The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-08

because duty or affection called her
to such service. She married Tom
Beers, 4 bright. strong young fellow,
full OF fun and reckless daring, and de-
voted to Sarah. but entirely ignorant
OF her daily anXieties and terrors; for
she was as reticent as she was timid,
ii she thought she could save any one
much more any IL she loyed-by
ruch re%ticence.
ooh, tell ont Sary, faint no harm;
we all know Tom set by We all his life.
He wouldn't do nothin' to plague we,
if he knowed it, no MORN he'd cut his
head off; but that letter business was
so exactly like m~cn-iolks."
A chorus OF voices echoed the re
quest; there were only about ten peo-
pie at the q%uilting-it a the regular
sewing-circle meeting OF Oakley-so
Sarah consented.
"Well faint much 70 tell, but if ma
wants me to. You know, Toms horse
is real young and kind Of skitish, and
if there is one thing aboveanother Pm
afeared OF it's II horse"
BLESS your soul and bodyl" put
i'll her mother, 81 never see the thing
ySb you va Ii Y iltttIcu vi, CaIy, IOESS
or not"
ooh, l know it, ma, but Pm awfullv
afeared of a sSittish horse; Tom, he
don't really sense it, and he says Jen-
ny amt ugly, she's just full of play;
and | s'pose she is; she's knowing as a
dog, and | giveher a bite OF something
every time he fetches her round, and
she knows me real we'll, but she will
Jump anddash out and shy sometimes,
and it makes me just as weak as wa
ter. soft | don't eve drive her eli |
can help it,"
You don't mean to say that you
ever do drive a cretur when You feel
that kind O way toward it?" queried
Miss Patty, sharply.
"Why, | hev sometimes, We know
there's Outlines a DAYTON can'tleave
the haydn, or harvestin', or plantin'
Or something. and there has TO be
things fetched from the store, and no
way TO get EN-, so Tom he Just tack
les up and | go for 'em; hedon't really
mistrust that I'm scared. and | never
tell him that l be; what's the use?"
'Well," said Miss Patty, with a
sniff no type q express, and Sarah
went on.
so week before last Aunt Simons
writ and said she was comm out to
stay a day or two before she went
back South, and she was goin'tofe fetch
Joe, that's her oldest, along with her,
she wanted for to have us meet her
at the station, but observation-disclosures
lungs; but she'd telegraph if she wa'a't
~,,, NiT,1l lT,l,,,l,- ,1,,
the day she sot to come, it did rain,
sure enough; and seeing there was n
donation party to be got up, sided
my work away early and walked over
to the Center, for knew | should see
all the folks I'd got to see to home.
I'd just got ready to start for home
about noontime, and | bethousht
myself to step into the post
Office, for l knew there'd be the
mail for the creamery, so l got a dou-
bic handful OF letters and papers and
set my face toward home, when who
should come up but Tom in thebusgy.
Get IMP says he. Pm going to the
station
What for?' says I.
Why says he, they hain't sent no
telegraph, so their coming!'
But it rains says !, and Aunt 81
mons said she wouldn'tcome if it rain
ed
We'll, says he, 4 obey orders and
break owners; she said she'd telegraph
if she want comm; and how do you
know but it didn't rain there?'
So | got in and put the mail under
the seat and he drlv like Jehu, for he
heered the trim whistlea and says l,
"Oh, Tom, don't drive Up the hill to
be scared
He laughed q little. III bet she
would not be half rs scared as YOU
said he; but III leave you at the foot
of the hill, and if they come I'll holler
down to you, and I'll get in and 60 up
to the other station and put 'em into
the hack that waits there, for there
can't four get into this buggy; and
you drive along up to that station,
and then I'll put you into the hack
with Aunt Simons, and I'll take Joe
along o me in the buggy
So sayin' he jumped out, for we
was there, and run mp Just in time to
catch the train. l didn't have q
thought that they'd be there, but they
was, and he called out, They're here.
drive on | knew twas the quickest
way to take the road alongside
the track; but the Tuck train
was due, and Jen is skittish, but
| thought I'd ought to, SO l drove
along; there wasn't any train, but
right in the road where J. couldn't
turn nor back, | see two loose horses
and if anything'll put lightning into
Jenny it's loose horses. | tell you the
saivers u down my back, but !
, knew the only chance was to 90 sc
fast hat she would not think OF side
l shows; so | just laid the whip onto
her, and she sprung and went by those
horses quicker! Well, the hack was
| going over the bridge, but / catchet
up with it, and Joe got out with
Thomas and l got in with Amt
Tom had got to go up street to get {
Z can for the creamery. | called out tc
him as he went off:
Look outfor yourmail on the seat,
and we drove along. But we hadn't
gone half a mile before Tom he cam,
t tearing along and stopped the hack.
t Where did you put the mail?' says
s he.
Why on the seat of the buggy say,
I.
: No you didn't!' says he; Their
wasn't nothing there but papers.
: Iguess ! gave you the letters then
e I sort OF thought | did, says /.
well, I haven't cot 'cm anyway,