Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-05
w1Ie from nence1orrn cameo ner.

vile from nenceIorrh called ner.
How lovely she looked at the Christmas
ball when, radiant with delight, she
crossed the room to say to me, aIook at
the progress OF my conversion. Here Is
hermit Kenneth in this frivolous scene.n
u Hishi was at the chapel" Kenneth
himself remarked; and certainly no man
iaOked so unsuited to a ballroom. He had
grown pale and thin during his solitary
life, and wore a thoughtful air J never he
fore had noticed in him.
why on earth don't you go backs" said
/ Nothing has surprised me more than
your appearance here"
II knew 1t would be so,n he answered.
II had to Gomez
Then in that homogeneous place he be
gan telling me his experiences in that wild
solitude.
Il began to think my life there useless,
a mere indulgence of my own tastes. i
read and thought, but the mysteries of life
seemed as unfathoInable as erer. One
ieyening | felt myself no longer alone. l
saw nothing, | heard. nothing, yet / alb
sorbed this command in my being: Go
into the world, for there is q life you must
save, a demon you must %vanquish, and
the life you have led has given you the
power to fight and conquer. The world
Will mock, and your friends misunder-
stand you, but heed them not. BY this
token know both destroyer and destroyed.
Then across the floor Of my room glided a
glittering snake, unlike anything we see
upon English mo0rs. And /, obeying the
command, came here to. find the de-
stroyer.p
AT that moment he hled, touched
my arm, and bid me look across the room.
There stood Frank aud Mrs. Vernay-she
with the jeweled snake twisted in her
hair, he with another, a bracelet of hers,
clasp around his wrists; some joke had
passed between them, and she had slipped
it on,
My dear Kenneth, these are ~fancies,
nothing but ~fancies, !" / said, for his man
ner alarmed me. 1You can't think that
anything more dangerous than q bayish
love affair can result from Franks friend
ship with Mrs. Vernay.f
"Lilithp was all he said.
@Teu me, how did you guess her name?n
ut came to me as that command came,
when | saw her WRITE" he replied. Then
crossing the roorn, he asked the beauty to
dance, taking her away from Frank.
believe bets passed between the men at
the Torremouth clubs as to which Of the
brothers would marry beautiful Mrs. Yer
nay. confess wandered myself
Mneeher hehneth WON'T relinquish his
nonle schemes ana marry Ike any other
oluihary mortal l rarely saw him with
ou1 MIS-. Verney. he rode with her, drove
VIII her, spehs long hours IN her pretty
wing and walked VAN her on
.ne espihnade. ASKED nm what was
sIa : LIN I'LL t,is' ana haa LOT reply,
IL uohg marry her, Frank william
AMs"er Which at phe time struck me as
strange.
Anu one Jay FRANK came TO my wife to
poui = neg syhphehetic ears WHO, nerce
IaVlhRs against ms brother. Why had
nsmus.i NlAeu ~ Una. nonsense about
celipacy ana seclus1on when he came and
Would, ever could, lover"
sAnd thus we heard OF kenneth's engage
fnent % tns beautiful Mrs. Nernay.
An she men IN enc place envied him, but
never lhmy NE nave \ seen SO grave and
gloomy 9 lover let, ike all the other
men VINO met ner, ne seemed to adore her.
lever nsaru any n question his devo-
riua' IelhGps bheir eyes were blinded
= Ahow we ali pitiea FRANK. And the
VINE passed merrlly oy TO the wedding
uay, 800 serAay growing daliy more
penu.llui,
once she passed me as l walked with a
80 = 4 eophaHaue.
1oou neaVehsl' ne exclaimed. what
y lahenesss
10 Wloins Z asked.
10 peasant girl In the Black Forest
!! VINO 9 lev years q created a great stir
= gne Vinage All the young fellows We're
IN love with her; she married one of them,
md q rev days later he was found dead in
Sis peu, tne prioe having vanished, no one
kheW Whltnef.
An unpleasant story" I said, little
Pieasea to noNce u near me, who
Musehafe heara every word
sOI course ~ y only a chance likeness"
saaq my friend
llithi Kenneth as he
pissed me,
.#eek OF Two later and there. was q
iasnsohapie weuulng IN portsmouth, dis
nia. as are ~ such IestlYltles, Kenneth
NAG 9 ms might be lqules, but Mrs.
ernay laughed m. MS face.
ou riulculous boylp she said; people
Will Ihink YOU are ashamed Of me"
lug only mempe OF the family not
present. was FRANK. He had rejoined his
=
~ WIS el-uleAkla speeches, and
.,,sna ! WAS re,seshine myself by a
: Ausaass = ssa'
= .o ,ss sssaiasel came up ana addressed
a AZ, u9 ~ aools enae forming wed
t.ns. : appps eaIeu ~ nave Deen a specta-
10 y a y sae 4b Sau III. among other things,
s was j Mrs. yernaS y ;,os
aAb5p he said az thn,,ah. ple
arain u ~" y