The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-09-27

>AhS thloIAA6- ! CNCA QUIZ
she might be a beauty. With some sur
prise, | found her a h~alf-caste girl
with an olive complexion, full Hindoo
lips, and eyes very black and bright.
She was untidily dressed; which looked
the worse, since she was almost a wo-
man grown; though her dull, heavy
face lad the stupidity of an ultra-stu.
pid child. | saw all this; for somehow
Probably because | had heard of her
befere-l examined the girl rather
closely. Iillah herself stared at me
+! much is if had been Il wild animal.
and then put her finger in her mouth
witila bahyisll air.
How do You do, my dearp" said I.
desperately, feeling that all four pair Of
lain,iy.eyes were upon me. II hone
We shall be good friends SOON" And (
put CIT my hand.
Atiirat the girl seemed not to under
stand that l meant to shake hands with
her. Then she irresolutely poked nns
her brown fingers, having frat faken
tlie precautien to wipe item on her
pina1ore. | made ar.other remark or
Two bon my heaslng her governess. and
ny stuaS,...lg with her cousins, at which
eHp '1.ened her large eyes with a dull
., amaze, but l never heard the sound Of
her voice.
1t must have been now near twelve
O'Clock. ! thought it odd the girls
should be kept up so late; and began at
last to speculate whether / was to see
Mr.. LIE Poer, My conjectures were
soon set at rest by a loud pull at the
door-bell, which made Mrs. LIE Poer
spring up from her chair. and Zillah
vanish like lightning, The two 9TH
ers sat cowed, with their hands before
| than and ny.salf rolt 49, 20 a.
hravest. So upon this frightened
group the master of the honse walked
in.
"Hullo, Mrs. lie Poerl Cary! Zill,
you fool! Confound it, where's the sup.
Perg' I might have asked that. too,
being very hungry;;l what the deuce
My dear!" whispered the wife, be-
seechingly, as she met him at the door,
and seemed pointing to me.
Certainly l could not have believed
that the voice / just heard belonged to
the gentleman who had now entered.
The gentleman, repeat; for l never
saw one vino more thoroughly looked
the character. He was about fifty. very
handsome, very well dressed-his whole
mlen bespeaking that stately, gracious
courtliness which now, except in rare
Instances, belongste a past age. Bow
ing, he examined me cnriously, With n
look that somehow or other made mo
uncomfortable. He seemed yieWinS
oyermy feminine attractions US a horse.
dealer does the points of a new bnrgaiT
But soon the interest of the look aiei
away. knew he considered NE as nil
others did-a very. plain and shy Young
Woman, perhaps ,ady-like II believe {
WAS enati lp.I heard of some one saying
SOL pnsy nothing more.
Il have the pleasure of meeting Miss
Pryolr!H sad ne, IN an ultra-bland tone,
which, after his first coarse manner,
would have positively startled me, had
l not noticed that the two are often
combined in the same individual. tI
always distlnst a man who speaks in
a very mild measured, womanish
voice.}
I mentioned the name of his friend,
Mr.. Sutherland
"Oh, ! recollect,n said he stifly; ..Mr.
Sutbe land informed you that-that
o He evidently wished to find
out exactly what | knew of himself and
his family.
Now. it being always my habit to
speak the plain truth, | saw no reason
! why SHOULD not crafty him; so l stat
ed The simple facts of our friends letter
~ Ii. hloSilGl -lIidU lc lldu lOullU IOr
me 2 situation in the family of u Mr..
LIE poer, and had particularly charged
me with completing the education of
Miss Iiliah LIE Poer.
Obi said Mr.. lie Poer. Were
those all yonr instructions. my dear
Miss Pryor." he added, insinuat-
ingly.
having missed seeing Mr.. Sutherland
before l came away.
Linen you come quite astranger into
my family hope you have received
the hearty welcome a stranger should
receive, and ! trust you will soon cease
to merit that name" So saying, he
graciously touched the tips of my fin
gers, and in m%ellilluous tones ordered
supper, gently reproaching his wife for
having delayed that meal. You know.
my dear, it was a pity to wait for me;
and Miss Pryor must be needing re-
tresflment.n
Indeed / was being literally furnished.
The meal was ordinary enough-mere
bread, butter and cheese; hut Mr.. Lee
Poer did the honors with most gentle
manly courtesy. l thought, never did
q poor governess meet with such atten4
toni The girls did not sup with us;
they had taken the earliest opportunity
OF disappearing: nor was the half-caste
cousin again visible. We had soon
done eating-that is, Mrs. LIE Poer and
j; for the gentleman seemed so indiffer.
ent to the very moderate attractions
OF his table, that from this fact, and
from a certain redness of his eyes, I
could not help suspecting he had well
supped before. Still. that did not pre-
vent his asking for wine; and having
n6lItnlr Irn n r with ,rn bn
himself TO have a little confidential
talk while he finished the decan-
ter.
Miss Pryor, do you correspond with
Mr.. Sutherland?'
The ahruptness of his question start
led me. | felt my cheeks tingling as I
answered most truthfully, No"
Still, you are a dear and valued
friend of his, he tells me?n
felt glad, so glad that / forgot to
make the due answer about Mr.. Suth-
erland's being very kind
My host had probably gained the in
formation he wanted, and became COM
m~unicative on his part. II ought, my
concerning your pupils, which have
been thus a~ccidently omitted by my
friend, Mr.. Sutherland, who could not
better have acceded to my request
than by sending a lady like yourself to
instruct my family" Here he bowed.
and | bowed. We did a great deal in
that way OF dumb civility, as it saved
him trouble and me words. MY
daughters you have seen. They are. /
believe, tolerably well informed for
snch mere Children / wondered if |
had rightly judged them at thirteen and
fourteen. My only trouble, Miss Pry-
or. is concerning my niece.s HeRe |
looked surprised, not suspecting Zi1lah
to be so near a relative. II call her
niece through habit, and for the sake
of her father, my poor deceased BROTH
err continued Mr.. LIE Poer, with a
heightened and m%artyr-like visage;
but in truth she has no legal claim to
belong to my family. My brother-sad
fellow always-Indian life not over
scrupulous-ties between natives and
Europeans: in fact, my dear Miss Pry-
or, Zillah's motber-- You under
stand?H
Ignorant as / was. I did dimly UNI
derstand, colored deeply, and was ST.
lent. In the unpleasant pause which
ensued, 1 noticed that Mrs. LIE Poer
had let her knitting fall, and sat gazing !
on her husband with n blank hnrrifad