Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-12
A DAKOTA ROMANCE.
BY IRENE d. W. ADAMS.
CHAPTER X.

Your friend tells me you are III, bns
said, hesitating to be introduced, which |
no one volunteered to do, He turned |
his face full upon her, rising from his
seat and holding both hands toward her.
She put her hands in his without word |
She was deathly pale as she looked in |
his eyes with her steadfast, searching
gaze. "YoU ARE WORTHY NOW" she said |
in whisper.
~ believe / am or / would not seek |
you" he answered in the same tone.
II knew you would come to me if you |
loved me truly, better and manlier
man, but o, how long I've waited"
He held her in long, silent embrace.
She was wee ping tears of JOY, of rest
the rest her loving heart had sighed for
all these weary years.
"Will you trust yourself with me here
after?"
Eyes, ] haye no fear. You see how
much faith have-I do not ask ques-
tion."
81 have much to say to you, my dar-
ling that you may know how dearly |
prize the treasure have won at last. l
am too happy to say it now"
Eve can wait, we have lifetime be-
fore US, come" She stepped from his
arms expecting to meet Myrta and Mr.
Sharp in the room, but they we're walk
ing leisurely over the hill arm in ARM
| They sat in Miss Banners house, very
much at home, when that lady returned.
"Myrta, this is Mr.. Emmett He is to
be my husband"
The yonng girl gave him her hand
with pretty grace. Then know you
are good man" she said.
sunnie went straight to Mr.. Sharp. =
"You have been more than brother TO
Holland; will you take me for sister,"
There were tears in his eyes and he
would not trust himself to speak, but he
lifted her fecs with a hand on either
cheek, and pressed his lips to her FORE
head, then led her to seat beside her
loyer. II congratulate you my dear
Holland; may Heaven bless you both.
The young men stood with clasped
| hands.
Next to my wife, I shall ever love you,
my brother Louis"
Holland urged speedy marriage. II
have lived without you SO long dear. /
was brave until found you. Ask Louis
what weak coward was then"
mot until spring." Sunnie told him.
Mrs. Fiber. poor little woman, can not
spare me this winter. Myrta's lessons
must be my charge. She has the same
drudging life before her that have led.
She must be a teacher to help the home
folks, unless soma knight relieves her
with his bag of gold, ! almost lost pow
er to go on with my labors when you
disappeared from Newport. l loved you
from the time / met you FIVE years be-
fore, and though l trembled for your bu-
siness capacity. hoped to rouse you to
reformation by singing words, and that
we might be married soon. My mother
would be care upon my husband, and
| was too proud to marry man who
could not provide for us as well as
could do myself. My brother-in-law
told me you were in debt at his store for
clothing. This to my practical mind,
seemed disgraceful, and determined at
any cost to break loves thralldom; but
still hoped that you would remain near
me and apply yourself TO journalism, 50
contradictory is q woman's love. / never
heard or saw your name. / had no trace
Of you. / tortured myself with the cru
elest fancies of your self,destruction I'M
til almost lost my senses. At last rea-
son Gained the tumult; she told me that
if you loved me truly you would come to
me, that you had a noble, manly nature,
clouded with love of ease, social flatteIy,
and change, but in time you would rise
above these faults and become man the
noblest must respect. This became a
and conviction with me. l looked for You
year after year. Knew you were alive
doing your best, but when Nora and Eva
died, and then my mother, life seemed
too bitter for any hope to survive. l
performed my duties at the seminary as
a machine works. Do you know, Hol-
land, what trivial thing brought me
out to this wild land of Dakota. 1t was
| little advertisement Of western land, a
boom Sheet they call them here. /
picked it up on the street cars, going
home from school one day. The mo-
ment my fingers touched it a magnetic
thrill shot over nae. carried it away
with me, aud it became my destiny. /
followed it to Dundee. Here have be.
cume myself again. Ihave learned that
pride is my bitter enemy, and that
might have worked as your wife for
support as well as to liye as did-so
lonely that every day was = season of
heartache to me. 1 see wives here help
ing to carry tho burden of the family
support. realize that we might have
enjoyed together all these years of sepa-
ration If had been willing to do this,
and felt your loss as stroke of justice
in punishment Of my pride ard accepted
my fate with less rebellion"
II am very thankful you were wise
enough to reject me, Sunnie. 1t was best
for you. 1t was best for me. l can see
the outrageous selfshness of my nature
in those days, now. as clearly as you did
then. / should have neglected you, and
perhaps to-day instead of being the hap.
piest mortals on earth, we should be mis-
erably unhappy. Have you the boom
sheet now"
Indeed shall never part with it."
Il wrote that exaggerated essence of
Misrepresentation, my dear. Smith ia
the ALIAS l adopted the day Preached
Boston. l have known no other name
until we began publishing the Wind
blow Herald. Louis insisted that we
should both assume our own, as he said,
to bestow upon our future greatness the
shadow of our past littleness.' Tie dear
boy, he started at daylight to manage
the paper this week, to give me fur
lough,"
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