The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-09-03

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early preparation was ridiculous. If we
had entered the city when the mystery
would have remained unsolved, but the
3 stranger became SO excited that he
could keep his seat no longer. Some
one must help him, and, as was the
nearest to him. he selected me. Sud-
denly turning, he said, rocking himself
to and fro in his chair in the meantime.
and clapping his legs together and
breathing hard
Been gone three yearsl"
Ah!n @ S
Yes been in Europe. Folks don't
I expect me for three months yet, but /
I got through and started. Itelegraphed
them at the last station they've got it
By this time.n
As he said this he rubbed his hands
and changed the portmanteau on his
( left to the right and the one on the right
TO the left again.
Got wife?n said /.
Yes, and three children he re-
turned.
He then got up and folded his over
coat anew, and hung it over the back of
the seat,
You are pretty nervous over the mat
ter, amt yon? / said, watching his
fdgety movements.
well, I should think So" he re-
Piled / amt slept soundly for week.
And you don't know" be went on,
gaancing around at the passengers and
speaking in low tone, II am almost
certain that this train will run off the
track and break my neck before get
to Boston. Well, the fact is, I have
had too much good luck for one man
\ lately. The thing can't last, faint nat
ural tho thing should, you know. I've
5 watched it. First it rains, then it shines,
then it rains again. II rains SO hard
You think it's never going to stop; then
it shines so Upright you think it's always
going 10 shine; and just as you are set
I tied in either belief yon are knocked
over by change, to show that you know
nothing about it.
well, according to your philosophy,
] said, You will continue to have sun
shine, because you arc expecting a
storm.
It's curious" he returned, abut the
only thing which makes me think 1 will
get through safe is because I think I
won't.
well, this is curious" said r.
Yes" he replied. II am machin-
/ ist made discovery ry-nobody be-
lieved in itspent all my money in try
ing to bring it out mortgaged my home
-all went. Everybody laughed at me-
every body but my wife-spunky little
woman she said she'd work her fingers
{ of before Ishould give it up. Went to
England mo better there came with
in an ace Of jumping off London bridge.
Went into a workshop to earn money
enough to come home with-there I
met the man / wanted. 10 make
long story short, I've brought $500, 900
home with me, and here I am.
Good for you!" exclaimed.
Yes," said he, $500, 900; and the
/ best of it is, she don't know anything
about it. I've fooled her SO often and
disappointed her 80 much that just
concluded I would say nothing about
this. When got my money, though,
you better believe I struck bee line
for home"
And now, ] suppose, you will make
her happy 2"
Happy" he replied, "why, you
don't know anything about it. She's
worked like dog since have been
gone, trying to support herself and
children decen.ly. They paid her 13
cents apiece for making white shirts.
and that is the way she lived half the
time. She'll come down there to the
depot to meet me in gingham dress
and shawl hundred years old, and
she'll think she's dressed up. Oh, she
won't have no clothes after this-oh,
no, guess not"
And with these words, which implied
that his wife's wardrobe would soon
rival Queen Victoria's the stranger tore
down the passageway again, and, getting
in his old9corner. where he thought
4 himself out OF sight, went through the
strange pantomime, laughing, putting
his mouth into the drollest shape, and
then swinging himself back and forth
in the. limited space as if he were
4 walking down Broadway full
rugged metropolitan belle.
So on we rolled to the depot, and l
placed myself on the other car, oppos-
ite the stranger, who, with a portman-
teau in either hand, descended and was
standing on the lowest step ready to
jump to tire platform.
/ looked from his face to the faces Of
the people before us. but saw no sign
Of recognition. Suddenly he cried:
There they arep
Then he laughed outright, but in q
hysterical way !, as he looked over the
crowd. ! followed his eye, and ssw,
some distance baak, as if crowded out
and shouldered away by the wellsdress.
B ed and elbowing throng, little woman
In faded dress, aud we'll worn hat,
with i face almost painful in its intense
II but hopeful expression, glancing rapid
u from window to window as the
coaches rapidly glided in.
She had not seen the stranger, but
moment after she caught his eye, ant
in another instant he had jumped to the
platform with his two portmaoteaus
and making . hole in the crowd, push
ing one here and another there, ant
running one OF his bundles plump intt
Il the well developed stomach of yener,
u able-looking old gentleman in specta
cles, he rushed toward the place where
she was standing. think never saw
j face assume SO many expressions il
ss 80 short time as did that of the littl,
woman while her husband was on hi
way to her.
She didn't look prettyon the con
n trary, she looked very plain but some
81 how / felt Abig lump rise in my throa
as i watched her. She was trying t,
laugh. but. God bless her! how cola