Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-01-03
"How do you like the shade of my

"It's very beautiful" spoke in
dignifie1 tone. | was becoming vexed
with all this quizzing.
"Iwonder if you would know me by
my old hame," she said.
'Try me and see.'
freddie"
"Upon my word!"
Hooked at the beautiful creature be-
fore me with ill concealed astonish-
ment.
"You seem surprised"
"Yes-at-at the singular fate that
brings this meeting"
"At nothing else?' she asked, archly.
found no words to reply, SO re-
mained silent
"You don't remember my singed doll,
supposey
Il have reason to especially remember
that doll 1t makes me quite sore to
think of it"
you behaved very chivalrously. And
the book mark gave you. You have
treasured it, of course?"
"Of course"
evident that she knew was prevaricat-
ing.
In that whole school there was but
one who was kind to me-" she said, i'm
pressively.
Perhaps some of them would be glad
! TO show you some attention now"
"Only one was kind. And that one
whom do you think?"
II can't tell"
YOU"
"For heavens sake, Red"-I stopped
short,
"You fought for me-"
| I blushed. l had never considered
that had fought for her, but that was
obliged to fight.
II got thrashed."
1.-The kindness was all the more ac-
ceptable."
Twas not especially appreciative when
you offered me your gift"
"You fought for me-"
There was no one near. We were
standing close together. felt for her
hand and gave it a quick pressure, then
dropped it. In another moment she was
whirled away in a waltz by handsome
feAow with a tawny mustache and blue
eyes.
After the last dance and we were go
ing home, saw her again in her wraps
in the hall
May go to see your asked.
eyes" Then, with her eyes swapping,
she added: Come and bring the book
mark. Let me see; I'm engaged every
night for week. Come New Years
eve."
"And not without the book MARK
She had just time before the door
closed behind her to give me mischiev-
ous look, and say, "No.'
My position was embarrassing. Ihad
permission to call with book mark and
no book mark to call with.
had no intention whatever of fore.
going my call for want of souvenir.
Nothing would be more easy than to
duplicate the book mark, and as to prac.
ticing the deception of offering it as
the original, had no qualms of con.
science whatever, having perpetrated
many such sins of far greater enormity,
asked my sister to make q book marh
for me, and warned her not to do the
work too carefully, initiating the stitches
of child.
Armed with what considered a fai,
imitation, called and sent it in with
my card. When she entered the draw.
ing room scrutinized her face to see il
there were any signs of her having dis
covered that the token was spurious
She held my card and the book mark il
her hand, and as we seated ourselves
she tossed them on to the table. So fe1
as 1 could discover, she believed the
book mark to be genuine.
ut is very good Of you to have KEEP
that souvenir so long," she remarked
fixing her beautiful eyes on mine.
| Don't mention it," observed, in
clining my head deferentially.
"How carefully you must have KEEP
it. It's not the least dingy." 'a
"It was very good Of you to give it K
me, you know. Then, when book
mark is kept in a book it doesn't ge
dingy."
II never thought of that
Dear creature. How innocent. Jus
then glanced at the book mark lyinf
beside my card on the table. It looket
as fresh as the card. A girl will swal
low anything in shape of compliment
thought.
II really think it is more perfect thar
when gave it to you. The spelling i