The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-08-08

the social armament where the ely
bhrnes sparkled a new star of great
magnitude, neither more nor less than
Il genuihe'sprig of British aristocracy;
he was poor, TO be sure, but he was
unmarried, and more than one manaw-
ing mamma was quite ready to OK
change her daughters ducats for u
share of his lor,lship's title.
And Silas Clyburne, as ambitious as
Lucifcr, mado up his mind thatit should
not be his fanlt II the young man were
not attracted by his Daisy. Thcrenpon
ensucd n series of entertainments of
all sorts; Clyburnc began none of them
but he gave the last Of each series; for
so much moro costly was his dinner or
ball or theater party or luncheon o"
gaycty of any sort that no one vcntur-
ed to succeed him.
papa" said Daisy to him one even
ing Us he CHANGED to be alone in the
library for a few moments, ii have u
piece of news for YOU"
How his heart jumpcd! Tho foreign
fish had certainly been swimming
round and round the bait on the ely
burno hook; was he really going to
n:bblc?
"NNcll, my darling, what is itp"
"Did you know or suspect that my
cousin Bertha was the girl for whom
Mr.. Palmer "a willing to throw away
his lifcp"
mo! You don't mean it! Well,
wcll. | am surprised. Hoartless little
jade that girl is, anyway; just like her
father"
"Oh, papa. you do her injustice.
She did discourage him. then, because
we'll, because he was poor. but. of
course, she never dreamed he would
| take it SO to heart
And, of course, she knew her
father would frown on any such
match!'
"Of cou.sc, rich men don't like to
sec their daughters we'd poverty"
"Oh, that's nonsense, my dear; any
father of sense will first look at the
character and capabilities of his
daughters lover. and if they are all
right the purse is secondary. AS for
dear, | have watched him closely since
he has been hero, and consider him IL
very fine fellow. OF course, his would
be suicide is against him, but I've
come to the conclusion that worry and
starvation had made him two-thirds
crazy"
''Do you think n girl would"
"Bc luck to marry himp Yes, I do,
and if you know of any girl who
thinks of doug so--now hush. my
dear, don't speak! Don't tell me any
thing! have II very particular reason
for not wanting To know anything
YOU tell her or him, or both of them,
that to a V all fuss and awkwarduess
], if were him OF her, would slip of
quietly and be married."
"BuI, papa. do you really mean that
you would forgive-'
''Tlcrc is no question of forgiveness.
You Just tell Osborne what | have
said, and if he has the sense | give him
credit for he will understand me-"
AT this moment Palmer himself came
into the DOM. There the CONVERSE.
ton ended abruptly.
For some days thereafter Mr.. ely.
burne was SO good naturcd, so almos,
generous, that every one observed it;
his fellow directors and associates
nudgcd one another and said: "Now's
your time to talk to Ciyburne on such
and sucii II pr"jcct;' aud his clerks
whispered: How queer Mr.. Clyburnc
seems! Wonder if he's going to dep
One intimate friend, II vcnturcsome
fellow. had the harlihood to say:
"\Vhat the mischief has come ovc,
you lately? Inever knew you to be Sc
genial. Whom have you ilecced thi:
wcck?'
"Oh, I've got such Il rich thing o,
Obed Jcnncss J" replied CIyburnc,
chnckling to hImsclf for the thousanlll
time. Didn't cost me ANYTHING but s
little advicc-chcaprst thing in the
world, you know. He can't get ahcat
of me on this scorc.n
The friend didn't mention this tc
any but ten of his most intimate
friends, and rs They were equally Sc,
crctivc it did not take iongto set ever,
nan on change TO siyly Watching Obcl
Jcnness. Tary naturally supposed
that Clyburnc had referred to thing'
financial, not matrimonial.
Bertha visited Daisy quito oftcl
about that time, and Mr.. Clyburnc los
no chance of publicly insisting tina
Bertha must send for her ''things" ant
remain the rest of the week with
Daisy.
One morning, during a visit, a ser
want came to MIR. Ciyburnc rs he sat a
breakfast and trcmblingly said:
Mass Ciyburnc, sail, Miss Daisy ain
Ill her room, sah!'
No? Gone for Il walk. l suppose.
lis 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 rs how
de beds amt been slcp ill.,"
Neither of tilempn asked Mr.. Civ
burnc, a little anxious.
"N-no. sab; an' yur's a note Mar.
foun' in Miss Daisy's ROOM added tn
man, handing a tiny envelope to hi
master. but standing as far from hin
as the width of u silver salver an,
the extent of his long arm would per
nit.
} Mr.. Clyburne opened the note calm
ly; lie suspected that he knew wha
was in it; he merely glanced at til
first lines: y
.DARLISG PAPA; This is to tell YOU ths
NIT. fhimcr is hbOut to net on your advice
: Bertha and ! ere to meet him Mt DR.. -
aill O'Clock tonight, for W. think it best
nave q friendly witness to such Il matter"
'lIa, ha, ha!"laughcd he heartily, t
the surprise and delight Of tho alarnc
servant. 81 understand it now. Mis-
Daisy will be home pretty soon. hut
is not necessary to give any hint q
this little affair to your mistress. s,
, has a severe headache and it will onl
> worry her. Send Mary here"
Mary quickly appeared, for Sila
Ciyburne was n terror to evil doors
and she, too, was cautioned to silenc
and her fears all allaycd.
Silent! Yes, truly they would b
very silent. especially when eacl, {
them received u 500 bill with the rt
mark: .'l'l give you rs much more
you will ever again bring me sue
good news"
! 'And now" he said to himself, rs Ii
was on his way down town, show bcs
to break the news to my dear fricn,
Obed. Ha, ha, ha! How he will rag
and fumc! Wonder what I'd best say
Guess I'll just hand him Daisy's note t
me and watch his face while he read
it. BY the way, l haven't read it a