The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-06
II IAPUDEIT FELLOW.
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Pretty Roee Melville went swinging
Al Nd down, mp and down, her light
mualin dress waving and Tutoring IN
tho. breesa.
aGIorious, Carl, isn't it?r she cried,
calling IA her pet aud companion, .
huge, ahsggy dog. aBut whore are
you Why don't you answer sir
And, swinging more slowly, she
boxed everywhere around her for the
dog
I RoseWas down Of the end Of the old
fashioned garden, at the back Of her
fathers farm house, where q swing had
@heen IN up for her in q little grove OF
trees.
Suddenly ! merry voice cried out
aHsreit.
Ard handsome yorng man leaped
the low fence and advanced toward her,
laughing merrily.
Rose was ont Of the swing and on her
feet ii an instant, hor eyes flashing and
her figure drawn up to its full height;
she looked prettser than aver in her In
dignatiOn.
I beg your pardonln said the intrud-
q, bowling half-mockingly; but I was
taking : short cut across the fields when
heard you call me.
Call you ~
Rose looked As il she would annihil-
ate him.
Certainly with the utmost cool
q called Carl, didn't you?"
~ calling my dog, sir II said Rose,
with infinite hauteur.
We'll, I am NOT exactly 4 dog was
The laughing answer s'but I've often
been called m impudent fellow at
.yonr service, Miss"
He bowed again, profoundly.
should think so!- snapped Rose,
Stamping her little foot.
And she muttered TO herself, not ex-
pecting TO be heard;
IMpudencet
The stranger heard the word, never
ataeless. Hiasmniner changed.
y y beg your pardon; 4 am afraid I am
~tresHassings But the path through the
ssd&eld Wass trOdden, As If one Ind the
right way there, and I heard YOU
call. Well, evidently made q mis-
g
Againstlse mirthfnl look danced in his
Y
GiioodSnorning.ils
He swept the very ground with his
hat as heexecrted another bow and then
turned. ind, putting his hand on the
topcf the fence, vanIted over, and the
next moment was out of sight.
Rose did not swing any more on Tint
day, bRtwent back to the house, nut
terrinG, The impudent fellow r. while
the real Carl, who had started Off chas-
ing q rabbit, reappeared just at this
,,JJuiacture and accompanied her.
Bus this WAS not the Carl she meant
when she said ssithe impudent fellow p
week passed. Rose saw no more
sM the stranger, though she often Won
dered who lie could lie, and il he were
stayiinegii ID the neighborhood.
ne end Of that time she attended.
~ evening pnrttS at Squire Stacy,s.
Almost the first person she saw on IN
! fering the room was the handsome
stranger.
wish to introduce you to my ne
'Pllew, said the squire, leading that per-
s0nuge up To Rose. Ellis name, by bap-
tier. is Carl Mortimer; hut he is such d
bod boy tibet he is best known among
hisfriends as shat impudent fellow. g
eyes Of the young people met.
Gsarlas were dancing with fun. For the
he f her Rose could NOT helplanghing.
H0sthey laughed ii concert; and he
saads bowingl low nndrepeating the same
words he had ID the garden:
that impudent fellow-at your
service mics
Shaking snort Of me Z said Rose
-eo hsrself md drew herself up hanghtiIy.
And far the rest of the interview sIe
Wnsac0ida nd raseryed, confring herself
st0 moncsyllable replies.
Verysoon, 81 the appearance Of one
~ ermany admirers, she excused her
cell land went to dance.
bit of q Tartar, I'm afraid said
Carl NJ -siinarsa hSw pretty she isl
= books 90 Il though she had a no
sbie nhAraatts anlsne can take her own
FssAishave found to my cost. But
EMlafraid she has been spoiled BY adj
miRation. To get into her good graces
ssnnst 60 on his very knees to her;
and, faith II is almost worth while to do
1t. But no, Carl Mortimer, my boy.
KEEP yOur self respect Then, with 4
aauell. { thy servant d dog that he
should dosthis thing,
Yet often that evening Carl found
himself, as i by some magnetic attrac-
ton drawn TO Roses side.
Rose, too, could not help occasionally
CHANGING admiringly at his handsome
Sfacesand graceful figure.
She sAw$very soon that he was tile
saheat dancer in tho room. So when q
AWaltR struck up, and he asked her to
ininsippsi i, she could not resist the invi-
fatipn.
4 don't dance withl,im, she said
To- herself Nthe other girls win say he.
didn't ask me, and that would never do. y
Ross had never enjoyed waltz 50
much,
She forgot the ridiculous episode in
the swing: forgot the strangers cool
~indiifepence; forgot everything but the
drealnysnlusic and the graceful move
mentS At her companion.
When the band stopped abe sighed.
xnd wished it was al to 90 over again.
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