The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-13

GasaaniesssSS ssIookinsI Asily ONT !
eindcx upon garden hanina
and sunset GLOW,
dxSpairosc mid eyes % Nh,
K11ihnG y face n wAs al anxious fsos
momert, mo, beingusually
placid contsnt, ths anxiety WA
TAp6afent 10 Leonie. So, aSter8 1
arst csrelsss Elancss she Strengthened
kssselen her low chair; and said quiet
VA withevery appearance 81 inter
Nhat Il ths natter /.
swkward pause followed that
qnsssson.
Mn Toilman fdgeted under the In
anirilg glance of the dark eyes, cleared
hsr throat twice, and finally said with
ieryousanaphasis
s#ssJJo hnsFurher
Miss Gasnesonsa faceseemed to freeze.
4 NM syerg beautiful face, with pride
4 leading expression. Sweetness
lnptked i the mouthy intellect beamed
from he radiant dark eyes, but pride
sliaaowed ALL II carried the small
heal gracefully cree, it swept the folds
of tlfe rich dresses with 4 regal motion.
g touched the small patrician hands,
ma VA evident in the we'll modulated
tones ofthe refined VOICE
: TherqSsrS Mrs. ToIlman, despasirringly,
s1venaade you mad already, and I
haven said anything"
am not mad Leonie answered,
andthere certainly lurked q smile in her
mouth 81 the goodwoman's ~consterna-
ion but yoa have not told me what
str0rbIes you
sg Itts.-ifs--John Miss Cameron, and
Z then rapidly, as IL the words were
forced By d fear Of her own inability to
finish her salfappointed task, she hur-
sried on: 1He's my nephew, Miss, as
yon know though his father is e rich
man very rich, and John is above his
mothers place in her life. She's dead,
and John was spoiled somewhere be-
twanHthe year she died and two years
ago Isdon't know where he took ia
bad ways. He was brought up an idlel
upon his fathers money, aud from idle
Mosaic drinking, gambling and bad ways
il IN easy rOad. Hisfather is q hard maj
md He thfust him out nearly q year age
and disiIiherited him. I've nothing
Seise 70 love; husband and children in
the graveyard, so Iloye John"
There was q piteous pleading in The
wornan's face, but laeonie's face wa
blank save for IN air Of polite interest
1HeSwasmost desperate when he came
hcre, but Isva ooaxed him q little. But
but-O, Miss Cameron, you know
1 what / want to say. You are beautiful
FiGh--a Lady far above me in education
and position, aud only staying here for
country quiet, Two no right to find
fault, but but-zdont airt with John.
HA il trouble, dispondept, disinher-
tied, and he's falling ID love with you
i fast saS iIs q believe If you play
with Aln,she will kill himself, body and
soul 4
FairIyUnt 81 breath with her own
earnest utttterance, Mrs Tollmallpaused
looking pleadingly in Leonie Cam.
eron'S face. The expression Of polite
Interest never wavered, as the young
lady said
i Z understand yol1 Alright, You wish
mo to ignore your nephew It IS not SO
eaay, III he Isl IN your house, SO had
better leave ii.
slsoodnessa eried the widow, aghast
III this Interpretation Of her Words,sHI
never meant TINT: Where can you find
another boarding place around here.
$ cen return to London"
Y put my foot in II. John will
neyer forgive me" said Mrs. Tollman,
d~issonEolately
But8there was no sympathy in Lee
gau1ie1B face, and she turned away at last
pAtplexed andsmore anxious than ever.
AndIeonie, sinking back III her chair
again looked at the sunset clouds and
yaaiegated foliage, and thought perhaps
twas time t0 return to London.
She had come to S., weary witha
round Of fashionable life, tiredgof fat
terry, dancing, flirting. and she had
found rest and quiet under Mrs. Toll
mans motlerly care. She was rich,
richer far than the lnndlady had any
ideA of but she had no near relatives,
only a second cousin to keep hsr lonely
homo and play pfopricty.
Society constituted itself her amateur
guardian, and, lying back III her cush-
Toned clair. III the sunset glow, she
wondered indolently what society would
~ .s,s4o xSry.t I'll. - IT,, II, X, II --1,, n 1850,
him q rare perfection cf manly beauty
Of face and form, and forgive the eyi-
dent traces of dissipation, if it was only
known, that he WAS the son of rich
man, and had been edneatea nm idler
ny profession. But III what holy horror
& would turn ava with upfifted hands
when it was known that lie was disin-
hasrSted, with no home hut q room in
the house of widowed aunt eking out
her narrow income bY taking In board
crss Nwonld Annle at his biting sar-
casm, his brilliant conyersation, cynical
sneers, if he was reinstated in his faith
eTis favor, but how rude these would be
ina poor man.
Eeonies from thinking of society's
opinion quite internationally glided into
considering hersown. The dArk-browed
man had snade fair portion Of her
snIndner pleasure FOR. three months, had
been her caYalierin many country walks,
drives; and sails, had quoted its repulse
to- throw him over. She passed in re-
view her hosts Of male friends, and
found nome who had awakened her
heart to hours of such keen pleasure as
John Furber had given her. She tried
-.J.x-AHoL.z-.1.f -
lect had dwarfed her own as his had
Ssanna lyhn hoA n,nf how fasr1r -, ~