Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-11-06

"A to what had become ~ hor. ord Mt
| Racket was rude enough to 4 aAnd :.
| GOOD lob. too" when sbe INFORMED W.
Todd. somewhat spitefully. that M;as nj,
| had withdra wn from servica At tho raf..s,,
ment buRet forever n ever that sho had
been gone. aoh. goodness knows how low,
I and she was not the ONLY ono who tho,,ah,
I Il was a fair riddanc, Of a s,ucs-,,n wo,,no
person. There was a Miss C,eosv n ho,
| place. a very large Young woman with :
nair of fat. ROSY c,eeks. and a towar -
false yellow hair. wi h n rold arrow am, =
ribho in Il. but Mr. n ia did not ILa a.
I looks of Miss Creasy. and fode from hs,
and the Bat,leton oirl; altoc ,.l,er of,ar .h;.
4 He went bac]; to London. and - 80 Iaa.
with tho Ven. md to hi, un.ls ~ w.ho, ",s ~
said not a word concernin~ Ra.h DAYS dis
annearnnce from the :Junctior co,rtsr i,a..'
ing that little fact to himself for a rco ~,
which he could hardly have ex,;aine ! ha-, r.
been called upon to do so. He liked TO k,e
things to himself. dill Mcst.r T., ID. N,t,,r.
/ had not endow d him WITH u cn.,o ion; n,
! communicative soul. wh;c, W., ,o;n,o,
fault, of course. and no his own. H., Ind =
faint notion that his INCL wmrll c,v va 10 -
sack and so he vould not eli hi, n.,,,s
GlaL SQe QHu gone. 1t Was vGllnO TCfIjSe
way, and it saved unpleasant comm nts n,
any rate. His uncle might have said, will
Miss Racket. "And a good job, too:r and q;
all events Maj Crawshaw should no. hav:
the opportunity of saying it before one who
had been "more dreadful spoons" ON Mis-.
DAILY than he had ever Jared 10 confess.
And it was absolutely certain that Mai
Crawshaw was CT Miss Days de
---k.-- e.. ,
and in~defatigable Did soldier know NOR.
Of that young lady's movements than his
nephew' For Maj. Crawshaw was not OF !.
communicative dispos tim. any more thar
young Todd was: and lie was sly at a:
events in this matter, though it wa fo,
young Todd's good and Miss Days that nc
should keep things to himself, and q cloud
forever between them. There was no str.
bility in young Todd, no respec. for .iacss
beneath him in social position, 10 real love
Ruth Daily was too good for the lout .lto
gether: NJ IS DAILY, thought the major, wa.
a clever and sensible little woman. with h.,
pretty head screwed on the rish; way, and
with less internal nonsense about he: tina;
he had discovered in any women yet; anC
be respected Miss DAILY because shs was
girl who knew how to respect hers,.f.
He told Mr.. Freshwater this at the Inter
national hotel, S. w., Javelins and Fresh
waters new and colossal speculation al
Lambeth Bridge, where. oddly enough, Miss
Daily was to be found in the pot of cashie,
and bookkeeper-a piece Ct promotion which
Mr.. Freshwater had considered himsa,f jas
titled in Offering to Miss DAILY, after Il qn e'
little talk, Of which Miss Daily was neve,
aware, betr'ee- Mai. C:awshaw and hi:
speculative SELF.
Miss DAILY was surprised one morning t.
find Maj Crawshaw being showA into he,
Iwn little counting house, some threS or
Tour months after their last interview at
Battle;on. ,
Here's a gentleman I think you know,
Miss DAILY" said Mr.. Freshwater, as the
major made his best bow and shook hands
with her.
1.-THE major!" Miss DAILY exclaimed. II
forget your name; but Mr.. Todd's uncle, is
1t notT
Maj. Crawshaw coughed as Mr.. Fresh
water took his departure. 1t is not pleasant
tor ones name to be forgotten. and to stand
= witness to a short memoried individuals
struggling to recall it, and he told his name
again with a grim survey Of her. Mr.. Todd's
uncle, tool What a terrible way of recol-
Getting a man, and a major!
How strange you should find me herel
hat Mr.. Freshwater-"
Maj. Crawshaw fastened to explain.
"Not at all strange. he said quickly. II
line here very frequently; there are more
life and hustle than at my club-club very
old-fashioned now, and half my friends away
At the war. and so on; and Javelins and
Freshwater are excellent caterers to the
British public, and one gets something to eat
that Is decent-and here l am"
Eyes; but how did yoa know I was in the
counting house department"
"Oh," said the major. reddening. "a chance
word or two with Ditchwa er-Freshwater.
I mean-about his management and his
finance and bookkeeping, and he said he
found that ladies mad. excellent clerks, and
that he could trust the hooks of the Inter-
national to Miss Daily; and then I naturally
said, What Miss Daly?-not from Battle
ton, surelyT And surely it was! Hope you
are very WE'LL"
Il am very we'll, thank you" replied Miss
DAILY. regarding him thoughtful ly, even
critically.
II am very pleased to heal it This is an
agreeable change of life from the junction
seiresuInent counter.
ut is harder work here" said Miss DAILY.
There is more responsibility and less an,usc.
ment."
ooh dear! Why, you don't mean to say -
"No; I don't saw ANYTHING" replied Miss
DAILY. with a smile, rs il enjoying Mai.
Crawshaw's surprise, "on!v that | prefer my
rise in life to the Junction. and that I am
indebted to MI. Fr,shwater for putting such
confidence in me,r
eyes, ves-exactly.r said the m,ior: "and
I am sure you we're never fit for tho counter.
and feeding the strangers and "a Is in front