The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-05-31
DREalT1's POOL.
CONCLUSION
"Bcaut!fulg'

Harriet! You don't know her, you know.
IL might have been her, o know, and shs !
has lost her way and can't find us. DID YOU
see her facc-hcr, hair. She has hair like |
-" |
Like n new sovereign, and big eyes, and
a pretty color in her cheeks" I said, in
amaz 'ment. IF yoar Harrict's like that, i |
think l must have seen her. IN n blue gown |
"Yes, that's her, she did weara blue dress.
Father, she must have been coming here
and lest herself in the park. / shall 20 an
look for her. Oh, if YOU only knew what 8
weight you have taken off my mind by tell
ing me this. l will soon find her; she can't
he far away"
IF that is your Harriet, she's as dea! rs a
post" l said, feeling quite put out to think
how / had shouted at her, and she hadtaken
no notice; but Ralph laughed, and said lIar-
tiet was not deaf, she must have been think
Ing Of something else.
Pm going to find her." he said. And
mother will take care of her for tonight
won't You, mammie?.' he SAID, coaxing
Cherry, who would have slep. OH the kitci-
en- stones to do him any service.
II shall go to bed and have that hot
drink" l said. I was feeling out of sorts
and consequently oft of temper; the two
things generally gotogether and Ralph ran
off to find the girl and bring her to his moth
eT.
lie didn't find her, and l didn't go to sleep.
l was restless and fevcrisli, and could only
toss and tumble about in a most uncomfort-
able fashion all the night through, and be
very glad when it was morning aud day
light, and l could shake off the megrims
ft,of cnayonJ IA hnva rot hold ne mo
l was sorry for the lad, for he took the
thing so much to heart. There never came
any news of the girl to us, and what she
could have been doing in the park that even
ing was more than l could make out. Ihad
very little doubt that it was Harriet Belt
that l had seen. Ralph made me describe
her over and over again, and the description
of her was exact; but she evidently didn't
mean to marry him; and the other young
fellow, Jem Hacki.t, knew as little about
her as we did. He had taken to drinking a
good deal lately; he was never very steady,
not Mt all like our Ralph, and he was dis
posed to make light of the girls disappear
anca altogether.
He seemed rather inclined to make up to
our boy at this time, but neither of us liked
him, and Ralph could not bear the sight Of
him. lie declared that il it had not been
for him Harriet would never lave dIsap-
peared, and he did not believe him when lie
said he did not know anything about her.
Jem Hackitt only laughed when he was told
what poor Ralp! had said in the fulness of
his heart, and said time would show; but
time went on and showed nothing. and 1t
was six weeks from the time Of HarrieIs
disapps arunce and nothing had been heard
of her.
We were sitting ut our supper one even
ing. 1t was bright summer weather, and
the sun was still Shining siantways across
the grass, and everything vas still with tile
stiffness of the coming evening. We were
exceptionally early that night; we had had
81 pretty hard days work, Cherry and l,
cleaning and washing the pace, and we re-
solved that we would go to bed as soon as i,
got dark; so she made the supper ready and
we sat down 10 rest and enjoy ourselves.
don'l think l had eaten half-a-i0zen mouth
fuls when a mai came running across the
park-one OF the undergraduates he was
hooking a, il his eyes We're coming out OF
his head, and his face rs pale as ashes.
Come ia heavens sake-cume Will me, >
lie said, a.: Il we started up, wondering whal
had hap. ell Il.
''NYitat is tho matter, John Wi;hers.m ]
NSNfNs 1hA 'ooh 40 IL 9ou otCI IL SuOSts
"As bad-as bad he said, shivering, q
have seen a dead body"
'B!esS the lad-wllere?." asked Cherry.
I'm Dreigitt's Pool-a woman lie gasp
ell out, and then turned so sick and tain
that he was obliged to sit down and recover
himself.
Il was looking up the swans" he said
there's been something the matter will
them lately, IN the master said they wer,
to be seen to. That was what was the maj
ter with them-that thing i'll the water, L.
Don't sit there talking. manu- said
thinking perhaps that there had been ali &C
eident and that someone had fallen in
come along, we may get her ont. Perllap
she isn't dead"
You wouldn't say that II you saw her.
he said, family. Dead! She must hav
weeks in the water. The rats"
Stop l said, turning as sick as he look
cd; "thatll do"
1 went back with the lad to the place, bn
he bad told others as we'll as Inc, and tler
was quite a little crowd about the water
side.
us it anyone we know, John Witliersf
! asked, as we went with all our speed.
NO. he replied; II don't think so. j
girl dressed in a blue gown, and"
1t was the same then; the girl Ralph sal
WAS his Harriet. Poor boy, what a shoe
for him; but 1t would be over, and he woul
find someone else who was more worthy Q
him, for in my heart l felt sure that Harrie
Belt was not n good woman, and not calcl
lated to make any nan happy. The peopl
made way for me rs 1 came up to the sid
nt the water, and Jem Hackitt was anon
them; he was very pale, and lie shivered
little as someone said there had been 70,
play, for there was n great mark on th
forehead where the skull had been smashe
in with something heavy.
She was murdered, poor thing!' a ma
said. Someone will swing for her.
Icouldn't Look at what they laid on til
grass; it was too horrible. l am an old maj
and l suppose my nerves are not what the
were, and they covered it with a tarpaulir
but not before someone with quick eve
had seen something that told a tale. Rolp
her neck was a tie, that had been SINAI
once, and was peculiar even now, and
was my boy Ra!ph's. They were telling N
about it, and Jem IIackitt was listenin.
Ralph was not there: he was away for III
squire, and l was wondering whether it wa
not all some horrible dream, when all OF
sudden l saw the woman l had seen by tn
water-side that evening.
She was standing close to Jem uackft
and looking him Straight In tile face it We
only for a minute, and he seemed to shiye
rs II something cold had come against hin
and then l suppose I had u fit, or somethin.
for everything grew dark, and I knew mott
ing more till l found myself at home, wit
Cherry crying over me, and the squire ther,
scolding everybody because | had been cal
ed out to see such a sight when L was not
for excitement of any sort.
CHAPTER III.
knew now that what l had seen at tn
side OF the pool that evening was no Twin
woman. l was sure Of 1t, or why should
lave seen her again tonight? 1t was some
thing-let other people say what, it tile
can, l can't-come to warn me of what La
happened. don't think I am a superstj
tious man; l never thought anything abou
ghosts, and l have always laughed at tn
idea OF the dead coming back again to thi
world for any Of the foolish things that nee
pie say Influences them.
Ii might have been fancy-I have bee,
told since that it was-but it was a curiou
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