The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-13

OILY IpSSlIlt w LllOSG WHO uIc IpIIGClIJ !
and perfectly honest. To the
manner-the complete self-com-
and unfailing grace inseparable
from q lady of birth and education. She
was as courteous to us, who must have
the veriest %out-casts of society,
s though we were her equal. A truo
lady can never be unsraciuus.
Her presence had III indescribable eff
feet upon my senses-the effect of fine
after discord; ! was conscious OF
Il return from sav"sc.y to civilization.
But it vas not until my gross appetite
was satisfied that | became susceptible to
the new delight.
The baronet smoke not word about
the diamond during dinner, but when II
was MI over Nc said:
"Wcll, now we will 80 back to the IL
brary, and You shall come with us, Edith,
If oar cigars will not be disagreeabie to
you, for we have a marvellous mattas IL
about
In tn. library Miss Lascelles seated
herself beside her father, while we three
mon sat facing them on the other side Il
a small round table, On which I placed
the diamond. AT 1 little distance from
tis Rcfs was a lion skin on the floor, and
on this the Kid threw herself, and as she
lay there looking toward us, with her
chin resting in the palms of her hands
and her elbows planted in tho fur, we
saw scarce;y anything Of her but her
great ~lastiais eyes, because OF the
shadow thrown by the lamp-shade..
NOW let us understand the ,,s.s.tion of
things to begin WITH said Sir Edmund,
taking a eisef, after handing the box to
lis,
This will explain q good desl," said 1
putting III his hard thecapyi of our agree
nnerh,
he held it that his daughter might
read it with him, and having come 10
the end said;
"MMisRt I hSK which is the Juages"
That's me-" said Brace, with some
pride; "appinted by the Long Pike visi.-
ance Committes II so"
''''ftn aie an Americana
Located us such for twenty years;
born in Cornwall"
and Jan Van HoeclS:"
"That's Israel" responded the Judge,
indicating Van Hbeck; land darkness
fell upon 'ems" hc added. e~xplanativelv,
putittS & short space Of his etveentful
eatter Brace had earned a n.c:.e;aaifiious ex-
isterspe rs a tfaveli.g preacher.
Then ytti are Bernard Thorne," the
h.fonet said to me, and lola is--"
The Kid" said Bra"h. eher mother
was a greaser-za Mexican" he explained
ve Miss Iascelles. The dinner had warm
ed his spirits and ioosened his, tonpne,
and he continued: "Ne "rsse dTrawed to-
gether ut CSsfpa Town by an advertise
aient IN the paper. Our afflicted brother
wanted to stake his little pile upon a
mining venture. He had ssndtse the
thing scientifically; lie mad laid out a
kinder rhdrt III his head, pricked down
wnere the great finds had been made,
end sot his mind firm as n big md was
to be made in q pertain SPOT known only
unto himself. We conversed, and he
Pagcaived without much difficulty, as he
he'd found the right sorter partner in me,
end he kinder left it with nis 10 find a
third party t" jtne III the venture. |
spettea out Gentleman Thorne here
among a dozen. l liked the shape of his
chest and shoulders: I liked The look %
his face; l seo t.iat though he was outer
thTsl He was a gentleman, every inch of
MIN; and | tell you, miss he said, sd
dressing Miss Easceliea. ''s,ta... though
amt no gcnt,rn.sann myself. | back blood
p,,d bteaedin' ag'in all creation. A man
like Gentleman Thorne, who has been
KEEP clean in his infancy, fed wholesome,
trained up in a public school, and been
learnt to respect hissclf and God Al
mighty, has better temper, more endur-
Shce. more pluck and iightin' power to
overcome and VII, than a dozen of the
hiuckh.5 that bounce about bein' workin'
men" He paused a moment to let his
words make due impression, and then
continued, "tGehter.an .Ihorne had III
experience, but he had a hundred pound
% put into the concern, and that fetched
Israel just as much as his looks fetched
me. Israel had three hundred, | he'd
nothing in the shape Of dollars, but |
threw II tile Kid, which, being a female,
Was calculated to be useful unter US III
the nat'ral order Of things. Wl..a.5 we
he'd we lunhpt i'll. and b written agree.
mept drrwcd up mutual, we undertook
to play it out to the bottom dollar and
the pint of starvation. We worked, sir,
through thick and thin, through the
measliest streak of luck mortal man evel
struck.
Israel was the ilrst to funk It. My
calculations arc wrong; is 4 hopeless
venture, let lis stuck it, he SAYS: to
wEjrh Gentleman Thorne replies-'No,
he says, well stick to our colors and
fight it out says he; end lie did his lcvaI
best to cheer Us IN, You should have
heered him there a-whistiin' like Il black
bud, singin'-songs. drawin' us out Of our.
selves, and maxim u pleasant Joke out Of
our bad luck. Asst the Kid down there
who was her best friend in.tlat trouble.
She'll tn you 1t was Gentleman Tborne,
not her father. She had Il bit OF u fever
1t was him made up a bed former, built
a screen 10 keep the sun OFT, walked IF,
teen mile in the night to get things from
the store, set up night after night 10 give
ler water. end used for to sing outabout
the sleeping beauty and Cinerella; Will
ne was .poggin' away st the burned
ashamed to let him SEES I was iosin'heart,
and when l felt like ~blasphemin' at
things in gen'ral, l used to take a short
walk and let of all my swearin' where
he couldn't hear mt. Well, it did look
as eff we had hooked on to the everlastin'
tish-kettle. Then Israel funked it a Sec
end time. we hev still a few pounds
eft he says to Gentleman Tiornc, 'let-s
brow up the cards. which they might
hev done without going from our writ
ten word, they two formin' Il majority.
But Gentleman Thorne wouldn't agree
o it. 1t wouldn't be fair to the Judge,
ne said, and then he promised that il we
failed in the end he'd stick by Israel, ard
keep linn ike his own flesh and blood
Intil he found the means OF keeping his
self, which was more than I'd hey prom
ised him, | will allow. Well. we played
on till the last cent was spent in stores,
and the stores had rot down to half a Tin
Of beef. and a screw of sllag. and then ]
lighted on a ~two-carat stone. The yer: