The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-06-08

Ana you won tell me the reason why,
because your sweet temper shrinks from
making me angry. Shall I mention the
reason for you, my dear2 l can do it in
two words-Lord Harry"
She made no reply-she showed no sign
of feeling what he had just said. Her
head sank n little: her hands clasped them
selves on her lap: the obstinate resignation
Ter face. stiffened her figure-and that
was all"
The banker was determined not to spare
her.
Its easy to see," he resumed, "that you
have not got over your %infatuatfon for that
vilest places and among the lowest people,
he carries your heart along with him. l
wonder you are not ashamed Of such an
attachment as that"
He had stung her at last. She reused
herself, and answered him.
Harry has led a wild life." she said;
che has committed serious faults, and he
may live to do worse han he has done
yet. To what degradation bad company
and a bad bringins-np may yet lead him !
leave his enemies to %foresee. But tell
/ you this, he h,!s redeeming qualities which
you, and people like you, are not good
Christians enough to discover. He has
friends who can still appreciate him-your
nephew, Arthur Mountjoy, is one of them.
Oh, l know 1t by Arthur's letters to me!
| DlaIuP LDFu l1dTFS us SUu llIy, 1 tell Nou
he has the capacity for repentance in him,
and one day-when it is too late, | dare
say-he will show it. l can never be his
wife. We are parted, never in all likeli-
hood to meet again. Well, he Is the only
man whom l ave ever loved; and he is
the only man whom | ever shall love. If
you think this state of miEd proves that L
am as bad as he is. / won't contradict you.
Do we any OF us know how bad we are?-
Have you heard of Harry latelys"
The sudden transition. from an earnest
and devoted defense OF the man. to an easy
and familiar inquiry about him, startled
Sir Giles.
For the moment he had nothing to say;
Iris had made him think. She had shown
II capacity for mastering her strongest
feelings at the moment when thew threat
ened to overcome her, which is very rare
manage her was ~ problem for patient
resolution to solve. The bakers obsti-
macy, rather than his conviction, had en-
couraged him to hold to the hope of Hugh's
marriage, even after his nephew had been
refused for the second time. His head
strong g~oddaughter had come to visit him
OF her own accord. She had not forgotten
the days of her childhood, when he had
come Influence over har-whcn she had
found him kinder to he- than her father
had ever been. Sir Giles saw that he had
taken the wrong tone with Iris. His IN.
ger had not alarmed Fer; MS OPINION NAG
not Influenced her. in HuGh's interests
he determined to try what consideration
and indulgence would do towards cult
waiting the growth Of her regard for him.
Finding that she had left her maid and
her luggage ut the hotel, he Hospitality
insisted on their removal to his own house.
'fWhile you are in Ardoon, Iris, you are
my guest he said.
She pleased him by readily accepting
the iuvitation-and then annoyed him by
asking again if he had heard anything OF
Lord Harry.
He answered. shortly and sharply: 81
have heard nothing, WHAT is yrar last
news OF him2h
aNcws,N she said, (which l sincerely
hope is not true. An Irish paper has beer
sent to me which reports that he has
Joined the secret snciety-nothing better
than a society of assassins, I am afraid
which is known by the mama of the In
yincibles."
AS she mentioned that formidable broth
erhood, Dennis HuwmoA. returned from
the police Office. He announced that /
Sergeant was then waiting to receive in
structions from Sir Giles.