Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-09

puihcs spaVhied u new star oil great
magnitude, neither more nor less than
a genuine sprig of British aristocracy;
he was poor, to be sure, but he was
unmarried, and more than one manag-
ing II was quite ready 10 ex-
change her daughters ducats for a
share of his lordship's title.
And Silas Clyburne, as ambitious as
Lucifer, made up his mind thatit should
not be his fault IL the young man were
not attracted by his Daisy. Thercupoh
ensu6d a series Of entertainments of
all sorts; Clyburne began none Of them
but he gave the last OF each series; for
so much more costly was his dinner or
ball or theater party or luncheon or
gaycty of any sort that no one ventur-
ed to succeed him.
Papa" said Daisy to him one even
ing as he CHANGED to be alone In the
library for q few moments, II have a
piece Of news for YOU"
How his heart jumpedl The foreign
fish had certainly been swimming
round and round the bait on tho Cly-
burno hook; was lie really going to
nibblep
"Well, my darling. what is ftp"
did you know or suspect that my
cousin Bertha was the girl for whom
Mr.. Palmer vas willing to throw away
his lifep"
mol You don't mean It'll Well,
well, | am surprised. Hcartless little
iadc that girl is, anyway; just like her
father"
"Oh. papa. you do her injustice.
She did discourage him, then, because
well, because he was poor, but. OF
course, she never dreamed he would
take il so to heart
And, Of course, she knew her
father would frown on any such
match!'
"Of course, rich men don't like TO
sec their daughters wed poverty"
''Oh, that's nonsense, my dear; any
father of sense will first look at tho
character and capabilities of his
daughters lover. and IL they are all
right the purse Is secondary. AS for
Osborne Palmer, | assure you, my
dear, ! have watched him closely since
he has been here, and ! consider him a
very fine fellow. OF course, his would
be suicide is against him, but I've
como 10 the conclusion that worry and
starvation had made him two-thirds
crazy"
"Do you think a girl would"
"Be luck to marry himp Yes, / do,
and if you know Of any girl who
thinks of doing so--now hush, my
dear, don't speak! Don't tell me any.
thing! have n very particular reason
for not wanting to know anything
you tell her or him, or both Of them,
that TO save all fuss and awkwardness
/. IL | were him or her. would slip of
quietly and be married"
But, papa. do you really mean that
you would forgive
There is no question of forgiveness.
You Just tell Osborne what / have
said. and il he has the sense l give him
credit for he will understand me-"
At this moment Palmer himself came
into the room. There the CONVERSE
ton ended abruptly.
For some days thereafter Mr.. ely
burno was SO good natured, SO almost
generous, that every n observed il;
his fellow directors and associates
nudged one another and said: .'Now's
your time to talk to Clyburne on such
aud such n project" and his clerks
whispered: How queer Mr.. Clyburne
seems! Wonder II he's going TO dep
One intimate friend, a venturesome
fellow, had the hardihood to say
"What the mischief has come over
you lately? ! never knew you to be so
genial. Whom have you ileeced this
week?'
"0h, I've got such a rich thing on
Obed Jenness !" replied Clyburne.
chuckling to himself for the thousandth
time. Didn't cost me anything but \
little advice-cheapest thing in the
world, you know. He can't get ahead
of me on this scorc!"
The friend didn't mention this to
any but ten of his most intimate
friends, and as they were equally Sc
cretive it did not take longto set every
man on change to slyly watching 0bed
Jenness. Tney naturally supposed
that Clyburne had referred to things
financial, not matrimonial.
Bertha visited Daisy quite often
about that time. and MIR. Clyburne lost
no chance of publicly insisting that
Bertha must send for her ''things" and
remain the rest Of the week with
Daisy.
One morning, during a visit, a SER
vant came to Mr.. Clyburne us he a a.
breakfast and tremblingly said:
Mass Clyburne, sab, Miss Daisy amt
in her room, SAIL"
mo? Gone for a walk, / suppose"
IFS feared not, sab. An'-an'
Miss Bertha done gone too"
They'll probably be here soon.
Keep some coffee hot for them"
''B-but, sab, Mary she say as how
de beds amt been siep in.'
Neither Of themp" asked Mr.. ely
burne, q little anxious.
'N-no. sab; an yur's a note Mary
foun' in Miss Daisy's room," added the
man, banding a tiny envelope to his
master, but standing as far from him
as the width of a silver salver and
the extent Of his long arm would per-
init.
Mr.. Clyburne opened the note calm
ly; he suspected that he knew what
vas in it; he merely glanced at the
first lines:
DARLING PAPA; This Is to tell YOU that
Mr.. Palmer 10 about 20 act on your advice;
bertha and i are TO meet him nc DIR. -
atu O'Clock tonight, for wc think IL best to
have a friendly witness to such q natter
..Ha, ha, hal" laughed he heartily. TO
the surprise and delight of the alarmed
servant. II understand it now. Miss
Daisy will be home pretty soon. but IL
Is not necessary to give any hint OF
this little affair to your mistress. She
has a severe headache and 1t will only
worry her. Send Mary here"
Mary quickly appeared, for Silas
Clyburne was a terror to evil doors.
aud she, too, was cautioned 10 silence
and her fears all allayed.
Silent! Yes, truly they would be
very silent, especially when each Of
them received q $50 bill with the re-
mark: "In give you ~ much moro II
you will ever again bring me such
good news"
"And now" he said to himself, rs he
was on his way down town, chow best
to break the news to my dear friend
Obed. Ha, ha, ha! How he will rage
aud fumc! Wonder what I'd best say.
Guess I'll just hand him Daisy's note to
mo and watch his face While Ia reads