinion"
"Have you many friends in LondonP"
II believe / have as many friends,
Amy, as any man who ever lived; real
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