The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-01
THE HEIaHBoRHooD FAILURE.

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD FAILURE.
CHAPTER 7.
! amh plain woman, Nj. Forester,
10y pam
g, madam, you are very plain,
Cslil Ior 2 woman Q your age:.l think
4 1a1s ~ appear WeH enough.
81 didn't mean that" she said with
, yerk 81 ner head accompanied BY .
sharp noise that sounded like q snap.
t"lf You think that Lam 10 Ill looking,
you needn't come whore / am. Yes, /
nm = plain woman, and l think that II
~ best TO be frank with you. Frank
ness . one Of the virtues that should
receive special cultivation, and / have
cultivated il. l do not approve Of
your attentions TO Caroline. You are
kind-hearted and generous man, per;
haps. but-butI dislike to say it,
out your habits are bad.
how
well, yon gamble
~ go you
What! you inpudent man;I never
graMbled IN my life"
ssYou I gambling now"
What
YES. gambling now. Specializing
on my lack OF morality"
Mr.. Forester, in spite Of myself.
you keep me In q rood hrmor. but
good humor Is one thing and Judgment
g another -
That's 4 fact, Mrs. Andrews. and /
have noticed that persons Of best hu-
mor are frequently people Of poorest
judgement. 1 can commend you for
the former, but Of the latter, I fear
Won are somewhat short. II 4 trno
That / beton an occasional horse race,
but I hope You do moi think that I'd
put up my wife ON the bob-sail horse
against anything put up ON SIC bay. /
have won about as much money as /
have lost, and taking the amusement
- profits. my net gains have been
quite large
but Il cannot tolerate gambling.n
tsI4et me soc. Madam, I once heard
III q widowed lady who dabbled some
what in cotton futures. The market
went against her, and-well. she was
eighty frost-bitten.
sWhs told you thatp"
aNever mind. This lady, according
TO her own confession, is very plain.
but it seemed that the sharpers
found hertO be decidedly attractive
I gu ought to be ashamed Of your.
eelf to stand up there and talk to me
that way
well, I'll sit down"
n, EMO. 3 needn't. / do NOT wish "a
give you any evidence Of my approval.
may make this visit as short as you
please. You cannot make it too short
. .uit M.
young mhn, seating himself, chasing
hopes on cotton futures is the mos
hazardous. Ny father lost his heaG
that Way
Don't taunt me. / was advised Il
Invest q few hundred dollars. lost
but I learned & lesson"
never to put your money OF
The red whom yon should have put It OF
HE black. That's all very well, blu
suppose you had wonP Don,tyou thinI
khas you would have risked a few NOR,
hundred d~ollarsp"
tsNo, I don't, for I saw the evil
AFTER you had lost; but that ha,
nothing to do with Caroline. ] low
that girl, hanged ii I don't. She ia no
beautiful-taking somewhat after he]
mother, but she is attractiye-tak
ing somewhat after her father
] love her very devotedIy; yes, NOR,
20 than 1 can ever love any one else
I think that I can make q good wifi,
Of her.
tYou good for nothing, audaciou
rascal, you ought to be ashamed o
yourself TO Sit there and talk tina
way.
sri stand up, then"
s.T'd rather see you walk
which I'll have to do if I swa,
horses many more times. Now
Mrs. Andrews, any one can speal
lightly Of notwithstanding love
me-
tsShe does not
.sShc is q truthful girl, Mrs. An
drews. You may not have discovered
this. but IL is . fact. Where Is til,
damselp'
None OF your business.
sOf course not, but where is she
Ont chasing the tawdry butterfly o
engaged in the exciting ride Of q stick
horsepn
you are fool"
compliment me. Oh, creste,
Mrs. Andrews, inperilous night, who's
banners arise On the battlement