The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-08

The afternoon Of the 7th duly
arrived, and with a strange pal
ut his heart 20 sensa-
ton which ought to have aroused his
AZ TO the exact state Of his
susceptibilities.) Col. Haldane drove
up in his little hooded carriage, with
the tiger jumping up and down behind,
70 the gates Of the Grange.
aHere comes the pig in the poke, /"
Felicity White, q younger daugh-
ter, who was given to using her brains
in off-hand criticism. eIf . man will
drive a carriage with q hood, what is
one to call him but a pig in q poke, you
know? He is fidgeting at the gate most
awfnlly. Florence; do come and look"
II like that hooded carriage" said
Florence. lie style c'est lhomme
meme" And then she turned with
ready grace to meet Col. Haldane. who
had just entered the room.
Felicity and I were drawn to the
window by the magnetical influence of
your charming little carriage" she said.
II SC admire your poke"
DO you?" said Col. Haldane, CRATE
fully. I'll: is very kind of you'll" and
then he looked steadfastly at Florence,
absolutely blushing as he did SO.
Florence, catching the glance inter
rogative, was arrested in her amisble in
tention Of transporting him to the 9TH
er end Of the long lone drawing room,
and introducing him to Mrs Harling-
ton, the rector's wife. This agitated
gentleman did look exactly in q fit state
to be d~iscoursed to about winter blan-
ket clubs and working mems clubs and
friendly societies.
It's all very fine to talk about leading
an unpuzzled existence, like Jane Aus
ten; but why on earth did Col. Haldane
look ut her with this u~nfathoma-
BILE glance from his ~undeniably fine
gray eyes? What did it mean? She fell
away from him, musing, and turned the
outward machinery Of trite common
places on her greeting of the numerous
guests, who were rapidly arriving.
The Whites had just started a page,
who answered to the ubiquitous name
Of Tommy" one of those specimens
much adapted by ambitious matrons as
an improvement on parlor maids; q
creature raw Of the fields with the ex-
preston OF al animated turnip and
brains o match. In the midst Of q buzz
of voices intermingled with the frou.
frou of rich dresses, Tommy suddenly
darted into the and made straight
TOR Miss Florence White, carrying in
his lobster. colofed hands q book sugges-
tive Of the p. d. Company.
Colonel Haldane, from his solitary
seat in the deep recess of the bay win
dow facing the entrance to "Ihe
Grange felt an awful sensation come
over him. Was this the myrtle arriv-
ing ? and had the Mention folk absolute
" charged the carriage to Miss White?
What should he do! He shrunk behind
the deep amber of the curtains, then as
suddenly emerged.
Bring Myrtlei" these were her W
words, and he made a violent rush across
the room to her side.
ITS the myrtle!" he said, %breathless-
~. "Allow me! The stupid people
have made a mistake" he continued,
incoherently. "The idea of charging
the carriage to YoU!" And he threw q
sovereign into Tommy bashful fingers.
Miss White looked at Col. Haldane
with ever-enlarging pupils. He had re-
turned lately from Egypt, had been in
defatigable at the bombardment of Al
exandria had had an illness on his re-
turn, and she remembered hearing that
he had been obliged to have his head
shaved. She continued to look at him
quite tenderly, as these thoughts fitted
phantom-like about her.
Thank you, Col. Haldane, "she said.
"You have saved me the trouble of
fetching my purse. This is a new boy
country manners, you know; he wants
instruction." And, smiling pleasantly,
she moved out of the room after the van
ishing figure OF Tommy.
In the round roomy hall stood q huge
tube matted up and bearing the name,
"Au Myosotis, a Mention" etc.
TITS a Towering myrtle, Miss" said
Tommy; athe biggest, the carrier
says, it ever fell to his duty to deliver. "
Fetch u pair of gardening scissors,
Tommy" SAID Miss White, "and anoth-
er time eve venture to bring P. D.
@. books into the drawing-room. Go
to the h~ousekeeper with that kind of
thing"
Tommy took the color natural to him
in yet deeper hues and ran for the scis-
sors. Miss White soon snapped the
OBTAINING strings, and gave way to o
very natural delight as the starry
blossoming myrtle was exposed to view.
Very odd" she thought; tits adj
dressed, Enthusiastically to me. Poor
Haldane! What does it mean.
Thinking again CT the shaven head
and the bo~mbardment of Alexandria,
she sighed a little pensively and a little
compassionately, and returned to the
drawing-room just in time to escape the
entry of Mrs. Danvers, whose forest
cart, drawn by a loyly pair of Welsh
ponies. she saw turning in at the gate.
That lady entered, followed by her
inseparable companions perfect Dandy
Dinmont, a long-bodied, ~low-legged,
%fap.eared, psdigreed creature, which
rejoiced IN the possession Of seven
prizes.
Florence Immediately made q rush
at the dog "Ah, you have brought
Myrtle! 1 was afraid when I saw you
this morning, that you would forget,
though / mentioned it in my motel"
Both ladies had moved in the direction
where still sat Col. Haldane, plunged
in startled reflections, in the recess of
the window. Was this long-backed,
l~ow-legged, appeared dog the honored
object of the message?
"Of course, I brought dear old Myr-
tle,' retorted Mrs. Danvers. II should
suffocate at an afternoon tea if I hadn't
a bit of natural life like that trusty
Scotchman about me-"
Nov its explained said a deep
voice from behind the amber curtains,
and Col. Haldane came forward once
more.
The hesitation of his manner had
vanished; he was smiling serenely, and.