The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-04-04
M r BOB,
BY JOHN sTRANGN WINTER.

man-no, my friend, 1 am not going to
give you the smallest clue to her identity,
so you need not look for II. She is honor
ed, feted. quoted az u celebrity of great
distinction, and yet everybody whom ]
know-and l have q very large acquaint-
ance in the Society of Wit-ends by ask
ing the anne questions, "Bye-the-by have
you ever rend anything of hersi What
has she writteny 1t was very much In
this way with Mrs. Fairlie! She was q
pretty woman. with u sharp hatchet-like
face-stin distinctly pretty, mind-a ter
rihle figure n worse feet. Yet she came
as y bride to Blankhampton, where. re.
member, the majority of the girls were
more than pretty, aud she took up the
position OF the beauty of the place. No
body quite knew how she did it-certain-
ly not because she was the prettiest wO-
man in The town. ! could mention TWEEN
| ty at this moment who were infinitely
more beautiful IN face and / doubt II l
could find one who was worse In build.
Nor was 1t that she dressed weldon the
contrary, / think she was generally rather
badly turned out, with often II skirt that
did not match itself all round, and once
saw her Mt Il particular smart function,
in the shape of IL concert ut which all the
rank mi fashion or the neighborhood had
gathered itself together, In a dark silk
gown with an extraordinary arrangement
of white muslin adown the front of her
bodice and up the sleeves TO the elbow,
which looked exactly as il she had been
at a school az cootnrv earlier In rho dnv
and haa NOT hna time IN chonge bor frocL
-. -.
YET undeh1ally Mrs. Fairlte nau the
posleion III lhe Town Oh oeing quite the
beauty OF me place, some lhaeea Weno SO
LAT as 10 cav ncr INC 3ianRhanptoh
LILY, ana ave heara hcr termed Inc
farlsh lliy, winch 1 confess was marc
On the laas. me very iast Ilhle ina lhaa
tue pleasure land lt was Il Pteasufe) OF see
lns MIS-. fairlle, IL was IN the High Street
~ ~iaukhanlPto l had NOT seen her 1or
some iittiestime. mad always been used
70 seeing q slght ont OF inc put
! aamlo on thls particnlar morning Tue
oazzlne nature OF her Biahkhampton
Llly-ness fairly took my breath away.
Sne is Tall and thin-were she not q
beauty, she might be called lanky-and
she was dressed In dark, not in mourning
though. she had n very tall hat and very
snort skirts, Very smart boots with very
hlgh heels. She Ind also a Pompadour
Stick With n big silver knob on top. Be
MUD ran a huge black poodle, q lovely
brute, slaven and shorn and fiuffed and
CURED tliihe most OF anything
a yew-trees rs You see them clipped IN
old-iashicned gardens. u his neck
he wore o massive silver collar with a
row OF SILVER pens Dig enough LOT u pony
and round each OF his semi-shaven black
legs a silver banglc 1t was q
sight, u had the poodle been as much
alive to the beauty and Importance oil
possessing such n mistress as his mistress
certainly was OF having such a dog why
he would have walked sedately in front
or nave followed demureiy behind. AS 1t
was 1t was plain to see that that poodle
dog had no pride-he declined all control.
and showed no sense OF decency what
ever. Away he raced down the dirty
street, oblivious of a long and dainty toll
cite just completed, forgetful OF his digni'
~ and bangles alike, to say nothing OF MS
silver collar and JingliuG bells, and his
mistress might, and did, call and coax III
vain, might flourish her silver-top Pompa'
dour stick and look for all the world like
Q barn-door hen standing at the edge OF
the pond into which her clutch OF duck,
lings have boldly plunged unhccding alike
of her fear and her mistress. 1t was {
And the last / saw of that deprayed ant
mindless poodie-dog, he was lying on hi.
back in the middle of ~ muddy stree,
roppipg and playing leap-frog with 1
dirty little mongrel, who looked altogeth-
er too disreputab!e to belong to any
ho9y. III the Blankhampton Lily TOOL
that dog home aud gave him q soune
beating l do not think that should Inc
tin my heart to blame her, though
am not an advocate for beating ut any
tlpe,
Well, have ramDled OIL a long wa!
from Mrs. Irafford's little party apollo
gize dear reader and nope have no
bored yop by thc way. we VIII go oacl
10 the pretty drawing-room at NO. ant
try 70 Plck, up .ne threan OIL allairs Jus
wnere we ies ~ sup! Mha,-ah gone
~ -. 49, II 49," 80 49, ~.
nas, i,s.to mala tha ono,atntan.a ~
10y !asS - :, ,.;.I. ~. ae -
ih 10 a,a = namanars i;tt1. oa,,ntnr $50 ".n
49, ILL., ,,.tai. ,.,a,,.h ,asa,,iiaa :,
w wMon1 Wall we'll fnrgive mo tiIma NM y
I yui,l try to kean y tight rrtn Of nv stoI.
AMINO tho rest nf tha way over which w
u,aon fntrov vol tooothor
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CHAPTER VIA VISIT TO MArcHAM!
Afew days afterwards alittle note cam
by hand from Lady Lucifer to the littl
lady at No. z st. Ewes.
my dear Mrs. Tratford," it said-"W
are having n large party Mt Matcham 70
shooting nextswcek, and it will givs Lor
Lucifer and myself much pleasure if yoI
and Miss Tratford will come to us fror
the 2ist to the 2Sth of the month. Nj
and Mrs. Markham aud Mr.. Howard wi
be with us then. know you will find
pleasant to meet them. If yon can Civ
the man who brings this note an answe
1t will be q convenience to me, rs l shoul
like to know before post time il you ca
come or not.
Nv dear Mrs, Trafford. yours SINGER,
ly, Violet Lucifer.i,
Now it happened that Jnlia was not n
home when her mother received aud one,
ed this letter. Mrs. Trafrord did not hes
tate o what answer she should max,
She went to her little desk and wrote
sweet note to her dear Lady Lucifer to I'll
apaot tb,t Oh, md J,I,, ,vnnld In ,b,. ~,