The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-09-30
WlNME's TRlUM MP

IN mean, am 4, Isezabctltts he said,
tnfeateningly do e tell me that Pm.
NEAR! LIN mean, nmsI-because / don't
Q bling my wages away, buying fnery
ana stun q nonsense to please a girl that
nonst Know when she's well OFF, I might
nave the more to spend on Your child for
allmy meanness, 'Iesabeth-it might be
better for your Sarah Matilda IL I was
mean, though wasn't mean enough to
refuse to give her the best my wages could
nfford, and do for her as eff she was my.
oWn--an' 2 go telling of a man that he's
meanW
y said girls don't like a nan to be mean
abo1t money when he's paying 'em atten-
tlons, Thomas 2 corrected Mrs, Caerlyon.
more .conciliatingly.
We'll, then, i tell 'e,,' said Mr.. Pascoe
THAT worthy young mans spirit being
reused to a pitch Of desperation between
the insult to his unparalleled generosity,
MS he considered 1T. and the threatened at
tack on the wages lie. loved to hoard up
so economically in the county bank-sI
tell e that some one else can buy ribbons
and silks for 'ecr daughter, for l won't
nor have nothing more to say to her Meth
er-an' so I tell 'e! AMI told 'e afore that
I'd have notlien to say to a maid TINT I
have no great opinion of! Winifred can.
get ribbons and silks where she got other
things, and I'll not have no more to say to
her."
This awful threat, Mr.. Pascoe doubted
not, would have the satisfactory effect of
making his cousin apologize, assure him
of her continued determination to coerce
sWinifred into proper behavior, admire
him for his prudence mud his deposit in
the county bank, and humbly coax him
into more generous promises of patronage
on behalf of Sarah Matilda.
But Mrs. Caerlyon'sspiri wasthorough-
ly reused too: she began to consider that
1t was better, after I'LL. to have Winifred's
efficient services for herself: and at the
bottom OF her heart was a little lurking
pity for her patient stepsdaughter's trou-
bic, andia fntnt lurking hope that some
thing might come Of it. better even than
Thomas Pascoe's generosity.
She'll not have any more to say to ye-
so We needn't take much credit to yourself
in that way, Thomas said cousin Lea
BETH sca hingly:. land, since that's the
way ye speak Of her, I'd be sorry she did.
I've no doubt the maid will find as good a
friend, and better a sweetheart than you,
whoever he'll be-
"Ah,, Tredennfck o. Tregarthen, !" sneered
Mr.. Pascoe, driving his hands :learly
through his c~oat-pocketa III his jealous
rage. I
"Well,'' said cousin 'Lezabeth,t' keep
ing the s.whip-hando with calm sureriori-
ty still, what of it, Thomass T%redennick
o. Tregarthen might look lower thanJohn
Caerlyon's daughter. A leftenant in the
Royal Navy is as good as the captain of a
v,,arr1, , yt,,,o i, NV <lo,, = Tl,n,,. So
and l am not very sure, Thomas Pascoe,
that any of Leftenant Caerlyon's daugh-
ters need so a-bcgging foes ~husbands-nor
l I'm not very sure. Thomas Pascoe," con-
tinned his offended relative with frightful
iteration, as her temper rose higher, that
Winifred G%aerlyon could not marry as
good as a m%ine-purser any day-and so l
tell ye!'a
Mr.. Thomas Pascoe thought of his
house with9the spare bedroom and best
parlor with hairclotll sofa, of his deposit
account at the bank aud his generous in
tentions regarding Sarah Matilda, and
could scarcely believe his senses. But
.4cousin 'Lezabethn thoroughly looked as
If she meant what she said; and when she
went into Winifred's room before retiring
to rest, and saw the weary look on the
THU white, sleeping face, and the dark
wet eyelashes-even in her dreams the
girl was oppressed with sadness-she
would have spoken the piece of her minds
over againsif need be.
.The maid looks" said she with some
troubled anxiety-..the maid looks as if
her heart were breaking!i'
CHAPTER II.
Aunt Vivian, I always considered you
IN hn y a i. ~ y1rouncco1 II re nvOn11r,,t
taste"
Indeed, Mildred love-have you had
any reason to change your opinion
Miss Tredennick rose slowly, and with
deliberate grace, from the velvet sofa on
which she had been reclining, walked over
to the mirror and arranged n crushed
brrid of her dark rich chestnut hair with
greater effect before she replied.
"Rather. l understood that that little
companion of yours was quite a pretty, In
teresting young creature"
did l say SO, Mildred2n Madam Vivian
asked, turning round from the dressing
table where Miss Trewhella was meekly
and silently arranging her mistress beau
tifnl silvery hair and lace head-dress.
You implied so,h responded Miss Tired
ennick, carelessly-Madan never awed
her or made her nervous II understood
that she was a clever, lady-lilse, intelligent,
pretty girl. She did not seem to me to be
anything but a common, poor country
girl, like Il servant"
.'She was looking terribly poor and
shabby to-day, Madam interposed Miss
Trewhella with q sinper; Miss Mild
Miss Tredennick was quite surprised
II never said that she was ~pretty-never
thought So" Madam said, coldly; "but
she was my companion, who sat ut my
table, Mildred; therefore it was impossible
that; she could be a servant"
ooh, then it was you who CAV me the
impression Of her being clever, and attrac-
tive. and snowy, and NIL the rest OF it,
said Mildred Tredennick, turning to IRE
whella, md repeating, to the lady's-maid's
Consideration, with placid %unconcern,
what she hoped 1.-THE young lady, had
listened to us a confidential communities
ton. 81 imagined her. added Madam
yivian's niece. .sto be, quite @ peculiar, be-
witching-looking girl--a clever, actress
like, intriguing young woman
.Oh, Miss Miidr-Miss ~Tredennick!
beg your pardon-1 never began Miss
Trewbella, ~breathlessly.
..%Trewhellar' cried her mistress, with q
naughty turn of her head.
"a clever, nctress-like, intriguing young
woman y repeated Miss Trcdennick, "wlc
inveiglcd my cousin. Captain Tredennick
into admiring her excessively.
..yvhatsha you been saying to Miss
Tredennicl.s - demanded Madam, with ar
imperious flash of her cold, brilliant eyes
O N the unlucky abigail, who hetook her
self to her usual protection OF tears ant
shifts in M affecting manner.
1T never said anything to-to--Mis!
Mildred, Ma-Mn-dam--pever; ouiy thai
the Captain admired Miss Winnie's hair
he said it was SO lo-long--Im sure /
wasn't anything so-so-particular to lool
at. Idare shy he was making fun whe1
he praised 1t"
"Yon have no right to suppose anything
OF the kind" said her mistress. sharply
winnie Caerlyon has the most beautiful
hair | ever saw
And did cousin Stephen admire herr
persisted Mildred, witha proud, lazy smile
looking from her amt to the injured Mis-
Trewhella, to whom the capricious young
Indy had taken IL naughty dislike