The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-01

moved him -bowing instinctivoly. n
mon blu.hing deoIly to think that he
had done so. that he had taken such a
liberty with any strange lady, Roderlck
hurried away, having indeed waited sc
Ion tina. his swift young feet and tho
banpv tardiness Of swiss railways alone
suved him from losing his train and the
Heynier soiree. ~
morrow" thought he. 1T IS a lar
nre,tier town than Neuchatel; and
wonder if she is a Bernois:: | wonder
if shall ever see her face again:
lust thcn-was it possibIe:.ln the
dim light a gray gown passed him and
slipped into a third-class carriage. And
he had an impression that she wore a
gray gown.
"Nonsense." laughing a himself as
he lounged back in his luxurious
wagon: IA creature like that couldn't
possibly travel third-class.
SO he tired to for ct her, and think
only of the Jungfrau: then s~ccondarlly,
of the means he must take to interest
NJ. Ecvnier in his scar h for Archibald
.Iardine in whom. it must he confessed,
hi, own interest was fast dying out.
ANYTHING tedious, or dull, or unpleas-
ant. was so new to him. He did not
appreciate it 1T all.
The train being late, he had only
lust time to dart ont and fly to his
hotel 10 DIRE IS for the evening.
He had a fine face ana Il graceful
figure. a BEARING that wa every lnch
the gentleman'-and manners-wc!l,
he could not have said a harsh or dis
courteous word to a woman - any
woman high or low. ugly CT pretty,
Young or old-for his life. Thus he
appeared Is he entered the salon If Nj.
lc Professor Reynicr.
1t was very dimly lighted. with
shaded lamps. so that az first Rodcrick
distinguished nothing. then he be-
came aware Of a ~gray-haired gentle
man, a matronly lady. Il a cloud Of
young people OF different ages. down
TO quite small children: OF Il courteous
ana kindly re option, and If passing
into Il salle.a-:nanger. where wa, laid
oIt Il simple but abundant meal corre-
spending TO the hungry tea Of $50 CHI
habit. Everything, indeed. was cx-
trcmely simple-bue so pretty. from
tie shiny parIuet floor to the ia t.
fully dec dated table. with its dainty
china, flowers. AVID fruit. One mis-. cd
a lit @ the fright English fire. and
the stove gave a certain clGseness to
Il G room-a sense OF YARN darkness,
which. however, was not ~unplcasant:
thee wa Il sort of mystery about it
ana youth likes mystery. Roderick
glanced round him at the arty, evil
IDENTITY quite Il family party.
1t was an odd thing. Il very odd
thing: but dropping down as if from
the cloud, upon thi, little town which
a we X ag) was to him Il mere dot on
the map. he felt himsc cutie at home
therc-he Il Cambridge man and Il ina
Of jortune more at home than he bad
done in Kichcrden s~ocietr all his days.
And when re-entering the salon. he
found Il few other guest. scarcely Wis
ible in the dim light. and was intro
diced eXpressl, TO q "Alc1s Somebody
from t~dimbourg," who responded. with
painful bushes. in the broadest of
scotch accents, he heartily wished his
W cpuntry-people werewolf. that
they were all ale al home.
And here. monsieur" continue his
host. .eading him up to another lady,
mi ale-aget-"hcre Is enc OF our best
friends. though hut newly settled near
us. who / doubt not will have the
pleasure of oonversing with YOU in
your own tongue Monsieur Ardon-
Ma; me -
~Iolerick was 50 amused by tho
transformation OF his W name that
he scarcely caught the lady',, but he
wa, too shy still either TO correct the
M or inquire abo t the other.
"Alonsicur H~cyuier is very polite"
said hi, neighbor. st.ll speaking in
French. Put he iorgcts that it is my
daughter who know, English so we'll:
her papa took tie greatest pains to
teach her. For mc-I was always too
busy. and too stupid. Eesides," with
a slight sigh. which directed Roder-
icks attention from the gentle face to
the widows mourning-though no. ex-
actly "wceds-"my husband loved
French best. 1t was the language Of
his adopted country"
He was not Swiss.born. mem"
asked Roderick. sitting down by her.
She was neither beautiful, nor oven
pretty. never could have been, but
there was q charm in her manucr-a
mixture Of French grace and swiss
oarnestncss which attracted him
much.
No, monsieur. he was English, o.
rather Scotch. naturali2ed here. NV
daughtcr,,'-but no Il anslatiUn IAN eX-
pres The tender information of that
word ma file will you come and tell
this gentleman the name of the place
i cannot pronounce it-where your
papa was born"
l,oderick gaze followed madame's
- a Ia | slender girl. dressed. not like
her mothor, in b ack, but in pure
white: no tloppr. hourcv muslin, BIT a
thick, soft wooden material. up to tho
throat and down t. the wrists. She
4 Il small. well-set curly head-a"t-
ual curl. Xix a chi Il and turning
quietly roun she met him with those
cam blue eye, the very same ewes
viii h had filled with tears at the sun.
st beauty OF the Jungflau.