The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-17

lady, with dignity, Il invite him here
As q guest. Ny husbands nephew,
Harry Sanford. is to be here tonight
from Boston; but there is plenty Of
room. Harry shall sleep in the cedar
chamber. Mi. De Motto shall have tie
red room. Where is he now?"
I'll think he's having q cigar and
reading the newspaper in the smoke
house, rather guilty. confessed Phoebe.
go and call him in, said Mrs. Gar
raway. "Tell him he shall be welcompe.s
And Phoebe obeyed, scarcely able to
believe her own ears. Ga
"She's a deal better than any Fairy
Godmother / ever heard Of" thought
Mr.. De Motto was indeed tall and
Troubadour-like. He had dark, pensive
eyes. and wore a very handsome satin
necktie; and if his finger nails were not
as cleansas Mrs. Garraway liked to see,
and his pocket, handkerchiefs were not
Of the hleatslinen, still people thought
differently upon such subjects.
/ IHHrry Sanford looks the most Of o
gehnAman,r thought Mrs. Garraway.
AndevenSR hlebe, in a mental COM
p%arisont, coufdhot help owning to her
kself thnks Mr. Sanford seemed the most
at his ease: ~.
agnt then.2. thought Phoebe, che
hasnt amy diplomatic troubles on his
mind. 7 wish, though, that dear Mid
dleton wouldn't eat green peas with his
fork, and that he would take n little
a,oye nptica.af.fhe chair covers, and moi
drag them Qtf. every time he sits down,
1neyet skhaS. sbcfore that he chewed
tobacco. ! hepe that it won't make
Grand amt Garraway nervous!"
But Grand-aunt Garraway smiled
hersweetesf, and seemed to notice moth
ing amlss.
AUXILIARY Sanford diligently talked
politics, and did his best to amuse the
strangers
Nevertheless, when Phoebe went to
bedsthat night she was not so happy
as she expected to be.
For a diplomat, Mr.. De Motto was
not SO remarkably intelligent, after all,
and she was very certain that his graml
mar wa not altogether correct. l4f
She hoped that Harry Sanford had
not observed it.
In the dead of the night, Grand-aunt
G%arraway's hand fell softly on Phebe's
shoulder. She started up.
"Hush!" said the old lady. Don't
utter a sound. Get up. Come down
stairs with me-"
What is the matter?" gasped the
girl. a
aYour fine lover is breaking into nv
scilerrayss wood bureau said, Mrs. Cara.
-aay. sHshasa complete Set of burglars
tools:-A Batdontlook SO frightened, my
dear. The jewel-case is here, but it is
empty. Harry Sanford has the pins
and pendants at the county bank. He's
welcome so MI he can find. And Harry
and the farm 1aborer have got his ac.
complete safely tied outside; and
they're ready to seize on him thL
moment he steps across tina threshold.
But comel | want you to see for your
sselfr'ssFgs g zss
And. standing onstha s~taircase, where
she could peep through the Stransom-
lightintosthe back parlor, Phoebe be-
held her Troubado our lover. picking,
locks ana prying open drawers in q
most business-like name
In spite of her resolutions, she ut1
tered a little cry.
MIR. De Motto looked up and saw her.
The next instant the room was in dark
ness.
"But we caught the fellow as neatly
as possible" Mr.. Harry Sanford said,
afterward, "withrtha empty jewel case
in his possession and a lot of silver
spoons in his breast pocket. He's an
old hand, the Albany authorities a v
Light-tingered Lenluel,' they call him;
and he's safe to get a long term in the
penitentiary."
Alas, poor Phoebe!
"But how did you know he was q
eNathief, Aunt arrayay? % she said. !
4 didn't know, child" said the old
lady. | only suspected that everything
wasn't right. But don't fret. One
doesn't expect q young girl like you to
be the best judge Of character in the
world, Harry. Sanford declared he
was . rascaI tie first moment he sci
eyes5o6 him. sNg s sss gs y
You ses." said Harry, shen never
looked messtraight in the eyes. That
is an unfai1ing symptom"
And Harry Sanford set him SO dill
gently to work to console the disillu-
sionized maiden that he soon succeeded
in restoring her Temporarily eclipsed
smiles GlIA&a, -
So the expedition to Grand-aunt
Garraway's proved q success, after all.
The Middleton DeMotte engagement
Was broken mp, and there Eisy every
probability that q new n will rise,
Phenix like, out Of the ashes.