Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-19


her adieux at La Mer, and in spite Of her
fears lest she had. by reason of her plain
speech on the doings OF society. grievous-
Iy offended those of its v~otaries she had
met at the lake, she found herself, on the
morning Of her departure, surrounded by
a bevy Of both young and old ladies. all
of whom seemed really sincere in their
expression OF regret at her going.
Were awfuIly sorry to see you 90,
Miss Flower said Miss Van Worst. the
spokeswoman of the crowd of girls who
formed themselves in a little knot about
Phebe, and held her bunch of lilies and
her bag and wrap, while she went the os-
cuiatory round of kisses and embraces of
which girihood is 30 generous: II hope
you will not think we girls at La Mer too
foolish and frivolous a set to hold any
friendly remembrance Of us, or that we,
on Il side, are too selfish and worldly
TO preserve a kindly thought of you. in
deed we have warm hearts, as well as
empty heads, and although you mayn't
believe it, | think we have a great deal
to thank you for this summer, Miss Flow
er: you opened our eyes TO a great deal to
which we ave been ignorantly blind,
and Won have made rS fbfntl We shall
never forget you, and, please, remember
U.S."
Phebe's eyes filed with tears at this
unexpected and generous. w~arm-hearted
goodbye, and she a~ffectiJnately EN-
braced Miss Van Worst in silent response.
Goodbye, Miss Flower: 1 shall always
p~ieasurably remember both you and your
pretty stitches, said one of the old ladies,
fourishing her k~nitting-work.
"Good-by, NTH Phebe- bird, tum ADAM"
lisped n of the little one who chung TO
her skirts.
Goodbye, Donna Quixote, and God
bless you in all your undertakings"
whispered Mrs. Morris, kissing her the
last; and thus, TO a vociferous chorus of
hearty goodwill and friendship, Miss
Flower babe farewell to La Mer.
"They say, whispered one of the tout
er circle ladies, as the stage was lost to
view in a turn of the road, and the girls
had put up their waving handkerchiefs
and went down for a row IN the lake,
'they say that rich Englishman who
rode to the station with Miss Flower has
fallen in love with her. Some one saw
them out On the lake alone, quite late the
other night, and things looked very ro-
mantic and settled as they passed the
boat. Her cousin, the doctor, knew him
abroad, and Is pleased at the match. He
is heir to a title and fortune, they say"
"Oh! then that explains the sudden af-
lection these fashionable girls display to-
ward the 'prim Quaker school-ma'am.
They see a probable Lady Something-or-
other, whom it will be well to know
when they go 'on the other side Well,
the next thing to being Somebody, is
knowing Somebody" spoke up one of
the ''nobodys" in the outer circle.
But she hasn't known him but a
Vnnnth y nriaI an,tIar Is1a,piI~
DO you really suppose he Is serious!
Those Englishmen are awfully particular
whom they marry, you know; it may be
only a summer Irritation; foreigners are
dangerous lovers, they laugh and they
sail away"
"Ah, but neither Miss Tower nor Mr.
Standish is Of that kind. He's just as
earnest and sincere in his attentions as
she Is; and, as for knowing II another
only four weeks, that's sutficient-you
don't know any more of your lover if YOU
know him four years; il takes marriage
to reveal a mans true character-or a
woman's either; as lover and sweetheart
it's 'on the STAGE welded life shows be-
hind the scenes"
You're right, Mrs. Weldon, cried an
other; but Miss Flower is all she appears,
! am sure; and she's fit for any lord or
duke in the land. i wish my Harry had
been here this summer TO fall in love with
her! I'd have given my consent on four
days acquaintance; for she's a real good
girl And the old lady with the knit
ting picked up the stitches she had drop
ped in fiourishing goodbye to Miss
Flower.
Mr.. Standish left La Mer with Doctor
and Mrs. hurry. shortly after Phebe's
Iapartl.ra anI pn,la a fp.tr ,g a., Gt.tn.
and Canada, returning by way Of Phila-
uelpnla, late IN the autumn. buss Y10w-
er did not send in her resignation to the
school board until after the HOLIDAYS.
She felt thai she owed il TO her boys TO
teach them at least a few months longer.
after changing her firm resolution to de-
vote her whole life to them.
Before the Lenten season set in, Doctor
and Mrs. Murry issued cards of invitation
for a wedding reception to be held at
their house on Madison Avenue, and a
large number of the summer guests who
first met the '.happy couple" at La Aler
Were among those who warmly congrat-
ulated Mr.. and Mrs. John Standish upon
the romantic termination of their ''Idyl
at the lake"
"Quite a swell affair" whispered one
OF the young men coming out of the SUI
PN'py otPptitoom, but fdtCy.
no wines or liquors at a wedding-feast.
Why, it's against Bible rule"
"Oh, you know hurry has signed the
pledge, or votes the Prohibition ticket,
or some such wild scheme of reform.
Beastly, isn't it? BY the bye, did YOU
see anything of Louis Archibauit this
evening! He's always about at such af-
fairs"
'Archibault? Why, didn't YOU know
he went abroad very suddenly last au-
tumng They say he's going to study
theology; at least Bruce says you'd never
know him. He met him in Paris, and
Bruce declares he refused TO go to the
opera ball: said it was demoralizing!
Imagine Louis Archibault preaching
morality! Come, let's get out of this
water-cure atmosphere and the two or
uered their coachman to drive quickly to
the 'club." /
Phebe writes long delightful letters to
her cousins from her happy new home
across the sea, and, judging from their !
tenor, she is rs enthusiastic to-day over
the education and training Of her two
boys as she w. n wear g over her fifty. !
An a.l probability ~,ore 20, as IA. ...i .... !
ternal feeling, somewhat selfish and o
centrated, is aroused now.
h Is no longer called 'Donna Quix- !
ote," but as her husbands uncle, Sir
Hugh, is very old, and John is successor ,
to the title, she no doubt will some day be
called Lady Standish." Whatever name
she bears, however, she will always re-
main the simple, true, sweet Quaker
Lady."-Demorest's Monthly Magazine. +,
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