The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-05-03
FROM THETOMB.

guests filed slowly into the
!. great aining-hall and took
,laces, the walters began "
Them leisurely, TO give the tardy
,ime to arrive and to save them
! the bother of bringing back
j%orrses: and the old hathers, the
! habitues. with whom the sea-
II. far advanced, kept a close
\ on the door each time it
n. hoping for the coming OF new
~ faces, the single distract on Of
easure resorts. We 60 to dinner
to canvas the daily arrivals,
Binder who thy are. what they
what they think. A restless
seems to have taken possession
longing for pleasant adven-
for friendly acquaintance,
bps for possible lovers. In this
.to.elbow life our unknown
bOrs become Of paramount i'm
nce. Curiosity is piqued, sym.
On the alert and the social in
h doubly active.
have hatreds fol a week, friend
fer a month, and view all men
the special eyes of watering
intimacy. sometimes during
bur's chat after dinner, under
Zee, of the park, where ripples a
b. spring, we discover men Of
lor intellect and surprising
and a month later have wholly
item these new friends, SO
ping at first sight.
e,e, too, more specially than
here. serious and lasting ties
brmcd. We see each other every
he earn to know each other
and in the affection that springs
RAPIDLY between us there is
LED much Of the sweet abandon
and tried intimateS. And
on, how tender are the memo
herished of the first hours of
Flendshlp, OF the first cOmmun-
which the soul came to light.
first glanceS that questioned
esponded to the secret thoughts
Rterrogatorics the lips have not
yet to utter, Of the first cor
outidcncc and delic Gus sensa-
I opening ones heart to some
no has seemed to lay bare to
Is own The very dizziness of
purs. as it were, the mOnOtonv
all alike, but render MOI
|ete the rapid budding and
|lng Of friendships flower.
y evening, then, as on every
pg' we awaited the appearance
FaInillar faces.
pc came only two, but very pe-
ones. those of a man and
father and daughter. They
TO have stepped from the
Of some weird legend; and yet
was an attraction about them,
an unpleasant enc, that made
tthem down at once as the vic
some fatality.
lather was tall, spare, a little
with hair tlanched white; too
Ior MS still young countenance
Ills manner and about his per-
sedate a%llsterity Of carriage
'e>peaks the puritan. The
yer was, possibly, some "a or %
age, She was very slight,
Flel' her exceedingly pale
Inahce bearing a lanquid,
expression: one of those
"hom we sometimes encount-
pa'ehtlV too weak for the cares
PAS OF life, too feeble to move
nc llings that we must do
way Nevertheless the girl was
WIN the ethereal beauty of
PalItlon. 1T was she, undOubt-
"No came for the benefit of the
'nahcel to he placed at table
"1elY opposite to me; ana I
iohg In noticing that the
No. mad a strange Affection
nuS wrong about the nerves,
u Whenever he was going
~ anothing his hand, with
."'tch' described a sort of
his'lag Defore he was able
"hat he was after. Soon
'4n disturbed me so much I
iead turned in order not to
nuV not before l had also OBJ
'oD the young girl kept her
Nei leit hand while she ate.
ended, l went out as usual
~, the grounds belonging
PUNISHMENT. A sort of
ltsHV say, stretching clear
lc station of Auverg..e
|, :" nesting in a gorge at
tle high mountain. from
DIGS b "Uu the sparkling, bubbling
.. rom the furnace of an