Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-05

tot for bohemians," he said languidly.
4 detest talking about travels"
J'Do YOU really" she said. with a
}gy distinct accent OF contempt. Then
suppose you have not read" and
named a book on everybody's table
p the moment.
Despard's face lighted up.
kFOh, indeed, yes he said. THAT is
I an ordinary book of travels" and
q went on to speak Of the volume
i. question in q manner which showed
I ht he had read 1t intelligently, while
I IS Fforde. forgetting herself and her
mpanion ia the interest of what
said, responded alphabetically.
Half un~consciously. as they talked
: BY strolled up and down the wide,
4 en- space i'm front of the ferns. Sud
yhly voices, apparently approaching
I'm, caught the girls ear.
geOh, dear" she said. my friends
IN be wondering what has become
Il me! / must go. Good-by. Mr.. Nor
u.s." and she held out her hand. There
las something simple and perfectly
4ltural in her manner as she did SO
Elich struck him. IL was almost as If
BE were throwing of impulSively q
&rt which she was tired of playing.
kIe held her hand for n quarter of
instant longer than was actually
ressary.
I'll hope we may meet again. Miss
Esorde," he said, simply but cordially
mething in her present manners was
Tectious-'and continue IL talk"
She glanced up at him.
IsI 49, - - y .Ia asI O-tlVw-
tat then her brows contracted again
4 little. AT least--I don't know that
is very probable" she added discon-
\ ctedly, as she FASTENED away in the
-ection whence came the voices.
Y Hasn't many invitations, | dare say"
said To himself as he looked after
kr. IF she had been still with Ger
tlde Englewood | might, perhaps. have
t one or two people TO be civil TO
Gem. But / dare gay it would have
EN- quite Quixotic, and it's the sort
thing I dislike d~oing-putting ones
fif under obligation for no real rea-
In"
If he had heard that Maisie Fforde
las thinking to herself as she made
81 way quickly TO her cousin,
4 What n pity" she thought. what
Srcal pity that n man who must have
Ed good material in him should have
4 sunk-to what / can't help thinking
glgarity of feeling. IL not of eXternals
10 such contemplate self-conceit and
Eectations! / can understand, how
Il or, that he may have been n nice
s&y once, as Gertrude maintains. Poor
sa~rtrude-how her hero has turned
~ 40 ~xxE.s ,.n,-A- Lot IA- la.,, ar,
/ find 1t to resist drawing
I'm Quit surely is not wrong? Oh,
;pw l should love to see him thorough
q humbled.
THE worst of it is that when he be-
Zines a reasonable being. as he does
,bw and then, he can be so nice-inter-
|{ting even-and / forget whom I am
liking to. But not for long! No, in
&ed-.Mrs. Englewood's dowdy pro-
sge,' the 'bread-and-b butter miss for
inom the tenth waltz was too much
@~ndcsccnsion, hasn't such a bad mem
IN. AMI when l had looked forward
my first dance so, and fancied the
brld was a good and kind place. OH"
I'd she clenched her hands as the hot
ratification, the scathing desilluSion-
%ment of that evening occurred TO her
its full force. "oh, 1 hope it Is rot
sfcked and I'M Christian. but 1 should
I've to see him humbled! 1 wonder if
3shall meet him again. i hope dot
Sd yet / hope ] shall"
3The ''again" came next at n dinner
rty. to which she accompanied her
rusin. Mrs. Maberly was old-fash-
ned in some OF her ideas. Nothing,
.r instance. would persuade her that
z was courteous To- be moro than TWEEN
minutes later than the dinner hour
&med. In consequence Of which she
1t infrequently found herself the first
rival. This in no way annoyed Mai