Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-02

and passionate cry Tor life and Joy and
happiness. And that again glided
through q series If vaguely a~rticulate
sighs into "Synnov's Song" with ii
inef1able tenderness and yearning. Just
a. Hulda had finished the third versa
Magda, all aglow with kitchen fire ana
housewifely dignity, appeared In the
door against an illuminated background
Of stoves. candles and busy domestic
industry.
Mother says to stop that singing At
once,' she said, emphasizing each word
with the ladle she held in her hand.
1.-THE maids are losing their heads from
listening to You and sugar the meat and
salt the cake"
II will STOP" said HuldA, quietly
rising from the piano.
She noticed as she turned her head
TINT Mr.. Falck's eyes where riveted
with a singular intensity Of interest on
her sister as she stood gesticulating with
her scepter OF domestic authority. She
knew that there was something in the
vision Of the girl which revealed her in
q new light and made her double ut.
tractive to him.
"She reminds me Of Penelope" he
said with q slow smile when the door
had closed upon the pleasant apparition.
"Why Of Penelopes" asked Hulda
with q little note Of asperity.
"You know there is a scene in the
Odyssey" MI. Falck replied blandly.
where the clamorous and inso]ent suit.
ors are devouring the substance of Ulys.
ses, staying his bu]locks and roasting
them over the fire. And Penelope moves
among them with beautiful housewifely
dignity as il wholly unconscious of her
beauty, and she spins the sea blue wool
and weaves at the loom, patiently and
heroically faithful, longing for the re-
turn of her lord"
"Dear me, how can Magda suggest
al that to you? I am not aware that she
has eve been troubled by clAmorous or
insolent suitors."
She was aware before she had finished
this remark that she was saying an un
generous thing and e 1 the motive
which prompted her was al ignoble one.
She had cherished 80 long the notion Of
turning her lover over to Magda-had,
in fact. been half disposed to win him
tor that very purposc-and now when
the prospect presented itself it appeared
distinctly r~,."'.r"tive. She was 10
ashamed Il ltr = that she could have
wept. Y" W the nobility on
which she had prided herselfY Did Ghe
lack the generosity to renounce q lover
whom abe did not wantp Was she jeal-
Gus of her sister for winning q little Of
the admiration which she had herself
spurned2
Hulda lay awake half the night medi-
Eating this problem. If 1t was disagree
able to her to have MI. Falck divert his
admiration to Magda, why, then, she
had surely deceived herself in believing
that she cared nothing about him. She
was much humbled In her estimation Of
herself when she arose the next morn.
ing and found herself utterly unable to
carry out her plans to bring about an
engagement between the curate and her
younger sister. Nh. Falck made various
tentative approaches to the domestic
Penelope during the following week,
and though yet under Hulda's influence
and anxious for her approval was Gas It
appeared to her) less persistent in his
attentions. He was not exactly recrcant
or d~isloyal. but it did seem to her jcal-