Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-29

- ss'AAcSS 10 say ~
Ernest was one or the first ~ .aat
the boat when she came aionps,s sates
How familiar 1t all seemed
Thu aspect OF the town. tho y MINI
the distant Isle OF Wight.-an aiaroorl
when he left the country on boa sus' a
Osprey. ooard It'd
Rnt what alterations might !.
find when he landed? ne moi
The house was there. inaoos. !
might not many houses bara' ouv
pulled down, and others bnil,s oeep
too, would be there, the sama Nay
nally; but what might not hae exter
pened IN the interval to pull him aOs]
from the place he had formerIr VOW
pied In her affections-what nov Ueu
age might not have been erec,os 10
Still he had faith In the noor !.
country girl who had loved h,.nal
truly n twelvemonth since ona
not doubt that she would waSdl
him with open arms. "eicon
Hardly waiting to refresh H..
In Portsmouth, he hired a horsa
putting Caleb, though much aa
his will, upon another, he STA ssaia9
Annandale; and by making pond ~
reached the village just as the sbpss
Of night We're falling upon il.
He had never been there before
consequently did not know tho co,,a
the Rivers family had occunied A
refining in his horse at the lit,,o
already several times mentionas
this story, he dismounted: and Ca,.
grinning with delight at being a,lnna
to get from out the saddle 10 WV
he had been clinging like grim daa.
for the greater part of the wav ;
lowed him into the pretty and nv
esque little building where ,b p'u
layers or Annandale drank their n,
or home-Drewed and smoked ths
pipes on Saturday evenings.
Annadale is a very different nj.
now. The railway passes throu1b
and there is a fkaring red brick tayol
now, where the diamond-windSsva
clematis-covered porehed inn on
stood.
The pretty little cottages. too h.
been swept away, and Annadale nj
a a High street, and q row of shod
aud on the spot where May Rya
once lived there now stands an /
calmly station, where the red ~
green lights wink and blink thrnu
the night. as the roaring expresl
rattle through the village. for thoul
rs aforesaid, Annadale he'd aetna
"A High street, only the slow ,ra
condescended TO stop at the little !
tion TO take the market folk
Portsmouth.
When Ernest Hartrey entered
tnn- the landlord came forward, hi
ing and obsequious.
lt was seldom that more e1sh
persOnages than the nelghboring faI
ers entered the little inn, and the M
Lord hardly knew how best to sd
sufficient attention TO his visitor
Yet there was something In his :
pearaHce which made the land1 :
rather cautious. He wore a I'd
beard and mustache. and that, In r
days when ii was part of every d !
creed To shave. was suspicious ia :
self. and then. he had a black, serv} !
Now, negroes were not in the /
of coming to Annadale: and their ).
something. in the poor fellows shd i
black face, yide-grinning mouth, 4
white teeth. suggestive TO uneducd +
minds of the father of all evil: and q
villagers assembled in the parl0r ID y
ed Il circle round Ernest and, hs =
tegaant, taking care, however, to =
at a respectful distance. :,
With what can | serve your 4,
orr asked the landlord, bowling ID :.
"See To the horses first, said a.
est: "and then l want a few mini "
conversation with you" -
With another bow. the man u
gone. and Ernest stood impatid :.
awaiting his return, for his l.,
yearned for May. D,
He ionged TO clasp her again 4 :.
arms. and hear from her own =,
that her love had not wayeredt ~
that her feelings towards him ~.
the same as when, by the seas ~
he had first imprinted a kiss upoq -
lips. and heard the glad news gu
she returned his love. 80
What will your worship pleY be-,
take." said the landlord. yafyln
form OF "A question he had al
asked halt a dozen times. :
Give my servant something for
and Grink, l. don't want anSln SOL
PRESENT" hu,
--Our food AMI ale only good Mo
for an ugly black fellow ID viii
the innkecper. brit not 80 DS goo
Caleb could not hear, cit,
Great. ugly. black fellar yvut mo
said he, grimning from ear weai froI
link cause | black tiet n1SSsf
want food? Gar. long.
Never mind him." said Ernes Z
ar impatiantly; come here. amy yll
l have some questions san' tie
you" car,
II am at your honor's serve, and
well. then. DO you know , Are
pie living here OF the name u era
Il did, your honor" bro,
Ibid! What has become VI was
The innkeeper shook his neaa
NO good. sirs no GOOD "
branch gone Ia the bld. III
.Speak-what DO you nfean. heir
said Ernest angrily. III you sale
ceiving me IL VIZ DE sne ace
you. Explain yourself. xoiu b. /.
"YOur honor needn't gel eAa lain
it; but it's every word Ia.
true. They've all gone exssps
old woman-she lies yonder' Nj
painted 10 the churchyaru er =,
daughter broke her hear, rru iden
"'Tis false!' exclaihe' Dem
will not believe 1t. Lass ball
-. 10 n y0t ""