Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

what the interview would bring forth.
May waited fer her companion to
speak. and looked away from him sea-
wards. Her lips were tightly COM
pressed and her face expressed deter
mination. When he addressed her his
voice was soft and tender, and his eyes
7 turned supplicatingly towards her
averted face.
IF YOU know how ] have sought
this opportunity" said he-'.if you
know how / have longed to speak with
YOU, you would pity me. l feared |
should be forced to leave the peighboT-
hood without seeing you. for business
c9mpels me to leave the Park to-mor-
row"
Preparations for your marriage. l
suppose, Mr.. tIartrcy?" said May,
coldly.
Ernest looked surprised.
What do you mcanT' he asked,
n~crvousll.
simply this-that when last we met,
| was unaware of your nngage nent 20
Lord Porclcstcr's daughter, or should
then have congratulated you on the
prospect of an alliance SO suitable in
every way"
WHO told YOU that?" cried the
Young squire; 1.-THE report must be my
fathers Landiwork. | swear TO you |
Will not go"
Pardon me Mr.. Hartrey, | ave 10
possible col.cern with your family ar
engagements. and must decline to listen
to anything respecting them. They
cannot interest me-
Poor May. Her thrCbbing heart be-
IinI ba,. ,,-nrlc. tN,rt .I,n t,nJ .yAt hntsSplf
4 certain task and she was resolve to
complete it.
"AIay-NIay why this coldnnss? /
had hoped n far different reception
from You. When / last saw you when
| told you loved you-"
Mr.. Hartrey on that occasion to
which you refer you spoke words
which you could not mean; and | was
foolish weak enough to listen to you.
| now desire that you make no refer
ence to them"
Her face vas still averted as she
spoke. In her eyes tears gliStened.
and her lips quivered with suppressed
emotion: yet she uttered the words
clearly and distinctly, and. beyond Il
slight tremuiousness III her voice,
showed 10 signs of the intense pain
the interview a costing her..
But, May. feeling rs | ~do-loving
You rs | do"
"Silencc. SIR cried May. facing him
for the first time. and standing still.
"Such words as those addressed to me
an insult. ] will not listen TO them!
Ii you are a gentleman, you will not
repeat them. My station in life and
yours are far apart
Il assure yoC--
Il require no assurance wish you
merely to understand that | will not
listen to professions of love from the
atfianced husband of Lord Porphester's
daughter"
But. May, listen to me. The On
gagemcnt of which you speak exists
only in my fathers farcy. shall new
er marry herr
Reports say differently said May,
coIdly,
''Oh. May! do you believe and trust
me so little that you will more readily
believe the voice of hundred-tongued
umo than mine2 l tell you the truth
when | say that my father and Lord
dorchester have alone arranged the
match. and that neither the lady nor /
amy voice in the matter. Believe
this, implorer'
''Supposing that to be the case. Mr..
Hartrey, | do not see that it affects
me in any way"
Not affect you, May-you, of all the
people in the world who l would wish
to feel an interest in it, | tell you
that, whatever might have been, had
l not seen you, is now an utter impos-
You, and you only, can ever
be my wife,"
Your wife.-your wifer,' repeated
May. half to herself, as If doubling
that her EARS had heard Alright.
Yes, dearest May. my wife! Do not
turn from me. Tell me if you love
mc?"
IF I-no, mott cannot be. You do
not know what you are saying. That
Of which you talk is an impossibilityl'
Everything seemed to swim before
eyes. She felt like one walking
Il dream. Her brain reeled, and she
almost doubted her own senses. Conld
1t be that she had heard Alright? Was
Hartrey serious when he talked
making her, the poor country girl,
the masters daughter, his wife?
1T is no impossibility. dear May.
To a man with n strong will and a
prize in view. nothing is impossible.
then, dearest. you will be my
wife-tell me you will return my lover
May hesitated within herself. How
could she tell him she did not love him
how could she tell him she would not
be his wife!
He looked into her face and pressed
her for an answer; but when iier beau
eyes were raised and met lis
when he saw the cheeks covered with
blushes-he needed no words to tell
him that he was loved. Then !. was
Hartrey STOPPED and Imprilted
On that fair forehead a loving kiss. to
the no small amaZement Of Rose Dea-
who was following behind. and
presence they had forgotten.
Now. dearest May" said Ernest,
himself of one of her little
lands-"now, III owp part is settled,
must calmly look our difficulties in
face"
.Your father will never consent"
said May.
Il am of age, and can do without his
)ermission.'
But | would never be the cause of
In estrangement between q father and
iiS Soil. Without his conSeut CON