The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
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and there will be an end Of IT,"
CHAPTER ~.
"Glad to src you. Don, | am more
than glad. my old friend, not only to hear
your praises on al mems lips. but 10 see
my f|ayoritc pupil safe and sound after the
risk Of yesterday"
1t was NOT often that the Rector or
Woolburn made a speech so compliment
airy. or. indeed. inlul-ri in spcech-making
at all. He was Il kind man. as well as a
learned one. As such. and having leisure
enough. he had g0o~d-naturcdly undertake
on to assist young Don, the adopted child
of his eccentric nc;glnor. Old Obadiah
Jedson. in his studies. and the young man
was always welcome at Woodburn Par
sonag whenever the rowing nature of Il
jet hunters calling permitted him to pass
an hour or two in the clergyman's we'll
stocked library. On this particular morn
ing both Mr.. and Mrs. Langton. with
their orphaned charge. Miss Mowbray,
were in the garden. ana the open car
rage. with its pair of pretty white ponies
stood ready before the ivicd porch.
Indeed. Mr.. Don. We are proud of You:
dli' HUN IL 4 near w IIlNt IVd>Oll " bt
proud" said kindly. mot1lerly Mrs. Lang
ton. with her hpaming smile. while Miss
Mowbray. who was perhaps Il year young
or than himself. and very pretty. timilly
held out her lilrlc gloycd hand ana said
hesitItingly. but with tears in her bright
eyes. We Thought Of you-so much
Yesterday. AMI OF Your great courage. and
the lives You saved from that terrible
danger"
Gp0.h. and almost with reverence. Don
took fhp u,tin hand for y moment in his.
while his handsome face flushed crimson.
AVON are TOO Kind 10 mo" ne said. with
manly moJo>ty. Any one Of the fishers.
any one Of th.. lalp.mpu. would have
dom, hi. best. | nm ,ura. in such = case"
Then some olhpr words were said. and
tlnn Ms. IHu.,on and her vouuc charge
str,,,,d ina -io rarri3.e. and were horne
away. nnll;pg = kind farewell To Don.
Thprr s..,tl fho r,ury man. with his
hooks ,,.lor his arm. listening. or seeming
TO listen. 10 Nj, friend and patron. but in
truth uuitn ~rncou,cious Of the drift Of thp
%lattcr's discourse. 1t was the first time
that Violet MoWhray'S tiny hand had
touchpl his; it was the first time that h"
had seen those lovely eyes of hers dimmcd
by tears. and those tears called forth by
his peril. by his daring. by the lives that
he had saw rom the jaws of death. Don
may lc excused if he was for the moment
an inattcntivo listener To the Reverend
Samuel Laugton.
Violet Mowhray's father. Major Now
bray. had died in India. and within ii few
months his wife. quite young. had fol-
~ It.. ~. H.
Ike most delicate. and indeed European,
children. had been Sent early to Europe
to escape the heavy. sultry heats and
rainy seasons of the Madras Presidency
had been let fatherlesS and mothcrlcss
at an early age. She was eighteen now.
and within a month or TWO of her nine
tecnth birthday. and Of the small income
it was but four hundred A ypar-that
She had become hr;roSs to SO sadly.
Il considerable part had been allowed 10
accumulatc. at compound interest: So
that. as her guardian was wont to de-
clare, the -irl was. for a your. lady. a.
most rich.
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