The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-15
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houg. iOtlOrn Is 4 sparrow on Il house
top. au0 ve.y ncar the hOuse-top. too.
bclo q any sign reached him that his
pessib L m0ther-in-liw 49, the sweet
Swi>, lady whom he telt he lo,ed al
ready. she WAS 81 like her daughter III
,oms thinCs-had recognized his eX-
istcace or his eagerly claimed cousin
.hip. Vt last The do T. opened.
frederick sprang forward. then drew
la X painfully embarrassed. but ST.
lence advanced with that gentle COM
nosl c which nothing aver cemcd to
disturb aud with Only the fain:est
added col + to her cheek. as. English
fashion. She extended her little. soft,
thoroughly English-looking hand.
Monsieur my cousin. anm bids
-ws welcome you 10 oar countr3 and To
sxs that she viii receive You at u this
~evealng. il o will do ncr the honor
10 come"
-Mademoi .clle-Miss Jardinc."
she lifted up her eyes. smiling.
~Yos. I am that by right, and | liGe 10
be called so. Mss reminds me that |
belong a little to fathers country
Then you are sa,isticd-your moth
or. 100, j quite satisfied that | am
really your cousin cried Rodcrlch,
ea%er'y.
NOV iji Va NpHl ~
she answered. again drawing back q
little, but my cousin much remoTed-
how do YOU ay il in English:-tres-
eloigne. That Is, they had the same
great-graadparents these three who
were educated together Nr. Heary
Jardine. who was the father OF mon
sieur, my father. and the lady | was
named after. Cousin silence
Then you, too, have heard o Cousin
Silcnce:" cried ROderici, feeling every
minut, the mysterious chairs more
tightly lound him.
"Certainly: n father loved her YER,
much ~once-alwa :, | think-thOugh
it wa Years since he had written 10
her. Did you know her: Is she liv-
ing YETI"
Then ". Reynier's note. which he
ina not yet seen, had explained moth
ing of the money Affairs. RCderick
felt glad. His welcome here was SIM
ply as Mon. ieur mon cousin, nothing
more.
she is not living. but it is scarcely
two months since she died"
All, then | shall revcr see her, and
I should have liked ii so. Sometimes
papa promised when [ was older to
take me To : G his land, anI Backhall.
AM Miss Silence JarIine. Did youever
see her. sir"
~Dn,c-only once: the day my father
died. vii. tell YOU about il another
TIM"
sudden instinct she seomel to
catch his change OF look, of tone.
"Mon-ie8r !, very good, she sand,
rcntly. and questioned n more.
There was indeed no more to :ay. nc
possible cease f = him to remain. yet
he fingered. shy as q school-boy he
fei. rs If lie could MT get out If the
o
This evening at e. then. laid Mile.
Jarline. with nile dismissal. noi
again Offering lie. hand. hut merely
bowin4. as ltcGerick walked he fe
very marn like craw ing-out of TIE
salon.
And vet il was q rio ious humility
Il node shane. Il sensation more de
IiciOus than anythinr he had eve be
licyed the world coJld olIer-thc
world, SO empty II HIM OF ~ympath,
or love, that j.. the uplookfng love
since his dear fatlcr del. lie almO-'
felt a. If lis father knew il all: the re
AcE Of what perhaps. he too la.
known in his yoHth. tn loves y0uus
dream which never twic F.,
la ,pl those to VIII IN it G ues trull
As 10. c ans ~ncithe,a- a,sion nor folly
who can say 20 them e YES. as ElLer
lex did du ing the weary homs lie
t"eea y am Now, what shall d,
for her: ha. would She like IN t
no: : mclbIng. am sa.e that wou
be GOD a.- Ht
and VT. tui- int mt. AM rerAap,
a.Gth2r b-Alni ii, he "a down aEC
40 VIA, n 10 .or!otieI t. d dal
alter DAY eye s-Aee ne had reached
NeitA"Is! ne "fo;e ians leiieE nome