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

ma 10 rs rlch RI goOu Nou'
ience."
Not ,ich oxa .tly," Eoderick con,
fu-edly G p ain ID. 1T l. Only an ~
house, with perhaps two or three nun
dred a year. ,,
Two o. three hundred a year. Why
that /, a fort lue, an absolute fortune
Let rs bic : the good cod for il Si-
lenrc. my child. | shall not leave you
in poverty"
she burst into tears, and then. whol-
" Iii ious Il the st AYERS presence,
moth T. and daughter feIl into one an
others arms ana sobbeI together.
CHATTER y.
From that suspicious morning. when
he had discovered himself to his Swiss
cousins" "a he persisted In calilng
them, the g va scarcely aday IN when
Roderick did not see them-at their
own homo or elsewhere. For the dear
lite iowa opened it arms at once to
the handsome and courteous young
nglishman, the lriend of NJ. kcNnler,
the newt uGd knsman OF Nine. Jar
dine. II. was invited cvcrywhere-to
y easant family dinners. honely as
elegant. and never later than | o'clock:
L SOsiul CNCiluES. " SiuhihS - ohH
ending at $50, aftcr which oh, felicity.
he often used the right Of csurt,hip
to walk with Nine. Iardine and her
daughter thro Oh the silent streets
and by the placid lake-idc homo.
He had MT exp ain d very much OF
guinness affairs. being, indeed, waiting
a%nXiously till he could get an answer
from his lawyer As t tie possibility OF
transferring MisS.'a di"e's propertt to
her Swiss relations, without the lat
ter's s spetting that they hal MT in
herited il direct. Unit tn I'm, he per
suaded himself, and wrote TO persuade
lis mother. though in the wariest and
bricfest terms. that 1t was his duty
to remain at N%euchatel.
He iika wise ar ued that it was far
too lltc n the year fer travelling or
Sightseeing, and it was only when
Mile. Jardiue ne day represented to
him with a spice Of humor, real scotch
humo', which SOMETIMES la he'd out in
her. how ig~nominious it would be to 60
back home without ever having seen
Mont Blanc. tina he planro a day at
Lausanue-a whole day-if his kind
cousins would accompany him and take
care of him.
AMI | will take care OF malame,
your mother" he said. tcnde,ly. She
shall travel with every po,sib c luxury
that she VIII let me provide. Indeed"
he added. smiling, Il assure you that |
can afford it. / am at least, as rich as
-mademOisele ma cousine Will be
pre- emily ii she choose to take posses
sion Of Bla khall."
SO it wa, arranged To- the first fine
day, which turned ont to te one If
those heavenly days which come even
in Notwithstanding the whole
wor d into Il eauty sweeter even than
that of summer. AS they sat III the
railway carriage, they three alone TO-
gcthcr frederick had provided for that
and every other possible luXur, and
comfort with a c~arcfulnesS dclici usly
sw ct and new. he and tho mother
"a ket together q d Silence looked out
of the wind W. absorbed in tho delight
OF her rare holiday. 1t was not a very
pretty country, the level region, hall
pasture hall vineyards, round the
Wit eyes which SctI ed 10 enjoy cv-
crytling so mt naely that she never
MOti, cd the G ) cs OF the " who We're
Watching her.
suddenly these mct--thc mothers
anu Illc 4ONtI =. ItOICIlCh SloIlCu anu
blushe / painfully.
Il am glai it is such a fine day" said
he h3rriedly. We mi hit not have
had anoth p. and as Don as my sist er's
MARIA Lc day is fixed | shall havu TO
thi k o. returning home"
Nine. .iarGine regarded him with
sudden sharp inquiry. "Home: Yes,
certainly: yes, m nsieur ought to he
going home. He Will probably not re-
visit Swit G land for some time::"
All the bio 4 eft tle young mans
fac; he could keep up the sham OF
! conversation II longer.
"Do YOU wish me not TO return,
madame; 30 You dislike me Dces
she dislike me-"
The word were said in the lowest
whisper. and the hand he laid on Nine.
JardiNc tremblcd violently. till it wa,
c0t.Sc.ou. of a feeble pre- sure, While a
faint smile frightened the kind, worn
a,c.
Madame" he said, still in q viii
pc. i Lam alive | VII retu u. an
speedily. Iol must surely have m
der-t)od that b; this time"
She looked him lull in the eycs-au
ca-er, que t.onin+. almost pathetic
10 k y es; you az 20 d AM truo-I
ccl sure OF il. am : tistict."
This Was all, for immediatel after
ward Silence turned round, making
some i%nnoce-t unconscious remark
about t4ej: JourneT. But fixed III
Itojeric6 mind. with a thank u!ne.s
TIA. afterward became a most awe.
we're those few wOrds-what he had
sad to the mother, and what t.c
mother ha an-w red.
Is IL lausanne already:" said 81
lence and thel flushed. q vivid scar
.ct blu h. the first Ioderick hal ever
sccl on her cD.or e,s face. 1t made
him TART nay, even tremb,e. as 6
young King might on suddenly hearing
At the 0 . the lee ot the mes engers
who bring ANN Il lOngei-for crown