The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-12

tinueu, Dut her manners are simply start
ling"
"She has very grand qualities" said Miss
Hastings: ''she has noble disposition and n
generous heart, but the want Of early train
ing, the mixing entirely with one class of So
ciety, has made her very strange"
''Strange!" cried the captain. Il have
never met with any one so blunt, so out
spoken, so abrupt, in all my life. She has
no notion of reposc or polish. have never
been so surprised. hear Sir Oswald com
ing, and really, Miss Hastings, | feel that j
cannot see him; am not equal to it-tha.
extraordinary girl has quite Unsettled me.
You might mention that have gone ont in
the grounds to smoke my cigar: cannot talk
to any one"
Miss Hastings laughed as he passed out
through the open French window into the
grounds. Sir Oswald came in, smiling and
contcnted; he talked for few minutes with
Miss Hastings, and heard that the captain
was smoking his cigar. He expressed to
Miss Hastings his very favorable opinion of
the young man, and then babe her good
night
"How will it endr' said the governess to
herself. ''She will never marry him. | am
sure. Those proud, clear, dark eyes of hers
her grand soul seems to understand all the
narrowness and seliishness of his. She will
never marry him. Oh, If she would but be
civilized! Sir Oswald is quite capable of
leaving all he has to the captain, and then
what would become of Paulnc?'
BY this time the gentle, graceful governess
had become warmly attached to the beaut
ful. wayward, willful girl who persisted so
pbStina tply IN rafuGipc- Nynut ba obnS. n,
call polish"
"IIow will it end?' said the govcrness II
would give all have to see Pauline mistress
of Darrell Court but fear the future"
Some of the scenes that took place between
Miss Darrell and the captain We're very
amusing. She had the utmost contempt for
his somewhat dandlicd airs, his graces, and
affections.
II like grand, rugged noble man, with
the head of hero and the brow OF poet,
the heart oi "a HUn. and the smile of Il child"
she said 10 h...i one day; Il cannot clldu.c
coXcomb.'
IL hope ya', may find such man Miss
Darrell" he returned, quietly. II have been
some time in the world hut have never
met with such n character"
II think Your world has been very limit
ed one," she replied, and the captain looked
angry.
He had g, r;.,inIv hor.d and intended f.
dazzle her VI, his ,ynrltlv kpnyvrrd,,a n
nothing else Yet how She desnfsad his
knowledge, and with what contempt she
heard him speak nf his various experiencesl
Nothing seemed Ia jar upon her and to ir
rltate her Al utd his all.rtatjons. S,,, Was
looking one u.orning at a very beautifully
veined leaf Nuich SIC passed over to Miss
Hastings.
is il not wondcrfuI?'' she asked and the
captain, with his eye-glass. came to look at
1t.
Are you short-slghted" she asked him,
6bruptly.
Not in the least" he replied
is your siyht defcciive?' she continued.
mo. not in the least degree"
Then why do you use that cye-glaSS, Cap
tain LanGt"n?
''I-a!-why, because everybody uses one"
he replied.
Il thought 1t was only women who did
that kih' ol thlhS-loiiowed fashion tor
tashiohS sake, she SAID win some little
Inc next morning the captain descended
without ms eSe-slaSS, ana MISS Hastings
smiled IL size noticed IT,
AholhtF oi MS Affect" Mons was pretended
10 pronounce ms us ana RS"
Can YOU really not speak plainly" she |
Said 10 nm one day.
Most aecldedly can, he replied, won
aerln@ WHAT was coming next
lheh' why Il" you cail rove wove' In |,
that absurd fashion,
The captains face flushed.
ut lSa habit have fallen into, sup |
pose, he replied. Il must breaH myself OF |
i"
1T is about the most effeminatc habit a |
man can fall into" said Miss Darrell Il
think that ii were soldier | should tie
light in clear plain speaking. | cannot I'M
icrstand why English gentlemen seem to
think it fashionable Ia mutilate their mother
.onguc."
There was no chance OF their ever agree
ing-they never did even for one single
hour
What are Won thinking obout pnulinep',
asked Miss hastings one day.
Her Young pupil had fallen into a reverie
over The History of the peniuSular War"
Il am thinking" she replied. ..that al
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