The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-11-15

But now you have suggested it," (
went on, considering, tits not at all =
bad idea" Miss Hewitt moved to the
further end of the stall, and sold
another pair of stockings. Its quite
worth thinking of" I said, when she
was within hearing again, Pm glad
you mentioned it. II never mentioned
anything" she retorted holly. mo,
Of course, you didn', mention it," Il
agreed, "but Idon't see why you should
be angry because we are discussing
calmly ~" spm not discussing any
thing" she observed tartly. NO"
said /, "but if the duchess of Devon
shire thought it a good deed to pur-
chase what she considered the welfare
of her country by allowing voters to
kiss her, / don't think you should be
offended if for the sake of an excellent
charity Il am not the duchess of
Devonshire," said Miss Hewitt, shortly.
much of a kiss" Miss Hewitt's nostrils
curled in scorn. Good people are al
ways so particular, II said. philosophic-
ally. Miss Hewitt's indignation
broke forth. "Do you suppose, Mr..
Randall" said she sarcastically, ''that
n would allow anyone that wished
to-" "Oh, 1 neve said anyone,o |
interrupted, hastily. mo, certainly
not anyone" She looked at me with
undisguised hauteur. l glanced about
the stall. II should like to nave a lot
of those things" l said. 81 could send
them to a children's hospital, you
know" Miss Hewitt's face relaxed
slightly. "They would le very use
full" she said. cit would be fifty
pounds, wouldn't it?' / asked, as if
entering on a calculation. Yes
said Miss Hewitt with a little show of
excitement, ''forty-fve if anyone took
the lot" I fingered in my pocket and
hesitated. "Im afraid" said /.
You see l forgot l had promised to
buy a quantity of flowers for the in
Urinary remarked, glancing at Miss
Chudleigh's stall. Miss Hewitt's face
fell, but she said nothing. 1 took out
N.Y. pocketbook and extracted some
notes, dividing my looks between the
two stalls in a hesitating way. Il
think the children in the hospital
would like the toys very much" said
VA ~ = Ouot sh w. OACH
could play with the stockings nicely.
couldn't they" said L She paid no
heed to this remark.
II wonder if Miss Chudleigh would
do what the duchess did?!' l observed,
presently. Perhaps you had better
ask her" said Miss Hewitt, sarcastic
ally. ''Oh. no." l said hurriedly, II
was only wondering. For the sake of
the poor people do make. sacrifices, 1
suppose" II don't believe. she did let
them-let them kiss herr" remarked
Miss Hewitt, after a pause, and con-
templating a wooden horse :,'Don't|
you?" asked, looking up. ~''What.d did
they do, do you think??" Miss Hewitt
examined the toy carefully .'"!Oh, ":she
said, indiferently, Il should thinkshe
merely pretended" %"FPretended@ l
echoed. ''Yes, they only kissed-just
not quite-I mean they really didn't
touch her." she explained, with more
interest in the horse. l considered
this. but some of them,' y. I objected,
would not have been content t O be
put off that way. They must have
really "Oh, if anyone liked to be
rude and take advantage. Like that"
she said, disdainfully; she couldn't
help it, poor thing" No." 1 assented.
II suppose she couldn't, and she must
have hated it all the time. "Of course
she did," said Miss Hewitt, now in
specting a doll. 'But she did it out of
a sense Of duty-to benefit her coun-
try" 1 concluded. "A man would
never have been so unselfsh," said
Miss Hewitt. Never" 1 said, en-
phatically. But do you think that
women are capable OF such an act of
~self-sacrifce in these days?" / asked.
'.Of course" said Miss Hewitt, watch
ing some people go by with great
interest, Gift they only only
pretended to-" "But if there was
an a%ccident?" I ventured. Miss
Hewitt apparently did not hear this.
d you really think" l persisted,
''that a woman-a girl, would do a
thing like that?" "She wouldn:t-she
couldn't-of course the duchess. did not
let it pretend to be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
anyone else" Not, for example, in a
room like this,"I said, looking round
the bazaar. How then?" AFTER
wards" murmured Miss Hewitt, bend
ing down to pick up a pin, l suppose.
"Oh!" l said, ''she would only promise,
then?" Miss Hewitt said nothing. /
rose. "Well, Pm afraid l must be
really going" l said, holding out my
hand. II think if she were really
honest she would have to keep her
promise" said Miss Hewitt in a low
voice.
Hooked at her, but she was moi look