The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
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swerable questions; some of which
We're as unwarrartable as her ability,
which the slip of paper she obtained
vouched for; emitting the possessorto
teach at "the Gamers or elsewhere.
Thus, early in life she had taken
up her burden and become one
Of the worlds toilers-one of its
unreccgnized and uncrowned hero
ines. For five, long, weary years she
followed the monotonous life thus ac-
corded her, because she could do
-naught else. Then like a golden sun
set after a day Of gloom came the one
happiness of her life, which it werejoy
even yet to remember, though its
brightness faded and left life ali the
more dreary.
A smile parted The tightly closed lips
which were accustomed to express so
much, as there before her inner
vision the reflection Of a perfect, clear
cut face with broad brow and the fire
of genius in the dark eyes, that lighted
up the almost deathly pallor OF an
otherwise faultless face.
How we'll she remembered the hour
when she first met Wayne T~resswell,
and sat entranced by the strains OF
delicious harmony which his skillful
fingers evoked, and gave herself up to
the dream which this man and his
talent awoke in her heart.
Memory shifted the scene. The semi
unconscious woman beheld a girlish
figure with a gloritiedlook on her face,
leaning on the arm of the man with
whom she had cast her lot, as they
stepped from the shadow OF the old
church portal where the words had
been spoken that bound their lives to-
gether.
Wayne TressweIl's eyes beamed up
on her like beacons which she was only
too happy to follow the radiance of,
even while friends demurred and shook
their heads at what all considered an
unwise choice.
Again she saw the rose-embowered
cottage meath the sheltering locusts
where she was, oh, so happy, as she
sat at eventide and listened to the ex-
quisite harmonies which the young
musician drew from the responsive,
quivering strings of the instrument he
SO dearly loved. The evening star
looked tenderly down upon the sweet
and hallowed content which dwelt
with the inmates OF thelonely cottage.
And when, a year later, a babe, with
its fathers eyes, lay upon the young
wife's breast, in thefulness OF her heart
she thought none mora favored than
herself.
But, alas! A quivering sigh, cen
now breaks the stiffness ofthe deserted
school-room as the slumberer lives
over again the sorrow and woe that
followed 80 closely unon the hanniest
DAYS of her life.
The handsome face of wavne Tress.
we'll grew naler and thinner: the slender
form became attenuated and faehIa. a
hacking cough broke the stiffness ri
night and brought a terr;ble forehod.
ino to the voHno wifa's heart H;s
ewes prew larger and BRIGHTER ike the
reflection Of the lioht from fla ;mmor.
tai shore he was So ran;div na.r;no
His trembling fingers refused to do his
will and +ho Iono 6ow az foil ,.;tb iorr,
ing. discordant twan,1,nont the ;nstrn.
ment closely CLASH to his breast
THE ro,no wife and mother with
honeful smiles mon her Inns while d,,ll
desnair clutched her haprt mt har
babe aside and nerved herself to the
task of s,,nn)vino their daily moods.
and while mministerinu to the invalid
her delft fnoers nlied fhe needle which
kent want from their door.
But f. all foe soon came RI an end
Even that moor consultations was aa.
MED her. There anne tina when ths
ewes of love looked into hers M Nova
The beautiful paid foca was cofinad
The slender. shrunken fineers law
clasned mon tbe nnlse]ess hreasf
and the beloved Cremona, Law WIFI
broken strings, silent as its master.
A sob broke from Darcia Tresswell
and shook her slioht form as he mem.
ory of that GREAT sorrow came hack
with such observation-disclosures. She saw
herself with her fatherless hahe in her
arms following the cofined form nj
her husband F. it's last, RESTING nlace
She seemed to hear the s%tereotvned
expressions of sympathy and condo.
lence.
She saw the little cotta,a sold n
linnidota tha ;ndehtedness nov INC,
bands death and sickness had entail.
ed. Then she faced the would AGAIN.
this time with n babe in her arms
There vas no alternative and once
more she became a teacher SLOWLY
the wears wore away one by one, While
from her earnings she carefully laid by,
little by little. O. sum forthe education
OF her child; who, inheriting the great
beauty OF her father, early in life show
ed that she also possessed his talent.
Early and late the mother labored.
She spared neither pains nor expense.
She denied herself that her daughter
might have the benefits thereof. And
at last, after many years, the time
came when instructors and professors
considered their pupil prepared to