Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-06-10

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"Ccrtainly; l shall be delighted"
Mrs. Callander opened and uprcared n
grand white, much-befiounccd parasol,
bowed graciously and was whirlcd away
to her hotel.
your drive. Mabel" said her sister, look
ing earnestly ut her.
Il assure you Mrs. Callnnder was I'M
usually amiablc. l don't think she stab
bed me more than once or twice." She
slipped her arm through Dorothy's, and
turning towards home, walked OH slowly
between her sister and Egerton.
Mabel and Dorothy Wynn were the
days of purchase, never had money
enough to buy the ncxt step beyond that
of captain.
When both girls We're babies, Captain
Wynn lost his wife. and then, in consider
alton of his junior officers wishes. cx-
pressed in bank notes, retired. He did not
long survive the combined loss of wife and
career. His daughters remained mt the
school where she had placed them, in or.
der to acquire the means Of adding to their
diminutive income.
They had apparently no relation save
shSAA SuuAulhu, i uul StituulSlls 11G WIS
IL distant cousin of the late Captain Wynn,
and his nearest %friend-he was also en-
ecutor to. his kinsman's will, MS well Us
guardian to his children; and very faith
fully did he fulfill the duties he had I'M
dertakcn. The young orphans soon learn
ed to look upon him as an elder brother;
indeed to Dorothy, who was five years
younger than hef sister, he seemed in
their childish days quite elderly.
One afternoon he brought II married sis
ter to see them. This lady invited the two
girls to dine, and go to the thcater. a
supreme joy in itself, and productive Of
important consequences.
AT dinner they met Colonel, then Major,
C%allander, II grave, sedate man, who had
run the gauntlet of many garrisons with
out any serious affairs of the heart; and
fell utterly and absolutely fatloms deep
in love with the defunct captains lovely
daughter Mabel.
Colonel Callandcr. carried out his pro-
icct, and Mabel. won by his quiet kind
ness. and pleased ut the prospect of a
home which he assured her she should
share with her sister. consented with
sweet. frank readiness, and in about six
Aa' tINNA uVl AlSI IlSStlilS AkdtDSl
Wynn became Mabel CALENDER, the object
of her grave husbands profound devotion,
of her overbearing mother-in-law's deepest
dislike.
This event wrought II considerable
change in the ,ife of Mabel's sister. The
first grief of parting over, Dorothy found
that many pleasures and advantages had
come into her hitherto rather meuger eX-
SSfnNoo C1,n bn1 ,ro}y;nw frnnls ,,orn
abundant bonnrts. and more frequent ex-
petitions to concert and panorama with
those bcttcr-off elder girls whose superior
lot she had hitherto envicd.
The Christmas and midsummer holi-
days. spent with Major and Mrs. Cnllan-
der wherever they happened to he quar-
tered. were glorious periods of fun and
frolic. and when little baby niece was pre-
scented to her. her JOY and %cxultation knew
no bounds. Towards her brothcr-in-Iaw she
felt the warrlrst regard, not untingcd
with awe. and her highest reward. when
She did not resist her natural tendency to
idlrness, and attained any school distinc-
t~inction. WAS Callandcr's grave approba-
ton. This lialcynn period am to IL close
when the baby girl was Il few months old,
and the regiment being ordered to India,
the commanding officer retired and Cal
lander got his step. But IL warm climate
did not suit his fair wife. who was never
very strong. After the birth of n boy she
was ordered home.
Dorothy. now close on the serious age
Of eighteen, by Callander's wish, left
school to reside with her sister. The only
drawback to this blissful arrangement
was the ncigbborhood and supervision Of
Mrs. Cai.amdcr, the dclicncy and dcpres-
sion of Mabel. This, however, seemed
likely to pass away. as. in a month or
two, dorothy gladly recognized an i'm
%provemcnt in health and spirits. The Win
ter WAS Il pleasant one. for Paul Standish
proved himself the best guide. p%liloso-
piier and friend they could have had.
The gaycty Of their lives was consider
ably Increased towards Christmas by the
arrival in London Of Egerton, who had
known Colonel and Mrs. Callanlcr in
India. whore lie had gone for sport and
travel. He loaded the sisters with flow
ers. stalls mt the tlicaters, small presents.
endless attentions. managing at the same
time to stand well with the Dowagcr, who
respected his wealth and position.