The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-03-14

laSu he Qiu, MS KNOCK interrupted one
of Chopin's sweetest nocturnes. Miss
jimmie was seated at the piano. She
wore brown calico dress with red
| flowers in it Ia dress even more hideous
than the purple spotted one
s'Ah, come in" she said, looking
around, butnot rising "You are always
welcome here, as Ahntie says; but
| when you come, you mustn't expect me
to talk; for l can never talk when /
play As she said, this. she whirled
| around on the pian6-stool. and let her
hands droop softly en- the keys, in a
kind of csress.
1t was Mendelssolln first, and then
Mozart, and Liszt and Beethoven. AS
Richie glanced from. the sweet, rapt
face to the supple white fingers, gifted
with such an exquisite touch; he began
to think 'tl1lt, he had stumbled over
social phenomenon.
But, with all this" he wrote to Bob
| Wynne, she is wholly devoid of taste in
personal adornment. Her dresses are
appalling; her shoes are an anachron-
ism. You ask about the fishing.
There's plenty of trout still, but 1
haven't been out much yet except with
Miss Gray. Now don't make much
more OF this fact than you've right to,
which isn't much. She has passion for
spring flowers, and grasses, ands,saat
sort of thing and / help her to collect
them. Farmer Goodrich has rickety
old buggy which he lets us have now
and then.'. The uncle and aunt will do
anything for "Jinnie.
"You seem to hasc quite forgotten
the ~ original purpose OF your stay there, :"
,Mynne wrote n reply; Ihree weeks
are % still fm d,ivina N.Y. Misc &c Gyar..hnnt u, @ % tbe
country insteaa .df cat;b;n@ trout and
sending mi, n lot as Won nromised Tn
afraid yo,ir old weakness has overcome
YOU, and that Won ore flirting again.
Don't break the poor girls heart"
sYou speak too late was the reply,
"Angling is now ouite ont of the ones
ton. I have assumed the sacred duties
of companion to an interesting .sinvalid.
| To be explicit. Bob. the buggy had the
kindness to go to- pieces, on the road,
and it was my privilege to rescue Miss
Gray from the wreck. She hurt her
pGbe spte q be shn sa anaae 1oot foG E nep
interesting The doctor saws she may
ba. confined 10 tha lonnga for . fortnight
! Pieture me. at present. as her devoted
i attendant. read and talk to her by
the hour. She does tlirt, Bob. How
| the little rustic learned 1 don't know !:
| T snpnoae e con,aa nv .nofura aa Won
sanl Indeed 7 tb;nls she nnderstands
- ha+to, ha, .ii.n l,s Ino .niu, ''sn 81,
can't for tIa life of me- ,,rasnma mon
a single nriv;laoa I have said to her
7,,< Il the softest +h:-,,-. 7 ~, -, -,.
so1ho y --.....re:~ y, CT uttered !;
pu.; upon my SOU, ono more think ct !,
tah1ng ner hand than "a think OF flying. !,
lno Gays ana weeks slipped by, and
Malcolm Wa stlll installed at Farmer
Goodrich's. In the end: ssyhne Began
to be seriously coaoerned for HIM, and
wrote to inquire what he was dong
with himself
1t was one bright and unseasonsbly
warm afternoon, that Malcolm came in,
in gleeful mood.
I've raked up buggy. Miss Gray"
he said "a buggy that won't break down,
and, ifyou like, we can take a drive along
the river" IA .ri.g4 {.
"a last drive" Jimmie said. smiling,
40 SAS IVY GU Will lelltl HUI SIT uSlu
in her hand. -.
Il hope not the very last" said Nal
colin, lightly, ,.... .,
''The very last I'm afraid n she an
wexed, with peculiar sweetness. II
have summons to Baltimore"
Malcolm looked very much disappoint-
ed
You have friends IN Baltimore ?" he
said suggestively.
ooh. yes I went to school there. YOU
know"
II am very sorry YOU are going" he
said, wardly-more awkwardly than
he ever said ANYTHING in his life. "We
have had such pleasant time: at
least, T have enioyed it."
And /, too" She answered softly. |
But the fishing is pretty we'll over.
now.' Il
1T wasn't the fishing that kept me
here SO long" he ventured quite boldly:
and jimmie blushed like rose.
II can understand that" she FASTENED
to say; 81 never knew n more delight
full place to idle in
The buggy is here. Miss GRAY" he |
said. walking Ia the window. and
then back again. ALLOW me to take
you down"
When he had her beside him, alone.
on the river road, he turned to her and
said
'sYou are one OF tile most battling
persons [ ever met. Miss GRAY
She laughed: and there wa, a sudden
flash in her clear hazel ewes.
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