The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-21
NTY, DAKOTA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER q, 1884

I've Merton's lips
Miss Agatha Enrol her former iance.
sister, dropped in few days afterward
"a stout, bustling maiden of twenty
who kept house for George, scolded
him, mended his stockings and put all
the loose buttons on his shirts.
Packing your trunks, e" said Miss
Agatha. "Going to move?"
"Of course;1 cannot continue tt
board in so expensive q place." said
Miss Merton, sadly. I shall soon have
to maintain the children as we'll as my
self
"Humph!" said Miss Agatha; $50 yor
Still persist in setting up an orphan
asylum on small scale. Rather a
Quixotic business, think"
Olive was silent.
"When do you expect 'em from the
West?" pursued Miss Enrol.
"On Tuesday OF next week"
"What train?"
There are two, but 1 shall not looA
for them until the latest, which comes
| in at six.
II hope they are nice children" said
Miss Agatha, doubtfully.
Zone can not help loving children,
said Olive earnestly.
'My Dear you are an enthusiast"
Perhaps am" said Olive, smiling
family, "but / cannot help it,"
"Well," said Miss Agatha, jumping
briskly up, II must be going; I wish
you JOY of your new undertaking,
Olive"
You will come and see me some.
times?" said Olive, wistfully.
"Y-yes." said Agatha, rubbing her
| chin, Il will come sometimes"
And" Olive hesitated, 'syou have
not told me how George is.
George? Oh. he's pretty welI,'
said Agatha; "good by!"
And away she went.
Tuesday evening of the next weeb
came, and Olive Merton tied on hel
hood and water proof cloak, for it wa.
a dismal, drizzling twilight, and went
down to the depot to meet the little
western travellers, whom she called "he,
new children"
But though she stood on the plat.
form and watched every passenger de-
scend from the long train, there wa.
| no little Evelyns there.
She asked question or two of the
. station master.
"Is it Miss Merton ?" he said, touch.
ing his cap, respectfully.
"The little ladies was took away by 1
gentleman and lady in the evening train
Miss, and their compliments and you'd
find 'em at No. street"
Olives eyes widened in astonishment
She was not aware that her cousins or
phans had any living relatives, excep
herself. There surely must have beer
some mistake.
But there was nothing for it now bu
to rectify the misunderstanding as sool
as possible, and SO once more puttin
up her little umbrella, Olive trippe,
away through the mist, which had nov
turned to positive rain.
i No.-- street, was o large
handsome house, with brightly ighte,
windows. and Olive assembled the step
and rang the door bell with somethin,
like timidity.
| A neat maid servant answered th
summons.
care Kate and Cora Evelyn here !?
| lie Cd
"Yes, Miss. It's all right, Miss
Please to walk in.
Beyond the parlors well furnishe,
library, carpeted with crimson Brus
sells, and all aglow with the light of
cheerful CRATE fire. was otherwise un
illumined; and into this room Olive wa
shown.
! Two rosy little girls nestled on th
hearth rug, playing with pile Of block
4 and opposite them, with a counter
ance as beaming as their own, sat Mis-
Agatha Enrol. But before Olive coul,
utter the exclamation of astonishmen
which rose to her lips, both her hand
We're captured in a strong grasp, an,
she was drawn to George Errol's breast
"Olive, my little, self sacrificing Jew
ell" he cried. "Come here and be queer
Of this little home circle, for it is all, al
yours"
| "Mine, Georgew
Yes, yours-the house was furnishe,
for you, the rooms are to be your hom
henceforward, and you are to be m
wife and Agatha's sister"
"And-and the children?" faltere
Olive, looking down at the little ones
who were clinging to her dress with Joy
full, welcoming cries.
'They shall be ours, dear Oliver
''But l thought, George, that 20
disapproved-"
So ] did, Olive, at first, but when m
sober senses came back to me I coul
not but see what selfish brute I ha
shown myself, and what an angel yo
were. I had loved you before, deares
how | reverenced the spirit of sell
sacrifice and devotion which you ha
shown in contradistinction to my ow
GOODNESS and brutality! So I though
the least PREPARATION could make woul
be to make ready the brightest home
could device for my little wife that is t
be. Do you like it, darling?"
Did she like it? What was the us
of asking her the question, when tn
answer shone SO radiantly on he
face?
And this is one of the very, very fe,
cases IN which duty proves its own n
ward. .-Phila. Call.