The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-12-14

versed two hours, and parted, but ne
with sympathetic ideas, for Captai
Oliver said mentally
II wonder how Evelyn. who seeme
an excellent fellow. and filled wit
genial, wholesome charitablencSs
could have married that woman. Sh
is very ladylike, but prejudice peep
! out everywhere"
Mrs. Evelyn, on the contrary sal,
to herself, Il could not believe from
| Eyelyn's description, that Captain Oil
! yer was half so intellectual man as
he is: but then poor dear Evelyn could
scarcely well judge anyone in that
| particular"
| Here reader, see that a busy devil
! was raking up the ashes of the dead
| 10 ding them as dust before the car of
| nuptial bliss, which would roll off with
. happy couple.
The first thing widow does when
she begins to think of marriage, is to
Gnieck her husbands memory of its
best apparel, and put on it those worm
eaten garments, which it were
shame should perish forever.
Poor Mr.. Evelyn's was falling to tat
tars,out OF which some cunning manu-
f2eturer would soon make a sheet of
tl0lScan. on which the bereavad won-
IN might indite a love-sonnet, or a
love-lerter. Something she had limited
20 Captain Oliver of his solitude which
Is s matter or course. served as a re-
hector to cast i ray upon her own. lest
AZ should forget It, but he rather
alEnrIy SO she faucied) declared, that
hcre there were children, he could
scarcely conceive complete solitude;
AMI besides. even admitting the inca
paeity OF a childs mind to bs compan-
t0l so a fathers he deemed q second
thing demanding much con
sideration. lest that sacred trust Of
1rst love, child should be thereby
rendered unhappy.
Mrs. Evelyn did not exactly like
the seriousness of his manner, still less
his idea at heart Nevertheless, she
persuaded herself that she quite coin
cided with it; and calling Alice from
the garden, enthusiastically for herr
embraced her. as she drew her on her
knee, singing the while. This rather
puzzled the matter of fact captain, who
had half-fancied she was making adj
vances towards a quartette movement,
conjunction Of forces.
There was but one similarity Of idea
between them when they parted, name
ly the wish to meet again. With him
It was the portion Of manly dislike
to withdraw before fighting it out,
coupled with an inherent dread that
woman might outWit him, as many
man had been outwitted; lastly. a dis
inclination, from SO small q circle as
the village one, composed as it was Of
many wedges Of rotten wood, to draw
out 50 green a one as the widow, there
by diminishing its circumference, and
certainly not improving it's merit. For,
take her all In all, she was an agreeable
person to converse with, one who had
much, though her ideas on
some subjects continued strained.
With a natural confidence in the
Of unprejudiced childhood.
both parents asked their children, 'Bas-
Il, how do you like Mrs. Evelyn p
Alice, how do you like Capt Oliyer?"
And both answered exactly alike; and
rs they naturally would do, not having
spent ten minutes In the company Of
their parents. but in the garden to-
,ether
Il like Mrs. Evelyn because she's so
'ond Of Alice, and has eyes like hers"
Il like Capt. Oliver because he and
Basil 60 everywhere together, and are
20 much alike"
Could there be more puZzling answers
'iven to inquiring parents? The captain
and was silent. Mrs. Evelyn
hought, sighed. kissed Alice, drew her
N her knee, and did the most foolish
hing a mother, desiring secrecy, could
10, for she whispered
L hope my Alice never tells her
lurse anything mamma says to her?"
"Oh, never, mamma answered the
hid, opening her large, truthful eyes,
for mamma never says anything to me
hat nurse does not know"
That's good girl, Alice, never speak
Il such things" tour readers will per-
.eive the lady's speech was not very
was addressing her
''but tell me, Alice, If Capt.
Oliver were relation of yours, should
,ou like him?''
"Oh, yes. dearly, mamma" exclaimed
he now animated child, "for then Basil
would be my relation, too. and we
hould always be together"
Mrs. Evelyn. Disconnected and an
loyed that all the affection for the
aDtain should only arise from child
sh admiration for Basil, placed Alice
N the carpet off her maternal knee.
md told her that it was not pretty for
title girls to express their admiration
i boys who were not related to them.
This was said with dignity, as the
ady turned and quilted the room, leav-
ng Alice with her eyes fixed on the
round, her finger on her lip. false
tatute Of Silence. for she was too soon
,oing to speak what she ought not to
ay.
Her nurse came in and saw her thus;
ne woman began to coax, and this
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