Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-11-26

castle curl u tho In accompanied the
question.
.Ife expects 10 return u the city on
mex Wednesday, i believe answered
the daughter, = peculiar expression e0nt-
Ing into word anfi ann
sWeil! an glad OF it, exclaimed
the mother, triumphantly, ~fOr | don't
want him poktng around hereOn Thanks
giving Day when Onr city friend. Howard
Atherlfng u with rs: he sOlaAs 10 spend
the week with his nnciess family. yOa
know, and I've sent an Invitation to all
to eat Thanksgiving dinner With as
.Yes; 70 you told ms yesterday" And
Hernice went back to her nOMers, with Il
strange little smile lowering about the
determined mouth.
Mrs Hunter leaned back among the
cushions snd took up her cr0cheting
once more. ISernfce's affections should
Be transferred from that po0s. lrnnilcss
book keeper to the handsome, rising
young lay 1er, who. already, had u snug
fortune, II she, Mrs. Isabelle Hunter. had
any tact for matchmaking.
Yes, decidedly. 81 must be. Week after
next would be ThanksgiyinT, and the
AtherlinGs were expecting Howard. And
BY family and education the young law
yer and Rernice were suited to one an
other.
But then this contrary freak Of her
daughters threatened now to upset all
her calculations and bring trouble IN am
other direction.
Bernic4 seemed Il utterly Ignore the
young disciple OF Blackstone, preferring
the company OF merely y book-keeper
here OF late.
II was really too provoking for any
use: yet she was thinking, ~ she thrust
the shining needle through the meshcs.
that sitter oil the girl only meant to tease
and amnse herself with VIII Thursby for
= time. It could no be that . daughter
Of hers would so far forget her social
position rs to be in earnest in so doing.
Elise had married wealthy, and Olivia
had become the proud wife Of q Chicago
banker, and Bernice must follow their
example, OF she. Mrs. Isabelle Hunter.
would know why not.
Yes. Well, then, next week that penni-
less but dangerously winning Tilursby
would go back n his employer, aud the
her much-desired plan. How lucky!
tWill," said q sweet voice over the
back gate that evening, did you say
fit0e yOu AAA&W WtANu INV 0tu
ling's wedding takes place."
STha cards are out for the day before
Thanksgiving, y answered he, abut why
do you ask, Bernice:m
6hs leaned toward him aud whispered
something In q low, laughing way; aud
VIII Thnrsby drew the dear head down
to his breast and said: sThen your
mother doesn't know that ! have fallen
heir to the cool thousands, and that l
only 90 back to Detroit to range the
Office affairs for my succcss0r?a"
mo; ! shall keep II from her until
Atherllng Ii married, Just for fun.
Mother does hate poor men No very
much, especially bO0k-keepers; but then
I can just imagine how quickly abe will
fell In love with Mr.. WIN Thnrsby when
IL comes out that he Ii lifted above the
necessity Of earning his own bread and
bntter.n
And We leave them enjoying their hap
py secret by the wicket In the November
twilight.
Thanksgiving morning dawns crisp
and bright. Everything il In keeping
With IN Dir Of t~hankfuiAeSe fQr q pros
porous year In Mrs. Hunters lovely
hpme, and she, like the strict Puritan
that she assumes to be, makes it her
religious duty to attend church services,
and zoe that every one belonging to her
household Ii punctually IN her pew.
The Atherlings are there Also, and
Howard Il there also, looking more
stylish and handsOmcr than ever.
But 4 lady at his side scen,s 10 CAIN
oil hts attention. and Is dressed, too,
lik9 4 bride, II certainly wasn't Grace
AthNFlipg, his proud sister, whom she