The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-03

andlbsdly brought mp; bus shs had no CO.
knowss Perhaps she felt the vanity Of her
life Of pleasure and agitation. What is cer-
f,,n, 70 that she Judged, and Judged soy erely,
~ those Young fellows who danced attsn-
dance mon her in the hunting field, and wrote
They Mare III in love with her, but none Of
them really respected her, for there was not
one among them who had as vet made up his
min to AK her to marry him. And she
sns atsa. them pretty roughly, and called them
whip, like the handsome horsewomAn she WAS
when they ventured to whisper too close in
her ear in the whirl of . waltz, or to squeeze
the : abe hold out to them in good-fellow-
. TODD ' Sin H insts.a Iehn 81 q 81 hss.s
OF perceptions is often the
simple minded who see the most clesrly-had
discovered Nit hidden treasures Of loyalty in
tho soul OF this pAtziciAn, who was in reality so
unhappy. He loved her Tor her beauty Ger
tstnly, and his senses reeled when. he felt her
lean upon his arm in the pauses Of the dance
this grand, fair woman, with her dark eyes,
and he- skin that seemed 20 like the rose after
= storm, wheh, In her nonchalant way, she
fragrance ofher breath and the glitter OF her
starry eyes. But he loved her as well, he loved
her above all for the pain she HID 30 proudly;
and his heart burned as he watched the sad,
sorrowful glance that Olga bent on her mother
tea-sitting with her back to the light to hide
the black spots on her nose, against which
even the anti-bolbos was powerless-hinted
almost openly 1t her royal conquests in the
northern courts.
He would marry her! Yes, he would take
her away from these perilous surroundings.
He would take her to his own mother, who was
q good woman. She should breathe the puri-
flying and Strengthening atmosphere of . home
that was worthy of the name. In . word, he
wonld save her!
He often thought of it; he thought OF moth
ing elise now. He oven fancied sometimes that
Olga guessed his intention, and at Madame
barbarlne's four-to-six, where Olga treated all
her admirers in that frank boyish way Of hers,
when she handed the sailor his tea in a glass,
after the Prussian fashion, he thought he saw
in the depths Of the young girls eyes \ sweet
far-away light that seemed TO respond to his
generous pity and infinite tenderness.
Eyes. Mademoiselle, my sick leave is up in .
week. shall leave Pau tomorrow. fshau
spend : few days in Touraine with my sister,
and from there 1 shall go back to Brest a. aid
ds-camp TO the naval prefect In . year Oh
eighteen months I shall go to sec again.
They were alone in the reading-room of the
thousands Of stars twinkling and glimmsring
above them in the dark heavans.
Goodbye, then, and . pleasant journey
answered Olga with her fresh, firm voice.
y want to AK you for something, Monsieur
de Rhe. Yes, that lions claw mounted on ,
little gold ring that you wear At your watch.
chain: have . fancy for it It came from Z
Lion that you once killed out hunting in Africa,
didn't IT! / am . sort Of wild animal myself.
That trinket pleases me-. Give 1t to mo; 1 will
keep 1t in remembrance Of you.
Julien unfastened the little charm and put
u into the girls hand; then suddenly he caught
her hand in both his v and whispered pas.
sionately:
Olga loosened her hand gently, still holding
the lions claw then, crossing her arms upon
her breast, she looked Julien full in the face
for . ome with NO sign OF emotion on hel
OWL
sre the hrst man who has loved me and told
mo 70 IN that Straightforward way. It is for
that reason that / refuse"
"Olga!n cried Julien in 8 changed voice.
s1isteu to me- she went on, interruptina
him By = gesture, 'tand understand thoroughly
Of You, and I should not make you happy. You
remember that letter Of your sisters that you
complained Of having lost Vol, you dropped
II here. and | picked 1t up and read il. Youl
sister answered the confessions you had made
OF your feelings toward me-feelings that ]
had guessed long ago. She rejoiced At them,
like the simple, innocent child she is, but In
terms that have shown ms what q wide, what
: terrible difference there is between me and
the real maiden. When l read that letter /
s Soar. what 3 a yo I'D a dani1 Honorable yss b1 like;
Is II noty-into which You should
bring none but an honorable wife. You should
thank God, Monsieurde Rhe, that you have q
gray-haired mother of whom you can never
thlnk without feeling n proud tenderness melt
ing your heart. ! havea mother, too, but ]
have been forcedto judge her. You have only
Seen the ridiculous side, monsieur, but / know
her better. II you were to ask her for my
hand, she would refuse You, because you are Of
minor nobility, and your fortune is moderate.
MY. mother has made up her mindI am to
make 4 grand marriage; or, If Motif not, she
will find me something else. Helm? You see
am pretty experienced for a girl OF nineteeni
II is horrible-ls it not? Bet 30 tits. INT that
Y Why we were at Nice last winter, at Skew
eningne last summer, and why We are now al
= That is why we knock about from one
end Of Europe to another like so much baggage;
why we never sleep but IN hotel beds, and only
eat az the table d'hote. Ny mother was
Almost 7 : roys princess, you know, and ever
stand that I am destined to be an ~archduchess,
II only o left-handed one. Marry u gentle
man hardly more than a mere bourgeois!
Why, inher eyes, | should be lowering myself.
An, you must be disgusted with me; andI am
ashamed Of myself! No, don't deny it. No,
you could never a me to your mother-1
Whose heart has been SO dealed-as your wife.
Besides, I am only an expensive and useless
luxury that You have no need Of, and thai
@ oauaa ns I aon ma 1oy you yoa happy son,t And nd. f for tina that
Love is among the things that have been for.
bidden me. Farewell, Monsieur de Rhe.
Go away, and say no more, for Gods sake.
Oniy--yyou leave me your hon's claw, won't
to whom l have acted like a true-hearted wom-
an, No; say no more. We must Dart forayar
Farewell. .
Three years after the steam transport, Blu
Couedie, returning from Senegal, touched al
the Canaries to take in letters. After She had
started on her journey through the rough
night again, the boatswain came into the OIL
GERS cabin and laid q packet of newspapers on
the table.
three weeks old, from Paris, and read under
the heading movements and Wheresbouts,,,
the following lines:
His Majesty the King Of swabia, who is
travelling incognito, under the name of the
Count Of Augsburg, arrived here yesterday ev-
ening.
Al annoying accident happened ut the sta
ton on his majesty's arrival. The Baroness
dc Hall, WHO, only accompanied by her mother,
the Countess Barbarine, was travelling with his
majesty, lost . jewel-Of slight value, though
she apparently. set great store on it It is .
simple Lions claw mountod on q small circlet
Of gold. Madame de Hall has offered . reward
OF two hundred francs for the recovery of this
jewell
'Iook out, Julien, You are forgetting the
bonr OF your watch, my dear fellow
down the paper, and walking rs from adroam.
That night the man Ut the wheel, who was
alone on the poop with the officer Of the watch,
saw him put his handkerchief to his face sev.
eral times There was : good deal Of wind and
01eet. vet where ba Hto0d IL could nat bava
reached him--Trnnslated for the Argonaut
from the French by Mademoiselle Boucher.
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