The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15

QOU U6 dC ILldU IL was q Cast
of ssloye at first sight"
So far nothing had been said by the
young man except what eyes can say
but they had saida great deal, and in
their own languagell had been answered.
The very afternoon on which Mrs
Howard had invaded her husbands
sanctum to give u~tterance to her opin.
ions on her daughters future, the
young people in question were resting
after the tolls of q game of %croquet,
for croquet was played in those days
--calm, 1anguidgcroauet, withnone oil
the fierce excitement, the frantic
movements and contortions of its
successor, lawn tennis.
They protested to be watching with
great interest another game played on
the lawn beneath the raised path on
which their sent was placed, but they
were really interested only in each
other; they were far enough away to
talk gently without being heard, and
no unkind intruder had made himself,
or more often herself, an unwelcome
| third.
After a few pointless remarks onthe
game, silence had fallen between them.
Elizabeth sat looking on the ground,
feeling that q great crisis Sin her life
had come. The weight OF silence
seemed almost unbearable, and, with
an effort; she turned TO her compan-
ion and began some triHing remark,
which died away unfinished on meet
ing his eyes full OF q look that pierced
to her heart and filled her with an UNI
known rapture. He spoke in a tone
OF repressed passion; she listened.
Let those who will recall what words
she heard. Love has alwaysth the same
Language, varied only by the charac-
teristics OF the speaker, uttered only
with slight difference OF speech-some-
times hesitatingly, sometimes eagerly,
sometimes brokenly, sometimes as
suredly, but always with the same
meaning, Glove! And your"
"Your eyes always told me they
loved me! Did they not speak the
truth?"
A look answered. What need to re-
ply when they sshonss brightly and
thruthfully-bright with u happiness
unfelt before by her, ana thnruuthfulwith
the love Of a pure soul2
How long they sat in perfect con
tentment neither could say, but it
seemed almost like a thunderholt fall
ing when Emma's voice was heard:
Lizzie, are you ready to gohome?"
The merry farewells, the laughing
appointments for the next injecting,
the walk back-all were to Lizzie as a
dream, except the long-lingering pres
sure OF his hand as he whispered,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT" What
possibilities of untold joYslay, hidden
behind that world Tomorrow, to
hear his voice, to feel his hand, to
watch his smile and glance oflove that
came into hisSeyes whenrestingo on her,
and, greatest Happiness ofall, toknow
that tomorrow would only be the
forerunnorso of many more bright. days
ALI quallysiIicfouded-so many that
she grew bewildered at the thought,
and gave herself up to the one dream
that youth values above all else, "He
loves me! Hove him.
Alas! poor Mrs. Howard, your
warning words had the common fate
they came too late!
III.
Lizzie, my dear; come up to my
room; ! want to talk to you," she
said, with more g%entleness than was
her wont. 'My child" shutting the
door and drawing the girl down to a
chair at her side, stwhy did you not
tell ME this before?a',
On Elizabeth's face came a look OF
sad self-reproach. =
"Oh, mother she said, her bright
ness dimmed, and her eyes filling, 81
tcouid4notspeak ofit;I wastoc happy!
But now l see was selfish and wrong
Had her mother but been as kind
and approAehablesassh er father, Eliza
betlr wouldssnot have hesitated, but
she knew that not afavor-
lite, and her timidity Of spirit mfade
her afraid OF increasing the prejudice
against HIM.
YES" said Mrs. Howard gravely;
chad you but told me all as you
ought to have done, you would have
saved yourself much pain
Here abe went on, not heeding the
scared look, which gapeaplace tosone
Of anguish ast she finished:
HWhen your father told me Iwas
Mortified, especially after the talk I'd
had with him yesterday, Alfred Stone,
as he knows well, is not the husband
we should choose for YOU"
Mrs. Howard liked to pretend that
her husband always agreed with her,
butin this case as i'll many. others,
Che poor man, sat below iashis study,
growing over tile affair, andfwishing
vainly that it could be allowed to
progress smoothly, and thinking that
he,t'was sure it would all turn out
right, and Alfred make a good hus,
band, and be quite steady, and all
that"
You, being young, have been de
ceiyed by his outward looks and man.
ners. Igrant he is pleasant, but that
is not enough, and we, who know
more than you, have heard enough o.
his character to know for q fact that
he is not steady t ~
Elizabeth tried to speak, bit a great
fear stayed her andchoked her speech
Her mother vent onimpassively, and
with the unyielding air She knew SC
lswell. ~
Ne. had heard many rumors before
that made us doubtful, but to-day
heard from a witness, and thorough
" trustworthy one, that Mr.. Stones
behavior last night was not at all cor
rect. He was at the club till quite
late, or rather early, playing som.
gambling game-ecarte, / think-fol
very high stakes, very reckless in man
ner, and very excited, l fear from the
use, or abuse rathes oftoo much wine
IT," she vent on, againsdisregardint
her daushter.s muft1ed ssy-the cry o
one whose Idol is falling from its
throne and breakingA heartin its fall
-it q young man will SO behave
when he has first wonthe love Of "a CIR
he professes--professes to love and as
TEEN, what must she not expect after
wards when the first glamour of mar
riage has cooled down to what should
be true, respectful love and. high hon.
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