Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-01-30

storm.
the face OF the approaching tpmpf
And still with undaunti-- spirit Al
nella sped on toward Ter unkugrI
fate.
one after another Of her fellow pql
Spugers left the carriage in which "A
Travelled, until. at n small roadside sd
ton, amelia found herself quite aIouI
And at this station the guard put ID
head in at the door with the peremI
tory demand:
'~"Tickets,'
Amelia started from her day drea.|
and ncryOuSly produced hers.
"IOu've Travelled thirty miles fartbj
than you've any right 10 do with Id
ticket, and I've a great mind to gi
you in charge" said the guard. N
grily.
Have |? Indeed | did not mean !
10 it. | quite forgot to look ut n
ticket" said Amelia, beginning 4
tremble ia n manner most unworthy d
damsel-eTant seeking her fortune.
You know where you We're going N
l suppose. growied the guard.
Indeed | didn't: ! only wanted 4
go as far by rail as this ticket wog4
take me"
And that was TO Howth. and you'd
left HOwth twenty miles behind yOs
My gracious a the disniayeds |
clamation of poor Nella.
Come. that won't do. you knOVt
you've got to get out, and I shall sWi
you in charge of a policeman. | n
II coming now"
Don't. pray don't See. I've two ~
lings left. that ought to be enough I
pay for a twenty miles ride In a third
class carriage said Amelia. s-rins
ing out and thrusting her last lnOn'd
into the hand CT the guard.
That exemplary officer pocketed u
fee and ran forward to open the d@i
Of Il ti~rst-class carriage TO admit A gen
tleman and lady who we're waiting ID
seats.
The train moved on. leaving Annei1
standing alone 10y the roadside VIII
her little bundle in her hand, 10
without Il penny in her purse. Aroual
her, in all directions, lay the barre
and rolling heaths. Above her low
cred the dark and threatening cleBdS
Night, storm and darkness were ~
preaching. and she was houseleSS, a1a
fri"ndlcsS. and penniless on the heat
She looked around her on all sides q
shelter from the gathering ternps'
but she could not q a sign OF huial
habitation. Even the little waysa
station, SO busy Il moment DelOf
seemed now shut up and deserted.
In fact, the business of seeking d
fortune did not seem half so pleasaY
as 1t had appeared in the morning, aI
she fairly wished herself home in ge'
Mrs. Corder's third floor lack: hui gu.
for a moment, and then her spirits ~
! lied, and she walked on, saying TO ne
self:
Come. Nella, we must not be "a
mayed by the first difficulty; let Us .
on; we are in Il Christian country. ~
how, ana by-and-by we must "onlr
some cottage where the people W
give us shelter from the storm I
night, and tomorrow will be a ne
day"
And SO. with n smile i'm the face
frowning Fortune. she struck into
road that crossed the railway tac
and hurried onward.
She knew not where she was Doup
She knew not where i'm all The nor
Allworth Abbey. the goal Of ntr y
sircs, might be situated, She knew y
even whether she might be within y
or ten miles of the place. In setlD
out TO seek Ii she had taken the -
eral northern route as far as the ira
would carry her for her money, trs
ing TO the chapter OF accidents 10 y
the rest of her way to her destlnau"
1T must be within a circuit OF wv,
ty miles. i should think: and soinep9
about here must knew solletnl
about 1t. SO tonight must seek s \
ter from the storm. and to-morro" ,
quirc my way TO the abbey, :
thought. as she trudged oh""
through the gathering darkness.
Low n~u..eei.ss OF thunder anu 10" I
! drops of rain warned her to hurry y
steps. She ran On. lookt.rg eagerly
the right and left TO spy out some We y,
side cottage In which she might o. y
refuge from the impending storm y y
the darkness was now 80 thick ~
she could scarcely see her own ro''
ITO Be Continued)