The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-10-05

"Can | speak to you. sir
"Certainly. What is IT,
please give mo yonr address
For YOUR mistress!
"Yes.'
''Does she wish Ia write 10 me!'
yes;
Hugh gave the strange creature the an
dress Of his hotel in Paris. For a moment
her eyes rcstedon him with an expression
OF steady scrutiny. She opened the dool
TO 60 ont = stopped - considered-came
back again,
II want To speak for myself" she said.
do yon care to hear what a servant has
to say
Mountjoy replied that he MAS ready IL
hear what she had to say. She at once
stepped up To him, aud addressed him in
these words:
Il think you are o. of my mistress.
An ordinary nsan might have resented
the familiar manner in which she I'd
expressed herself. MoIntjoy waited for
what was still to come. Fanny Mere alb.
ruptly went on. with Il nearer approach to
agitation in her manner than She had vet
Shown:
she trusted me when other Indies would
| nave shown me the door. When she sent
forme to see her, my character was lost,
l had nobody to feel for ne, nohoGy to
help me. She is the one friend who held
out Il hand to me. j lnte the men. | don't
care for the women. Except one. Being
A servant | mustn't sly | love tina one.
If l was Il lads Idon't know that | should
say it. Love is cnut: love is rubbish. Tell
me one thing. Is the doctor 4 friend of
| yours?i
''The doctor is nothing of the kind"
Perhaps he is your enemy?'
II can hardly say that
She looked at Hugh discontentedly. 81
want to get at IT, she said. why can't
VIC understand each otncry Will Won
I t,,,rh ut a. = coy. thu Sp-, tl;,,,, ,t,,y
comes into my head? Are You II good
swimmer
An extraordinary ques ion, even from
Fanny Mere. 1t was put seriously--aud
seriously Mountjoy answered it. He said
that he was considered to be II good swim.
mer.
Perhaps" she continued, you have
saved peoples lives"
Il have twice been so fortunate as to
save lives" he replied.
III you saw the doctor drowning, would
you save him? l w%ouldn't!''
DO you hate him us bitterly as that!''
Hugh asked.
She passed the question over without
notice.
II wish you would help me to get at it,"
my mistress Of that MAJ by giving him II
kick, would you MP with Your loot aud do
ittp
"Yes-with pleasure
Thank you, sir. Now I've got 1t. Mr..
Mountjoy, the doctor is the curse OF my
mistress life. | can't bear to see IT. II
we are not relieved of him somehow, /
shall do something wrong. When | wai,
at table, and see him using his ltnifc. |
want to snatch il out of his hand and
stick it into him. ! had a hope that my
lord might turn him out of the house
when they quarrelcd. My lord is too
wicked himself to do it. For the love Of
God, sir, help my mistress-or show me
the way how
Mountioy began to be Interested. How
do you know lie asked, that Lord Harry
and the doctor have 9unrreled3'
Without the slightest appearance of en-
barrassment. Fanny Mere informed him
that She had listened at the door, while
her master and his friend were taking OF
their secrets. She had also taken IN or
portunity OF looking through the kcyhole.
II suppose, sir, said this curious woman.
still speaking quite respectfully, lyon
have never tried ti,at way yonrSelf?s'
Certainly not"
"Wouldn't you do it to serve my mis-
tresst''
And yet. you're foud Of herl You are
a mercifnl one-the only mercitnl one. Sc
far 5 | know, among men. Perhaps. il
you were frightened about her. you might
be more ready with your help. | wonde,
whether ] can frighten your VIII you
let me trys' L
The wontan's faithful attachment to Iris
pleaded for her with Hugh. TRY, if you
like" he said kindly.
Speaking as seriously as ever, Fauns
proceeded to describe her experience at thu
keyhole. What she had seen WAS not worth
relating. What she had heard. proved tL
be more important.
The talk between my lord and the doc
tor Ind been about rais!ng money. They
had different notions of how to do that.
My lords plan was to borrow what was
wanted on his life insurance. The doctor
ance had been going on for three or foui
years at least. Il have something better
and holder to propose. says Mr.. Nimpauy.
1t must have been also something wicket
for he whispered it In the masters car
Ny lord didn't take to it kindly. How dt
If she discovered me?' The doctor says
Don't be afraid of your wife; Lady Harr,
will get used to many things which sht
little thought of before she married you.
Says my lord to that; i have done my
best, Vimpanv, to improve my wife,
opinion of you. II You say much more,
shall come round to hel way of thinking.
Drop it, All right says the doctor, III
drop 1t now, mud wall TO pick it mp agar
till you come to your last bank note y
There the talk ended for that day-ant
Fanny would be glad 10 know what MI
Mouutjoy thought oft.
81 think you have lone me Il service,
Hugh replied.
Tell me how, SIR
Il can only tell you this. Fanny. Yo,
have shown Inc how to relieve your mis-
tress of the doctor
For the first time the maids impenetra
BILE composure completely failed her. III
smoulderiug fire in Fanny Mere fame,
up. She impulsiVely kissed Mount "
hand. The moment her lips touched /
che shrank bnck; the natural pallor of he
face became winter than ever. Startle,
by the sudden change, Hugh asked il sh
was IL.
She shook her head.
'lt isn't that. Yours is the first man
hand I have kissed since She checke
herself. Il beg you won't ask me abou
II. only meant to thank you, sir; l d