Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
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Scotland to a Scotchman,-that wasna
weel-mannered for a lady that goes TO the
Queens Court, they tell me-"
''Ohl the court is a regular Ola podrtdd
said Isle.
"A what? What tongue is that'"
Spanish. 1t means a general mixture"
"Eh, ~pow-sowdie is the same thing;
that's rale Scotch, and mair expressive and
wise-like. Weel, that tall Teddy would
hold her ain in the biggest pow-sowdie OF
Where is she?"
you mean Miss Morton! She is the
most appalling female | know. She has
captured a Greek prince; who goes to balls
in a white petticoat, and says he is de-
scended from A~lcibiades."
"Eh, he wad be a shifty sort of a great
grandfather TO have!' cried Uncle Sandy.
who piqued himself IN being q ''soond
claussical scholar"
"Well, this fellow is about up to her
shoulder, and rather a doubtful parsonage.
They are fighting over settlements at pres
ent; for though she is said to be fathoms
deep in love, she does not like to lose her
grip Of the z. 8. d."
"And varra right she Is. Moo, the tea is
ready, come AVA and have a cup"
1t was, on the whole, IN uneasy sort OF
afternoon and evening. A sense Of unfit
ness-a want Of harmony, oppressed every
one, though Mona and Kenneth did their
utmost to entertain their guests. Both the
girls sung and played n talked their
best. Indeed, Mona was unusually era.
cious to Lisle, yet he was dissatisfied, and
left with Kenneth early, saying that he was
bound to Lord Finistoun for the next day,
but the following he would come to see
them, as he was going back to town on
Saturday night"
At luncheon next day, when the post
came in, Waring, after reading his letters,
announced that he must start on Monday,
that he had been away too long, and it was
time he returned.
To Mona this was a cruel stab. He was,
then, TO vanish away from her-this frank,
kind, brave man, whose qualities were the
complement of her own, for whose trou.
bles she felt responsible, and whose wounds
it would have been the sweetest and most
c~ongenial task to heal, and she dared not
try TO hold him! No; IL It cost her her life,
she could make no effort to reveal herself.
lie was her friend, and nothing more! Yet
a vague, dim belief breathed through her
heart that he loved her still, TO justify
which there was not a little Of evidence.
Il did not know you were here" said
Miss Black, coming into the drawing-room
the day after this visit, and finding War.
ing seated with a book before him and his
head on his hands. where is Mona'"
"She has gone out with Mr.. Craig"
"Will you come with me and look for
them?'
mo, thank you; ] am searching for one
or two books l brought here, and ! want &c
put them up. You see, | have only two
days after tomorrow"
II am sorry you are going, Mr.. Waring."
81 am gratined to hear you say so. How
sorry | shall be to leave you all, it would
not be easy to say"
"Well, / think you look sad like, Mr..
Waring. You must write Kenneth, and
tell us all about yourself"
"Mary!' exclaimed Waring, after a short
pause, and not aware Of his own familiar
ity, what do you think brings that fellow
Lisle here?"
"He says it's fishing; and SO it is, but not
with a rod and line"
Then 1t is Mona?"
Mary bent her head in the affirmative.
AT least l fancy So" she said. He
used to be up here in the autumn, and
Kenneth thought he would have asked her
then"
81 suppose it will be what Is considered
a good match; but she is too good for him.
"You might say that of n good many"
You think so'"
Eyes. Don't your"
81 do; and | suppose Miss Craig will 5000
be transformed into Lady Lisle."
~ cannot think so; she never seems 10
q, ,r-rn rll ut hi,r. I have always In.
agined she loves someone we know moth.
ing about; but | have no right to say So"
"No, we have no right to conjecture what
she feels or thinks; only / trust In God
what she does, and whoever she chooses,
she will be happy"
He left the room abruptly as he uttered
these words.
"Ah!' exclaimed Mary, aloud, as she
looked after him, and then stopped TO run
over in her own mind n dozen or more Of
slight indications, which, viewed by the
new light that had broken in upon her,
made proofs as strong as Holy Writ Of the
feeling entertained by Waring for her adj
mired friend. "And oh! she does not care
for him either, and he is honest and true
Il am sure he is" thought Mona. "Stayl
doesn't she care for him? am not so sure.
Oh! where is Kenneth. ] will go and talk
to him."
The morning after this conversation rose
bright and fair, though the night had been
so stormy that between the bowling wind
and her own distressful thoughts Mona
got little sleep.
II must go down to the fishers" said
Kenneth, Mt breakfast. 81 hear the two
Mackilligans have been nearly drowned,
and their boat is stove in. Jock Is severely
hurt. They were driven ashore in the gale
last night
"Ill come with you" said Waring.
You are just killing YOURSELF said I'M
Gle Sandy, who was busy supping his por-
ridge. "You look like n ghaist as 1t isl
You'll no be fit for u lang journey IL We
gang this gait"
"Oh! am perfectly fit, ! assure you,
whatever my looks may be. II l did not
rise up like n giant refreshed after the
care and nursing l have had in this estab-
lishment, | should not be worth taking care
Of"
"Weel, l dinna ken what's come to We a.:
there's Mona wi a white face, and you VII
a lang ane, and Kenneth's like a bag o.
bones. Mary is the best o. We. 1t is a com
fort TO look at a cheerful, healthfu' coun-
tenance," said Uncle Sandy, VINO had
been extremely fractions for the last ten
days.
What a compliment! Mary! feel quite
ashamed of myself" cried Mona.
Let me know when you are ready to
start" said Waring to Kenneth, and soon
after the two young men started to see
what assistance they could afford to the
shipwrecked fishermen, Uncle Sandy call,
ing out injunctions to Kenneth rs he went
not to commit him ito mend a. the broker
boats in the parish"
"And wha'll drive me into the tounP'