The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-16

which I could only catch, Forgive me
Il know you better now" Pshaw!
that was only gratitude And yet, when
| held her hands, and tried to tell her
how gladly / would take far greater
risks for her sake, she did not take
them away, but raised her eyes to my
face SO bravely and trnstingly that /
trod on air for days afterward.
She keeps my book, TOO. I saw the
leaf On which / wrote that absurd
crotchet thrust into her little silk purse.
She had torn it out and was making Q
relic of it. That might be because Of
its oddly, and probably means nothing.
There never was u girl SO proof to fat
terry as not to preserve SUCH . sponta-
neous tribute. She treats me Just the
same as ever-is friendly and cordial.
no nfoTe. Uncertainty, then, is all :
arrive at-untertainty rs to her feel,
ings, uafeasiness a. % mine,
Pretty much the Same way I felt ut
Long BEanch, threeyears ago, when /
spent n fortnight trying to determine
whether ! was in lows with LucyRo-
mer, and,!.h so, whether she would be.
pleased te.hear it; at the end Of which.
time she married young Iandless, end,
to my surprise, I a pleased to hsar
it
Suppose this was to result KimilarlY?'
1 think I'd better go home. Andy rel
there will be something inst out Of life
when Ileave her. IshouMbe wretched,
Z am afraid; but not so wretched as I
,Monld be shouA she refuse me. Per-
haps not SO wtetched as I might be
eventually if she accepted me.
Where shall & find the. concord of
this discord 2" apparently, not in this
bed, for it looks like what Mrs. Part
iingtou calls q corruption Of Mount
Vocife7ous." Hellb, BoolsE Bring me
some hot water!
Mr.. Henry o ldeny get thee home on
thetnext steamer.
soLILoQUY THE FIFTH
O3Ilord! o 1lordfl feelas if had
justparted with my immortal soul, not
to mention every thing I have enten for
the past twenty four hours. Seasick-
The man who called il one Of the
comiaadiseases wat, surely never seasick!
A myriad Of curse 8 on the reeling, rock
ing ddtub. Icou Id almost wish she'd.
go to the bottom
I wonder how Miss Gray and her
mother are standing. it'll Ihope 10 heav-
en- l shall not see hsr again until
she rseovers, or else I'm done
with romance %fDreverl The old
lady would insist or, taking this
and I think it was a dispensa-
zion of Providence ii, cure my mnlady.
How can a man worship when his
lty is white around the lips, and red
the eyes, with . drawn, pinched
look, as,fianxiously expecting = eatas-
VA
How could I have been such q sim
rs to dwaddle ssntimentally
a whole Summer; and start
home dining the SequinocdaI STORMS?
A proper termination this for lives
dranm, and all its sttendantt fol-
les! Sweet reveries ands%murmured
VOWS, forsooth! MoonshinaNA all OF il.
md, as fbr poetry-it is q mockcry, a.
yrinnipgskeletonl o Lopa,aIlInaver
be afool againi
1 suppose Miss Gray 1oaSi1es thsevpry
remembrance of all that midsummer
madness;.and I recall it with the Same
lnbounded satisfaction I derive fkOmFg
re~collecting q meal Of cold pork and
potatoes Porkl Ughl m newer cal
again! They say this steamer will
reach Nov York tomorrow and s here
register q vow that Eli go back home
stay there-be q 11isanthnope,
philosopher, cynic, hermit-aIxthing
3 sentimental fool! Amany.
n BsgI4 &&ESfHNs
aGsKn.nnuY THE aIrT4,