The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-10
No longer dockpd wi Jewels rare,
Dost thou regret the courtly scene
Where thou vert fairest of the fairT'

peace of mind. to say nothing of Mr..
Maclagan's declaration that he had
not met for years a lady he so much
respected as young Mrs. Jardinc"
Good. honest man. He never said so,
but | think my poor opals will appear
on Mrs. M~aclagan's fat neck next win
ter
Never mind: they will make her
happy: and my happiness does not
lie in ornaments"
what does it lie in, them"
Love"
He knew the whispered answer,
without need of her giving it.
Still. as he pressed his wife closer TO
him, he liked to hear it.
Love is not everything. perhaps. I
mean-aS our good friend Maclagan
suggested when we babe him good
by
Wi tho flame that you're so rich in
light Il fire in the kitchen.
Or the little God of Love turn the spit,
spit, spit?
We must be prudent, And we shall be,
now the wife is Chancellor of the EX-
chequer. Still, we may have Il good
deal To fight against, which even love
will not shield us from. But after all,
Love is best"
rs it: DO you really think so? For
me ii is; but you she stopped.
I'VE are just oursclvcs-our own two
selveS,'- said Rodcrick. answering his
wifc's words. and perhaps the unspok-
Ell thoughts Of both. 1--WE shall have
to fight the world together. and alone;
but we will do it. never fear. You
Shall help me, and | will help you-if l
can. BY the way-if II dare name
such Il thing in the face of those Glor-
ious hills-did your now kitchcr-range
work well today"
She laughed mcrrily.
"IcS. everything is beginning to
work well, after a good deal Of trou-
BILE
Il know that, my darling. Anybody
less happy-minded than YOU would have
made a mountain of misery out of the
chaos | have brought you into. Poor
Cousin Silence, it could not have been
so in her lifetime: she was very dainty
and orderly. l believe; but she has
been dead more than Il ear now"
Dear Cousin Silcnce.'-with n sud
den pathos in her voice which struck
her husband. Il think a good deal of
Cousin Silence. 1t seems so strange
that we should be hcre-and so happy
We two. Did you know, Rodcrick,
that this was her favorite walk-this
terrace-hcrs and Cousin Hcnry's:"
Cousin Hcnry-that must have been
my father"
Yes, my father always called him
So. He used to speak of him some
times, not very often. ! have
told you"-hcre her voice fell into the
tcndereSt whiSper-"but | have some
times thought. if they all knew it. they
would be very glad that We W were
married. Because, as | found out by
some letters | had to look over after
mamma died, Cousin Silence ought to
have married Cousin Henry. if my
father had not come between them in
some cruel way. lie was very sorry
afterward- poor papa. but it was too
late. l suppose. And they are al dead
now. and we are here. Is it not
stranger
VERY strange. Poor Cousin ST.
lence!" Then with q sudden and mex
plicable revulsion of feeling Roderick
added: I'VE will not talk of this any
more. You see. ] am my mothers SON.
she loved him dearly. and he was the
kindeSt of husbands to henry poor
father"
And so was papa TO mamma. But,
oh. Roderick.'- clinging 10 him
with a sudden passionate impulse, she
burst into tcars-''loye is bcSt-l0vc is
best, Oh. my God. thank Thee. Take
what Thou wilt from me, but leave me
this: let me never live to hear my huS-
band say that love was DO 5cst!"
Very o young Mrs. .%Jardiuc," rs
he was fond of ealing her. put on her
wise face again, and both it and her
words often had Il curious wisdom-not
worldly wisdom. but thac wisdom
which has been characterized as COM
ing from God"-"GrSt pure. and then
peaceablc."
There is Il saying, Hodcrick-you
read ii out of the Bible this very morn
ing at Observation-Disclosures thy hand
findeth 10 do, do it with thy might
That means. as it seems to NE, at
least, DO not 30 beating about the
bush. and veXin= yourself with trying
after Il hundred things that you can
not do, but do something which you
cal do. | have been thinking Of YOU a
great deal, my husband, and Il thing
has occurred 10 me. Nou are very
clever: YOU know YOU gave me q whole
heap Of Mss. prose and poetry
which YOU Wrote at college"
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