The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-22

l "a u HASsShiS II va saiia
music are not friends"
Pardon he said, II was not
a~ware-you are so plucky to keep up.
onsdeck. But perhaps you sing your
self, turning to Lena.
eyes, if You wouldn't mind my mis-
takes
That's what we practice for, to
correct them" he returned, and he
offered his arm, to the saloon.
Ariadne left to her own sweet will,
got brayely upon her feet, in spite OF
the sea sickness, she had limited at,
and paced the deck; and presently {
steamer came in sight, and everybody
was alert with n glass, and the dark
3eyed hero, shehad named Lord Kings
bury, took the opportunity to offer
her his arm, together with sundry
opinions concerning the voyage, the
passengers, Europe and America;
after which he gracefully assisted her
to her seat. s'This is your chair, is it
not? he asked.
ale knows my chair, already" she
thought, with a thsill OF satisfaction.
"Let me adjust the pillows, he add
ed. .shall | wrap your rug about
you? Will you have the foot-rest
elevated? So, do | please you?"
Entirely" laughed Ariadne.
"May / sit and talk n little" he
ventnred, lone grows horribly bored,
taskingto ones follow-men in the card
room. You are nottraveling alone?'
No my cousin is with me-"
"Oh, the young gentleman who has
gone below to sing2"
"That hobbledehoy! Gracious, no.
my cousin Selma and I are travelling
together" and then they bothlaughed.
Nothing establishes familiar relations
between strangers, so soc as a mutu-
al laugh.
"Hobbledehoy," he repeated. "You
haven't much respect for him."
II don't fancy him; he has rather
forced himself upon our acquaintance"
The following day, when Ariandne
went upon deck, her lord met her, rs
If he had been waiting for the event,
and begged she would walk with him.
"Doyou know many people on board?"
he asked. "I've spoken 20 nobody
but yourself and the hobbledehoy."
"The hobbledehoy,-who do you
think he is? Some swell, isn't he? It's
great run to speculate about the
names on the list. heard some men
betting about it in the c~ard-room."
"But | suppose everybody knows
you,o said Ariadne.
How you f1atter me; why should
they know me more than another"
"Now, pray, don't be SO humble.
The Yankee, you know is fond of a
lord"
He regarded her with an indulgent
half smile OF assent.
Lords are lnmo enough with
us" he answered. with becoming hui
mility, and after that they played a
game at cribbage, and talked about
English politics and English parks and
then the gong called them below.
Have you enjoyed your music?"
she asked Lena.
ooh, sc much, he has such a SYM
pathetic voice. How have you been
getting on?"
"Famously, Lord Kingsbury has
been eve so kind"
IDEAS me. you are positive it's he2"
"He a good as confessed it, but
said lords + common enough at
home. Wasn't it pretty OF him. He
has the most gracious way.
"ln short, you are rather mashed?"e
Hush, Lena. Don't S such slang;
you must have caught it from your
hobbledehoy."
sWhat has Lord kingsbury been
doing, all day." asked Ariadne, one
night, having been confined in her
berth all day with a headache.
~ ooh IL, Ina 6aov, r1,,,,, 1,,0,,rI rs
please you" answered Lena.
cts just like a novel, isn't it? And
have you been going on with that lit
tie hobbledehoy, as usual"
II don't know what you mean by
going on with him. / should think
that was slang" retorted Lena. "He
is very kind, and reads such nice
books. I think perhaps he's poor,
but l don't care a fig for money and
titles. Iprefer intellect and heart"
"Sour grapes. II you can't have
money and titles it's well to be con-
tented with what you can have,-a
h~obkledehoy ii you can'tdo BETTER
When Ariadne returned to the deck
next day, her admirer beamed upon
her, wrapped her IN her rugs and
added his own, brought her cham
payne, and made her laugh with the
relation of the previous days events
and an exaggerated sketch of his own
forlorn condition.
"Now really, my lord, don't be SO
funny she begged delighted. at
makes my head ache.t to laugh"
"Don't call ME that, lie whispered,
sit sounds too formal"
"And, pray, what shall Icall you
"Ca1l me Guy"
"Just the name of all others Iwould
have chosen" thought Ariadne, "Sc
romantic"
"Now tell me something about your
SELL he asked, with a half-tender anG
wholly Interested air.
ooh, there's nothing to tell. I'm ar
orphan. I've been i'll Germany study.
ing. live in Boston with an aunt
Lena lives in New York. We had &
%chaEerone going over, but she elopet
with our music teacher, SO W. are re
turning alone. Now tell me about
your life, it must be much more 70
mantle and interesting than mine; il
must be nice to have a park Of YOU
own, and ancestral halls hung Will
ancestors by the Oldest masters"
"And the family ghost-you've for
gotten the family ghost"
"On, how charming; the most arts
tocratic thing. Tell me about i
please"
"She WINS a daughter of the. house
Her portrait hangs on the walls; the,
were marrying her to the wrong man
when her maid came to dress her, sh'
persuaded the maid to put on TIL,
wedding finery herself, and godown t.
the assembled company; while sh
stole out to the river where her love
was FL await her. hut the BRIDEGROOM