Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-12-14

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n- seven him
Now. it WAS very odd that >i,ch 4
conversation should have taken place
on this particular day. when the nam,
cen II lanSculur had never been
,l::u.hlrr before But on that very
iHnrt;l = Mr.. Huntingdon bad received
Il letter from his brother in town, ami
the postscript coEta;nru these lines:
| Town is getting quite empty.
hear Your neighbour. Lord lau.holn,r.
| is going ,h WI Ia the Court With Il
| party. He's Il terrible fellow after
pretty farr> and Nelly must be yartin.
\ great "rl now.
The bare suggestion had been enough
t" stir up I'LL Mr.. HNn,in=don'S latent
hatred of The rival house, and caused
him !" hr>tow the caution Just uttered
What shall | do" thought Nelly.
Wteou>ly. NOW papr, has forbidden nv
To =" 10 the brook: dare no, diSuhey
him: hut surely there is no harm in
my speaking 4 few words to captain
WELLESLEY. "r.Hi if he is Lord Lang
holmes friend. | would sooner have
died than speak To him
So for three days. during which Nelly
WAS c"niin,sl I" the house by her foot.
she WIS in II perfect agony hr,wrrl! the
fear "t li>plrl>iny her father and tho.
misery of not Se"iny The handsome.
stranger again. But on the fourth day.
with Il >nrriE guilty r'n>cirnrr the dis
"hrLrnr child limprd toward fhr brook
Ia keep her 'ry>t with Captain Wnll,.>-
ly. The blue eyes We're looking k..nlv
for l.rr us their owner stood leaning
against Il tree on Lord !.uuyholmr'>
side nf The brook Their. had been no
rain. the water ran >halluNrr ,l.:lu he
fore. and The young athlete cleared il
1T :, h"und. Nelly put her slim fingers
quite naturally ir;" his ,nit>trcichrI
l:nL
How is ynn loot to-day. a. asked
lr!nl. rly
"uh. Very hearty wrll rhi'k~: tat,
| lost my >ho" thu ether day"
Captain Wrl!,>ly !,nk TIL. mis- sing ar
t!rlr item his i"Nrt, ami held il re-
Srrifrlly toward her.
IF YOU woulh ,rl. lI lur Keep it,"
lsr pleaded
Il don't think ii w,,:lu 1T. .,lncll ;,>.
to !"u." laughed Nelly. Archly. lookiu:
down 1T his feet. Which. by the way.
Were. l"rti, ulnrly we'll shaped
NO. not in th,, vay.' II" answered,
smiling. But ,l" WON'T yu,l:"
VII. Miss Huntingdon should have
10 S,:rll :; rili 'l,lru> r'rl,l, Il
| am not prepared Ia >;:y: !Ml ih:.I
she did is an iuLi>puin:,l. fact. since
Wilson Il day or NV" later put away
ON" it'll, brri,Zr shoe lN ITSELF rs being
useless without its 1rli"'N.
~ Il did Mr.. Iluutin-,l"n ,liu,- airy
'llrin ly about your l::ln,.lr.>:" Cap
tain WELLESLEY asked. presently.
NO; but he forbade me - come
near he lower part IF thr ,..,ou any
llr,rr. because Lord .:ln:l,nlni' is com
inc lo'nr." said Nelly. rr=r.NfuIy. And
knpA it WIS ,"ry wrong g. nr. |"
come lp-,'ay. but -
Blu, ,'pu knew ! should h. Il rmt'irlly
and disappointed il 10Y. did
NOT, and You are much too r"!ilcr
hearted t. intliri pain on any one.
uttered ,h'. Young nan. softly.
Nell, FLUSHED With III, aSlr" :' the
lh'll=h. "' hriug abb" to di>al ',i':t or
make ;l> liAml>''lnr >tr:.l= ger lappy.
But why should ynu In. % n:,r!tc;'
'l. ;l::!i..>, l.anyh"lpr:" he veal on
If H. never lsih IN uE!iind ,!!n!-h'
of or wish TO harm any OF YOU fam
lily. why .,hnu!h yon ohj"r; I" see inn"
"B""',,>,. hate BIN. wili"'i; even
X Knowing him. S'lrp' So lis Il io"t OF
Instinct | would not speak /" him for
I'LL lh,. Wurlu.
"Hu, suppose" said Captain WELLESLEY.
Il >ml" playing round his lips and just
visible under the curve # M chest
I!ut mu>'achr -">,lrp,. :" it h"l been
! .lnuliOiiin Instead vi NE the other
'ny:"
Il SHOULD, have died Of shame" cried
Nrly. i'm rtu"u>ly. and If had died
Of The pain. too. | should not have
lot h'n tnu,'ll mo" Then She -lancCd
up ut him with Il sudden mi>.ivillS
oh. no." she whispered with i rraS-
>Ar"d smile: Lord I.anghnlmc isn't the
least bit in the world like YOU
"Well then. Miss Nelly. we wont
talk abrut him any more. only do try
T., think Il it'll" more kindly Of him.
fer my sake. won't you:'
II would be very sweet to do any
thing for his sake, thought Nelly, and
after I'LL. she had no great personal cn-
nifty toward her ncighbor.
And 80 tn" young people chatted away
together. and til" time sped on as
5 Witty rs it always does when one
would fain hav:. il l;ig and lngcr. NOW
ing up Ill III" bright glad-h,led flow
crS with quick flashing scythc and
grading slowly and painfully over the
plpwcd burrows of pain and WEAKNESS.
1T is half-past seven cried Nelly.
starting up ut last. after glance at
I'll" little gold toy hanging by her side.
Il must go at once. GOOd-Dyc. she
said. stretching out Il little ungloved
hand: Il don't suppose / shall ever see
you any more" And The lovely, limo
cent eyes. all amused to cOncealment.
grew quit" humid at the thought. and
the red mouth quvered pcrceptibly.
Don't say that" cried the young
man. with q quick flush. You won't
be so cruel, Miss Nelly: DO give me
something to look fol ward to-only say
you'll come again Tomorrow
Il dare not" ,nurmuretl Nelly. with
frightened eyes. Papa would never
forgive i've: and suppose some one
saw us and told him! | think he would
shut me up all the rest of my life
But he cannot think You are always
going t" stay with him
Il don't suppose he thinks at all about
It, said Nelly: and, of course. / shall
be an old mald"-ilis quite ciuphat