Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-03-04
p I.
"Iunc! Juno. where are ynn:"

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81 am here" answers II charming voice.
and the owncr of ii trips out from behind
II roscbusli. holdin. IL cluster of half
blown crimson blossoms of which she has
dcs,lnii"! it..
Juno. the month. links sliring to SUM
mci; in Iunc the birds sing their sweetest.
the senses are licencst: June bears ,!lc
hope and promise of the year. June has
hos fits and cold fits. summer skies and
Angry tears. lalmy airs and chilling winds.
June is youn" and fresh. bright and hope
full. gay and careless in the faith of gond
days To come: Juno. when fair, is %tairest
of the fnir: and June the month is II iii
prototype al june the smiling maiden who
answers 50 promptly.
Madge. Il hoytcn Of sixteen. pounccd
upon her cousin, thrust :: vigorous hand
through her arm. and cried, in ~juhilant
acceuts:
Tom has come. OF course he asked
sor You Ut once. aud .t=eie said She
thought Won l,nd gone home: but said l
knew you hadn't. aud tla, | would find
you: whcrcupon Tom beamci."
by this time they wcr, hal! across the
lawn. and Il big. fair young man came
stirling ont of the French windows To-
NEE them. lie looked. as M;idgo said.
lcamin-. \. Joyous light sl,ouc in his blue
eyes us he took June's hand in nv eager
clasp. No one. seeing the expression #
his face. would lave entertained II mo-
ment's Doubt as To his feelings for the
young lady whom he WAS greeting.
II am so glad YOU have come back. Tom.
IT WIS SO dlil without YOU"
June did NOT blush, nor look coy or em-
barrasscd. which was. perhaps. rather an
u%nfavorable symptom for ON.
WAS it:' he cried. eagerly. I'm aw-
fully glad to hear you say that"
Well" cried AIadge. has aunt toti'l
Il dukes daughter for yon. and are VT 20
ing to have a real swell colisin:i
''llicy won't have me- laughed Tom.
81 don't suit them. ! am not their sort.
Fashionable young Indies don't care Tor
me. l can't dance, and l cant talk their
%jargon.'
Never mind. Tom," uttered Junc. Civ
ing him Il friendly glance. Won have
come back to people who appreciate You.
And l am sure Won are happicr here"
II should think / am" returned Tom.
with emphasis.
Poor aunt remarked Madgc again.
mischievously. pretending 10 sigh.
My mother had BAL answered Tom.
liusu!i's, anu III is NAHtliN iIlcI !lcf UNI
heart"
"But he is not her SON said June.
"What is he like" asked AIadgc.
Giles II very yool-lookimg youn. chap.
and very manly and plucky. And he
dances like II %scrapli.' as some lady re-
marked. and looks at every pretty woman
as if he loved her"
'iiow dcligitful..' cried Ma1gr. "Oh,
Tntn wish yn,, would hnvn him j,wu
here
lie has promised 30 come. He is real
ly tremendously FOND of my mother. ]
feel quite an outsider when he is there
Al this moment Agnes camc out of thu
window, smiling, vet scarcely looking
pleased.
"Mamma says, Tom, will you stay ant
have high tea with us? She is afraid il
your dinner, but we shall be delighted il
you will"
Tom felt himself rather in Il cleft stick
If June were going to stay. he would ac
ccpt j~oyfully: if not. he wanted to wall
home with her. and he was not :lltogcthc
Indifferent to his dinner when there wal
no object to be gained by going withou
it. Yet he would not for the world he i'm
polite to Agnes and Madge. though the.
were his cousins. He hcsitatcd for III
instant.
June is not going to stay tonight" in
terposed Madge, reading his thought
with her sharp instinct.
Tom flushed crimson through his fai
skin; June tried to appear unconscious
and Agnes closed her thin lips together
and looked as il she would like to pine
her sister.
..Thanks. awfully.' said Tom, after
moments pause. but there are one or tw
people l ought to see tonight. l dare 81
my aunt will let me come another nigl
instead. Is she in the drawing room:
will go in and see her. And he marchc
off.
Agnes wanted to get June away bcfor
Tom came out again. She WAS eternal
irving TO separate this pair. although sl
knew that Tom was deeply in love wit
her cousin. But she had heard that. wlc
q woman is firmly purposcd to marry
man, she not unfrcqucntly succeeds. an
she had long ago determined to MARI
Tom, if there was any truth in the sayin;
June saw through this and vas provoke
at it. She was not in love with Tom: bu
when any one attempted to put obstacl,
between him and her, her regard for Iii
went up with amazing rapidity.
She particularly wanted him to wal
home with her tonight, but, as she w:
far too proud to run after him, she said:
81 must be going. l did not know
was so late"
"Give my love to auntie," Agnes calle
after her, swcetly.
June did not reply or so much MS tut
her head, which she held very straight +,
in the air. She would not condesccnd
.linger ever when she got into the road, b
ing possessed of that strong instinct
self-respect which prevents n proud wor
an from seeming to make the smallest a
vance to a man. She had not, howcve
gone three hundred yards before 81
heard rapid steps behind her, and in n
other moment, Tom, flushed and breat
less, was beside her.
"Why did you go without saying goo
by to met" he asked, f~eproachfully.