The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-29
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-she was quite famous in Blankiamp,ot
for her little dinners-calne Of. On TIL,
appointed evening the house in st. Ewes
had put on "A gala-like aspecf--and wler
Mrs. Tratfora's house was wearing IT.
giln-dress, ii was IL circumstance to whici
yon could NOT shut your eyes. There was
n charming ~ringenn IN lien of TIN
cosy fire of winter-time. which made tit
fireplace aud hearth look like a small
fernery I'm arrangement of looking
glass aud growing plants. trailing Ivy an,l
soft delicate moss, TO which Mrs. 1Traf,
ford gave IL good deal III personal, atten-
tion and was in consequence greatly en-
We'd by her friends, even those WHO We're
the fortunate pnsscssors of. large conserv
atories.
A few minutes before eight Julia
made her appearance in the drawing
room, where her mother had been all in
readiness for her visitors for some little
time.
DO look all right, mothersS julia
asked in her ioudest company voice, for
publicity always had that effect upon
Miss Tratfortl, and the larger the com
pany tile louder became her tones. shall
/ do"
l So WIN ASliShNItts NNtl lSlltluCtl
Mrs. Traiford in all sincerity.
Julia undoubtedly did look nice. Her
gown was one she had worn during her
visit to town and still looked very fresh
and pretty. 1t was rose pink, WAS of a
soft and gauzy material and was of that
fashion which is highly becoming to little
women OF spare proportions. 1t was cut
sufficiently low in the neck to show that
her throat was white, and the sleeves
were pulled and gathered and then were
tied or seemed TO be tied with II profus-
ion of smart ribbons: she wore Il great
cluster OF blush roses on one side of her
bodice aud carried II pink fan OF fluffy
feathers.
ooh! that is all right she said with E
gratified shipper. There was a long strip
of lo~oking-glass placed between two of
the windows aud Julia was still craning
her neck so rs to get "a side view OF her.
self when the door opened aud Cox, the
neat parlor-maid. announced, "Captain
Legard.'
Now Captain I.egard was n young man
in whom Julia did not take n great
amount of interest: he had not been very
long in Blankhampton, and ever since the
first day that he had cone into it he had
persistently and abjectly worshipped at
the shrine of Mrs. Loyelace. Therefore
Julia, after giving him her hand, found
she had nothing further to say to him and
went to the little bow window over the
entrance, which was the favorite outlook
of everybody in the house, because from
1t you could see from one end to the
other of st. Ewes, which was far and
away the most Interesting street i'll Blank
hampton.
In two minutes a cab stopped at the
door below aud Il vision of radiant beauty
stepped out and disappeared into the
house-tlie Loyclaces. Julia sat down on
the velvet cushioned window seat and
breuthed IA sigh of relief that Mrs. Love.
lace would be able to enter the room with
out finding her talking to or even sitting
near her especial adorer. She had seen
Mrs. Lovelace more than once enter a
room, just flash her great black eyes
round and by Il mere glance take Captain
Iegard away from anybody to whom he
might be talking at the time, and Julia
had no mind, II she wasn't as fair 10 see
as Mrs. Lovelace, to let her havethai kind
of triumph at her expense.
The next Mrs. Lovelace came
in followed b her husband-and oh!
\ w tbstt IL iptob w iliS " aSs - i NN
not know that Mrs. Lovelace without the
beautiful gown of white md gold brncade
which she Wore, would have been such Il
vision of. loneliness as undoubtedly the
gown would rave been without Mrs.
Lovelace. There was very little body to
1t and so much train that julia caught
herself wondering whether the skirt had
not been made before the bodice and the
dressmaker had fallen short of stuff. She
wore some beautiful diamonds and a great
ruby snake upon one arm and without
doubt pretty. woman and gown together
made a beautiful picture.
She was rather a slender figure, and
fairly graceful, but it was her face that
attracted you most, it was such Il bold
little wilful face, with y pert uptllrned
nose, aud n warm, dark. almost swurthy
complexion ont of which her black eyes
hlazed like a pair Of live Goals. Yes, un
douhtadly Mrs. Lovelace was II pretty wo
man.
And her husbands Well. he was /
somewhat colorless person, good-lookins
aud particularly patient in disposition
else he would lever have put up Will
so strong flavoring of Legard in his
daily dish.
ihSh ~ NoiI bPClCh aSaii WV wa
announced, Mr.. O'Hagan!' and there
walked into the room, or | should say
shot into it a tall aud handsome mar
all bushes and confusion, although judg
ing from his appearance he had need fol
neither.
"How do you do, Mrs. Traffordi ]
hope I'm not very latey'' he asked breath.
le,sly.
l. L h'(lt,A MT y.NIy n1,, fnt ,npviy tt,a Lost
Mr.. .O'Haran." she answered kindly, and
then Mr.. O.Hagan feverishly got through
his greetings to the rest of the company.
1t seemed such All ordeal to the poo
fellow, who had literally IN impedin,en
in his speech, not a stammer or Il Suite
or u splitter but an actual catch in hi
jaw as II the muscles wanted oiiing, AM
this combined with extreme sensitiveness
and nervousness made on-lookers wonder
why he ever distressed himself by going
TO dinners or any other kind of parties al
all.
Next to come were Canon md Mrs
Berkeley. Now Canon Berkeley was jus
then first favorite with the great spirltun
lord of the diocese, John, by Divine right
Lord Bishop of Blaukhamptou. To any
one who knows Blankhampton this !
almost Il sufficient description, but
suppose l must add a little more for TIL
benefit of those of my readers whose nc
quaiutance will, the ancient city is, as yet
a slight one.
He was, besides being q Canon Resider
ti9ry of the Cathedral, the Rector OF on
2 of the best livings in the diocese, and be
: sides these two substantial charges h
|, held ~varions other Offices, those of rurf
dean. of eSaniiuiuu-chaplnin To his lurf