The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-12-12
a %6roublesomQ Girl.
By THE DUCHESS.
By THE DUCHESS.

because tncy re so c!eNer, 1 lhlih'
They can't fix their minds on one
thing, so crowded are their brains
with lovely ideas. He could improyise
by the hour sometimes. until he made
the tears come into your eyes; but
then other sometimes he could do
nothing at all. The mood was not
with him, he used TO say. He could
not solidify himself, as it were. He
is" with Il sigh. "a little i~ncOnscGuent,
p~crhaps.".
1T might strike one as So" says
Dalrymple. dryiy. And it was with
this incOLsequent person that Mr..
Barbour saw fit to locate youE'
Yes; why" turning her large, sur
priSed eyes on him, do you speak of
him so? | tell you he and his wife
are the kindest souls on earth. They
taking lire for her whil0m friCud*, in
spite of the depression and fear under
which she is laboripg, they gave me
more love, and care. and sympathy in
four weeks than | ever yet received
from anyone"
"Ncll!' says Dalrymple with
shocked TeprOach, ana then checks
himself. az they have been kind to
you, and if they are poor, surely we
can do something to show I'll graft
tude to them he says, presently. in
Il constrained tone, yet with evident
feeling.
All" cries she, turning eagerly to
him, IF you would help me there, |
should be grateful. But" ]nervously,
"graudpapa, he"-Long pause. is
lie very angry, NoelE'
"He isn't exactly delighted with
YOU" says Noel. rather un~generously,
it must be confessed.
You mpan- Where are we go
ing?' cries she, suddenly. "Oh, not
TO anybody | know. | cOuldn't-I
couldn't face them again; and espe-
cially grandpa. I'll go back spring
ing w. I'D rather face the audience
again than grandpapa."
'Sit down. says Dalrymple. COM
Polling her, rather unceremOniOuSly,
to resume her seat. Your GRANDPA
er is not so formidable as you choose
to believe him. You" stifny, needn't
be uneasy about meeting him; he is
decidedly anxious to get you home
again"
ITO scold me? To lock me up, per
hapsT' questions Miss Fairfax. who
has evidently small faith in Lord Car
byneS tender mercies.
"NO-tO forgive and receive you"
says Dalrymple. And then, sadly:
What had we all lone to you, Nell.
that you should regard Us as so many
Ogres?"
Twill he forgive, Noel, are you
Sure?' says she tears starting to her
eyes. "Oh, If | We're sure Of that.
But-he has been always so stern.
that I'm afraid to meet him now; and
yet she pauSeS, struggles with her
self for Il mOmen and then is van
Quished. She bursts into tears. I'm
even more afraid to go back t. that
awful theater." she sObs, crying now
as If her heart would break.
Nell, Nell! don't go on like that, l
tell you, l swear to you, that Lord
Carbyne will receive you with open
arms. My darling-my dear girl, IL |
had a doubt of what I say, do you
think l would speak like this or de-
ceive you in any way? AS for going
back to the theater, you may be as
Sured that that is out Of the question
forever" He had. almost unconscious
ly, slipped his arm around her waist,
and she, uncOnsci0usly. too, no doubt,
takes 40 notice of 1t.
1T must seem strange to you that
/ should now so hate the publicity
that before l so craved,' says she,
drying her eyes, yet sObbing Il little
every now and then. Il didn't know
what 1t would be like, l suppose. You
see," forlornly, lit was all very we'll.
playing to ones friends and acquaint-
ances. even though they might be
counted by hundreds; but to play to
everybody-to the crowd! Do you
know lifting her tea%rstained eyes to
his, II used TO think that because II
was the crowd that it would be more
intoxicating to play to it-but-I was
wrong. 1t did not please, it only
frightened me-"
Yes" says he, apropos Of nothing.
In truth, he hardly hears her. He is
overcome by the fact that she has let
him keep his arm around her slender
waist without rebuke.
1T was dreadful goes on Miss
Fairfax, lost in her own ~reverie. ".All
at once l felt those myriad eyes fixed
upon me. Upon me alone! If I had
been acting with somebody, like the
heroine Of the play. it would have
been different. we might have divided
the honors; but the part assigned me
left me alone"
n more alone than If you had
been playing at a concert"
"Oh, yes, yes; 1t was a novelty in Il
play, don't you see? One dosn't often
get good music out Of a trihing, thin
part in a comedy, and I know my mu-
sic Is good" says she, as If very much
ashamed of herself for saying so. but
compelled to be honest. Mr.. Barbour
thought it would be a good opening
for me. The play was sure TO be a
success, and the people would come
AID talk CT my playing"
And the coming Of the people