Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12
"Well. John. he is about vo,r or,

well, John, he is about your ago
and your height, and your size. And
ne ls clever, and has read a thousand
books, and he knows everything, and
people call him a rising man; and vet
ne can IL and row, and ride and play
cricket, and even dance, with the
best"
"Upon my word. he must be admira-
BILE Crichton!"
"He is, john"
"And do you love the fellow?"
"Well, John, I will leave you to
Judge. l love him so we'll that the
world is sacred to me because he dwells
in it. I think of him night and day. 1
fall asleep with his image before
my eyes, and I awake with his name
upon my lips. If he gives MT a flower,
l treasure its withered petals; if he
touches my needlework, it becomes hal
lowed to me. When he smiles, I am in
Heaven; when he talks, the society of
the gods is mine. I see no man but
him. All other men seem to me like
pigmies. He so possesses me that
when 1 look in the glass, 1 marvel, to
see my WI face there, and not hist"
"Why Catherine said these very
things of the man she loved!!'
81 am not surprised. We are both
women; and when a woman loves, this
is how she lowest!
"But this fellow, Kate! Who is he?'
"Who is GATHERINGS false lover,
John?"
81 don't know. 1 never asked. I
didn't care to ask. Why should l.
what is Catherine to me? Who is the
man whom you love, Kate? Good
Heavens! L could strangle him! Who is
he, | say? Strange that he should turn
up the moment l went away!"
"Don't excite yourself, John! You
will increase the Inflammation in your
eyes"
''But who is the fellow? You are
killing me! Who-who, l say, has won
your heart? Who is hep"
''Who is the fellow? Why, John, he
is the man who wouldn't drive Kate to
her birthday picnic, and who wouldn't
ask Kate to dance at Lady ks ball!
He is the cleverest man in all England,
and the most athletic-the Captain of
the Southernshire Muffs, and"
John tore the bandage from his eyes,
and 10, Catherine-in her white cap
and apron-stood before him! But her
teeth were pearls, and she had ayes
that danced, and her blue spectacles
lay beside her on the table.
Catherine! Kate!" he stammered.
"Oh, John, forgive met" she cried
with tears and laughter. ''When you
went away, 1 couldn't bear it, and it
was Kate who came to you in spec
tacles and wig, and with patches of
black on her teeth. and always a piece
Of ivory in Der mouth to alter her
voice, and it is Kate who has been
/ Catherine for three months. Oh, John,
I couldn't help it, and though you do
think me so shallow, and though l was
so angry with you, l would 60 to the
North Pole, or journey through Sahara,
with my hand in yours!"
$50 this is how women love!" said
John, after they were married. II
should have mourned my life away.
You came and took me by storm"
Eyes, John" replied Kate. '.But 1t
was dreadfully naughty of me, and the
escapade is not one that any well-be-
haved girl wouhl emulate. We must be
very careful ths.t the story never gets
abroad"
''Must we, my dear:?"
eyes, indeed. 1 couldn't bear that
any one should Know it,"
Then, my dear Kate, I'm afraid 1
have incurred your severest displeas-
ure."
''In what way?"
II don't like to tell you, love. You
will never forgive mel"
"Nonsense, John! Do you doubt me
still? Tell me at once
"Well then, we can't keep our story
secret if we would. ForI have written
it out in my best hand and in the
choicest language and sent it to-1he
ArgoSy."