Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-29
clRa's BRAVERY.

,ore than eighteen, and SO pretty
sen.haired and blue-eyed as an
He had never dreamed that
- making the application to
qs,stle Cottage herself. But
caroline Clarke took no notice
: : surprise.
S h house is in good order, sir"
requires few repairs, only"
the young physiciaa, rather stiff.
had begun to shing he was throw
Is time away.
nd those you viii maker"
let the cottase-yes. !"
young lady unused moment.
think will like 1t" she said
g he's your pardon. Miss Garke-,"
es."
i. i you quite understand the sit
Mn"
y fhink do. The house is thought
y haunted, and the rent is merely
mai to anyone who will live
les But How are you situated
~ card to family, my dear young
IS 81
= have the care of two younger
5 bers-twelve and fourteen years
have only a limited income,
8 h / exc cut by embroidery. am
sus to get my brothers out of the
ard there is a good academy
| am not afraid of ghosts"
faint SMILE 1--WE shall come"
= words and manner were not at
ence with her delicate beauty
= As so petite and yet so self-pos.
a and dignified. DIR. Leighton's
g rience in girls did not seem to
& him at all in this emergency. He
I sected thas his sisters, Maud and
always regarded the outer walls
2 bistle Cottage with an apprehen-
g care. and could not be persuaded
AS it alone after dark, and here
this girl, no older than they, pro-
= he to live there, with two childrenl
on have no parents?"
y
zelativesS''
None to rely upon. / depend on
= elf entirely, DIR. Leighton; | am
to it. Would you like to let me
= Thistle Cottages" with steady
= ce into the young mans counte-
i hesitate only On your account"
IS FASTENED to say. at is no fable
p q man was killed there. He was
kdered BY o son of unsound mind,
= a quarrel about money. The
4 lie was owned by my father. 1t is
= mine. 1t long ago fell into i'll
u lie on account OF the murder, but
very pretty place and has been
ss in repair. ! will walk over it
you again and make any changes
may find desirable" thus tacitly
= enting TO the young ladys pro-
IL.
Is hat her words failed to do, her
Z & blue eyes had succeeded in &C
i splishing. They had won the con-
= bee Of the owner of the cottage.
Il he can but try since she wishes,
q laid to himself. 81 am close by
= bur house. If she gets frightened
she can come to u.s."
hsn they had gone over the house
= b, the girl asked, quite cooIly:
that became OF the murderer"
He fed from lustice-is probably
D. He has never been heard from,
his ghost is said to haunt this
s Il fyou can prove that it does
Twill give you five years rent
free. =
i be young girl made no reply, only
Jed brightly.
yhat a brave little creaturel"
S ;ght DR.. Leighton.
week later Caroline Clarke and
s brothers were settled at the This.
S cottage.
Leighton did not fancy the
b. He told his mother that they
"whelps that wanted licking in
~ oub NIcfi llc saw tllc Stl-
Ssss and tact used by their sister
Damaging them, when he saw her
= ience, her charming smile in en-
ragement OF their simplest well
be. he was ashamed of bis intoler-
Aiy father" she hssitated. "did
set bis boys very good example.
b we're much away from home be-
8 ne died. They will do much bet.
here away from harmful associa
hs, she said.
That's a good girl--a rare good
8 Lee, !" SAID old Mrs. Leighton. 81
WISH Maud and Bess had half a.
y character"
& pc Cara, as the boys called her,
rot trouble her neighbors. She
an exquisite housekeeper; she had
ano-an old one but OF mellow
&; she did much work with crewels
fiosses. In the evening she as
z ed her brothers with their studies.
b were fond of her under their
ehness and selfishness. They
yelled snow, when it came, took
z OF the poultry-she encouraged
p in their ambition for prize chick
land kept in wood and
er There was not a
9 hter little home IN the
Rge. Cara had finished the rooms
elt with pretty artistic touches.
fhe pale buff paper OF the sitting
m she hau painted, here and there,
pinch OF red Bergnndv roses. She
= gllded the corniees and hung be-
q doorway crimson curtain.
: Tor guests-when people uueried
she simply answered: mo, i
not seen any,"
at perhaps The air of the mount
village did not agree with Cara
q ke. for she grew pale. She was
ays sweet, but sometimes she had
Pttle wearied air. DIR. Leighton
ed her il she did not work too
p. II Us not that" she answered.
wondered sometimes, with a secret
q niet, II she had not somewhere a
etneart who did not write to her.
Cara kept her own counsel.
he fail and winter wore away with
4 any revelation to him of what
+ uoled her. Jack and Willie, the
y =, we're jubilant over the pros
z oil vegetable garden with peas,
Z Atoes ant. sanashes of their own
3 ing. But their sister looked SO i'll
y the young physician felt called
y to expostulate
ara, be said, Il want to speak
you: You must have a change or
will die"
=, no. shall not she replied, in
3siessly.
- our countenance gives token of
nsstaka5ae exhaustion. You are
ng too much labor or you have
le trouble. Cara, why do you not
& PDde In me? DO you not believe !