Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-05-25

| now?' / managed to whisper NO LOUD
enough to be heard, and Immediately
suffered for 1t.
az don't want to be killed Just yetl'
/ demonstrated at last, after another
embrace.
".I1l give it you in smaller doses
then!' agreed my 'Fisher-Lad.'
"'How did you find me, Mr.. Ray?' I
asked, trying to give the conversation
a reasonable turn.
".Instinct. But. Olive, I'm not going
to be called "Mr. Ray" any longer
~ don't know your Christian name
yet / said.
why Olive. you have never called
me by any other!'
What do you meanr'I asked, per-
plexeJ. 'Auntie puzzled me by saying
fat / had heard it again and again,
but | don't remember having heard 1t
mentioned once
My name in full is Raleigh Hayes
IL opened my eyes to the fullest ex-
tent.
land that is your yacht?' I gasped
at last.
ayes, little woman
"'But you told me Mr.. Raleigh Hayes
hardly ever left the yachty'
But / said Mr.. Ray did-there you
see the result of ones having an elder
brother. While Albert was alive, I
was "Mr. Ray" and, though he has
been dead these six years, the old
name clings TO me. / can't deny 1 gave
that name to mislead you, because a
little bird whispered to me that the
other was Objectionable in the ears Of
a certain young lady as the name of an
Objectionable sutton
"'HOw did you know thatY' / asked.
" Oh, "A matchmaking lady let the
cat out of the bag in my presence
oncel'
"~'Grandma?' 1 queried.
old lady she isl
II agreed with him, and then re-
turned To my questions.
You are not a poor man thenr'
81 never was. Who told you that?'
- don't know that any one did
confessed; but | got that idea some
how. So you are Mr.. Raleigh Hayes,
and, Notwithstanding the choice before
you, as the best parti Of the season, you
are going to marry a nobody!'
"A nobody, indeed! Do you not
know that your picture has been ac-
a'Has it? Oh, Ray, I am glad. No
wonder you thought it would be a joke
for your friends to meet you there as a
simple fisher-lad.'
"'By-the-way, speaking of your pict-
ure reminds me that I had a letter,
just before | left, about your model
What about him?'
- was to see that you were not
swindled or taken in in any way by
him-that was all
"'Who told you to do that?'
"a very good sort of fellow, q chum
of mine. who takes an interest in YOU
"'Do know himv-"'I believe he is
a friend Of yours and of mine
"A friend OF mine? All, | know
Mr.. Trevalyne! Hilarie must have
shown him my letter! What did you
answer?'
"'Lauded your model up to the skies
as a pattern Of goodness and honesty.
And ! must now let them know that.
ta.sen in by your goodness, you are GO
ing 10 marry him.
81 suppose l must, I responded, with
a smile; and the only consolation |
shall gain from such an event is the
fact that it will be the first time | have
ever done anything that my terrible
grandma would praise me for
What did grandma do to make you
desert society and bury yourself here?'
An! | exclaimed. not quite relish
ing the confession. You know it was
my first season, and grandma was cross
with me for throwing away what she
called "a splendid chance; but
thought it was only an Objectionable
old man, and she told me that / was to
try my best and get-that is-the best
part, in factor leave the house
And you thought it was better TO
meet that Objectionable young man in
Stillworth?'
took no notice of the interruption.
81 went to aunt Prissy at once, and
have been with her ever since
Now I'll confess While that very
wrathful scene was taking place, 1 was
in the next waiting TO see Geoff-
rey Trevalyne; and, after hearing a
few words from a not-too-polite young
lady, L did not wait any longer, but
marched out of the house in disgust
"Ol, Rayr-"'Oh, Olive-what will
grandma say now?'"
l wrote the foregoing some time ago,
but, when saw what a pile | had writ
ten, | took pity on Mrs. T~revalyne, and
decided not to send it. On the first
visit paid me by Mr.. and Mrs. Treva-
lyme, after | had changed my name
from Olive Dalla, to Olive Hayes, /
was turning over IA drawer full of old
sketches and papers. when | came up
on this budget; and Hilarie. seeing her
name on the first page, took possession
OF it.. Since that time 1 have often
beard quotations from the above. and
some of my fashionable friends lool
puzzled when Mrs. Trevalyne or hel
husband twit me on my liking for
certain NEW MODEL"