The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-15

umbrella he might find the gray gown.
black felt hat. and blue eyes.
Just on the fainte t chalco Of this,
he went + und by the shoro of tn
lake. Whc o a sudden wi d win had
ca 1seI Il G waves to rise and roll in,
almo-t like Il SEA tile, greatly to the
di-trcss Of the poor observation-disclosures.
\arious movableS had becn carried
away and a large market barrow was
Low tossing up and down upon actual
! bieIkcrs-Whil9 it's luckle 5 owner
stood %wringing hec hands, and two or
three men were wad;ng in. trying to
catch il with ropes.
hod.iick went to help them, he
never could forbear rushing to the res
GU. in any case where his youthful
strength M, Available. Presently he
succeeded III saving the cart. and in
wettiny himself to the skin: which h
hardly felt for in wa ling ashore. the
1rst sight he say. fixed upon him. wa
those " ear est blue eyes.
She stood anon the little crowd,
her umbrella in n hand. IL 10 o. mu-
Sic n he otLer. teAind her the little
white capped b1nne stool, full If SYM
pathy-as, indeed. eve YboIy was
first. wi h the owLcr OF the cart, and
then witt its sllvors. She rerogni ed
him ut once.
oh, how good is monsieur" she cx-
claimed, warmly, in French. see,
madame t~lrIiag to the poor market
III your cart is safe, abs lutely
uninJurcd. How kind, how brave it
was f these men, and Of this English
mOusicur.'
And then m0n-ieur. half deafenad
by the storm Of thanks and applause
from these warm Swis, hea t., "A
glad TO beat 4 retreat, and find him
self, he knew not how, walking along
By tho side of NH =. Jariine, and talk
ing. till in French, about how it all
happened.
ii have never seer the lake rise So"
she said. All the town has Deendown
here watching the waves, which are
hl4her, they say. than has been seen
for twenty lears-never since the Year
l was born.
She was twenty, then; he had thought
her younger.
Mamma happenel to be at Neu.
chatel. and remembers it well-that
day she la | me in her ann, a little
baby, ana if papa had not held her fast
the waves and the wind would have
swept us away. both OF Us. How TRANCE
it seems
Very strange: but life is very
strange" said the Y, unL man. as he
dranN in. full Of dreamy delight. the
soft tone. the sudden sweet uplifting
OF those lovely eyes. They rested on
his soaked clothes.
"Monsie n ought to 90 at once t. his
hotel, she said, with Il pretty deci-
sion. Pardon, but | am SO accustomed
to Look after peOple-to take care OF
them, alway~ lake ca e O. mamma,
you know. She has been IN invalid so
long with her Oh st. think t is that
which ha, given me a morbid terror of
damp and wet. Au revoir til six"
Ana with a brief, sweet rcmor elesS-
ness she bowed and passed On, picking
her way through the water channels
and the mud. and never once loJking
behind.
Thi, evening with an involuntary and
qui c incXplicaole feeling. he did not
seek for his diamond studs IA other
r~esplenGency OF his always-carcfui toi-
let, bat dressed himself as plainly as
possible.
Again he climbed. but ~impetuouoly.
joyouely, as ii il were the high.roai to
heaven. the long stain which led to
; Nine. aardlnco door, and found that
wat he ha h ped w1uli be a patty Il
trois wa added to ythe pleasant faces
OF NJ. ~l,cynier and his daughter. and
one or tyo other guc,ts-no pleasant,
howe er, To his eyes atall. NevertAe-
less, he made the best Of it. Most
young Nen wOud have Celiyhtediv
acted caIal er SUI to sucl a charming
clurief OF glrs but EoaerlcK woul IA
lAousana times rather have sat b.
side TINS one Slrl ana wa. ched her
pour out the tea and d.strl ute the
various coAdIinents which seemed to
ON ose TINS innocent evening meal.
aiter the custom Of IN Nc cAatel
1oIN.
All IN" tax was III rench. OF course,