The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-03-14
forward eagerly to catch her reply,
suppose l had gotten beyond my depth

"aPPose hau Sotteu neN oHu NY ueptn |
that
Excuse me, Mr.. Ritchic." she said;
glancing up, and then down again, hall |
in piqne, half in AMUSEMENT. 81 have.
been abroad, and / have picked up a
little learning, too"
She lad finished this speech in Ger.
man, so pure and fu1ka that Malcomh
stared. Then, like aeve, the recol-
lection rushed over Tim of all he and
Wynne had said that. evening on the
front porch. She must laye heard and
understood it MI.
81 have behaved like a donkey!" he
blurted out; and the color fairly famed
in his face.
A demure little smile twinkled about
the corners Of her mouth.
Can you ever pardon SO much con
ceit. and presumption he said, in
penitential tones.
II will think about it,
''Yon have had your revenge, he
went on, quite desperately, and then he
tried to take her hand, Int she waved
it out of his reach.
4. Bite, Herr Ritclie, sic nicht so
he,1ndlich."
: Malcolm caught mp the reims and
turned the horse so abruptly that the
buggy almost upset.
Certainly, lie said, driving back at
a rapid rate. Il have no right to ex-
pect any mercy at your hands,"
How absurd you are! DON'T let us
quarrel. 1t is not worth while. l am
going away Tomorrow
ssNo-mcrro,, -, In axn1o;p,atI with a
start, and then he grew quite pale; but
said no more.
They drove back in silence.
The next morning when he came
downstairs, her trunk was in the hall, !,
locked and strapped, all ready for the
morning train. 1t was an immense
Saratoga, on the end of which he read
the following address:
Miss GINETRA GRAY,
Baltimore, Md.
As he stood there staring at it, Jimmie
came down stairs. and then Macolm did
feel.queer.
She wore travelling dress, which
had no kinship whatever with the. pur-
pie calico. Ii was II stylish suit of olive
green camel's hair, beautifully enbroid-
cred in silk of q lighter shade, and fit
ting her graceful form to perfection. A
picturesque hat, heavily laden with
plumes, dropped over her face; her feet
were shod in dainty French boots, and
she was just in the act of drawino on
pair of long chamois gloves.
Somehow, all at once, Ritchie com.
pretended. that she, vas more at home
IN TINS eihgant costume than in the odi-
GUS calico dresses she had been wear
ing.
'Good morning, she said, with a
slight flush OH her cfocn,, and the"
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