The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-03-19
LOVES VICTORY
ny BERTHA NJ. CLAY.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aEf 9EIFFN e.-r
81 do not sec Miss Hastings" she said at
last, s,and it is quite useless going to the
lviary without her. 1 do not remember the
aame of single bird; and / am sure you
will not care for tlicin.n
"But," he returned, lesitatingly, .Slr Os-
wald seemed to wish it,
sVTheru is the first dinncr-bcll," she said,
with an air of great relief; there will only
he just time to return. As you seem solicit
Gus about Sir Oswaldfs wishes we had better
80 In, for lie dearly loves pnlctuality."'
II believe thought the captain. that she
Is anxious to get away from me. l must say
that / AIN not accustomed to this kind Of
thing"
The ASPECT of the dining-room, with its
display of fine old plate, tho brilliantly ar
ranged tables, the mingled od0r of rare wines
aid flowers, restored hlm to good lunor.
II. would be worth some little trouble"
ho thought, ito win all this"
lie took Pauline i'll to dinner. The grand,
pa!e, passionate beauty of the girl had never
shown TO greater advantage than 1t did this
evening, rs she sat with the purple and crinYs
son ~fuclsias in her hair and the broken lily
IN her belt. Sir Oswald did not notice the
latter until dinner WAS half over. Then he
said:
why, Pauline, with gardens and hot
houses full OF flowers, lave you chosen .
broken one?g"
ITO Inc 1t is exquisite she replied;
The captains face darkened for n moment,
but lie would not take offence. The elegant
~ appointed table, the seductive dinner, the
rare wines, all made an impression on him.
lie said to Himself hat there was a good
thing offered t0him, and that n girls naughty
temper should not stand in his way. lie
made himself most agreeable, lie was all ami
nation, yivacity, and high spirits with Sir
Oswald. He was defercntial and attentive
to Miss Hastings, and his manner to Pauline
left II @ dOib. III the minds OF the lockers on
that he WAS completely fascinated by her.
She was too proudly Indifferent, too laughti-
ly careless, even to rescntit. Sir Oswald
Darrell WINS too true y gentleman to offer his
niese to any one: but lie had given the cap
tain tounderstaiId that, if he could WOO her
and win her, there would be no objection
raiseS gu his part.
Fer o'cs ~ his life Captain Langton lad
spoken quite fa;tfnlly.
~ have no.hing.'s he said; ''my father left
me but n very moderate fortune. and l have
lost the greater part OF. II. | i.ave not been
careful or prudent, Sir Oswald"
Care and prudence are not the virtues of
you,E," Sir Oswald returned. II may say,
honestly, i should be glad if yosr fathers
tcn could win my niece; as for fortune. she
will be richly lowered if I make her my heir.
es.. Only yesterday ! heard that al had
been found IN my Scotch estates, and, ii
that be true, 1T will raise my income many
thousands per annum."
"May you long live to enjoy your wealth,
Sir Oswald! said the young man, so hcarti-
ly that tears stood in the old baronct's eyes.
But there was one thing the gallant cap.
tain did not confess. He did not tell Sir Os.
wald Dar:cl!-wliat was really the truth
that he was over head and ears i'll debt, and
that this visit to Darrell Court WIS the last
| hone left to hilu.