The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-07-23
NIINNIlls IRlUMPH
Il TING AsTaen or sFA1RY COLD.

CHAPTER l..
"Yon have been s,,cl, utlme sssrny Tsrcd-
ennick!!'
The Indy spoke with a little aggrievcd
smilc, and In tones of reproaeh, as of those
of q person SO accustomed to regurd and
consideration that the mere Involuntary
absence of her yotarics is resented MS m
Rpproach to neglect. placing as she did 80
her tiny feet, in their dainty black silk
stockings and kid shoes, all rosetted and
gold-bucklel, nca rer, on her velvet-coYered'
fendcr-stool, to the warmth of the crimson
glowing fire.
.Hand mo my largc fam please-that
black-bugled afFu:r. Thank you:3' and.
she adjusted the black glittering fan to
Shade her pale smooth check from the ar
dent glare, and arranged her fine cambria
laceedged handkerchief over her little,
plump, white jcwelled hand to protect itsi
fairness also.
Some vain ~cxae.ins Young beauty she
doubtless appears. this fair dame. TASTY
judgments are always u~nwisc-nearly Ill
ways incorrect,
Madam Vivian had been n beauty with
ont doubt, and possessed a beauty OF her
own yct-had been Just as vain and exact
ing rs most young, courted, fiattered beau-
ties are---np more, 10 lass--sud was rs
gracefully impcrious. MS self-suticient,
self-willed, and self-possassed, rs hand-
some, naughty, wcll-bred, wcll-born,
and wealthy elderly ladies' generally
arc.
Despite her Ozark, brilliant eyes. her
smooth fairclieek, i,erscarcely lined brow,
her Well-cut lips and white even teeth
ail her own beauty, her oyvE natural gift
without q touch of art to aid madam
Vivian, of Roscworthy, was tifty-six years
of age, and Wore OF her hair, which was
beautiful, lustraus. wavy, and silver-gray,
a fragile kind of dindcm of black lace, all
besprinkled with glittering tremalous
stars and crescents of jet, to denote her
state of widowed mourning, although it
dated back some seven years before.
The person addressed as Tredennick,
therefore, was not subscrvient, hum
ble-minded, and somewhat timid individ-
ual who had the unparalleled good fortune
to be the husband of u tlattcred, imperious
beauty; nor was he her son, although his
years numbered some twenty-four less
than hers.
''My dear aunt" he said, quietly. "the
East lndinnan CAittoor is rather different
In character from your little Bluebcll, in
the days when you went yachting, to go
here aud there by the tavofs of Wind anil
tide" 49,
Dear me-, Tredennick, l should think I
know that!'' said Madam Vivian, rather
petulantly. But you have been away a
very long time, | %repcat--it seems TO me
that each of your voyages are longer than
the last. OF counsel know there are M
attractions in England .tomnke you ha stem
home.'s
The black glittering fan in Madam Wv
fans hand, and the black begemmed Taco
on her silvery hair, stirred ind iluttercd
with an air of misery and reproach.
The keen, expressive blue-gray eyes Of
Stephen Tredennick. Captain of the East
lndiaman Chtttoor, sparkled with u pass
ing CLEAN of amusement. and then he re-
piled, as quickly as before
M attractions outside the home my
dear aunt is kind enough to welcome Q
poor sailor tor
The compliment and tribute, warmly as
they were expressed: nevertheless failed
in quite pacifying Madam Vivian. She
fluttercd her fan more impnticutly for .
few moniel,ts. CHANGING athwart it with
her dark eyes tlastang in a manne which
Showed what deauIy service the dainty
weapon might have done in the days OF
her early ballroom campaigns.
ut Is your own fault entirely, Stephen
she said sharply and suddenly; you might
have other attractions, and other homes te
welcome you, if you cared"
YES, but l do not care. aunt he re
piled more quietly, a certain stern look
coming into his kind blue eyes; I've have
said I'LL we Gun say on that subject, and
you know my mind.''