Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-11

4 A- Nj LANs XlDIHIts SlH
ripped upon the slippery brass edeing
OF the companion stairs. and fe,, had.
!ong INTO the arms of a man who was
JUST coming out of the smokinp-room.
ooh. thanks so much!. she Sasned
When he had placed her or a settse
81 should have been hurt awfnlly III
oan4ot think what made me fall"
- can" he replied. "It was the peg
heels on your boots"
All she exclaimed, "you are an
Englishman thonP"
II am an Englishman," he replied;
put why the them"
W Amerlcans'' (she said Amuri-
cans "call these"-showing for an in
slant the point of a delicately shod little
foot-''shoes.n
Nothing that comes above the instcp
Is a shoe." he persisted.
you were to go into any store in
New York and ask for boots they'd show
t~erday."
"Ah! you noticed my boots?"
"Just as l noticed the tunnel or the
malnmast, or anything else one cannot
Ae!p seeing" She replied, carelessly.
"Were you going down for anything
1 a get you?' he asked.
II wanted something to read"
"lou can't read on board ship. Your
eye runs over q lot of words, but it is
not reading. If lcould go to those peo-
pie on deck who have books in their
hands, and say: Stop right where you
are, and tell me what the last six lines
were about not one in ten could an
swer. You seem to be q good sailor
come up and talk to me-"
She looked at his shoes. The ends
were three inches broad, and tho instep
was artificially wrinkled. The ends Of
his pants were sprung out over the
foot. and stiffened after a fashion that
made her shudder. His vest had hide
GUS fancy buttons, and the cuffs of his
coat bore a vulgar elaboration of braid.
Could she-accustomed to tho hon.
age of golden youth in it's most strict
tense-brush skirts with this distressing
suit? The buttcrnut trousers and the
SLOUGH hat were the right things in their
way. She could have been seen with
him in them. AQueen might talk with
q cowboy in cowboys dress, because
he did not pretend to be anything else
than a cowboy, and was spoken to as
such. But there was a pretense and a
failure.
She hesitatcd.
81 think 1 understand he said motto.
ing her embarrassment. 1--WE have not
been regularly introduced, and 1 don't
see how we can be, as 1 know no one on
board. My name is Turner, and L was
christened James. My father is q
farmer in Hampshire, has rahter a large
place there, but l am a younger son and
had to look out for myself. I've been
s~ilver-mining in Nevada and have
made my pile, not a very lofty one.
but enough-for me-"
"If in his dress some hideous errors fall
Look i'll his face and you'll forgive them ALL
Some such paraphrase of the famou;
couplet must have passed through Cors
Plover's mind. She looked in his face
as he spoke, and met the violet eyes
(without any snap in them now listen
ed to the soft but well-toned voice, anc
gave in. He was an Englishman
that accounted for any amount of &c
ccntricity. She was Cora Plover, anc
could lay down the law to everybody
that was anybody on board that ship.
'.If you wish it,, Z" she replied; and or
deck they went arm in arm, a NANTES
tation and a wondor.
Snow tell me all aboutyourself," sh,
said, when her chair had been fount
and placed where it couldn't roll over
aud she was properly packed up in rug
against the spray. He told her it'll
about himself, but much about the lf
he had been leading-its p~rivations ant
adventures, Its perils and its pleasures
and the splendors of nature in the Ian,
where it had been passed. And he toll
her all this we'll, IN good English, ant
that low musical voice.
"Do. you know" she asked him, whel
the first bell rang for dinner, 'sthat yo,
are very Interestingly" He smiled, an,
the violet eyes. 81 must introduce 20,
to my triends-I would SO like, Mr.
Turner; you have done me an immens
service. Oh, yes, you have! l know
should have been horribly smashed u,
if you hadn't caught me. Will you lie
me do you q little one in return?"
A real snap came into his eyes now.
"One does not seek a return for sue
things
but if it is for your good?" plead
ingly.
| $50 on"
'And you will not be o%ffended?"
ST there be no otfense," he replied
: gravely.
.'None is meant, I do assure yor
You are so nice in many respects that
perhaps it was thoughtlessness; or ths
: you did not quite realize your return t
civilization; but yesterday at Dime
you-don't be angry-you ate with yor
} knife
''Why not?"
Why not! Good gracious! 1t is tt
horror Of horrors!"
S THAT is an assertion, not an answe
4 1 repeatedly not?"
t "In the tipst place, you made me s
nervous l."
J, That is quite enough" he Interrupt
ed. '.lf it annoyed you my question
II answered. l will not eat with my kni
It again
Dressing for dinner, the widow had
great deal to tell Mrs. Nlckerson abo
the so-called cowboy" pitched wi
p some adroitness in an apologetic key.
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