Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-08
"And when Will YOU meet me?,

anu Wuen Will you meet Del
Tomorrow afternoon. Go early, and
wait for me, and We will talk over the fur
ture together"
I've made up my mind about that" he
said with q leer. He had got over his first
embarrassment and was himself again. II
am going To make you Mrs. Dimsey."
IL was In the heart of Vida 10 strike him
as he stood, and her hands impulsively
clenched, but she restrained herself, and
only said:
'Indeedr'
yes; I've got MY plans worked out" he
said. MAY sit down"
"a cannot give you much more time now.
The dinner-hour is near"
II sia'nt be long. I've otion for sit
ting I'm a chair like gentleman" said Bar.
dolph. THE ground Is more in my line et
present, but I'm gong In for something bet
ter. Here's the sort Of thing TO suit me-"
He threw himself into vlda's own easy
chair, and, crossing his legs, leered up at
her with an impudence that was all his own.
''WiIl you take that little chair facing
me-" he said, ''and we shall be quite cosy"
She sat down, white and trembling with
fury.
''Oh, for the power to wither him with
lightning, as he lolled before her!
She would have risked an age OF torture
foi the gift Of destructive power, and she
would have killed him by inches.
Now a pipe would make the thing COM
plete," he said. I'VE should then be like
man and wife at our own fireside."
''You can't smoke here" she answered
curtly.
mo, suppose not" he replied; "but
really, this chair Is nice. don't wonder at
you swell people putting yourselves above
the poor. begin to feel that am gentle
man.'
What proposal have you TO make to me?'
asked Vida. Let me hear what ii IS, and
go. am expecting my maid every mo-
ment."
I'm the first place" he said, 'you are to
be Mrs. Dimsey."
"Well, you said so before"
And, secondly, as one marriage cere-
mony Is as good as another, propose that
we make q gipsy wedding of it,"
why should your people know anything
abou: .:?'
''rhey know everything as 1t is" he said,
"but they are as close as death. Jim the
Snowman caught the horse-his horse, YOU
know-and by docking his tail aud name,
and putting false marks on the brute, he got
him safely away. The others helped with
the grave and burial"
What madness to trust anyoner' Kissed
Vida. IL never dreamt you were such a
fool"
Gould do 1t all aloneT' he asked: but
don't you fear. Ten thousand pounds re-
ward would not tempt them with the fear
of Hecate's curse before their eyes"
"And who Is Hecate?'
"The head OF our tribe-the mother OF US
all, aud am her darling child-a good thing
for me, Isn't it?''
Il don't know" said Vida indfferently.
$50 am to be married among your people
what next? Am to live with themg'
NO" said Bardolph, eagerly bending for
ward; 1--WE must leave them. / want 10 get
away, and would have gone long ago II |
burst, but they know too much of me, and
know too much OF them. IL wasn't safe"
us 1t safe now?'
"Yes, FOR Two He'd TO 'sn; I've told 'em
that Pm going away with you for a year.
'Oh, Heaven!'
what did you sayY''
Nothing. DO not mind me. go or"
For year only. and they've consented.
And you've money, haven't your
Il have few thousands In my owDr.ght"
said Vida coldy.
Thousands he repeated with cleaning
eyes. Come, that's bravo. Wc could 80
away, right across the seas and ike like a
lady and gentleman together. I'm madly
In love with you. am, and I'll be your dog
your slave-anything."
lie had risen ND, and was approaching
her, but she motioned for him 10 keep back.
You have taken me by surprise" she
said. II must have time 10 think