The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-19

asesa1z sss sssss gssssg
spiritual, almost mystical, contemplation Of the
beautiful fair head asleep on its pillow.
When Serge got well she was the prey Of an
Henceforth she belonged to her idl Present
or absent, he was her atlprsd master; for him
alone she breathed. She would have almost
hated tho convalescence that day by day.
not the Young mans Weakness obliged
him frequently to seek her aid.
supporting himself with Il stick in one hand
and resting the other on MavIa's shoulder he
would walk around his room. She was happy
and proud the day when, to give the countess
a surprise, sho led him thus into the little
salon where the countess, thinking he was
asleep, was reading u devotional book. The
aeitated joy Of the mother and the nervous
gayety Of the son brou ,ht the tears to the
ewes OF the young peasant girl; but stoiczl. like
all the race. she drove her tears back 70 her
heart
Serge walked alone with q stick, then with
out a stick. limping a. little. B%y-and-by his
firm, elastic tread WIS heard again on the
waNed oak floor. Tn Northern early winter
time to time the seignorial mansion,
then melting under the = breath of q
warmer wind, tin the great winter blockade
finally set in. One day q sledge lined with
bells that studded the harness, drew up before.
the DOOR Serge and his mother stepped into
IL waving - friendly farewell to the household
that crowded around with noisy benedictions.
Ihe countess was to pass the winter at st.
Petersburg, where her son wa, to resume his
service In the hussars of Grodno. When they
were gone, when tho heavy gate which, Mavra
had opened one beautiful august day WAS shut,
apl the sna. fell slowly in !arge llkes. ~rellecl-
lnR4tle ,eolorsi otJ lbs pilsm, 1T shut out all the
dlferl world fronlths il hates sottho seignorial
rnarsion.Aub e'.i.7I sluiAd aha ~ lits N.siE
AIagaa retarned TO her Fembroidery frane q No
igfgesr. I'm ier't.te orders of tne goo ftDacka,, but
'tpaef'tas capriqt3IEs htfuss Y ~ end !hse Of
u h9useseepsr Charged IN lle lateral with tho
BRrkroom lelarilnnu t. Life twses mot SO easy,
bntashasrh sttsrsd II 10 MaYra that ,isereislouid
be more harshness or less blindness. Sho did
not live III the present. Her waking hours were
passeu IN an' nuoc ut teeasAsyx that wore 4lnr
lMaye Notwithstanding She tdiaaotkHow this
tAs love r Had Sire kpown'ib no lasno mt OF
fraters hf't.ars awonlt 'havo been tcnonsh 10
tSpiate Ter uhpara SSnahte Stu s.5Shs loved
.Igst as flowers blessprn; her ideal was, exalted,
Der Dream pure, End .shesliyed upon them. Oue
Less eAaste wOutdDhave aliesl Aud as regards
tils youngscoInit hsihad M idea of taiisthis. ai!ss
The Countess caine' baeas irfst priag, mud the
hnusc Resumed it - grand, hospiiabls ways.
| Mavra was profoundly touched to find that her
m!stcess, far from having forgotten, imputed
kiLndly after ler,s she. returnel % her isonal
9tterdance UPON thu opnptess with moro de:
| f8sea fervor thaneier Later gu the young
master ,wasito como back 81 Dack. conveyed in
. HysterinUs manner. thRtshe lad somethiug
better to DO than to.burt hisa-elf in thsscout,-
.rv. Sln tle evening she ccniidedefo thu iaun-
dress, + ~ Int rIniha bic ,whi-p- re, secrets that
We're 10 Doubt interfering, 9btt which Mavra
aade,n0Aa tempt TO ioverhGar, bong BY nature
and tie discreet and reserved.
On the eve Of st, John. when young girls
rlait crowns of flowers, when. they throw INTO
the river 70 sea II they are to be married
within tho year, NJ tyra went, IKE the others,
10 consult afierF this fgraoeful fashion.
She never dreamed of marriage; it was a
closed world to her, INTO which she had no
45 IRE to 3, p sb S w. s ,Sa M sas;sI 7 e. ~ T., a
caprieiops stream The gals had thrown in
iheirs .garinnds. Mayia's got eutsngled in
bowers. iti,atsta young ad'of twenty had Just
flung in tsHeewasS as carpenter. y The two
crowns whitfield sarpnnd iueDmpany and van
ished together from view at the Bend of the
Hero We, are engaged, Malvlrsas, - said the car
pepter. siiLst it be ouco for all" 4t,tsgfa "a.
J. NO. she replied calnly,awithout blushing.
fssWhyS Do you dis ike me.' tss ss4S sjsr
mo, not more thar other people,. Idon't
wislito marryih'teTs q sSrl -
THIS was enough to make HE carpenter per-
sist IN his wish, He tried every meaYs-went
th~eleng!hsof begging the 1csntitess 70 in tercede
for INN, ! Maaivsa, soiit FOR by her mistress,
gave the,sahie eXtlsna,ion.T ~ : ~"
sft'Well, if the child does not wish TO. marry,
leave he aione," said philosouhicaliy the OK
ccl!ent iady, wtn, would b sve sGrup pied to force
a fly TO driukea srap OF milk. r,p sbt ,Ai ss
: and Mayra BY her own desire vas devoted to
I'm nj mouth OF Scptempsr Serge returned,
bun only toreisht days. Ee, brought no dogs
nsr eqlipasrs wifi him this time. yWheh Ne
saw Mavra he gave her,a friendly tsmtls, and
| then&nonght no more shout her. When he
tho house was again plunged into solitude long
before lliesi ual titae. SM sWtelss lataf flle
new siirivedf taat the young cosnt was married.
4 This affior f1cerp ent was the signal for great
TtjoicipS I.Accurdihg 10 ,antipht Usage bnrress
II swaeeFs beer. AM; hydromel Wtete btrsewed;
sSlite BREAD aud meat Wsressls sributed 10 the
whole vii age. TaagJDor,i,adt abunlant t alms,
aud tho whole retinue otassrvnuts had new
dreset s. Mayra had o handsome hiue Asoolen
| dress and d 2silkl handkerchief. n one was
forgotten debts tn ARIA. we're resmitted,i and
the4y9uly girl @es tsEiddpnlytold she might re-
turn for the wiuter 10 her family till her
iather could make new arrangements for the
paymsns;h II, kiia0f whathe owned.
| This was no joyful news for tho young peas
art sirl, batrssIgnktioulsfaa inherentlfussiAn
y,rtuc; sbtrpacksd upher clothes ia ~ basket,
and one fHa ,a-ningstoncageous1y set !oIton
fbst FOR her native village She vas received
c5olly by her niGther.ls One mouth, more to
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q aasesion. After ! e.
day Mayraj relapsed. mt, bar ollsilabits, bent
afi riay orel her embroidery frame by the mar
rosarwindow,t iaathe evening stan21i hgt aeaning
hEasns: tue DOR, gazing ia,swss her wort. At
:Ee s,Srs t.M0 re. than' ever she loved thern; be-
hihd these marvellous Lights. hat arp 1ikensd
to teafg-rtor she was often sad noyr-shc saw
the elsSk eyes, aud Aan lspma Indifferent face
tfa' mad taken possession of her soul. AS long
as she was staying in the grand seiGnoriai
mansion; where the image of her idol met her
at every step in fami lar All ude, where size
had only to close her eyes 20 see Sarge before
iler, Mayra was happy: she was of those for
whom The maocert2aIM daify apa'ssence of the
beloved makes the whole happiness of life.
Here, where nothing spoke of him, sho felt
for the first time the pain of separa ion.
Uneasy, she asked herself whatsis was that
was prt1tiug herfto this degree, and the truth
nearly % wned upon. her,I bsnt ne SiioSpsd the
n ,ssllot daring to Sound II further. saying
10 herselfshath iere must bs at the root Of ali
Sthis suffering soras4 great SIN she herself was
ignorant of MORNING. a ndssevAniug she krielt
Ion ( beforo the saeredaitnaIe, imp!o,iHg Godto
deffver iisr II on4her pair, aid feeilng herself
spa,hen By this ~eflisthn " " MYSTIC tender
kasss,, Sic, kapt her .salness p hersalf,, stiIl re-
;fnsing 10 fatlomit But she was MsiblAH vast
ling away; the SIN Ky afmospher ere ofsAs homo
haduo8 shessan,es painful Aintiuenee hpOnpher
that the want ofSfresh dir had ~rormcrly whom
sa9 1's sur tstsa aff Hh S4s1ais i.,b H. ! g n rsis xi inc
ia ThHssp.wSofk ysssbe:3 s ~ 81" ioo5laas
hat the stars. Mt only did they more ttau eyer
Llookli Ike tearsf hut 20 90 'ner did ,ste thfpt har
fsayeS oMasl habrisht sky than n! the wi lad with
tears, no thats he iissdlyk ne " whetner At was the
fire efsheayen Or lier own rearssthat 8 parkied
Bsnea.h l3aF Aselids, fs,sX q - sEsas sFf Hsa si
saS fhffi,ng cams. though marc tardy' tnansssa
Ethen sifntnt i, tn its tgld laboTs, 9Fhe epult-
less seemed TO have oforg blten Mayra, fWha
bthotght wlhheyen more anl moEa resis uSl SAD
ness uftllis much loved mi,trHss. sasffaf
b Her1iaduiseuce eniceriangt the rservicesdg =
of her family Appeared 10 the Young girfnots a
Mypf, bdt 4 punishment, FiAt ifaiy1iiaking ASIA
hhtESvseesfst young tadAsscHi out tKs girls Had
MavTa Wished it 1sHss might iaye had ten .us.
bands. She was no longer quite Young, &C,
their daughters at sixteen and their bows a,
twenty. She was getting on to twenty, aud hei
L .a.aAI..r Of Imam ,.o.,r.Aunlaad llar l. unttn L..