The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-07

devoted himself 10 the carS Of tha spar-
tied animal he wasadriving.
AZ her w door Lucy put ont her
hand. Whatever happens, Howe, your
cousin Lncy viii he your friend. But
do not tax mo beyond q womans power
Of endurance. II you are in earn
est in what you have said, advise
.you TO Shink we'll Of it and do moth
ing for which You will be sorry for in
the future.nn
your disapprobation has given me
the greatest pain that Iexpect to exper-
fence. Lucy. But it has not altered my
mind. Worship the very ground my
darling's feet have touched"
II only wish you may always feel SO,
Howe" was Lucy's rejoinder; .sfor q
marriage ont Of ones station seldom
confers lasting happiness.
The marriage took place, but Lucy
did not attend it. Howe took his bride
away for the wedding tour, and, finding
80 much enjoyment where, a no one
knew anything about Norah's anteced-
ents she could not beexposed to Sights,
and all did homage to her beauty and
grace, their stay was prolonged indefin-
itely.
Lucy had never seen Norah, as her
old housekeeper had returned to'her
place the week previous to her own mr.
rival at home, and she had declined
Howe's proposal to bring his fancee to
the house to introduce her.
A few months after, she received a
note from him,accompanied by a sealed
package.
DEAR Cousin LUCY" wrote Howe
flor sol shall always call you. al
though you have crossed me of your
good books-I herewith send o tangible
excuse for what you consider my folly.
Look upon the pictured face-which
does not do full Justice to the original
and acknowledge that you have for
once been a harsh Judge. Iassure you
it is the index of o fine nature, which is
daily developing into a luxuriant
growth OF goodness, and whose posses
sor is mi of earth's most gifted souls in
more ways than mere personal beau
ty. If you should conclude to
come abroad ! hope you will
let sbygones be bogones,' and come
and join us. COUSIN HOWE"
1.-THE glamour still lasts" thought
Lucy, as she removed the wrapping
paper from the picture.
But she wondered no longer when at
last her eyes rested upon it.
It was taken in what was evidently q
bridal dress, for orange blossoms were
fastened in the soft lace which foated
In transparent folds around the exquis-
lite face and form.
1t was not q rich costume, but its
simplicity rendered it the more evident
that its wearer needed no glimmer of
silk or satin to add to her queenship
in the ranks Of womanly beauty.
As Lucy noticed the absence of rich
accessories in Norah's dress she re-
called some words spoken by Howe
which had brought at the time q scorn-
full smile to her lips.
"Norah is stubborn about one thing,
Lucy" he said. "She will not accept
a gift of me unless it be of flowers. I
would like to buy her something costly
and unique for her bridal robe, but she
will not let me. 1 tell her it is all.
nonsense, when she will so soon own
me, and all of my worldly goods, into
the bargain
These words o and hoated through.
Lucy's mind now, as though to
prove that the fair, patriciln looking
face before her was conscious of q
heaven born right to hold as proudly to
her ideas Of right and propriety as any
lady in the land.
do not wonder at Howe's hulluci-
nation after seeing q picture of his wife,"
she said, o few hours later to anintimate
friend. III she is rs beautiful as she is
represented, a man might well lose his
senses about her.
Lucy occasionally heard from Vim
cent FARMLAND in an indirect way
now through q mutual acquaintance, or
again by some newspaper notice of him.
He had finished his law studies, and
was working industriously at his pro-
fession.
The last newspaper paragraph with
regard to him had chronicled the fact
that he had been retained upon an i'm
portant suit, and had taken passage up
on the steamer Cambria to 60 abroad
for needful evidence.
Mrs. General Clermont, the same
lady who had chaperoned Lucy at
Saratoga Springs, had long contemplate
ed a European tour, and some three
years after Howe's marriage she carried
out her intentions.
Lucy went with her. At last she saw
the realization Of her girlish dreams Of
rambling amid historic scenes.
ALI was new and interesting; but one
thing seemed strange to Lucy. AT home
Mrs. General Clermont was one of the
leaders of society. Her movements
were heralded by the reporters, and her
dresses at the numerous receptions and
parties "honored by her presence were
described much in the same way that
the court journal discusses the doings of
the royal family and of the charmed cir
Gle surrounding them. But abroad
she was as little noticed as the hum
blest.
Her great wealth, however, was
useful in procuring her every com
fort and luxury; and daily did her
glossy coated carriage horses draw
her beautifully appointed equipage
along the most approved haunts of
~aristocracy and fashion.
They were often accompanied by Mrs.
Mordaunt, a member of the American
colony in Paris, who had been stopping
in London long enough to become
yersed in society gossip. and to know
celebrities when she saw them.
One day they were driving leisurly
along when a carriage passed with the
ducal strawberry leaves upon its panels.
Mrs. Mordaudt called her companions
attention to its occupants by a Hignif-
cant gesture.
aLook, !" she said in an ~undertone; II
will tell why afterward.n
They obeyed and saw q dignifed
looking matron, dressed in black vel
vet and respondent with brilliants,
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