The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-08-27

crowded home, and away from the charges
on the overcrowdcd income, too burdened
two mouths to be fed, two bodies to be
clothed aud housed at his expense, and
not hers, from the moment he took pos
session of them. Surely no wonder that
'cousin 'Lezabeth," with this hope and
incentive to generosity before her, buttered
for Mr.. Thomas Pascoe the best and hot
test 4arley-scone on the dish, did not more
than half fill his cup with water when she
poured out tea, and cut such thick rich
wedges of heavy cakes for his refresh
alent.
Generously and good-naturedly he had
promised cousin 'Lezubeth" that he
meant to take her ~step-daughter, Wini-
fred, and her own daughter. Sarah Matil-
da, eldest of the seven, into dependence on
him. He had rather o hard battle to con-
test about Sarah Matilda, though; as to
Winifred, there was Of course no difficulty
beyond saying, Eyes, you may have her."
But Mrs. Caerlyon perslstently tried to
substitute Louisa Harriet, the puny, sick
ly, peeyish babe. for Sarah Matilda, rising
eight, land as smart a child az need be-"
But Mr.. Pascoc had no notion of being
foolishly generous in the midst of his lib
erality of spirit. The sickly infant could
DO OF neither use nor profit to him-Sarah
Matilda might be both.
He meant to take tho two sisters, and
provide them with food and clothes aud
shelter, as has been said; but he meant
that they should earn that support In a
measure, by making hfs-Thomas Pascoe's
food, clothes, and shelter more agreeable
and pleasantly comfortable to him.
He would make a wife and servant of
the elder sister. as was meet and right and
convenient, seeing that she had come to
woman's years. and was q neat sewer, q
tasty cook, and o tidy housckeeper, when
she is kept to 1t" Mrs Caerlyon added par
enthetically-nnd of the younger a handy
little waitress, errant-runner, and co-ser-
want, ~ was meet and convenient also;
thus establishing Mr.. Thomas Pascoe's
prospective comfort, in the matter of shirt
buttons, darned socks, cosy dinners and
suppers. and general bodily comfort, very
satisfactorily.
Matters being thus arranged SO neatly
and conclusiVely, it followed naturally
enough that the generous originator Of the
scheme should regard his future property
with the eye OF q possessor.
Naturally enough; but Mr.. Pascoe was
bo W speak,, ~ CuS
strangeness Of the idea-to discover, upon
his looking with that eye OF future posses
sion O. n division Of his property-the
part that was to represent the wife and
chief servant-that 1t exhibited palpable
evidence of q mutinous spirit, growing ut
length into open rebellion, grievously in
termingled with fiery scorn and disre-
gard Of his w~orshipful and estiUable per
son.
It acquired a higher value in his eyes,
there 10 no denying, by this spice of din
Guilty in attainmcnt-a value that grew
higher as he began to deem 1t dimly posi-
bic that the property might never be his
to have and hold, and that the personal
comforts his selfish, mean nature priced
30 highly might vanish also. Another loss
he had also begun to recognize Of late-the
loss Of the woman-the future wtfe-a
loss which he felt would cut deeper than
all elsa loss tho bare thought Of which
filed his greedy animal nature with q
subtle tigerish Jealousy. He had picked
her ont, chosen her, set his mind on hay-
ing her, though she was mo great things
Of a beauty to look at not near rs good
looking as Susanna Edwards, whom he
might have had for asking. Dare anyone
think Of taking her Instead OF hfmt Dare
che think Of firing herself. or wish 70 rive