The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-23


low as she caught the iamiiiar hoarst
Mheehe as .ha1 laoy broke nto a sor,
VI Jog-srot, aulte as unconscious O
nle-keePi as fcr opposite gentle
man was tnat ! OF ms fcet were
turned dlreetiy inward, as he wove the
lntricate masses OF the
cecu $ partner regarded her curious
y .nl.ugi INC sllts IN MS mask n 9
utew hiihsei togelner as IL
OF sue neara MIN laugh.
one !elt nef Iace grow red beneath
nel ulssuise: one ways had the
.aeui1y VI ohehuihS MT. feppcrton,
ana now vaguely wondered why
ne ala noe her; but he failed
W w 81, anu W1cn the dance came to
an ehu, anu she lost slght Of the fras'
slan o nlcer' Wnom n thonght nc
oouDt nad gone II search 0 a partner
whose knoWledge OF ~gaily-tlnted fab
rlcs was more complete h g own
sne again came upon her uncle Fat.
tlnSton suing among n spectators
WIN Aunl MARIA beside him., who was
ahnihe Q heated race vigorously.
oecli moved away; how angry she
woulu DO sue thought II sue knew thai
her young niece Whom she mad beer
wont 70 regard with cold indifference
was tnere NOT iltty rods away hel
ana Geckea IA pen lace and Ola
nonus, ana tnaI very niece was happy,
an SO HAPPY. While she ood think
ihg IL al, over again the band struck
up d Waltz. pau wsaltzlng; To
her eaSSer' restess leet the quadrllle
seemed SLOW ana dragging;
was there no one to ask her to join
~ Ihls aance? now Few tlcre would
pe pelore Tue hour arrived Ior her de-
paIamre.
Inc IS one dance foiiowlne
Inls Waitz before unmasklng, the
russian oricer sald. appearing snd-
uehiy from .ne mast OF the crowd.
~ you "aitzn II So u L claim you
ZOE my partner
III nus was 10 pc the last waltz be-
lore tne tetloyal OF the Masks II was
certaihiy her iast' ana even 70 dance
II WIN WI. Iepperton would be pre-
lelapie 70 s''Iihg II i'ut 1or a mo-
raen' oecil nes,tatcd II uncertainty
.ne ninn pesiue hel SUNG 1or Tue
uanoo siie ioiV was scaniihS her CLOSE
~ as II ellueavorlhg TO penetrate the
should be recoonized at the last mo-
ment. she thouoht. She drew hack
"Not if O try to d]iscover NV ident.
ity.n Cecil sail. \ little CHILLY
The Prussian ofIiccr langbed ..yy,,tl
promise Won thnt i will Cease nv I'M
performance if Won viii not deny me
This dance and we viii l.,.va tha m
rnyellino or tho mysterv ia time y
..I)oes that ,lwovs nja,r mn mus+o
RESP" Cecil asked. as thev whirlcd of.
Time is never so brief ne when some
| pleasure. whose intensity exists in its
novelty. absorhs tha m,na of the nav.
ticipant. and Cecil feIt - nann of RI.
pret as the sound Of the three strokes
Of the quarter TO midnioht came to
her. She must leay. this elysium of
bliss too soon. Did Cinderella feel
keenly the sorrow when she fled from
the palace Mt the midnight chi,ning
Cecil wondered. and she Sighed at t5e
briefness of the hour.
~ have Inf ono more favor RI osl ),
Cecil,s pardner said. no the mns;c
came 70 n 4 Il ston and the waitz.
ora sonpht thnir seats ar nromen,Jo
down he lono hall
..What il t6atpn she asked as tbav
followed the n-rnmenadars Tharo was
a RING Of merriment IN her hitberto
wheezy voice. for she was 90 ]intenselv
hannv that she had fornottan har roIe
THAT I nav have fhe first dance
after the masks baye been removed. y
..And that is Int one after the next ),
| Cecil said. in a ono of reoret 81 will
not saw YES. fora nromise never made
ia betier than a nromisa hroken i
may. like Cinderella he ohliced to AZ
from all this when tho clock strikes
-. hut should we chance to meet
again, I viii give YOU the liberty OF
eSactinu fl from me- She lanobed a
little malicionslv as she smoke when