The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-23

When she reached home her mother
was out; but she was warmly greeted
by Florence, who waltzed around in
great glee. After awhlle she seated her
self by the side of Leoline, eXclaiming,
''Oh, Leo. I'm the happiest girl alive!
Rich Mr.. Way has returned from Eu.
rope, and he says he fell in love with
me last year, and he has proposed. and
I'm going to marry him, and I'll buy
you and mother a lot of nice things,
and, oh, I'm too happy to live!' When
Florence was excited she paid no at
tention to the repetition of conjunc
tions.
Leoline replied: Il am very glad to
hear of your good luck; but are you
sure that you Iove him?"
Love hint Of course l love HIM.
Wouldn't love anyone who asked me
to share fortune of million of dol.
lars? Mother is coming!' and she ran
down the path that led to the street and
met her mother ere she entered the
yard.
when Leoline retired to her room,
she gazed in her mirror, but could see
no beauty in the small, pale face, large,
earnest gray eyes and brown hair brush
ed plainly back from her forehead.
Beautiful May" she said; Heaven
help me that l may not envy her hap.
piness."
For two days Leoline was busy and
did not 60 out at all, but on the third.
which was her birthday, she and Flor
ence went for stroll. Florence was in
the best of humor and talked inces-
sanity of her approaching marriage.
telling about the dresses she would
have, the diamonds she would wear,
etc. At first Leoline listened and tried
to be interested, but, try as she would,
she could not forget DR.. Deane. His
face seemed ever before her and the
more she tried to crush her love, the
stronger that love became and wider
grew the gulf between them. Flor
ence chartered on, wholly unconscious
that her sister was not listening. 1T
is a mystery to me how Mr.. Way ever
fell IN love with me. l always knew /
was not born to work, but | did not ex-
pect to get out of it so soon. How the
girls will envy me when | become Mrs.
| Theodore Way, and how May Leslie
will stare. Say, Sis, YOU are twenty
years old to-day, and must look after
you or you will be an old maid. Wait
till I'm married and see if don't find
a rich husband for you"
The two girls were returning home
| when Florence thought of letter she
had forgotten to mail. and Leoline, not
wishing to return to Main street, walk
ed slowly on, while Florence returned
to the postoffice. Leoline had not gone
far when she heard some one say, ''Good
morning, Miss Arleigh," and looking
up, her eyes rested upon the handsome
face of DR.. Deane. They walked on
until they reached an arbor which was
provided with rustic chairs. DR.. Deane
suggested that they enter, but no soon
er were they seated than Leoline's hands
were clasped and she heard the Doctor
saying .'Oh, Leoline, can you not see
how dear you are to me? Sweet Leo
line, raise those truthful gray eyes and
tell me you will love me just little.
Tell me, Leo, is there no hope for mepn
Leoline did not reply. but she offered
no resistance when he took her slight
form in his arms and showered passion
ate kisses upon her face, which had
lost its wonted paleness and assumed
the hue of the bright red rose. At first
she was too much confused to speak,
but at last she looked into the deep
Il thought you loved cousin May"
Thought / loved cousin Mayt Why,
how could be charmed by Mays black
eyes when was in love with her little
nursePn Here Leoline receives so
many kisses that she begs for mercy
and declares she will be smothered
One day Mrs. Arleigh was greatly
surprised to see, in the village paper,
a notice to the effect that, through
dishonest agent, Mrs. Leslie had lost
the greater part of her fortune. A few
weeks later the same paper announced
the marriage of Miss May Leslie and
Mr.. Richard Lee, tie coal merchant.
and stated that the happy couple had
gone to Chicago, where they would re-
side. Leoline burst into tears when she
heard OF her cousins marriage, for she
still thought that May loved DIR. Deane.
Florence remarked, Serves her right.
She liked you, but she always hated me,
and now she has lost her fortune and
has had to marry bald-headed, cross
eyed, ill-natured old-codger, whom she
| must already hate. ;"
The days passed swiftly away. The
paths were strewn with the leaves of
Autumns and the cold blasts of Winter
were followed by the soft breath of
Spring
1t is bright June day. The inter-
ior Of Mrs. Arleigh's cottage is pictur-
esQue ia the extreme. Each room
seems a bower for beautiful june roses
are here, there and everywhere. The
| inmates of the cottage are Mastering to
and fro as If preparing for some special
| event hilt llf0il tie faces of all there Is