The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-29
A HAND.
A. Small as a ChiId's, as son as
,sIvet, and owned by a Darling
Littie Woman.

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- 1iessIy on h'S oeu, DO'
H. nIng woke suuo'''y '"o MUS
pore my usual ''r'9' anu 90 ~
Sc awake thaI l 'noUN"' ''"''
'FiainIy Dc cIo0N "' .DV I+,'
.APu.'eu ASIDE "9'U''"'"9 ~ 10y 49,,
ana he'd my wac" "'0'! 7
nFF'hg Ilght' II was o''y q
H. IooKeu aga" "' - "'1
ana uo"h the Gal N0 u.
Eingi not even 'n7 Po'''. o's''' =
Pu'leo my nc"u !" "T",'',
htt!s' turned over anu 'i'so ~ ~ -
seeP' Out tne P",o"' '0''''I0 49, 49,"
shape n l coVm "o' 'o"''o' .DD
arrange Inel"' inc '0''''" 49,
no' ADJUST "''s' ~ 'I1' 49,
Trying 10 Keep my 0!'S '''. -,
minutes a. '"S' 5"''
up the CURTAIN
The air outside looked Keen anu
swapping. The ground with its over
n, NJ snow snarkIed as if some prodi.
y..I LoL ,oo+.orod diamonds IN
ga manu- ia" ''"''''0
Protuslon everywhere. Inc moon was
low, but seemed to be lingering for
one last look on so beautiful a land
- Am.r abo.d corId occasion.
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ally catch glimpSeS u 'He e''s''0 %
she rounded the curves, covered with
clouds OF smoke that fell back over
a,s,,, forr, L q mantle ~ cider
= .ri.ta.;uu
one heid her nose OVER Iue s'S'S
path, with its two parallel ines run
ming into infnity, like a hound on the
s,,;I u,bila the Ii5bt on her forehead
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aaseeu h9shes IKE ne'eoh' y" We
lew, The low rumble n sWaylhg
motion OF the car on its springs be-
iokeDsd opr sneed.
u;uou LorL;,,
Jay O"'N y" my P'"0"
fortune that l was In confortanie
quarters and not breathing the frosty
airs as the men on the engine. As
dawn appeared pulled up the cur.
tain at the foot OF the berth, piled the
pillows under my head, making my
position a semi.reclining one, and
watched the effect of the bright
streaks OF crimson which we're now
shooting oye the, hills aud making
the shadows in the valleys disappear.
On entering the car the evening be-
fore, as far as l could notice, the
apartments were nearly all filled.
Seeing this, / gave my valise and coat
10 the porter, entered the smoking
apartment and did not leave it until
lste-so late in fact thatit was almost
impossible to find my berth, owing to
she poor light and the uniformity OF
the made-up berths.
now noticed as / raised the lower
eurtian, in the half light Of morning
that filled my apartment, a white OBJ
Jet at the upper inside corner Of the
berth, to which ] at first gave no at
kention, thinking, as / remember now,
chat it vas the corner OF the sheet
that covered the berth above me. At
one time | saw it move, but the move
ment was so unatural for an mani
mate object that it gave me a slight
start. AS the light increased l found
my attention was all the more keenly
Tiveted on this white object in the cor
ner. saw it move q second time and
BY degrees it began to take shape. 1
aoW discovered that it was a hand,
but whether q large or a small one, a
mans or q woman's, ] could not dis
rsrn. was pleased at making the
ON discovery-a little more daylight
would tell me what kind OF a hand It
was and give me some idea Of its own
81.
i found out as my vision bceame
palmer thatit was sanall-probably
Achild's rsxt.8Jhat it was too slen-
der Tor a sniid's aud not large enough
Tor q mans. A Slight movement Of
The hand betrayed q beautiful soli-
taire ring encirciinQ the third finger
my interest very perceutibly increas-
sd. Thought | WAS too old to be in
terested ia such things. When q man
looks over a stretch OF thirty years,
and can honestly confess that such
trivial things as to be interested seri
onsly IN a Woman's heart never trou-
blsd him, he should not confess that
ii the secondary consideration he
should be taken So completely una.
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