The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20

~ "1o AoNSA Au
Its farthest shore is still unbounded-
So ! love thee!
A Sea SIDE ROMANCE.
"But how can I help feeling neglect
ed and miserable, Ned? You scarcely
look at me when Miss Lovel is near,
and she is your preferred partner in all
things, nov. You walk With her, you
sing with her, you drive with her, you
dance with her, and it makes me very
wretched."
Nov, hollie, if you're going to be
jealous!"
I'm not jealous, Ned. If I thought
you didn't care most for me; i'll fancled
you cared at all for any one else, I don't
think I'd demonstrate with you at all.
I would just take off this" touching
the diamond on her hand, land hand it
back to you. Tn not jealous, but you
are not very kind to me, Ned"
-aEN HHWEN-E-E
My little pet, you do not see things
as I see them. One owes something to
society, especially when one is at the
seaside. If you would only remember
that I love you too well to find fault
with anything you can do, and ifyou
would become a littlemore of o soci.
ETY. character yourself, Iwould be per-
fectly happy. Why, you scarcely take
the least attention from any one but
me and so many are willing to offer
attentions to you. Now. dear, kiss me
st once; I must be off, am to drive
on the beach with Miss Lovel; not jeal-
GUS, my pet?"
"Not jealous, Ned; no. andshe turn
ed from him, but without giving him
the kiss he had asked for.
"she is jealous, though" the young
fellow thought, smiling as he watched
the pretty, straight figure going away
from the nook in which he had found
-,
"iici. 'he waves were roinhe, 1eceolng'
leaving now q mass OF seaweed on it,
now returning and bearing it away
very coquette of q n ocean, now kind
and now cold, and always fair in the
sunlight.
Ned Tremaine hurried over the beach,
whistling as he went, and he presently
caught up with his afianced, who, in
her pretty dress Of cream and black,
with the wide sun hat pushed . little
back on her blonde head, was looking
very beautiful and animated-and smii-
ing in the face Of Lee Stone, the most
incorrigible male firt at the beach.
where now, Tremaine?s the latter
called out, as, with n nod, be pursued
his a
"For a drive on the beach; will see
you later;n and Ned had gone by, re-
Stunning his whistle.
Mr.. Stone smiled a little and spokeAa
few words to Mollie. She coloro /
slightly, followed the tall form of h1r
lover q moment with her eyes thdn
gave a gracious answer, and hall III
hour later, when Ned and Miss LoJeI
met the pretty light carriage on HE
beach, in which Lee Stone took kis
daily drive, they received q pleasakat
nod from pretty Mollie. who was liz
companion, and who looked as thoukh
she was thoroughly enjoying his socsb.
ty.
"She certainly lost no time in fo1lot.
ing my suggestion" Ned told himself.
half in surprise; "and she has evideI iii
found the society Of Stone anythinp6rt
boring.n
"Wl.at a.handsome couple they mike
Miss Loyel said, with a certain rleam
in her steady gray eyes. Ned colored
suddenly, he didn't quite know why.
perhaps you didn't know that Miss
Annes is nv promised bride,n he said.
atrife coldiy.
"Oh, but SO many engagements are
broken in a summer OF the seaside: one
never minds that very much,n the Ian
guild belle said, indifferently.
That night there was d hop at the
hotel, and Ned had made IN his mind
while dressing to be o little more at
tentive to Mollie: but. to his surprise.
he didn't find Mollie Annes shrinking
under her mothers wing. as had been
her custom. A number of her old friends
had arrived while they were at dinner,
and they were about her; beside. Lee
Stone was quite pronounced in his 1T
tentions TO her. and while she gave him
CNed) a smile from the distance he
found it quite difficult to get near her:
then a light tap on his arm informed