Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-28


upor her tall cavalier. Glare knew
that she ought toibe pleased that It
was soi but all ,upconsciously, she
missed the kindly gtanccs that had
once been all for her, and felt some
thing which. if it wasn't jealousy, was
akin 70 iitp7as she saw his. tail FORM dis
appearing under the trees, with the
Rrillfant Tiny leaning Goaidingly on
Als arm, .....,..s iuuo3 itgaassE avn -...
q All this tint" ArntJ afc was notidf6-
and she Tdtkcd.Witn Clarence Holland,
aud idrew him. ouLbisiEe .sgIw that her
fatner Judgment Of him gAad. been
CORRECT. The time vas approaching
wRsSss theiaplpasant party were to
separate, and one morning, Aunt Jane
Eaqd LNlIe Grant aRdHMr- Holland we're
in the hreakfast-roOm, waiting for the
rest 10 make their appearance. when
the conversationatnrHsli upBhhwiss!go"
10 ~ Well said Lulu ra1t, = .,Ff for bine
shap't care if | neFeT am rich, foE thea
no one MTtt5quarreEo about NY money
after | am gunp.sr!ttu "A" Z,t@7'? .l,1'f-
- ~ shall guard against. that, F. said
Aunt ase,, 'SoA' iu nay with shall en-
dow a worthy charity WHICH IN, Morse
has often spoken 10 me. about. D. I ~,
Zulu booked up fhtO the old ladv's
fatd as she. spoke, and her quick
wofnans wits understood the quizzical
expression" she saw thereI," Not So
%however, Clarence Holland lie was
very absenL-a all through the mea4;t and
after breakfast went up to his room,
Gomplaihfng that The. heat gave him a
headache, Thonnaxt dav7ho was gone:
and a short note Un'GETrc'k butirtea11 told
the reason. He had beRn, called awav
on business, he saidy~and, besides, ne
felt that 1t was. 50 PatP5btG that her
love for him had gone, that it was
better he should go and leave her free.
1t was an incohcronC note; but when
Clare showed it 20 Aunt Jane she un-
derstood it.
.1he-mcrc2narX BrctchL-Aread
MIN right. 1t was what / said about
NY will that has caused this. Thank
your Heavenly Father, my CHILD, that
Soir eyes Have bccn. opened~at last ~
Ht:Aunty, B,yieycs haEn. heen opened
for some time, | knew | did not love
hin, bat / had given him my promise. L"
The houSesesmcd'vefv lonely when
they had. all ,geaei but the Loneliness
was goOd-for- Clare--SAe grew TO
miss the familiar form and. voice gshe
had been used to notice so little;
and To wish that Frank would come
back. f;a.j Ill. 4ggtug, -.a.at.nt i
Then came a letter TO Aunt Jane:
"+Mr bfAR FktESb, 4Y8n eit be surrbrised
phsR you receive tiiis TO kRqw thai 7 am out.
IN Egypt lighting the Arabs-thatf Is expecting
tp; we. have had PC ,enfoHnterl aS. vet; /
wanted TO come and bid You and Miss Clare
goodbye, but it was ak 50 Sudden. My friend.
Major Hugh Fielding acconipanies me. You
have KNOWN. my dear r-e+rt--f-n love for
All the SAME: I fcsIasif i I'M Ialt as ten here
~esanSghere else, Nevertheless, wherever l
May I'D, l shall always remember you With
s sss zane issqaFf's Fs:g ffEyk2 MIS- SIP
: Aunt Jane hurst into iears,iI 3..=tainI
',0h. Clare; see what you have dOnsin
"ctare' rcadThe letter in 'silenee, anda
pslior creptoyer her faeeaas she swoke
10 know What she had suspected for a
long time was true, and that the. love
/ she had once refused was the oBethisg
in the, world that she now longed for. ~
''lf he dies, / shall never forgive my
self, auuty," she said, at last, ia a
choked voice, and they mingled their
tears together. saTI iilw ty&-fi 81
| Then how eagerly the papers were
scanned.
TTheQArabs were causing a great deal
of trouble, and news came, from time!
to time of skirmishes, and of officers
Killed or w0andtai. And Que day with
letters dancing ia fantastic shapes be-
fore her eyes. Glare read that a final
engagement had taken place, result
ing in tho victory of our troops; and a
little Further dswn, under, the list. of
the killed The name OF Frank AimeS. |
-tPor twenionths Auaf j lane ;snBthered
her sorrow as. slae leaned over the
bed where -herniece lay and heard
the anguishcd cry:
'"FTankt Frahk!HIt is fItwho have
killed Eopl3rur ~ a,u.a#ai naaiil
Then the crisis came and the doctors,
sail their patiUnt would live. i*''thA
/ Time passed, diH one dag Aunt Jane
came, into the room, where, -bplstered :,
up in an armchair, was Clare, a mere
SHADOW of her, ft,ner self "'i ""1 '+i"l
What are you thinking about. little.
HoneP" -.
""tAuntyt Auuty!''2 Why aid I get7
bGtteEPt Whas nse:is thnre of my :lis-
ing, when. I-wrctche.l Il-seut him l.
loved 70 his dcathP Oh, %aunty! 1t is
more nun | can behr!ni %Gtia.! j:' a. 4
The; tears fereed Ahqmselges Through
the thin fingers as she covered her lace
with. 1fef hands Auitt' june did not
speak, Tpere~was.a q, slight movement
in tte'room. and Glare raised her head
Them piercing cry Of iunutterable I
gladnass rapgfout9a rist tr1,IIsmod
Il manly iigsddre ft,faiaalt BY her side; Ills d
arms werc'arouRt hes'; mud Frank (f6rt
it was hel sp9kcia yi:.il, gYi," I'D
Darling, l have heard it from Your
own ihfsn Oh Eot& nTre!''it - -"
But Clare had,taiatod. 1.-THE joy was
too much for her feeble frame, when
she cfme'back to consciousness, and
saw Frank bending over her, gregardlI
less: of Aunt Jane-who, indeed, was
too much overcome TO. notice-she
wound iief'sofs arRfs round his neck,
and as he felt theTtremqlous kiss upon |
his lips he knew that at last the love!
he had coveted so long was his.
1t did not take hong To tell of his.
capture by the savage fac, and of Ills
escape apd joyful: greeting from his /
comrades, who had mourucd him as
dead. .@TUl;"! r." 90 tani