Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-05-11

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offer.
"'Would your / asked at once
"'Here we are!' he interrupted, deft-
Iy shipping his sculls as the boat reach
ed "a landing-place.
"He held the boat steady with one
hand while helping me out with the
other.
"'Will you be my modelp' / asked,
pressing the subject home while he
stopped to fasten the boat securely.
"He finished what he was doing be-
fore he got up and said
"'DO you really wish itY'
Should i 1 ask you ii | did not wish
it?' l responded somewhat inpatient
Every WE'LL agreed he.
II nearly clapped my hands with de-
light.
%'Aunt Prissy said / should never
ind a model above mediocrity down
here!' / said triumphantly.
This piece OF candid admiration was
received with a flush and an embar-
raised laugh.
81 ought to be grateful
"'Oh, you need not be-! | interrupted
hastily. When can you sit to me?'
ANY time you like TO name
Twill tomorrow morning, about ten
o'clock, dop'
"'Certainly; / will be at Anchor Cot
tage at that time. For whom shall
ask?'
Miss Olive Dallas. And whom
shall ! seer' | Intercepted in my turn.
There was a pause-evidently my
model liked deliberation in matters
great OF small-then he answered sim
ply.
MY name is Ray
THANK yOn. Don't forget your IN
gagement. Many thanks for my sea
trip. Good morning.
This said as | paused by the little
white gate which led to Anchor Cot
tage, for Mr.. Ray had accompanied me
to my present habitation.
GOOD morning-er-miss. respond
ed Mr.. Ray; and this time he did pull
of his cap as | went in.
Il turned at the door, and looked at
the tall erect figure striding towards
the seashore. Il wonder who he ISL /
thought, remembering his easy bearing
and the last spontaneous piece of civil
lty. / did not believe that the objec-
t!onable twang was natural, and the
miss seemed quite an after-thought.
"Auntie luckily had only just come
down as / went in, so she had no time
to grow anxious about me. | told her
about my model, and repeated the fore
going conversation for her benefit.
"A very free-and-easy person. she
observed, when | had finished my mar
rative. Il am afraid. Olive, you did
not conduct yourself with sufficient
propriety.'
Nov, auntie, don't!' / calculated.
You know how I object to that word.
AS if there could be any improperly in
just speaking to a sailor!'
Not in merely speaking TO a sailor,
perhaps my mild auntie rejoined,
but in allowing such rude remarks to
be made. If those words about the
sharpness of your eyes had been adj
dressed to me. | would not have spoken
another word to him.
"'lou would have been too much as
founded at his audacity,' | laughed.
But he only spoke the truth. I GER
tainly did stare hard-more than /
should have done at a gentleman In the
same position. But | was only think
ing Of him as a model
There, my dear, 90 away! You are
a little Bohemian. / shalt see your
model tomorrow, and judge for my
self
The next morning auntie and l
were both down early, and, after break
fast, | sailed forth to finish a sketch |
had commenced the day before-a lit
tie sea-piece without anything remark
able about it-a rocky headland jutting
out into the sea. into which | had
moved the yacht for the sake of varie-
ty. | had been working diligently all
the morning, and my picture was near
ly finished, when, as | was studying the
rigging OF the yacht, / saw a boat leave
her side and make toward the shore.
Il wonder If my model is in it!' /
thought, watching it a moment, and
then hurried on with my sketch, for it
was nearly ten. But alas for my chance
Of a sale! l had put in a few more
touches, when suddenly a large re-
trieyer came rushing by. and in his
awkward gambols involved easel ana
paints in destruction.
Il jumped up with IN exclamation of
annoyance, and the frolicsome dog, re-
CARELESS of the ruin he had wrought,
darted away again, and barked at the
boat, which had just reached the shore.
Only my model landed and the sailors,
after having touched their caps to him,
~ Y ~ lONCu pdlh akdlIl.
Il noticed these signs of Difference,
which bore out my idea that he was not
Of SO lowly a position as he desired to
make out. He neither admitted nor
denied the fact when | had jumped to
the conclusion that he was one of the
crew, | thought to myself, collecting
my scattered belongings, and trying to
recall all that had been said about the
yacht. Il wonder il he is a visitorp'
What is the matter?' asked the OBJ
Ject Of my thoughts, stopping beside
me. Is this some of Rover's work?
Here, you, Rover, what have you been
doingy'
Changing a view of a fine sunny
morning into one of a more misty de-
scription,' | explained for Rover, show
ing a smeared sketch. He is evident
ly an r.. A., to be able to do so with
one masterful touch
Here, Rover called Mr.. Ray,
come and beg your pardon!'
AT this command Rover came and
laid his clumsy length at my feet until
| granted his pardon with a gracious
touch on his rough shaggy head.
"'He is let OFF easily, observes Mr..
Ray, with a smile, collecting my goods
without more ado.
"'How do you like Stillworth?' asked
my companion, as We took our way to
Anchor Cottage. Dull little hole, isn't
it?'
"'It's a beautiful little hole!' l re-
turned warmly.
"'Ah, yes! 1t is pretty enough; and
that is all you need, l suppose?'
Yes. I'm quite contented now
THAT Is lucky for you. I'm in a
desperate state of discomfort because l
can't get what l want
And what is thaty'
~'Oh, the incest thing in the worldl'
calmly. Il saw 1t the first time about
six months ago, and lost sight OF it till
why don't you get 1t now?' / in
CURED.
81 can't; 1t belongs to somebody else.
But am going to make violent love to
the owner"
land give gentle hints of your
wishes MEANWHILE ! said, laughing,
and wondering at the same time what
it could be he wished for so much. oh,
auntie,' ! cried, meeting my placid rel
alive at the door, Il have brought my
new model My aunt, Miss Milburne
Mr.. Ray
My aunt, thus caught unawares,
looked ~nervously through her specta-
cles at the young giant before her, and,
when he offered his hand, toOA it and
shook it with great warmth.
II am very glad to see you,' said
poor auntie, using the sentence kept In
reserve for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. taken