Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-15
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BY rANNy pR1scoLu.

3 wrap for our drive, as had told her it
had come up quite cold; and she had
looked back with a smile as she went
away. She lad slight flush on her
fair, proud face, too; with u deep sweet
light in her violet eyes.
She was very calm and cold, this love
Of mine, Rone Snowden. But I loved
her the more for that, in contrast to my
own fire and restlessness. I hardly
know how l had won her. So many had
tried and failed. She had always been
Indifferent and disdainfnl, but she was
the one perfect woman in the world for
me. No one else had read the pure, un-
sullied heart; the white, chill nature,
that could glow to such warm tenderness
beneath loves magic.
was wandering about the room while
I waited; for apparently she could not
find wrap at once. drummed idly
on the piano; | took a few turns up and
down the room; and then, verifying the
old distich about s'Satan and Idle hands,"
/ did an objectionable thing-I read an
open note lying on Rene's escritoire. l
did it mechanically, on my word; and
had read it before realized my own
impertinence. had looked at it idly;
square, heavy sheet of ivory paper, writ
ten over with dashing chiography; but
/ was brought to the vivid realities of
life suddenly enough upon its perusal:
1t read thus.
Have lost you, my Rena? Is all
over been us now? And such q little
while, since we made our VOWS to each
otherl Such little while since you were
the snow of my fire-such little while
since we partedl And now this usurper
has come between us! How can / for
give you? And yet must always love
you; will be with you on the 18th. Let
me have you to myself for a little while;
for little while be all my own, as in the
old days. You owe me this much. your
despairing PHIL.n
choking. walked to the door. heard
Rene's silken dress swishing on the
stair. heard her voice call in a tone
of alarm: Felix, what is it?" But |
did not turn nor speak but rushed out
of the house.
1t must have been an hour or two af-
ter, when awoke to life and the world,
and found myself driving madly along
the roada oI,fsida of tha foun ,y;tl ~
hrain IN FIRE
That nioht I took tho NIGHT .troin ona
spent week rushing frantically from
one place to another, never stopping
even to sleep at any hotel. All the time
! was saying to myself: "How can wo-
man be 80 falseP" had been slave.
From the first moment had met Rene
Snowden. I had been bound hand and
was warned. beautiful and DAZZLING. and
played with men's hearts as a child with With
TOYS. But I had not believed #. had
thought her "pure, womanly.o Butnow
I woke from NV ielusion. What n fonl
j had been. / had thonpht-ahi had
she NOT told me. with that finsh in har
.lily-face. with that iieht in her sannh;ra
eyes?-that no other man had kissed the
scarlet. tender month. that no other man
had held her in his arms. that only for
me had her heart awakened
FoolI Did they NOT ali saw that2 We're
they not all every daughter Of Eve,
sfaithless. contemnfible? Had wander.
ed about the world all these Years: to
be beguiled at last by Delilah. because
her face was like snow flower. and the
sunshine Law in her silken hair? But
the proud tenderness-the reserved
6W6eGOeSS-tl6 praClOuS calm! She had
chosen her weanons we'll. This fair
hauteur went further with man than
an the wild abandon of a less practisad.
less awful woman.
At last / came home. Weeks had
passed, I was striving to get back into
the old ways-to feel the Old Interests.
Rnt was sncceedino miserably> The
morning after nv ret,1rn, "a i was sann.
terino i.}ly alone an eleoant little tprn.
n,,+ ,,,,,laa ~ h.;a,,1,r - ~, .,-t,
md % . i;n,,t ~ ,a, ~ nn;oa " raataa . ~ ~
aEaI;x tG H. say VIZ. I. "a IT, ,tn,, ns
co,n;nn - w ,nw . nartn +aarro s, a,e eiSh.a yuS
Yon have haar y nayv ,Tda far wo,, s haua w,
mt answarad NV ;,o,;+a+;nr No 20 ane ~
has known anvtIino about % von Wi Where ete
have Won heenp We have ali wondsr-
ed and coniectnred IN vain Won look a
little under the weather. Ia there any
thing an old friend can do for yonfH
Aud d frank hand was extended from
the window. and the CHARMING face
looked, a little smiling. q little grave.
into mine.
81 have been yery busy.n said !.
'sSome unexpected combinations in bus.
mess have called mo away and al,-
sorbed every moment Of nv time. for
two or three weeks. I throw noyself on
your mercy, Mrs. Chanfrau, and if YOU
will have such q worthless lounger [
will drop in tomorrow night"
fS T.