Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-06

yDur's she asketi-
..yau know T shall not. Elsie. Bur !
senr that ESy accfdente he might one
day learn the truth; amt then he VIII,
perhaps. be pinned To think yDss nihi
deceived him In such q moment
.You may be- right Elsie remarked,
smiling consciously 'Du- I FANCY ne
would forgive me anything now-af
any rate. I eau always say that 4
should have told the truth IL be lsifi
mt been III. Besides. WHO il 10 tiinie-
eeiye himf Up 20 the present time You
haze only feid them nc nome that ne -
I'LL and thar I am with him. You can
aagiIg aw thas The state OF my health
Induced me TO return. and that / SUR
nrIsesi you all by my coming. OF
course. Grace and Percy know the
rsurhs but Grace would ,to anything
FOR IA AMI Percy would Go anything
tor iHar, so I am safe.
Il hone. so.' sail Judith, fervenfiy
cot curse. L dld nor do anything
yyrorz. only something silly. Elsie
said. mIstnglv. Bur think Claude IS
very fOrgivfng aEft 1pnerD3fss | don't
think 3 quire understood lrf~T before
Don't eaink Won quite understand
him now sattl Judith, with Gsmlle
You should make q study OF h3nl,
Elsie
Elsie Thought sac woaIt; then she
rosie 81 70 grfaiYs agliH.
Claude sent his love 10 You, Jtsly.
Arp YOU INST tlgIll down here ny Your
self Why dea't YOU come IN and sit
with us Tor IN hour"
No. thank yoat' said Iuiy, laugh
ing. Z have 40 wish to prevent or to
oyprhear Your renier uothiH=s and
shall not De- duif. Ua % the present.
I have hast 10 cttanec-been with the
children All the afternoon, and Cap
tain Herbert was here for half an
hour.
"Captain Herbert g-smiling. paus-
ing 10 look back 0u her way 80 the
door What did be yvlnt2 Did he
ask for mefv
Yes; anf he desired me 10 giye his
kind regards. But he caIie4i TO inquire
how Grace and ( had borne tie f!-
tiguf Of the bail
'OhT'-eagprly And Go you think
he knew I was there, t0oT'
Il am sure IN. I'D not And we must
not Ter him kuow new. because. with
our telling the actual db, [ led him Il
understand thar Won returned 20 eng
Iand only on Tuesday"
san. I wish You had sent IN for
me: : should haze liked To see him
again. Don'r yen think he IN very
handsome. July looking keenIy 1T
her SISTER
Net hanIsgme-fHe is too elfeminafp:
but lie Is very ggoF hselinE, Of course.
~0h. Grace msBie me laugh yestef
dav, She said Thar Percy thinks le is
rnTe On yuu. Yen never told me so.
II saonlst not be- Ikesx 10 reneat any
thing SO foolish, especially as Il IS net
any commitment. Gaprasn ls II natural
and experienced fiirr. he wnuid try
TO make f.aey believe Its was zone on
Iier it she came here tD-mSrrow
elsie ecloFeti and Iaughei lightly
Perhaps YGu are right. At any rite,
It IS hardfy likely. ~ IL, that within
ten months Of being my lover he
siloHla try TO become yours2 We are
So utterly unlike; besides. r tllinx he
has Isl marry for money
He viii when he gets rile chance, Z
dare say. said Judlth. lightly.
And riss subject dropped. tsut one
sad day. not very long afterwards,
they both remembered this eonrersa-
.rion.
Within a week Claude was suffi-
cieatiY recovered 20 be aDle 70 takss
his wife 70 NoFrawold. where they IN
tended 10 romain for spne time.
Elsie must make rhe acquaintance
of my friends and Heigti,oFs there
he explained TO Judith: and. If we
run IgaY too sslon they will nat Ike
it-as it ~. they win think we have
had fur toe lengthy a honeymoon.
Five monthsi Think OF itrr-and he
glanced larfghingiv md lovingly ar
Elsie. who returned his gaze with
equal affeefien.
AZ Judith babe them "~fsoed-byc.f'
promising IN visit them o she hoped
thar IN efa OF true happiness ilaii
dayyned for both which would know
no break.
For the following three weeks she
spent quite a happy time. MaruerY
Herbert called. Ind proved 10 be a
frank. kindly-nafurefi g;rf. She was
sometimes accompanied by her broth
or. His attentions had become most
-pronounrerl, although Judith had not
the slightest idea that he really cared
for her and WAS only enlightened tive
kay before her return home 10 C1ax-
ton. after Grace and her husband had
come back.
One evening. when Percy was din
ing cut. and Grice and Judith ve.rp
Amusing themselves in the driving
room with little Gr-Icie, Capt:iin Her
bert was ann9uneesf.
~You will forgive me for calling AT
SO late an hour won't Won he said ts
Grace. Your husband toli me that
Miss fairfield w9ula BE returning home
tomorrow. 50 + Thought ( SHOULD ltsa
90 come and yay tsoasi-byp Nnd.
turning 70 JUDITH. he continued. Mar
gerry viii he disappointed. SHE thought
gou were gcIng 10 stay until Mousiay.
- she went down 10 sutton. where
SHE viii remain the nixfat Rlat s.
yDuw visit shortened y
Mamma has caught a seyerp coll. I
believe
We dom mind telling you said
Grace, laughing THAT we helsewe II Il
a rtiSss 10 ret Judith home
Why go them he exeEaimed. ca
gerfy "esan'r ynu think OF a -oad ex-
cuse To pacify herr
Judith sisoos her head AMI Grace
continued laughingiy she had n trick
sometimes OF turning the most m
pnrtant things iuto jesf-
Don't suggest anything 80 dancrr
aus DON'T know wIiar awful ca
tastrophe you might ~ assisting aff