The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-06-04

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stands FIVE feet eight in his boots; his
eyes are blue and his hair auburn
His great desire is to meet with part
ner who has similar tastes, as his are
refined to high degree. Photos could
be exchanged and returned if not ap
proved. Address: Rupert, care o.
| the Brickbury Chronicle"
On the evening of the following Sat
urday two letters lay on his table
Breathless with agitation, he tore one
of them open; it was q blotted and i'll,
expressed note from ayoung lady in a
hairdresser'S shop. He threw it in
dignantly on one side; what had he
and she in common?
The second letter was written on
lilac paper, the envelope sealed with a
seal bearing the impress of a cupid.
The letter itself was neatly Written in
a clear, firm running hand. We can
not do better than give it word for
word.
DEAR AND GALLANT Sm ! feel as I
read your thrilling lines, that have at last
met with a kindred spirit (let me not be
ashamed to own it, for which my heart
has long yearned. Glad!y-ah, gladly would
| enter into CORES spondence with such q
one as Rupert, but, alas! | am an orphan
maid, and the worlds riches are not for
me. You would spurn the poor girl who
must gain her humble crust by her own ex.
ertions. Yet perhaps, your noble nature
might not turn from the dcspised com
panion. Did but know. My dearest as
pirations are to be elegant; to cultivate
my mind 20 a high pitch under your tuition,
wnllI pnfbinu +N
yOurs-dare she sign DISQUALIFICATION IN
ately and humbly,
"ROsALINDA ST. CLAIRE.
81 inclose my photo. | am a brunette,
with flashing yet melancholy dark eyes.
Ere sorrow met my path / was not CON
sidered unovely. Your answer, should
you deign to send one, will be forwarded to
me by friend. Till then, farewell! Ad-
dress r., post office, Great St. Paul's street,
Z. c."
The weeks went on; his holidays
were at hand. He would fain have
visited his ROsalinda at her home in
Surrey, but she besought him not to
come; he should not first look upon
her in the halls of slavery. Her Ru-
pert must wait until tate smiled upon
their path, and she enclosed a little
poem upon the subject which made
him happy for days. He sent her
ring-two golden hands clasped to-
he wrote her long letters
every day, which she answered at first
once week, and then once a fortnight.
At length there came a day when he
had not heard for a whole month. He
was frantic with vexation; some of his
friends had begun to talk and tease
him about his new flame; should he
lose her now, just as he was about to
have his salary raised? He could not
brook the thought.
In despair he wrote a few hurried
lines, begging to be allowed to see her,
bemoaning her long silence. Life
without his Rosalinda was insupport-
able to him, etc. In answer to his ap-
peal he received shost epistle in a
shaky hand writing. Rosallnda had
been i'll; she had parted with heE en-
ployer, and had gone to be the COM
panion of maiden lady OF wealth in
Northshire. 1t was a long journey
form London; she dared not invite
her Rupert to the house that was her
temporary home. If better, would
write again next week. Adieu, and
again adieu
But she did not write. DAYS went
by, and at last, one foggy morning to-
ward the end of Novem Der, Septimus
received communication from a
stranger, q gentlemen who signed him
self Thomas Gawkroger." His worst
fears were realized; the gentleman
wrote that it was his painful duty to
inform Mr.. Potter that Miss Rosa
linda st. Claire was suffering from so
severe an attack of illness that the
doctors declared that there was no
hope of her ultimate recovery. As Mr..
Potter and the young lady had never
met, the writer hoped that time would
soften the blow and reconcile Mr..
Potter to the inevitable. The ring
and other trinkets would be forwar d.
ed tomorrow per rail. The postmark
on the cover was Charlhill.
aNot so will be baffied" cried Sep
timus. Does this impertinent
stranger think to tear two loving
hearts asunder?" And then descend
ing from the heroics, heconfided TO an
intimate friend his intention of check
mating old Gawkroger in the long run.
The two young men laid their heads
together. and between them hit on the
following plan. Septimus was to tell
the firm that a relation of his was
alarmingly i'll in Northshire, and to
beg for q few days holiday. He was
not to answer Mr.. Gawkroger's letter
Ito write to Rosalinda on bed OF
sickness would be worse thanuseIess,)
but to take ticket to CharlhiIl and
burst upon the corspirators like
bomb-shell.
Miss st. Claire?" he inquired OF
buxom, high-colored woman-servant
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