The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-17
WYLDER'S ROCK.
.MHsu;sN LOCKWOOD.

N1UhE% IA0ssNyxQ0tU Ahuf LsuAaN5 Auuehvs
evscy inch ofathesway, spent ailthey
possessed Ia contesting the suit, and lost
Il az last.
fhiiip Bearlo bad spent . good deal,
too; but, then, ho was Z in0ney.king-5
rolled il goldy in yulgars parlsHHee-and
he had won, which meant Q money,
I he very well knew, when he pro.
duced. from amid some musty old pa
pers, fhSt nncAncelleds mortgage Of
which hS hadlknowsn forSyears, but new
81 thought 81. pushing till he discovered
thattt8sbasren and hitherto considered
worthless acres sof the Wylder's Rock
property rested on q stratum Of solid
wealth; In short were on = vast coal
bod. gSJ hui Hj{s
The Wylders had lost-and who were
thsy2 The poorest and, proudest family
In the county-the proudest, at any rate
and they had possessed only 2 compe-
tence when they. went into this legal
contest, which had swallowedit all, and
ended Id total rout for them.
There had been five in the family
when tlie struggle began-the father,
three sons and one daughter.
Two gfsthe sons, brilliant young men
and pfomisthg Awyers, had been killed
in q railroad accident on their way to
the city on business connected with the
hmous suit.
Worry over the suit and the horror OF
losing his beautiful boys in 80 terrible q
manner, had brought an attack Of fever
daytime suit was decided against him,
leaving with his dying breath the stern
charge TO his remaining clildren-never
Ito give up-never TO yield Wylder's
Rock to the Searlesl
The Wylders really seemed an I'M
lucky family. This remaining son wal
sufferer rom spinal disease, confined
TO bis couch or wheeled chair most of
his life.
4. poor creature he was to resist any.
thing, much less the enforcing Of that
" decision of the conrt which had given
\ his home TO another.
will resisttp declared his young
sister 81 will never yieldp
Alfdash lookedtasif SHE would be no
mean Antagonist, girl of sixteen though
she was.
Slight, dainty. and sweet, a child in
iooks assshe WssS IN years, there was vet
1 spirit shining out other big black ewes.
q determination in the lovely, cnrving
mouth, that BODIED iii for the succCss OF
Philip Searless plans if she could defeat
them.
The ~money,king sat in ,his gorgeous
library, in close and confidential con-
verse with his only son, but lust re-
turned from . three years, s%ojourn in
Europe.
He was 9 young man of fine noble
presence. handsome and, gallant
enough make the heart of any man
leap with pride to call him son.
Philip Searlle had Just been giving him,
q. rough outline, what he called q sketch
You see,n he said, cit has been lust
like fighting anest otseagles all along.
Theyshave baked and hindered and re-
slseedsthe thingtillI am out of all man
ner Of patience. There is only those
two row, the sick fellow and the girl,
but she's q regular little tigar-cat by all
accounts. l have served the regular
legal notice on them; I have warned
thorn N9 80, md they won't. hit wore
menI was dealing with / should know
What TO do, but . child and . sick
lyon wish me to 50 and see them?"
questioned Raymond, lightly. Very
WE'LL will 60 at once. I dare say I can
Induce them to hear reason.'
He spoke with the self-contidence his
INDUCED and f1attered life had taught
him. He was in the habit of being yield
sd TO; not because he was d~ictatorial or
eelfishly Bxactirig. but because hes was
rich, y Dung, handsome, sunny-natured
and warmrhearted. Most men.liked him
and most women, too, for that matter.
Wylder's Rock, from which the pro-
pertyl topkiita nAlie, was a rugged, stony
eminence..w with evergreen clothed side.
The house, perched like an eagles eyrie
q the very top. WAS q picturesque, ivy
clad stone STRUCTURE, built Al the palm
les days of the family, now seemingly at
lne decadence. 1t had c been splen-
didly furnished within, but now con.
tanned only the faded remnants of ita,
former m~aRniicence
AZ Inc hour when Philip Searle talked
Win his son, Reda Wyider stood with
their ore servants an old woman of sew
enty, who had always been with the
minily, before q picture which hung in
ehe low ideentrance hall of the house.
y was the portrait of an ancestress,
2 woman who must have been superply
0eautlfuI. with her n;ghtlike eyes, her
snowy kin, her diadem Of silken braids.
hohes OF silk and lace fit for an empress
about the perfect figure, and in
ner mar ana on her breast were genasof
sYou are her image, child-her yery
nat,e r. ola ia lAsa Hs "a saving. aIfyou
we're dressed like that you might get into
the traIneetheley and nnone would know
thediference.n
Reda laugfledgmerrily.
nave 9 mind to try it," she said.
yefysciothea she wore for thisfpic-
lure are up there in the cedar chest. /
will do it"
As she ran away Annot's old eyes fol-
lowed her fondly.
Llgnf-hearted and lion-heartei like
AZ Of her race!n she murmured, and
lwept lei Wav kitchenward.
a little latter agentieman came slow
siy mp the walk, hesitated at the vine
claa, 5snntits doorway. and glanced with
u, the open hall.
his gaze fastened admiringiy on the
picture of Reda Wylder's beautiful an
cestress, as seeing no bell, he lightly liz
ted, Twice pr thrice, the old cushioned
ebony and bronze knocker which orla-
msnted the carved door, aud waited.
some moments passed. Annot, alb
aSorped In her kitchen duties, did not
9 him, nor any one.
1uI presently. along an uppes hall,
and4down q flight OF stairs at right angles
Will the doorway, he heard the tiny
metalic click Of little boot-heels, anlthe
sWlglh ~ silken dra cries: aud then sud
) tl llit5l otI-time gorgeous attire
" Enl2iii.sheslap gone togarfay herseli, !
Reds Wilder stoodsbefore him.
q gentleman almost Jumped, so
startled was he.
Had tha-Ricture come out Gifts frame?
keda read his thought, and a laughing
hght came INTO her dark, shining eyes, q
lips.
Raymond searle quickly recovered
hirnseEsFand bowed low, hat in band.