Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10

customers, her goods were alwa vsaaar
Abe hod ahu gave satisfaction, though
ACTIVE lru ~ me name of being a tritle en-
nv.l1g IN her bargains, and askina A.
Ans ~ as she possibly could.
ao,aay one of her customers in maxi
ny cnange did not give her ENOUGH Inv
nsceht. lnez, when she di. covere &
uroVe back a quarter of q mile to have
the error rectitled. o
woman looked amused and q
tlll1e contemptuous when she asked
ner 1or the missing penny. Inez saw
it. You think it is queer that I ca anM
dion;t lor m cent" said she. with slow
u'gn1ty' but cents are my dollars"
les l suppose So" assentcd the
WOMAN hastily, changing her p
lnez, driving through Bolton streets,
looked at the girls of her own ace
Mnom she met in their pretty street
suits in grave feminine admiration.
one had never had anything but the
very barest necessaries in the way of
clothes herself. Lately a vain desire
nae crept into her heart for a bright
RIBBON bow to wear at the throat, as
some OF those GIRLS did. She never
dreamed OF gratifying the desire, but it
remained. She thought of it so much
that, before she knew, she mentioned
1t to her mother on their way home.
Mother said she, so red ribbon
bow with long ends like those girls
wore would be pretty for me, Wouldn't
it?"
Her mother stared at her in amaze
ment. 1tdid not sound like Inez. "Real
pretty, child" SAID she. .'I'd hev one
ct l was you: you're young, an you
want sech things. l he'd 'em when l
was a girl"
ooh, no, mother" cried Inez, has
THY. "Of course l ncver thought of
such 4 thing really. l only spoke of
it. We've got to wait till the mortgage
is paid to eat our honey, you Know
That evening, after the mother and
daughter had eaten their supper, and
We're sitting in the kitchen in the twi-
light. there came a knock at the door.
Inez answered it. Willy Lintield
stood there.
'How do you do, Willy?" said she.
"frettY we'll, thanky, lneZ.
Then there was a pause. Inez stood
looking gravely at the young man.
She wondered what he wanted and
why he did not tell his errand.
"Nice evening"" said he, finally.
"Beautiful."
Then there was another pause. The
young fellow stood on one foot, thenon
the other, and got red in the face.
Inez, could not imagine why he did
not tell her what he wanted. At last
she grew desperate.
ssDid your mother want to buy some
eggs, Willy:"' she asked.
moo" he faltered, looking rather
taken aback. 81 don't-she does
leastways she didn't say anything about
it,"
"Was it butter, them"
sNo-l guess not. I rather think
she's got plenty"
Inez stared at him in growing amaze.
ment-what did he want?
He was a fair-complexioned young
man, and he looked as if the blood was
fairly bursting through his face.
'.Good-night, Inez,'' said he, finally,
Goodnight, Willy" she responded
Then he walked Oft.
Inez went into the kitchen, entirely
mystitied. She told her mother abou.
it. "What do you suppose he wanted?'
asked, she.
Mrs. Morse was an obtuse woman
but Inez's father had come counting
her in by-gone days. She caught thu
clew to the mystery quicker than hel
daughter.
"Why, 1 guess he come to see you
Inez, most likely"
..Come to see me! Why, what for?'
"Why, cause he wanted to. Why
| does any Teller go to see a girl?"
It was Inez's turn to color then. Z"
said She. Il don't believe It, mother
s.He did, sure's %preachin'."
II never thought of asking him tt
come in. l guess you are mistaken
mother. Nobody ever came to see nj
So"
Inez kept thinking about it uneasly
1t was a new uneasiness for her.
The next day she met Willy Lintiel'
in the village store. She stepped up t
him at once.
..W1llv," said she, 81 didn't ask yo'
10 come in last night, and L thought
p'rhaps, afterward, I'd ought to.
never thought OF your wanting to com
in. I supposed you'd come on an. 81
rand"
The young fellow had looked sti
and offended when she first %approache
him, but it was impossible to doubt he
honest apology.
"Nell, 1 kinder thought of making
little call on you, Inez," he owned, co
oring.
.sI'm very sorry, then; but no youn1
man ever came to see me before, and
never thought of such a thing"
She looked into his face pleasant,
He gained courage. "Say, lnez,' sa5
he, e..the bell-ringers are going to pc
form in the hall tomorrow nigh
Wouldn't YOU like to go with me?"
..Yes, I'd like to. Thank you Willy
Inez was not easily perturbed, b
she went home now in a %tlutter. SUI
\ thing as this had never happened
:. her before. Young men had new
shown MI h partiaIlty, for her. No
, she was exceedingly pleased. She hi
never realized that she cared. becau
! she had not had the experiences