The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-05-29

Inc weather had been unusually warm.
or all OPPRESSIVE summers a hot summer in
London is the hardest to endure. The little
exercise that Sydney could take was, us
Randall knew, deferred until the evening.
On asking for her he was surprised to hear
that she had gone out.
rs she walking" he asked, 'son such a
day as thisg.'
No; she was too much overcome by the
had been sent to fetch a cab, and he had
heard Miss Westertield tell the driver to go
to Lincolms-1mm-Fi Fields.
The address Il. once reminded Randall of
Mr.. Sarrazin. On the chance of making a
discovery, he went to the lawyers Office. 1t
had struck him as being just possible that
Sydney might have called there for the sec
ond time; and, on making inquiry, he found
that his Surtnise was correct. Miss Wester-
field had called, and had gone away again
more than an hour since.
Having mentioned this circumstance, good
Mr.. Sarrazin rather abruptly changed the
subject.
lie began to talk of the weather, and. like
everybody else, he complained of the heat.
Receiving no encouragement so far, he Sc
lected politics as his next topic. Randall was
napproacliably Indifferent to the state of
parties and the urgent necessity for reform.
sun bent, as 1t seemed, on preventing his
VISITOR from taking Il leading part in the COLI
Versatlol, MI. Slrlazin tried the exercise of
hospitality next. He opened his cigar-case
and entered eagerly into the merits of his
cigars; lie proposed a cool drink and de-
scrihed the right method OF making il, as dis
tlnguisiied from the wrong. Randall was not
THIRSTY anu was not inclined to smoke.
Wonld the pertiiacious lawyer give way at
last? In appearance, at least, he submitted
to defeat. You want something of me, my
friend,' he said, with a patient smile. What
is it?'
~ want TO know why Miss Westeriield
called on YOU
Randa battered himself that he had made
a picvaricating reply simply impossible.
Nothing OF the sort! Mr.. Sarrazin slipped
through his fingers once more. The unwrit-
ten laws of gallantry afforded him a refuge
now.
The most inviolable respect he solemn
~ declared, "is due to lady's confidence
and, what is more, to young lndy's conf
dence-and, what is more yet, to Il pretty
young ladv's confidence. The sex, my dear
fellow! Must | recall your attention to what
is due to the seX?!,
This little outbreak of the foreign side of
his friends character was no novelty to Ran
dial. He remained as Indifferent to the in
violate claims of the sex rs if he had been an
old man of 90.
Did Miss Westerfield say anything about
me|' was his next question.
Slippery MIR. Sarrazin slid into another
rcfuge-he entered a protest.
Here is q change of pprSOnS and niacast3
he exclaimed. Am l a witness in a court
of jnstice-and are you the lawyer who ex-
mime me? My memory is defective, my
learned friend. Non hui ricordo. l know
nothing about it,
Randall changed his tone. "We have
amused ourselves long enough" he said. II
have serious reasons, SarIaZii, for wishing
TO know h passed between Miss Wester-
field and you-and ! trust my old friend to
relieve my anxiety"
The lawyer was accustomed to say to him
self that he never did things by halves. His
answer to Randall offered a proof of his ac.
curate estimate of his W character.
Your old friend will deserve your conf
dence in him." he answered. You want to
know why Miss Westeriield called here.
Her object in view was to twist me round
her iingen-and | beg to inform you that she
has completely succeeded. My dear Randall,
this pretty creatures cunning is remarkable,
even for \ woman. l am an old lawyer,
skilled in the ways of the world-and a
young girl has completely overreached me.
She asked me-oh, heavens, how i%nnocently
If Mrs. Or1nond was likely to make a long
stay at her present place of residence
Randall interrupted him. You don't meal,
to tell me you have given her GATHERINGS adj
dress?'
Bucks hotel, %Sydenham,' Mr.. SaIrazln
answered. 'Slle has got the address down
in her nice little pocket-book."
What amazing weakncssr' Randall ex-
..s:i",nd.
Mr.. Satrazin cordially agreed with him.
Amazing weakness, as you say. Pretty
Miss sydney knows many things more, be-
sides the address. She knows that Mrs. Or.
mond is here on business relating to new in
y%estraents OF her money. She knows, be-