The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-15
a POOR GIRLS TRIUMPH.
BY PAUL PAsrNER... /.

~ BIZ PAUL PASTNER.
The editor of the Summerville Daily
Ncps snatched up his shears, cut
column and -a-half story from q city ex-
change. and sent y upstairs to Nina
Kelssy toeset up In Bourgeois for the
fourth pals q Saturdays Ne.os. Nina
KELSEY and : lady companion, some 25
years her senior. cot all the padding
of The NesOsthe poetry, the literary
excerpts. and the stories. Nina set
snost Of the stories. It was some COM
1oet 70 her Young. romantic nature to
xead them from the copy" a. she
worked at her case. Mrs. Sturdevant,
llar companion. had long passed the
80 Of sentiment. and she liked to rot
ahs poetry and the briefer extracts. be-
cause n tho Language Of the printing
ofice, this was .phat matter. . and
With is frequent paragraphs. and In
dented lines made the .'thousand ems''
80 up faster. So both were satisfied.
II 4 story came up. it was quietly PIN
med 70 Mina's case. while the poetry
md scrappy extracts went into Mrs.
Eturdey anti drawer
Minis Kelsey was glad to get story
to-day, because she was feeling lone
some. In fact, she was suffering from
= .fit q the blues. Outside It was rain
ing. and the dingy windows of the
!. .s.:-..... :.s. !. s. %. Z i .'.1
.nu eae gray sky' JUST .ovef
! me prick Diock across the street. could
Scaresly be seen for the fog and the
ram. Ii was 20 dolefnl there With Mrs.
9tnrdsvant, who scarcely ever spoke a
Eord, excopt 4 monosyilabic ..yes'' or
INC in answer to Mina's questions,
% when the little Office boy came up
& with the copy, Mina thanked him glad
I II and kept him prattling ct her case
nntil the angry whistle Of the foreman
Z q The tube sent him rafting down the
\ 1sckety stAircasa. Then Nina turned
to begin her task. First she set her
r0mposing stick with piece of brass
Fule. 30 to be sure that ii was the exact
width Of the column, and then she
mounted hersstool and toox up the first
letter Of the title Of the story. "a
/ Hopeless Quest y That was good
something TO wake her up. a smile
crept over the pretty lips, and she
rapidly finished the title and began to
work the story paragraph by paragraph.
senioying every sentence as she repeat
"a it III tho! clicking type. It was q
strange story. too, and fascinating.
Nina gradually lost herself in the
bhreAd Of it and once or twice she
reused with start to find chat she was
sreading faster than she ought, and had
~ II had ssout' to BIZ corrected in
Nrool.
Tho story was about q young man.
1gho. after having wooed and won sew
tsal charming but heartless belles. and
shayine, fortunately, learned his own
heart before = vas too late to break off
Iii engagements. how AZ last he made
s. Wv that "a would not rest until he
i,11l found the ideal ~ his heart.
noh,a self-sanrificina a,a Z, nura .s Low. loyino
lovely, and unassuming girl; ..one who
eceld look man in the sye without
peolly s,,eculatinx upon his marriage
aiiiitv. IA ,vvho nonld accant his "a.
dresses, il agreeable. without schemine
how q have { Sloophole of escape in
case his financial nrosnects shnnid not
nroya Altogether esst;sf.ctorvI m.
story descri6ed r.. wander;no. ~ the
yo,,no i9iealist. his rncerino II nnhi;c
nioccs. tl,a facss tha, hs Inaw a and % w.s
sftracted ~ and rhat thsy turn .r. ed y ont NJ
q cnver5 ,nca r, ~ - Z tw;cs his 80 nnest
: saemed IN tha no;nt 81 hahn : brnnght NON,
+ tn,a s,,ccessfn, clo.a h,,t .ivavs so6a.
{ 4h;ng va fnnnd Ia ha Iackinr and the
{ ! nbieet of bis pTnw;no love faded aw.v
IN the evar.desnan;ns mist | ~ d;atrmst
and despair. nntil nj last the story alos.
ID Win & nassion.ta REGENERATION. ..It
+ IL vain. All women ara falsa and fair
and Hckla. i viii t,,rn =, tho fr;and-
ship Of ! true.hearted man and there
eaek The tendarrsss .na hai,se,,,aass
! vhioh I had hnned; :, @ lind n tinvsl;sr
fnrm. '-, = Ao'eAAe-
81 was drawing toward du.t whon
Nina finished the : sto-y.s dropped in the
iast period, and closed the fina = She ,
Iaid down. her composine ~ st,cL JI and Snt ut
1ookinr thourhtfully ont nnon, mont shs sur ,sth IN
erine shadows and The drift;no ;r ya;r.
IS Her Iife. TO. had been so far. afmost 80. !.
.shopeless unest. !, but ohl of oil hoH Gss d;sfs. :
ent I k;nd! Left early in Ife ia " hv s1.As. ~.
death 81 ! dissolute and spendthrift
e fathar q snnport herself and an invsI;S =. n,
j mother ~ her Euna;ded efTorts shs ih.,s; I'M
never known anythin1 bev,,nd the IN, d.,s, dIa,G
II round 81 daily toll Of the romancs 40, =,
youth. the sunny freedom, the hours :, 8