The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-04-17

meow 1oHus lOVer-llRo gaze With H.
dl1erence, to schoo! her warm, hayward
heart against his tenderness, so precious but
Yesterday! At first she strove bravely to
MAINTAIN her former ~yivacity, but her liveliest
sallle1 fell unheeded. The slogan was in the
air. Daisy knew Tom had something partieu-
lar to say. All, well, for that matter, SO had
She. Clasping her cold little hands together
resolutoiy, she waited i'll silence. -
daisy, I've been thinking"
dangerous symptoms, my young friend;
let the doctor prescribe"
I'm gong back to the medical school next
weak, Daisy"
so soon?" in a tone of cool regret
AN l want to ask you, Daisy"
i've only TO ask, and the little lady's mine.n
prompted haunting memory, kindlingin Daisy's
eyes a dangerous fire.
Notwithstanding his Wanted assurance,
Tom hesitated over the vital question, tidget-
ting with the reins till the horse rebelled and
started off at a canter. Having soothed the
animal's rntiled feelings. Tom began afresh.
Daisy"
"Well, Mr.. Raymond?"
Now, Daisy, you promisedto call me Tom. y
Did |? 1t isn't half so pretty a name as
Mr.. Raymond
SIN gladif you like my name, Daisy. Iwish
youG take 1t to keep"
You're too generous, Tom. I'm not q strong.
minded woman Shouldn't want to be called
Mr.. Raymond
Don't tease, Daisy. You know what mean.
I'm just dying to make you Mrs. Raymond,
my beloved little wife"
81 should have to die if YOU did. Tom BE-
loved little wives are always under tomb
stones"
"Do be serious, Daisy. You must know I've
been in love with you from the first day I saw
You"
"Ah," thought Daisy, with curling lip, eff l
little simpleton l might bel" SERIOUS, Tomy"
she said aloud; I'm LITERALLY serious as the
grave. You've made my stay at Oakland very
pleasant; you've given me glorious drives and
sails, and I'm no end obliged. But in regard
TO this new favor you propose to confer upon
me, no, no, Tom; l must decline it, thank
you"
Favor! Really Daisy 1 fail to see how I've
provoked that sarcasm"
Lets not talk about it Tom. All, we're
nearly home"
"But, Daisy, l must talk about it." pleaded
Tom, SEEING her hand. ''Do you mean you
never can care for me! Oh, Daisy, Daisy, don't
say it,"
His manner was eager, his tone perilously
swcet;. though now at the door, he made no
movement to alight, it seemed as if he could
not let DAISY go till she had promised to love
him.
Don't be absurd, Tom," cried she, almost
beside herself with the fear lest she might
marry you, never! never. Who, Tom Ray
mond, I'd as soon marry that hencoop."
10 do Daisy justice, she hardly knew wha'
she said. Bent on convincing her overwise
lover that she was not to be had for the asking,
she had hurled the hencoop into her sentence
simply for emphasis. 1t wounded Tom be-
yond expression. To offer himself to a young
lady as a husband, only to be rejected by her
as a hen%coop--this he felt was. too much for
human nature to bear. Without further daily
away with a curt adieu.
Wretched Miss Daisy gazed after him with
lack-lustre eyes, feeling as spiritless as q
glass of Yesterdays soda-water. How angry
he must have been, to have left her to un.
lock the door for herself! And, oh dear!
what a,led the key? Would it never, never
turn? Oh, for strong fingers! TOMS fingers:
Presently it dawned upon Daisy that there
must BIO some obstruction in the lock. By the
aid of the moon she peeped in at the keyhole
and saw the trouble. In locking the door OF
the inside Aunt Abby had forgotten to remove
the key! Daisy pulled the bell frantically til
the Pcsls echoed through every room, pulled
TIL she broke the wire. but no sound of an.
north chamber Aunt Abbey was lying on hei
good ear, sleeping the sleep of the innocent.
''She never hears anything when she's or
her leF' side" groaned Daisy, land she may
not turn over for the night. Oh, what shall
do? What shall ! do?n
She tossed pebbles against her Aunts case.
ment, and shouted Aur name again, ant
again; then desisted III sudden terror. VIVA
if the tramp We're 4till lurking in the neigh
borhooG, and should appear at her call! Sht
fitted around tho house k a midnight ghost
only 20 find every door and window fast. Sh,
looked rs the lighted dining room, and the APP
petiziug lunch awaiting her reminded her tina
she was FAINT and ha eaten no supper.
Hungry and homeless Mt midnight in tn.
country, where tramps were, and where police
were not. Here was II situation for a girl deli.
cately reared and naturally timid! The onl,
light to be seen IN the village was at DR.. Ray
mond's,a quarter of a mile a way. Daisy knew i
must have been left burning for Grace ant
Tom. Grace could not have been home long
for she and Jack had come the long road by tn
mill.
"If l can only get there before the light goeI
out!" murmured Daisy, speeding along tn,
street What could abe do better than to be
seech the Raymonds to shelter hery She knew
no other family so well, and, besides, no other
family was awake. After what had passed
she shrank from meeting Tom, but she shranl
far more from meeting the tramp whom he
excited fancy was perpetually evolving iron
the shadows. What with fear and haste, sh,
reached the threshold breathless. Pushln,
open the door, little yagrdnt that she was, sh
stole in Upon Grace, busy in securing the par,
lor shutters.
"Hush, Grace: don't scream-don't rous
anybody" she cried, in a hystericai whisper
"Ithought maybe you'd let me sleep with you
I'm locked out"
"Locked out, poor dear!"
Eyes; I'll tell you all about it presently. Can
l go upstairs first?
YOU'RE as white az a sheet, birdkin. Run w
to my room Ill follow as soon as Tom come
in. He's at the stable feeding Lady"
LADY,"
"Hasn't Tom told you of his little Lady, tn
lovely colt Uncle Ezra has givon him? Sh
came while we were at Pinafore.n
ellis little LADY,"
"Papa thought Uncle Ezra would better keel
he: till Tom was graduated; but uncle pet
Tom, and he said Tom might as well have he
at once"
Daisy heard the closing of a distant door
and fed to dream dreams too confused TO
record.
AS she was tiptoeing out of the house in TIL
early morning she came upon Tom, lookin
glum and sleepless.
l beg your pardon, Tom, for what I said las
night-about the hencoop, you know" sh
whispered, in dimpled confusion. ''1t was aw
fully naughty. take it all back"
And will you take back all the rest, Daisy?
implored Tom, cheered by her bushes.
an evasive laugh. At Unjust take myself bac
now to Aunt Abby"
"You must do no such thing. Daisy Camp
bell" said Tom, stoutly, his clouded mind pre-
cipitately illumined by the coquettish spark
in her eye. "By your leave, madam, I shal
take you back to Aunt Abby myself, and shal
ask her to lock you in next time, and keep 20
for me. Come, the carriage ,s ready. We.
ride with the little Lady"
Old Nelson Himself.