The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04

skipped away, land I'll firt a little
with Mr.. Palmer, too. That Alfred
despiscs him so I'll do it just to pro
woke him."
But in spite Of this careless talk, the
girl could not keep her heart from
warming Il little toward her cousin as
she thought of his expressions Of
praise.
Generous, warm-hearted!" she said
half aloud. "Wcll, I'm glad he does
me that Justice. But | don't care; |
hate him. He's done nothing but
contradict and cross me ever since he
came into this house.
Laura's room was NEXT Alfred's,
and after her toilette Was completed
she could not help putting out her
head to see if she could catch agIlmpse
of her enemy. Yes, he was gazing out,
and their eyes met. She vanished,
but soon reappeared, ho%urishlng a
stick on which she had tied a piece Of
black silk
Mr.. Hitler" she called out.
Miss Laura responded the young
gentleman, with a smile of provoking
GOODNESS.
DO you see this black fag?" waving
it proudly. This means war to the
knife, from this hour between you and
me-"
"As you please" said Alfred, Sc
renely. But let us keep up at least
the semblance of civilized warfare be-
fore others" .
every good" said Laura, retiring
with a final wave, while Alfredlaughed
quietly to himself.
You are a child, and no mistake"
he thought, contemplating his cousin
patronizingly from his lofty summit
of twenty-three years. ut would be
comical if the black flag should be ex-
changed for a white one before | leave,
young lady,
Early the next morning LauraStOOd
in the garden waiting for her aunt.
The horse was harnessed, waiting to
take them to the village where Miss
Southwell did all her marketing. She
had been trying for some weeks to in
d]oCtrinate Laura into it's mysteries,
and the young lady proved herself an
apt scholar
The old-fashiOned, pleasant house
which Miss Southwell and her brother
had occupied now some thirty years
stood on a hill in the outskirts of the
village. The grounds were tastefully
laid out, the mountain air was deli
cious and invigorating.
There could not be q more glorious
morning than this, yet the expression
of trouble on Laura's pretty face
showed that her mood was not inhar-
mony with the day.
$50 provoking, "she muttered, chat
/ should have lost my temper that
way! But it was bad enough to have
myball croqueted way to the ends OF
the earth without his looking SO
pleased over it."
"Sophie Higley, too, Growing over
Mr.. Palmer and me as she did 1t was
real unladylike. And to think of her
whispering to Mary Shaw that / was
"a little stinging cockatrice!' | never
can get over thatl"
"But, oh dearl / did say some
dreadfully spiteful things. Well, l
don't care; Alfred and Sophie were
really aggravating, and Mr.. Palmer
thought so, too. How polite he is, al
ways making you feel so pleased with
yourself! / wish he wasn't such a
At this moment Maria, one of their
servants, came running down the
piazza steps. She looked so frightened
that Laura's heart leaped to her
mouth.
"Oh, Miss Laura, your aunt has
hurt her ankle bad, and I'm most
afraid It's broke. She al halfway
down the stairs when she fell, and her
whole weight came on it,"
But Laura was in the house by this
time. She found her aunt in her room
lying on the lounge, looking very pale,
but composed. "Don't be frightened,
she said in a soothing tone;
"my ankles not broken, only badly
sprained. Katy's drawing me some
hot water to shower it with. And
now dear, as your uncle is away, /
feel that you and Alfred must be my
main dependence"
"You and Alfred" 1t seemed an odd
conjunction. But Laura only muir
INJURED, as she laid her cheek against
Miss SouthweIl's, "What can we do
for you, dearest aunty?"
Aunt Lefty kissed the girl affection
ately. Our friends from New York
will be here this afternoon, as you
know, and / nm sure they will spend
at least a week with us. Judging from
past experience, / fear / shall be laid
up sometime with the sprain. Now,
Laura, you have proved such a capa-
BILE little housekeeper ON one or two
occasions that / feel I can trust you
even with company in the house. And
then our girls are so capable''-with q
smile at Katy, who came in just then
with the hot water.
1Bless you, ma'am, we'll do beauti-
full said Katy Though it's sorry /
amto see you laid up"
well, Laura, / want you to go to