Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-27

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at is admirably situated. A family
,lace, / suppose" asked Miss Morton,
passing up her cup.
"Nawr' exclaimed Uncle Sandy. al
bought II wi my ain hard-earned money!"
"Oh, you lucky man! or all powers. the
me | envy most IS the power Of making
money"
You have quite enough, dear" said
11dy Finistoun. Now, my dear Mr..
,raig, want you 10 spare my cousin TO
ne for a few days 1t is so long since we
we're together, aud a we have rather a
pleasant party, and the change
"Sne's no your cousin" said Uncle San
~, hastily; ''she has no kin except me.
Her grnndmother's kin fell from her when
she most needed them"
But she ia indeed m cousin: md
through her ] claim you, too, my dear Mr..
Craig, as a kinsman, il you will permit the
claim
1T would Dc hard to say yc nay" he re-
.orned, a smile pickering up his selt-satis-
lied face. Mona may please herself
Do you always wear the kllt;' said Miss
Morton, abruptly, to Kenneth.
Mostly, when I'm amang the heather"
ITS very becoming. said she, with an
adniring glance. Il do not wonder at
Highland gentleman wearing Z; tat you
are all very conceited."
II am sorry you think so"
Don't You admit it,"
81 am not sure
"Ah! that j. the cautions, Scot all over.
Tell me, are you his nephew nolainy in
the direction of Uncle sandy
81 am
And Miss Cca.g's brotkert'
NO; my name is Kenneth Macalister."
All! Highland to the backbone. Then
g this young lady yoar sister,"
Kenneth and Mary bluslied simultane-
ously.
II SEQ. No, certainly not returned
Miss Morton, with a harsh laugh. Now,
Nj. Macaiister, the room is rather warm:
haven't you a ~shrubbefy or a garden. or
something TO show mey don't care TO sit
here amy onEcr."
Kennel rose Reluctantly.
"Oh. yes, I can take you for a STROLL
al ann going 80 look nt III. grounds, said
the -asolute spinster to her chaperon, with
Mr.. MacaliSter."
my niece will" began Uncle Sandy,
but Miss Morton promptly interrupted
him.
"Oh. no, thank yen; 1 don't want any
young ladies'; a Highlander is enough for
me" and she walked off. followed some
what sheepishly by Kenneth.
".diliy Morton Processes not 20 like wo
men, explained Lady Finistoun. laughing.
"Mair's the pity said Uncle Sandy, dry
iy, FOR I'm thinSins few men would like
herr
81 assure you they 10. She IL very pop
ular, and has had endless offers--to be
snre. she has a GOOD fortune"
"Weel, weel, siller is nae everything 10
q wife. Moo, if yon'll TAX nae mair tea,
I'll 20 round the grounds with you myself"
THANK you" and Lady Finistoun sat
isied her hosts heart with ordinations
of admiration and Observation-Disclosures
fattery
"Weil, my dear siT. l must tear myself
away. The shades of evening will he round
US before we reach the Lodge. Now, where
has Miss Morton wandered tn with that
good-looking HiGhlanderf 1t viii be dark
before we can 90 home"
al think they went round by the big
oak" said Mona. II will &c and look fof
them"
When found, Miss Morton proposel-as
Il was only three miles to the Lodge by the
short cut over the hili-to walk back under
Kenneth's escort, n suggestion which eyi-
IDENTITY alarmed him.
This Lady Finistoun decidedly mega
tived.
Don't talk such nonsense, my dear.
Mr.. Macalister wonld not get back till
midnight, and you would be too late FOL
dinner. Three miles over q hilltop are
equal TO six ON a fat road. Come, let us be
going"
You are a little tyrant." said Miss Nor
ton.
"Wfil YOU walk with me to the gate,
Mona, while they are bringing round the
phaeton? am sure Mr.. Macalister will
come so far with Miss Morton"
"yviG, pleasure, = cried fora.
Having bid a cordial farewell to Uncle
Sandy, and a civil goodbye to Mary, Lady
Finistoun slipped her arm through Mona's,
and they walked slowly down the approach.
"I have been dying TO ask youa hundred
questions, dear" she exclaimed. What
a droll. intensely Scotch Scotcaman your
uncle isl Quite a characteri am sure he
Is very rich. Has he adopted yonY Is he
going to leave You all his money! Is young
Lochinvar' "A lover, or a rival near the
thrones Tell me everything"
Mona laughed. and gave Lazy Finistoun
a slight sketch OF the situation, In which
that sympathetic young pecress was i'm
mensely interested.
'The Draw Hielandman' Is no doubt an
excellent person, - she said; 'but l should
like To see you sole heir to your uncie's
wealth. suppose he is very richf"
"Not according TO your standard, l i'm
agine," returned Mona, though believe
he could make Kenneth independent, aud
me, too; for I have found that woman
wants but little here below to a her
happy. Money cannot buy what is most
essential"
ooh, of course not! Sill N wants a
few necessaries. l often wonder how poor
Geraldine will get on. She Will not hear
of the horrors which wait on poverty"
MAY T." said Mona, with n slight hesit-
alton. '.paayi send my love TO your mothers
l am SO fond OF her. Aud you know she
has a right to be angry with me. Ibid not
behave well to-"
ITO poor Leslie waringr' put in Lady
F~inistoun, as she hesitated. mo. you did
not! Now, l dare say you arc sorry for IT."
II am very sorry ! panied him. but I am
very glad l dill not marry him. II would
have been bad for both OF u.s."
Perhaps so. At any rate he Is gone to
the bad, so some one was telling Inc. He
lost heaps Of money on horses and at Monte
Carlo; and he got into an awfully fast set;
then he disappeared. They say hc was
last seen blowing or breaking horaes, or
some such thing. In Texas. So. after all,
he might have ruined you as well ~ him