The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-12-30

edge.it at ones, without the run. To have
frequent rspetitions of it would be more
than human naturc could endure. I have
known two hnmas already; I should think
sthisd would be my DEATH"
So saying, he shoulders the forbidden gun
and marches off.
Monica and Kit, getting down from their
l~lcya.el position, also pursue their path,
which leads i'll n contrary direction.
Monica says Kit, presently, slipping
her slender brown fingers Hlroug her sis
when lie spoke of some one being spoons
OH you? Does that Eaean being In love with
you??'
Il don't know" said Monica III a troubleL
tone. IF ! ever had a lover before, l should
knou; but
'.Tliat means he is says the astute Kit.
sand I'm sure" with II little loving squeeze
of her arm, "Idon't wonder att"
'You must not say that says Monica,
earnestly. Indeed, he said n few things to
ne. but that is nothing; and
You think he likes you?1"
YES reluctantly.
II balieye lie adeles the very ground you
walk on
''Oh, no, indaed.'
.1f you say that. he isn't n real lover. A
\ ISoi phNN " NY iltlNit VuShb w UG lcuNS aux
willing TO kiss the impressions your heels
may make in Tie earth.'
THAT would be tile act of u fool, and Mr..
Desmond Is not alfcul."
Ergo, not a loves And yet l think he is
yofrs, Monica coaxingly, did he say any
pretty things to yon?''
What should he say? I only met him
tw.ce.'
You are prcvaricating," gazing ut her
severely. why don't you answer me hon
cstlyg,
u don't know what you call pretty
things.n
Eyes, yn,i do. DilShe tell you your eyes
were deep, uccb wells of love. and that your
face was full of soulT?'
40, he did not says Monica, somewhat
Indignantly; ''ccrtainly not. The idea!'
He must have said something TO yon,"
says Kit ar,iessly, Darling love, why won't
! you tell your own Kitten all about it9"
A little smile quivers round Monica's lips.
well, ! will, them she says. lii her
heart l believe she is glad to coniide in
somebody, and why not in Kit the sympa-
tletlc? First, lie made me feel he was de-
lighted to meet me again. Then he asked
me to 20 for 4 walk alone with him; then
he. said lie as-my lover!' And then he
asked me to meet him again to-day with
Uou."
',Nvitl, me, 1 think that was very delicate
OF him. She is evidently tlattered by this
notice of her existence. Plainly, ii not the
rose in his estimation, she IS to be treated
with the respect due to the roses sister. 1t
is all charming! she feels waited upward,
and Incorporated, as it were, in a real love.
affair. Yes, she WILDE the guardian angel
OF these thwarted lovers.
/ ~ VA, nd 1rl,nb AL ,,,,, .o ,,1's ,Lo o,l-. ..,.kt.
a gravity that BELTS the occasion.
II refused" in a low tone.
.'ro meet llim%
tYes.,'
with mc9' says the dragon Of propriety.
"Yes.''
"But whysa"
Because of Aunt Priscilla" And then
she tells her all about Aunt Triscilla's
speech in the carriage, and her reply to ii.
Il never heard such n ruhbishy request in
my life!' says the yo.Ais er Miss Bercsford,
disdainfully. 1T is really beneath notice.
And when all is told it means nothing. As
I read It, it seems You lave only promised
to forget you ever spoke to Mr.. Desmond;
yon haven't promised never to speak to him
again. Thus the little Jesuit.
That was not what Aunt Priscilla meant"
IF she meant anything. it was folly.
AhtiS w al, Nttstb ID ltIS w GttlN Nttttlltl
between lis and tue DasmOnds all about? 1t
lives in Aunt Friscilla's brain. I'll tell you
what | think, Monica. l think Aunt Pris-
ella was once i'll love with old Mr.. Dess
mond, and mother cut her out; and now,
Just because she has been disappointed in
her own lOvc-affair, she wants to thwart You
i'll yours"
''sShc doesn't indeed. Any one but Mr..
Desmond might show me attention, and sh3
would be pleased. She was quite glad when.
Mr.. Ryde-well-wllcn he made himself
agreeable to me-
From all you told me of him, he must
have made himself dislgreeablc. I'm per-
fectly certain l should hate Mr.. Ryde, and
I'm equally sure | should like Mr.. Desmond.
What did lie say to You, darling, when you
refused to meet him even with nlc2" She
lays great stress OIL this allusion to herself.
H said might do as chose, but that
he would meet me again, whether | liked 1t
or not, and soon!'
Now, that's the lover for mel" says Kit,
enthusiastically. mo giving in, no sllilly-
shallying, but downright determination.
He's an honest man, and we all know what
an honest man is,-'the noblest work OF
Cod I'm certain lie will keep Ills word,
and do hope / shall bewith you when next
you meet lin, as | should like to make
friends with him.
AT this moment itoccurs to Monica that
she never before knew how very, ucrp fond
she is OF Kit.
OH, well,1 don't suppose lean see him
again for ever so long" she says. But even
as the words pass herlips she knows she
does not mean them, and remembers with a
little throb of pleasure that lie had said he
would see her again soon. Soo,ii why, that
\ MIGHT SNpup Gthtea nYr,,fnrE "a - ~ a, ~
alent! Instinctively she lifts her head and
looks around her, and there. just a little
way off, is a young man coming quickly to-
ward her barellcaded and i'll evening dress.
Il told you how it wonldrbe," says Kit. in
a nervous whisper, taking almost u bit out
or poor Monica's arm in her excitement.
"Oh, whan l lave Il lover l hope lie will be
like hc.'''
Her grammar has gone after her nerve.
Monica is silent; some color has gone from
her checks, and her hcartis beating faster.
It is her very first afdire, SO we must for
give her. The bareheaded young man has
come up to her by this time, and is holding
out his hand; silently she lays her own in.
it, and colors treachernuSly as his fingers
close on hers in q close, tender, and posses.
sive fashion.
II found the river too chilly" lie says,
{. 81 stiii III HEINZ INV liz JCCu
unsuccessful allthc afternoon and morning,
! knc'c ! slou d find yon nom.9 ''This is
your sister, looking at Kit, who is regard
ing him with an eye that isquite q ''plerccr."
Yes" says Monica. "Kit, this is Mr..
| Desmond.''
.f1lnow that says this caJd1t terrible,
still fixing him with aglanca of calm and
searching scrutiny that Is well calculated to
discomfort even Il boider man. Then all at
once her mind seems made mp, and, coming
forward, She holds out her hand, and says,
GLOW dye de- to him, with u sudden, rare
sweet smile that conyinces him at once Of
her sistcrhood to Monica. !.
"iNe are frienls?' lie says, being attract
ed to tho child for her. own grace alone, as
well as for the charm of her relationship to
The lalc sfow-drop of n girl beside her.
YES. Ifyon prove true to my Monica"
"Oh, Kitf' says Monica, deeply shocked;
but Kit pays no heed, her eyes being fastcn-
ed glavcly upon the man before her. He is
quite as grave rs she is.
IF our friendship depends upon that, 1t
will be a lasting one.'h says. quietly. '.My
whole life IL at your sisters SERVICE"
Something In his tone touches Monica: