The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-30

some kind person called 20 ask after her.
The reply WAS tina; she hai gone. Where:
Noholy knew. Neither ,lor'or nor chap.
lain could tell anything except that she
was gone.
Vanity had been dangerously wounded
The bail had entered her side. ana the
doctors had great troublr ia extracting
it. The patient suffered much, and from
weakness She dropped into :"yrr. The
physicians said she would die, b1' She
rallied. and. with Il weary. h"ar'S!c6 look
upon her face. turned. rs il W"r". mp 'ae
/ toil>omc road lcadin. back 10 tho life TIA,
noW is.
\ lady was nursing in tn" hospital who
was what | used to cail a nun-oHly ! be-
licyc now the saving is ~"Sistcr." and she
seemed to he drawn to Miss Vanity by
what she was told. Somehow this lady.
Sister Catherine. treated tn" sick girl!
like IL daughter. Anyhow. Sh" found the
way 10 Vanity IIarlware's heart.
Poor Vanity Hardware. Woundrd in
body and utterly broken in spirits. Sh"
chung to her new friend like a chad, and
told her all the story of her life. How
her mother had been good and true
through all her Suffcrings. until her death.
How. when dying. she had called Vanity
10 her side, and put a little faded white
flower into the chiid's hand. saying:
There. darling. | laid that flower 81
your little breast The day you wore bap-
TIED. Then the flower was as fresh and
sweet as your bosom was white and pure.
Keep that flower. year after year, my
child. Never do anything 10 sol! it"
(which | ncvcr did" Vanity said. burst
ing into tears at this place. ! never for
got mothers dying WORKS.
For which," the good ally said. thank
the blessed Lord. Io: have Il Row life
before YOU"
"\o." Vanity ANSWERED.. with - irmnc~~
in her beautiful eyes rna} amazed Tin,
lady. Won mistake me. | Shall never BE-
gopl."
And N this word Nantty Hardware
turned her face upon the pillow aai LarS,
ont crying. For all he world Ike "a
broken heart,
Sister Catherine WA, not the woaaa. 90
give Vanity up. Attracted hy Naaj-v'~
looks. plying her surruW AMI Sustained
most of all 10y her own rr$ulutr Nlli. ii,
/ determined thai Til. ctrl should have alu
more chance in lie, aui 5ha1 il good ou,.
She had Il Niece. a married lady. who lived
about fourteen miles away in a hanl-
SOME country house. This niece was rich.
and Of the same persuasion az the av,..
was a charitable lady ana did many GOOD
works.
This niece was not "a n,o. nor If All
n%unmiSh in her ways. bar fond Of life AMI
fashion. Now. to This YOUNG laly the s..
toy diSpltchod Vanity Hardware. with -
/ letter Of Introduction. and n. time was /,
rainy October evening when uonr VANITY
with trembling steps and beating hear
stole up the avenue towards Tho fin. hnusp
to which she had been directed. She SAW
an iron fence which ran ROUND The lovu.
She gaZrd into n handsome 1r,winu rono,
which was so brilliantly lighted tl,r h.,
quick eyes could see all Thar won, on
This might have, boon whor uu,l;tv c,ll
the childrcn's honr. Two mites wnr,
PLAYING about the room dressed IN NOR.
lection. and Vanity no,irnd ,hot q, th;r,j
small girl. with a white face and lnnn
dark hair. vas living on 4 lady'S Ian
watching the other children With = tirrl
expression. Vanity chilled mis- l,dv n,r,.
ma at once.
\ gentleman sar IN an easy crair reod.
/ ILL., ne new Siplt Mf ana my f1kHn.F nAr1,,
of ANYBODY. From IN. familiar w,v ~,
two little children ran ohnut him v,ri+.
JUDGED him To be IN, fath4r of The f,mHr
Next she remarked tina, ON . .nt,nn thr-,
was posted an elderly lady. very STOUT,
very stiff. very doe,natic in hnr 5Eoo,nn~
Now. Vanity Hardware had owe, Ike -,
lynx or a hawk. and the light If n. room,
rs / have said. was brilliant: :, She saw
how this old lady watched with .br.ucl
and DESIGNING face u lii of hy-,fav which
was going on at the piano.
/ Beside the piano Stood y WALT, shi,uol
ruddg Young man. who had .v:Inn.i-
inst DROPPED into the drawjur r,,,n !,
young lady was sitting at the INSTRUMENT
looking I'D with laughter INTO hi, face.