The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-06-28

me. dead. Mark was nder the fallen
tree, mangled and crushed. My dreams
szsS9 always OF L;a~G - s as Ssaasas
ger, and dead.
CHAPTER IE.
Wednesday morning-a day never to
be forgotten; the tweEty-tirst of May
a date aver TO be remembered! rose
with the sum-. The morning was so
beautiful that n could hardly believe
in the clouds and the storm OF the day
before. The air was sweet and fresh
after therain; the grass was Of abright-
er green, the leaves bad a deeper hue,
and the flowers held up their heads
with renewed life.
When | opP;led my window, the odor
OF the lilacs came to me-. | could see
far away the golden CLEAN of the la
burnum and the tall chestnut trees.
The Fragrance from the lilacs sent my
mind and heart back to Mark. | re-
membered how he had always loved the
early morning. the fresh, sweet air, the
CLINT of the sun on the leaves. But he
trod liz more the green fields and wood
land ways that he had loved so well;
the music of wind and leaf reached him
no longer. A longing Impotence seized
ilc - t,c .,n'c NlGii ! III iic'sNe!.9
li'TFey, a'iots'u st'liu W ,atS sue asaii'.
i9fSes sie lellpfs {. tie previous
uay lotgoG ali aooUt tle Nisilors IN
we i!ouSN: wy iitaiV WIS oil my Witi
Never since Mark had left me on that
bright July morning had | longed so
eagerly for his presence. | vent out,
for the house seemed all too small to
hold me and nay great Sorrow-out
m'leIe cow sre NC piuc heavens an
H., Tow iMIi M<s VIZ il'oilI.iis, any now
hmGeI mfae .iie ittaca' ~ Gouiu hoo
iluit me U uIeaiii Or lew minutes, u
l"osel Ile nnIius tilitt 9Gtl9" ilau ponliu
i"ulio mt 70 "tep Us 1 hau "opo With
nam WIZ .i"lli ite' c..
l vent 20 ,'le mac frees, lres!ier ana
s%eH,el t''"ii HIe s!lice ,i,o rum ana
en- r uo"1. me wv Wail, May saa. S1lllo.
lc!i around me, tAS iifuS were Gaining
to eSeh othtf; ne deW lay upon the
sIa'7 g., tit,, 10 t9a&et '.H present
Nv. my lYi q SiloaS t.ii!" III titt pasI; L
p,c,oisSt ',l" ni"S l'''t,lti,5 as EL"ceastn,
81 ny StNtit..sit ~ 'iun5, stn PientS
o.,t s'oi't ptS'." M tlS tttes, 1ne US
gun El'alh o. l'ie llNSI, we atl",'e Oh tlie
pse1 Eietn N""!,', ''!.,i t!ie !oStly sLouPs
.! lt'r,'teta; t!e 'oi..l9Se pousil OF
MillEh L Solita Hoo itaEn. l Sd" tile
4a'h, i.aA3So.le iA.n OF my loSei, SO
tt"tsN; 20 ''Ier, ~ ti,.s, nus ua!h eles
sliilit' mo iiIiiI MS Nolce, oulh Whlcn
W ii's taItti t!do ileii' no SWEEPER llV'sic,
va ~ my e".S:
~ htaih. ! Giieu alouu,,, why
co,ta l ~ 1'aIe oieo Wlti you;
naviC,dui ilu"sGti, VIA "dS IilaI! l
ioSc ~ ny icee WIN d ciS. WiiaG was
~ ~ s.sle coming SONY toward me,
sail WA stately, Dut WIN d droonlng
as,,"' W"hiNI1S WIN oioM, unceItalil
nseP' VI lltaYen, Milo VAS v"
Mas Nv SIooi lIlaiyIcu. NY nearI
80 ~ naoicaislf InaU l gp',iu aiilloSU
ncsit ~; ny ii"lu9 siiooh' NJ tile warmth
,il c4Loi igi1 my latS. Mllte, breath
iuaS, .iealniins q. .sie sdlne nlolhehG
VIII ,siigl anu Joy, peMliueleu ana
aiiiaAsu, l etoou do tno1sn my leet
Meie rooted 10 llie ground. what was
ro,,irr o,ou,,
sncinm me hnriad in thomoht tEe snn y
shine f%allinr ON bis how'd Laa'I Voc
Marx. Snrgly' if Mari; had cvrr liy mI'
this was hep If thas SIM shone in beaU'
nm ~ 7 ,voc eono 49, ,"a. Nm az
Mark for whom I Ind I've Vent t" &c n daaG-
my hnndsomn tr,a de "rpI o" "a ueanm
ha3cl, tn mo, tried 70 nttor liz Ne eonlo
b,,t tha em,,nl dia1 ~ !. a. 10 HaHio;
to move towards him Ic3on NJ ,ot -
lie was cominr nearer An VOC II 1v
Mark on. nv heart, cnTId bo"aa
cried ont in eratitman 70 uesWan M and
have died saw the strona don, honI.
HAT had hnId nv orvn. ~ III o nd I'M,
face older and saddnr Inn uihen ', ,ra
varied. saw Tho inving nwna FIJI Mo
Of wisifuI sadness 'so'' u ~"
lie was not dnaI tho, Inf ,i,,;rr ,,a
M IL -, 80 4 anu