The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-03

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SsusA ~ s1nle - Ana Dses
Ds6odils N garden borders,
Fteyy tulips dashed with dew;
GrocussAowcf1 and, through the greenness,
's Enou-drop looking ont atyoui
One q randnA Stories.
The house il all In ORDER raid
Bale. spick and snan from ton to
bottom. and itss an honr ard 4 M Fl be,
lore stimcsfO the train. Let's On into
grandma 8 room and rest awhile before
iWesdresss
Yes. said Kitty, $50 we will. Nv
cookery things are Iii RIGHT. The
chicken salad Il lovely. Poor Ton
kn0ts,, she vent q mournfuIlv. q
never did think to sacrifice hin for
8 couple 8 college bnvs. INT rye
made him into salad With nv own
hands
w Ell, said Belle. eonsolingly. .it
sIt5had 10 be done YOU know We would
rather Won did it than any one else. j
Here the girls reached their grand
mothers door. tapped upon II and
we're hidden to enter.
Weil, girls. said the cheerful old
lady, faro 8 an ready fortheexpe
edscompanypv
Eyes, grandma, I, said Belle. .sbnt
Larry and Mi. yinton will not be here
for more than an hour, SO we are 90
.tng TAI make you d little VISIT
ii Snlay, perhaps be wellto state that
the girls were expecting their cousin.
Laurence Ogilvie, and college friend
of his to make them a short visit at
Brooksida, hence those housewifelv
preparations.
Grandma was slowly polishing her
glasses; her ewes had d far.away. ref
respective look. and she WINS lanohinp
quietly to herself.
Now. grand. 4 said kitty. ~ know
are thinking Of 4 story. SO tell #
Is sus quick. pfease. Yom viii have
plenty 81 time
Well, g acknowledged grandma,
sseeing you girls bustling around So
this morning has set me to thinking Of
my Young DAYS. I've seen the time
when nave been expecting younp
sRentlemen company, and had NOTHING
better to Offer them for refreshments
IN the waysof meat than q Slice Of
nnndtnrtle, and / was glad to have
even that ready. III was during the
FIRST autumn We spent in the TERRITORY
Ut Michigan-for twas before Michi-
gan was admitted as a state-DetroIt
was the nearest town 0f any size. and
that was fifty miles away. and the Fall
rains had made the roads jmpassable
for wa,aponG: Provisions were very
. and dear. Fresh meat corla,
not Be had At any mice. We had.
plenty of -four and corn meal. also
potatoes; but the pork barrel was
nearly empty. We had a CAV how
ever, which supplied us with milk. no
weswere much Better ofr than most Of
our neirhbors, Butswhen vn1Ir Aunt
Esther and / received news that two
ofsour young gentlemen friends from
the East. who were going 10 Illinois.
intended to stop over and nav rs q
yisit,Eand might be expected any day.
we did5feel blue. Their names were
William Darrow and Nathan DeCamn.
They had often visited us at our house
in Vermont, and we could not bear
that they should know what priyations
We had endured in the West. Howev-
81, there was nothing to do but to but
the best face On the matter possible.
and get along ais well as we could.
That afternoon when the work wa
done up, Esther and Invent out in the
woods Tor i walk. The leaves had
fallen,a and rnstled beneath our feet.
and between tie naked branches tbs
Sunshine fell with a grateful warmth /
The river was swoilen and tI,rhid Tba
air was filed with q soft haze and
everyn and then the stiffness was
broken BY tIlo light ..pat's Of s chest.
nut as ii fell to the ground. Bat we
were In NO humor to Re- soofhed Nv tbe
mjIdness Of the day. Orr ne,t,;rhed
spirits were not IL liz naImad ny TIA
influence of the gentle nielanchols
which neryadad earfb and air V;sinn,
w the roasts and hoils tia f,iea secs
ana fries Of former DAYS doatea hafore
us. and would moi he Ia !.
suppose. said Esther. inn nra.
5yoked tone. chat when WIN Da,.,.ns,
goes home he win tell everybody that
he found Deacon Fanchaw;s folks lius
imp in perfect poverty. that thew badn,4
had 4 tasta al fresh meat IL MOO. tu,o5
months. and that thew yvera as;r,naS
iii everything.
s.sSIf We only had some preserves.
saidI dolefulIy. inst one howl of ;eI1y
would be q comfort.
Hers Esther gave 4 iump.
\ JaaetY she screamed 7at the ton a.
her yoice, what Is that creature tbara
by that logp,
..As 1 live. I cried excitedlv. .;t,s
The biggest turtle / ever saw il tbs
world. Oh. Esther, II we could ONLY
;mea a1a1n ude for ~ AWNING wGdlu nave fresh
picked up q stick and ran toward
the turtle, he snapped at It az once.
IS Nv tha ta;I SE.tLa.