The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-10-04

ally uldA 10 ubuotiy III piOpOIVlOl 10 his
inches; therefore Lieutenant LIE Poer
did not stand very high in my estima-
ton.
Little notice did he condescend to
take of us, which vas rather q salts
faction than otherwise; but he soon be-
came very fraternal and confidential
with his two sisters. / saw them all
chattering together until it grew dusk;
and long after that, the night being
fine, / watched their dark figures walk
ing up and down the other side of the
deck. More than once l heard their
laughter, and detected in their talk the
name of Zillah; so l supposed the girls
were ridiculing her to their brother.
Poor child she was fast asleep, with
her head on my shoulder, wrapped
closely up, so that the mild night
could do her no harm. She looked al
most pretty-the light of the, August
o so s~piritualized her face l felt
thankful she had not died, but that I'M
der Heaven, my care had saved her
l kissed the child, l had then known
But no, l shoald have kissed her and
loved her still!
Our brief voyage ended. we reached
Belfast and proceeded to Holywood-a
small sea-bathing village a few miles
down the coast. To this day I have
never found out why Mr.. LIE Poer took
the trouble to bring us all over the wa
ter and settle lis there; where, to all
intents and purposes. we might as we'll
have been buried in the solitudes of the
Desert of Sahara. But perhaps that
was exactly what he wanted.
l think that never in her life, at least
since childhood, could Zillah have been
so happy as she vas during the first
week or two Of u sojourn at Holy
wood. To me, who in my youth, when
we were rich and could travel, had
seen much beautiful scenery, the place
was rather undressing; to her it was
perfection! AS she grew stronger, life
seemed to return to her again under
great change in her existence to have
no one over her but me-for her uncle
and cousin Augustus had of course
speedily vanished from this quiet spot
to be able to do just what she Liked,
which was usually nothing at all She
was not made for activity: she would
lie whole days on the beach, or on the
grassy walk which came down to the
very edge Of high-water m~ark-cover-
ing her eyes with her poke-bonnet, or
gazing sleepily from under her black
lashes at the smooth Tough, and the
wavy line of hills on the opposite shore.
Matilda and Caroline ran very wild al
80; since we had nc lessons | found it
hard work to make them obey me; in
deed it was always a great pain for a
quiet soul like me to have to assume
authority. l should have got on better
even with Mrs. LIE Poer to assist me;
chanoa bad nraferr"d saanna rii a ae
a. h a'T, i ia p pi,,uI;,o SSayins Iuietly
s sur no NY ~ othsI inI ! Mas noe qal!e
after III i ''"' 'no i"u 'ie oesc VI ~
nv fn ~ r,o
,yara so,oau,ho+ I;oa WIN TMy GaIes
tanap 'oniem,ia. iisnseisu. Ing tieu-
GUAM anu iioih .iiat 'inle
forward I had very little of the girls,
company. He was certainly n kind
brother: | could not but acknowledge
that. He took them about a great deal
or else STAYED at HOLLYWOOD. lsavinp us
by the late evening train. as he said. to
go to his lodgings at Belfast. I, the
ment, was of course duly polite to nv
rupils, brother. and he was really very
civil to me- though he treated me- wifi
the distance due to an ancient d1enna
This amused me sometimes. saeinp I
was only tWenty-six-probahly his own
age; but / was always used to he re-
garded as an old maid.
OF Zilla the lieutenant hardly ever
took n notice All all. and she seemed
to keep out of his way as much as nos
sible. When he left us in the evening
and there was always n toierable ron,
fusion at that time his two sisters
wanting to see him off by the train
which he never by any chance allowed
then came the ouietest and pleasant
est half-hour of the day. The Misses
LIE Poer disliked twilight FAMILIES 81
Zillah and / ALWAYS sef off togsther:
though oftentimes we parted comnany
and [ was left sitting on the beach
while she strol]ed on TO n pleasant walk
she said she had found-a deserted
house whose grounds sloped down to
the very shore, But /. not very strong
then. and WEIGHED down nv manv any.
ious thoughts loved better TO sit and
rtupify myself with the murmur of the
sea-a habit NOT good for me Int nlens.
ant. No fear had [ of Zillah,s losing
herself. or coming to any harm: and The
girl seemed so happy in her SOLITARY
rambles that / had not the desire to
stop them, knowing how a habit of self
dependence is the Greatest comfort to n
woman. ~especialIy 70 one in her desc.
late position. But az the frost of her
nature broke up. and her dizziness was
melting away. lillian seemed more self
contained. SO to sneak: more reserved
and relying on her W thoughts for
occupation and amusement. still she
had never been so attentiye or affec.
tionate to me.
1t was a curious and interesting
study--this Young minds nnfolding
though / shame to saw that inst then I
did not think abont lillian as mnch az I I
ought to have done. Often re.
preached myself for this afterward. Int
a S things have turned out. / now feel,
with a Quiet se]f-compassion. That NV
error was pardonable.
mind n eyeninp-that ST mindn ;s
not quite English. hit 7 learned H With
other phrases in nv younr davs 60 LAT
it stand!-I mind one evening, that. he
ing NOT unite in a mood for soi;t',Ga I
went out walking with Zillah some
how the murmur of the sea wearied me.
+ tnrnea 1IhroI,gh the VILLAGE onl a,nnn
the high roadsalmost like an Ennlisf7
road. SO beautiful with oyerhanainn
trees. / did moi, talk much and ZfIinRE
walked ouita silently which snyead was
nothing new, I think T soc mo-. now
floating along with her thin Int; Iithe,
figure and linn. clinping dress1the
very antipodes Of fashion nothino
about her that wonld really he called
beautiful eycept her great eves which