The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-14


started for his home in Cornwall in a
pronounced fit of sulks.
ESQ Capt. Vivian, the faithful and
fascinating Lancer, has returned to the
field Of his former c%onquests, and poor
Charlie & last chance has gone" said
Lady Waverley, looking up into her
cousins serious face, with q mischiev-
Gus twinkle in her eyes.
Capt. Vivian, to Judge from the way
his coat sets, is faithful to his tailor, but
there his fidelity ends. Poor Mary
Armstrong, who sat just in front Of him,
nearly dislocated her stumpy little neck
in her effort to look at him, and he
didn't know she was there"
aFlattering to you, my dear at any
rate"
Il don't see why" drawing up her
own neck, which was anything but
stumpy. II was too much occupied
with the dear old general to notice
him"
"Then perhaps he was not so cruel
to Mary as you fancied?" . small smile
lowering round her pretty lips.
He bowed to her once but that was
all"
How could you tell if you didn't
look at him."
II couldn't help looking at him to a
certain extent, when he was just under
my nose."
ut must have been q disagreeable
necessity"
1T was. I used to think he wasn't
bad looking. Last night he looked hid
eous."
But you are short-sighted, and he
kept q distance"
II am thankful he did-old friends
are such q BORE" her cheeks which
were as soft as velvet, coloring like o
Jacqueminot rose.
"Then I won't ask him to dinner"
"Pray, do, if you feel inclined"
mot if you don't wish it,"
"Oh, | "a talk to somebody else"
II suppose l must wait until I have
made his acquaintance"
"That can be easily managed. Charlie,
as you call him, would introduce him.
Rather hard on Charlie-asking a
man to sign his own death warrant"
Major Wentworth wouldn't care if
he had to-
"My dear, is he so far gone as that"
Il mean that he would regardit as
waste paper, and live contentedly ever
afterward."
"YouIlhave to decide between the two
before long"
Il have decided-long ago."
"And which is it to be drifting her head
in sudden eagerness.p
Neither" and she hurried out of the
room. saying that she must go and put on
her habit.
In spite of her protestations, Mabel
Lorraine kept her lovely eyes wide open,
In case an old friend might be inclined
to make himself a n~uisance-and found
the Row empty, because he wasn't
there.
The season was over, and one of its
undoubted bellies had been through the
whole campaign. and reached the end
desired OF many-and given to none.
She shrugged her shoulders in n
swer to Lady Wayerley's expostulations.
"Even in the marriage VOW you have to
own you take o mar for better or
worse and with the worse alternative
before my eyes I cannot turn my back
on single blessedness. Let me be, my
silly old May; I might be happy as an
old maid, but miserable with an unsat-
isfactory husband"
II wish that tiresome CAPTAIN Vivian
had kept out of the way"
lust what he has done" An invol-
untary sigh escaped her. six months
in England, and we have never met! I
wanted to see him to ask after the
Rowlandsons."
why didn't you write him a note,
and tell him 500"
ASK him to come up from Cornwall
or down from Scotland to tell me if
Mrs Rowlandson's last baby had cut its
teeth!n
AT least it would have broken the
ice"
IF there is any ice, I should be the
last oma on earth to break it. You
ought to know that be this time"
Don't freeze me, in order that I
mayn't forget it." laughing softly.
"Put on your prettiest gown to- night"
why" covert eagerness in her
tawny eyes.
Because Guy doesn't care to go out
with dowdy women
"Pshaw! / really thought She
paused, her level brows drawn together,
as she felt an in%conyenient blush in the
act of convicting her.
"That Captain Vivian would be
there ?" with a m~ischeyions smile.
cit would make no difference to me
If he were," with great decision.
"Of course not; SO l shouldn't have
thought of mentioning it,"
In order to please Sir Guy, Mabel
Lorraine seemed to have taken immense
care with her toilette that evening; and
when she entered Mrs. Forrester's
crowded rooms more than one pair of
eyes followed her movements with fer
vent admiration. Her eager glance had
told her that her old friend was there,
and her heart beat unanimously, when
for the first time after many years she
found her hand in his. In her struggle
for outward composure she fell into the
extreme of apparent GOODNESS. Her
long lashes dropped %nervously on the
velvet of her cheeks, and her lips parted
in a chilly smile. Unable to Judge BY
anything but outward sight, Vivian
drew back, Disguised and disappointed.
Let me introduce you to my cousin"
she said hurriedly, and before she had
mentioned her name Mrs. Forester
hustled up, and asked her to take a
place in the second row, which Major
Wentworth had been keepingfo her all
the evening. Wishing the a~mateurthe-
a~tricals at the bottom of the sea, Mabel
obediently followed her hostess, and
found herself, to all intents and pur-
poses, a prisoner, with the faithful
Charlie by her side, and bent on MAX
ing all the running nov that he had dis
tanced his rivals by the craftiness of his