The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-30

/ RniA2Giii1i1E As tine uOor opened 10 auIlib
a tall slender figure in deep mourning,
and a low yery sweet voice asked:
as this the landlords"
"The-the-what?"
II called about the house, sir"
"What house? ?" Take a seat, re-
calling his politeness.
rs not this 46 W-place?"
Certainly it is"
"Ihave been on the lookout for some
time for a furnished house suitable for
boarders, sir, and if I find this n suits
me, and the rent is not too high"
But" interrupted the astonished
| bachelor.
40, 1 hope its not taken. The ad-
vertisement said TO call between eight
and nine, and it struck eight as l stood
upon the doorstep"
@You have the Herald in your hand,
sir" she said, timidly. Il did not cut
it out"
ooh, you saw it in the Herald" and
he turned to the list of houses to let.
Sure enough, there it was. ..,
"To let, furnished, a three-story,
brown stone front, basement" and
rather a full description of the advan-
tages of the premises, with the en-
pathic addition, Call only between 8
and 9 a. m"
$50 to be sure I am at home, the ras-
call" said Rupert Smithson, laying
aside the paper. lam sorry, madam, p"
he said, that you have had the trouble
of calling upon a useless errand."
Then it is taken" said a very disap-
pointed voice, and the heavy Grape veil
was lifted to show a sweet, matronly
face framed in that saddest of all bad
| ges, a widows cap.
well, no." said the perplexed bach
| elor, lit is not exactly taken"
Perhaps you object to boarders?"
"You want to take boarders?" he an
swered, thinking how lady like and
gentle she looked, and wondering if she
had long been a widow.
eyes, sir; but I would be very care
full about the references"
Have YOU ever kept boarderH be-
fore?"
mo, sir. Since my husband died
six years ago Che failed in business, and
brought on a severe illness by mental
anxiety my daughter and myself have
been sewing, but we have both been in
Ill health all winter, and / wish to try
some way of getting a living that is less
| confirming. / have kept house several
years, but / have not capital to furnish,
so we want to secure a house furnished
like this one, if possible"
Quite unconscious of the reason, Ru-
pert Smithson was finding it very pleas
ant to talk TO this gentle little widow
about her plans as she spoke, was Won
dering if it would not make an agree
able variety In his lonely life to let her
make her experiment of keeping board
ers upon the premises.
II think you will be satisfied with
my references, sir, / have lived In one
house and have had work from one firm
for six years, and if you require it /
can obtain letters from my husbands
friends in Cincinnati"
CINCINNATI"
He was quite well known there.
Perhaps you know of him, John Muir
ry,-street"
John Murryw
Rupert Smithson looked searchingly
into the pale sad face that WAS so plead
ingly raised to his gaze. Where were
the rosy cheeks, the dancing eyes, the
laughing lips that he had pictured as
belonging to John Murry's wife ?
Knowing now the truth, he recognized
the face before him, the youth all gone,
and the expression sanctified by sorrow
and suffering.
You have children" he said, after q
long silence.
teen years old. Ihaye buried all the
others"
II will let you have the house on one
condition. he said, his lips trembling o
little as he spoke.
She did not answer. In the softened
eyes looking into her own, in the voice
suddenly modulated to tender sweet
ness, some memory was awakened, and
she only listened with bated breath and
dilating eyes.
ION n condition, Kate" he said,
that you come to it as my wife and its
mistress. / have waited for Won twenty
years, Katie
1t was hard to believe, even then,
though the little widow let him caress
her, and sobbed upon his breast This
gray haired, middle aged man was so
unlike the Rupert chad believed
false. Even after the whole past was
discussed, wronged, but not by Katie, it
was hard to believe there might be years
Of Happiness still in store for them.
Rupert Smithson did not put in his
appearance" at his counting house all
day, and Rupert the Second went home
after dinner ii rather an uneasy frame
Of mind regarding the April fool trick
of his.
II must run over and see il I have
offended beyond all hope Of pardon"