Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-10

| t1IAe VI Muu' No, uoI 1TOIH YOU, I1duh,
you always took me for all was worth,
and some more, suspect"
"Let that pass, Sgd. And what you have
been telling me is why you would not suffer
that midget to 60 laundering after a stock
of raisins with the princely sum of money
she founded.
eyes, left strange tenderness toward
the little thing, and when you noticed it
fancied, owed you this explanation"
"Thank you, sgd, firmly believe you
will find your brown eyed maid yet"
"To echo your own words, let that pass,
| Frank!" And then the two friends con-
versed of matters not connected with this
sketch.
And Ellen Doty, as she walked hastily
away from the store was recalling the very
incidents Sydney Smith had been rehearsing
to his friend.
Now she was motherless as we'll as
fatherless, and was staying with relatives
in this same Western village where Sgd
ney Smith was prosperous young mer-
chant.
Her mother died of consumption. i'll
Italy, and Ellen returned to her old home
in Massachusetts, to look after the little
property left from her fathers estate.
When everything was settled, satisfactorily,
she accepted the invitation of her mother
only sister, Mrs. Edison, who resided in q
Western State, to visit her, and if she liked,
to make her house her home; little thinking
that the boyish lover who has quite won
her heart by his protecting kindness and
tender chivalry was awaiting there, I'M
knowingly, but still lovingly, to receive
her.
When she recognized his voice. heard
him called Sgd, and took in the by-play of
the child in pursuit of raisins her first i'm
pulse was to go to him and say, sit is 1,
Sydney" But quickly came the thought
he may have forgotten me. I will wait,
and she left the store stranger as she had
entered it.
"Auntie, have changed my mind in re-
gard to seeing company, and shall be glad
to meet your friends if you care to invite
them" she said, referring to subject under
discussion between them.
cam glad TO hear it, my dear. Life is
too brief to give years of grieving to those
who can never return. Come out into the
sunshine, bravely, and you will be sur
prised to find how susceptible you are to
its warmth. We will not forget the one
who is gone, while we endeavor to con-
tribute to the pleasure of those who are
left. Now l will make list of the guests
and you shall write the invitations, if you
please?"
! "Certainly, shall be delighted to make
myself useful"
She wrote Mr.. and Mrs. several times
and then came the single names, dozer
or more, and Mrs. Edison said, "There, tina,
is the last, believe"
81 was in Mr.. Smiths etore to-day,
| Ellen said, hesitatingly. "Is anything
wrong with him or his family?"
"Bless your heart, child, no. Did I no
give you his name? would not forge
him of all others. You uncle thinks there
never was such man; Mr.. Sidney Smith
r of course; and the girl was sensible of
feeling of satisfaction when she found
) that no Mrs was to be put on his note.
| No regrets came back, Mrs. Edison being
; very popular and her parties Away,
! pleasant.
Charades and tableaux were in the pro-
gram for evening, and in one of then
Ellen ventured to hide n little plot, to lear1
if she was quite forgotten by her school
boy lover.
} AS she figured in most of the scenes, sh,
l begged her aunt's permission to remain
stranger until the acting was over. Tn,
} last one was this:
!, A room in q grocery store; Ellen, hel
/ figure shortened by kneeling behind some
boxes, and wearing schoolgirls hat ant
buster, books in one hand and the othe
reaching forth all old fashioned penny t
a scornful-visaged shopkeeper, who helt
u half-stripped bunch of raisins TOWARD
l her; two uncouth boys grinning and smirk
ing aud one pointing at the penny.
l ga cents worth of raisins," murmuret
( voice among the guests.
+ The curtain went down for the last time
and many wondered why the last scene
l was the least striking! But one knew, O.
2 hoped he did, and he it was who had Sc
, readily given the solution. And as sool
| as he could make his way to Mrs Edsol
he asked:
"Will you please tell me who planned
, that last tableau?"
/ Certainly. It was my niece, Miss Doty
! Her uncle has just gone for her to be in
, tyoduced to our guests. I am looking TO
| them at any moment"
; "Can see her for FIVE minutes befor
/ she is introduced"
, "You! an entire stranger to herr"
"Not a stranger to me, butan old school
} mate, if she is Miss Ellen Doty from
Massachusetts"
eyes, but"
pardon me, but you will allow me t.
see her alone? I cannot meet her in thi
crowd"