The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-09-12

air was stifing hqt, her little brothers wsrs
compelled TO remain in their room. Ned and
Jim had been guilty Of the enormous offence Of
ra.stsring the house, with the trimmings and
YisDss :. h paps. v .Ssy f the p sa.ai HANGERS 81 ss "sys
at work Such brilliant paper was never snen
before, The bossaStooped down upon It as
! mlscrs might appropriate q gold mine. They
wore y round their arms, legs
with it home, where in due season Mrs.
Chapman gaxe them sssuch a warming's that
they both cried themselves asleep in broad
dayhght N their bedroom Ned on the floor;
him down beside Nedgently, and seated herself
again, II was an attitude the Almighty never
intended youth to take.
Her elbows were planted, oR her knees; her
palms ,clasped her cheeks and chin, and abe
AS she sat there in the darkened room.eshe
recalled = face in which compassion and ten
derness blended SO 'sweetly that her memory
could not grasp the approach of q frown upon
y y was not possible the dead could see the
Av1pg.If her dead mother could see thain
now, II would be torture uncomfortable.
What could . girl like her do? If her faith
or DID not recover his eyesight, her brothers
would be bound out It would be as mach Sc
she could do to pay her own way.
AS she sat there with stony eyes staring Il
the door, the cat pushed ita way in, and rubbed
against her, purring. IT FASTENED to little Jim's
side-lt always purred around him when he
cried-anl scurled beside HIM. Mrs. Chap
man number two hanged at the front door,
leaving IT wide open, and when Nell, recalled
to herself by the sound looked down upon the
noor, q broad bar of sunlight falling through
the door of the room, slanted across the floor.
II fell upon the tangled trimmings of PAPER
s.them little wretches brought in" around
their legs and arms, and drew with them in q
heap as they fed FROM the heavy hand Of the
stepmother. The scarlet tints burned like fire;
the purple shimmerea; the yellow stones
patches of purple and dull brown interlaced
with . network of tangled trimmings, she
started. Her pulse quickened. An idea
formed itself slowly in her brain Then she
board, brought forth her poor little box OF
cheap water ,c~olors-pathetic in their
c%heapness, and her shabby pencils
and ada, q piece Of paper, and began to paint
The Ties hlianaed tho open door,
palpitated with heat, but Nell was oblivious to
these. 1t was only when Mrs. Chapman num-
Der two returned and noisily slammed the door
to, that Nell paused in her work. Then she
put her paint boz and paper in their hiding
y
4 you please, indeed sir, I did 1t all my
.H'mw Nj: Hague, the elder, looked down
0ESA ~ sAtSuSh LIZ SIan5S6a LII u way LNAL al-
most made NelPs heart stand still, she was so
overcome with awe by the appointments Of
Mr.; Hague's private Office, and BY the manner
OF Messrs. Hague, father and son.
father did not intimate q doubt Of the
truthfulness Of yonr statement; he simply
expressed surprise. This is, I must say-0hl
by the way, what is your name?" 'sNellie Chap
man"
elder Hague, the elder Hague said somethingin
. low tone to his son, then tho latter asked
abruptly:
How is your father, Miss Chapman"
1t sounded so strange to be called Miss Chap
mani that she was Hurried, but she managed
HIN! q! ssid the elder in q peculiar
manner. Very odd-unaccountable.n
Q at all, ? said the son. 81 have heard OF
cases almost similar"
around TO Nell suddenly, then, stMy child
this, l scarcely know what to say Of it Best
put il in Boone's hands and let him decide
Now that is precisely what lido not propose
to do said Hague, il. It won't be fair. Boone
must not know where we obtained the design.
! suggest | be permitted, rs usual, to order him
to supply any details that may occur to him.
IN preparing the design for the frame"
Yen are ~right-quite right. And you Miss
this is b most extraordinary case that ever
came under my notice-call on us-say in a
week. n
Make it Saturday if you wish, . interposed
Hague, Jr., kindly, 40 he looked into the wist-
full eyes that seemed to search his very soul
in their anxiety.
g! will be back Saturday" Nell said simply
as she skipped out. She thought she would
have tainted if she had remained o moment
longer, ser Joy was SO great
The present owners OF Hague's factory, the
foremos IN the land, point to an elegant resi-
dence on the summit overlooking the town,
where the hobby horses of the grandchildren
and children Of Hague, senior and junior shine
under the trees. The Hagues amassed q COM
potency and retired from active pursuits The
greatest stroke Of business the firm of Hague
4 Son ever did was when they puttheir famous
bar Of Gold" pattern on the market The Sc
ries Of patterns following yielded them larger
profits IN two years, than all the profits of the
two years put together. There is a story cur
rent in the trade that the profits Of the origin.
al Bar Of Golds pattern amountedto upwards
Of two hundred thousand dollars. Incidental
" I may mention that the succeeding profta-
bic patterns were designed by the same hand
the hand that WAS appropriated by Hague,
Jr., before the firm retired from active bust
ness.
Needless to add that NelTs brothers and
father shared her good fortune, or that her
father thinks to this day that there never wac
. pattern as handsome as spThe Bar of Cold