Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-02
WAS he perfectly horrid?'
Just detestable!.' AA'"

Il hate him.' Lima declared. eI Ea
II despise him. He deserves nothing
but contempt II makes me furious 10
think how often i have sighted ten
times nicer men for him"
Il never win speak 10 him again"
Speak to him? j will net notice
him any more than i would a terrapin.
LAT the same time Harry wentworth
was with his cousin reporting results. a.
1T Is all over with me-" he said, as
regards the Misses Forbes and Gray.
More disguised individuals / never
saw" Sad. aa.a
ut was not perhaps an admirable
stratagem that / proposed" Dora re
Piled. But 1t is hard in this world TO
be always admirable, unless we are
saints--which I'VE are not"
Speak for yourself, my dear, speak
for YOURSELF
You have not told me how Ella Cor
bin received YOU" .atr an.
"She saw through my mummery in q
moment, and / never felt so small IL
my life. Dora, j cannot understand my
stupid blindness hitherto. What n love
K oma she isv1 @gA aa
ooh. Harry his cousin exclaimed,
clapping her hands In delight. Il do be
Ieye you are in love with her.
You eem greatly ~plelsed-and per-
haps you are right"
II am more than pleasedi She is the
very one I picked out for you, and you
never appreciated it. Without being
perfect, she Is lovely every way. i was
70 afraid Won would pass her by for
some little goose with straight nose and
round eyes."L4L '"a '7h4 i"1
II am afraid / have lowered myself
Distant paw 1-'@
IF she suspected your motive, she
would be mortified, of course"
What can / do to recover her good
opinion r slH eds
THAT is the question, Harry"
"Can you make 10 suggestion"'
..Ihis Is not the heroic age. i might
set the house on fire, or frighten her
horse, for you to show your gallantry,
but these are extreme measures"
DO not jest, Dora. Your advice ed
me into a scrape, now you should felp
me out" - - ,I alasl
Harry, Harry, viii you blame rie for
counsel you begged me to give you?
How like n mani
and how like a woman to say that.
But forgive me, cousin mine, and u
sci me again. Shall tell her the exact
truth?'
"Neyer, The meekest woman would
resent it, 8fat 10 js
But fate helped him this time. He
broke his leg, and Dora went at once 7
see him. Harry, was this done pur-
posely?' r. she asked, in solemn tones.
"Do you think me an idiot, childF' he
demanded. aghf - Nl8'A.
"Well, / know that n broken leg viii
do more than all the p~rotestations in
the world. Do you yearn for her pres
ence?'a u. Hrslags sftsfF sUJ aqRl
do flowers yearn for the sunp'
Harry Wentworth p~oetical! You
poor boy, what q desperate condition
you are in. Shall l bring her hereg"
"It would do mor good than the
Doctors splinters.'' H zach T98li
Il win accomplish it then" she prom
ised. GIL
Ella" she said. a few moments
later, as she entered her friends room,
Harry has broken his leg. viii you
go with me to see him?' W. tdfl
Certainly not" was the quick re-
joinder. How ian you ask It."
Because he wants you, dear. He
loves you" fel
He has never given me reason to
think So"
Love comes very suddenly to some.
Go with me, and let him see that his
affection is returned. Think Of him suf-
fering and miserable, and longing for
1T would not be proper, Dora"
Not for his promised wife? Do not
look SO startled, but yield to the die
tates Of your tender woman's heart, you
darling grill"
And she conquered.
Thus she kept her promise Lima and
Alice treated Harry with marked con-
tempt, but he bore II philosophicalIy,
feeling sure that he had won the sweet
est wife in the world. The secret be-
tween the wv cousins, however, was
never revealed.
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