Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-08

drive In the park, and to sit IN the Row
with Tom In the morning, and was en-.
tremely amused and interested In watch.
ing the gay crowd. One day Dallas, who
was ignorant Of her arrival In town,
dropped in to luncheon. It was an EN-.
%barrnssing moment for every one, except,
| apparently for Dallas, who greeted June
with the greatest cordially and had evi.
IDENTIFY forgotten that there had ever been
a love passage between them. June re-
covered herself in a moment, and behav.
ed as though she were equally Obvious;
indeed, she was now 30 devoted to Tom
that she felt absolutely nothing for his
| quondam rival. 1t was Tom who felt the
least at case.
"Tell. me, my darling" he said that
night, with extreme anxiety, 'has-has
seeing Dial made any difference in your
feeling to met"
June put her hand into his, and looked
frankly into his eyes.
"Not the very, very least" she answer.
ed. II rather wonder now what I saw In
him before. Tom," in a questioning voice,
could YOU love two people at once?" then
with n lovely, ripping smile, 81 could
not"
TOMS answer need not be chronicled.
In due curse the day arrived to which
the young squire had looked forward n
the one that must infallibly be the hap.
piest of his life-only that general fiutter.
turmoil, nervousness, agitation, specchi'
flying, are not generally very conducive
to bliss. Still, everything went off beau.
tifully," as the phrase is.
Miss juno, as we know, was n tri1e
self-willed, and, in spite Of what anyone
might say. she declined to be married in
white with a bridal wreath and veil. AS
n matter of fact, she wished to go to the
altar in black; but she was not allowed
to offer this insult to the god Hymen, and
therefore compromised the matter by
wearing n charming toilet of silver gray.
And swectly young and modest and pref.
ty she looked, with a faint %carnation in
her cheeks, and eyes bright with tears
that she was resolute not to shed. For
was she not happy? and would she do dis.
honor to her love by being a weeping,
mountaineering bride?
The wedding was a very quiet one, but
n grcat festival was given to the tenants.
The rector and Mrs. Ellesmere did the
honors of that, while the bridegroom and
bride were bowling away in their carriage.
and-four IN the first stage of their jour.
ney to Dover. For June had never been
abroad, and was to see all those lovely
parts Of Switzerland and the Rhine,
which we, who have often seen them, turn
up our noses at, but which to the novices
are so cntrancingly lovely and charming.
And il ever two young people did" the
Continent pleasantly, Mr.. and Mrs. Files.
mere did. Tom was the most liberal cren.
ture in the world, and endowed with a
fair amount of wealth, and he was sensi-
BILE enough to know that the value of
money is the pleasure it can bring you.
The services were secured of an admira-
BILE courier (who prevented their having
the smallest trouble and made semi-pa-
ternal love to June's maid). TOMS pock-
cts were full of gold and silver and bank
notes, which lie flung about with the gen.
crcsity and recklessness of the traditional
''milor' Qess we'll known on the Continent
now than formerly; the best of every
thing was scarcely good enough for his
his darling; his good temper was imper-
turbable, and his alteration at its topmost
pinnacle.
One question constantly perplexcd her.
How was it possible that Tom, the apple
of her eye, the object Of her intense de-
votion-in whose absence she felt it would
he impossible to know happiness-could
once have inspired disgust and WEAKNESS
in her? Sometimes she was compelled
to say, twining her arms round his neck,
GLOW is it possible that I did not always
love you as I do now!" and he would an
swer, pressing her to his faithful heart:
ut seems more wonderful to me, dar.
ling, that you should care for me now
than that you should not have cared for
me BEFORE"
Ito be continuedA.