Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-19

neEI morning. and Fannie TsFEnd Her
be-L. b waH a. her father, rather
grave and taedturn-
N~g. Wyfls, seated ~ 1be bead 81
the tbb4e. kept her WaEelfUI gray eyes
Oh EA While ska -sazged ~ 0pFJe Aer
whg4e attention ~ Tire fes and rU1@e
vef9se her.
i did have such q dreadful dream
last night said Fannie. whose flow ~
~cguwersaf38u Vas ~8rpfressIlse. 1T
E1gaer have Bepa tlIar fruit cake II
gsEfrs, Ere- WyIfls. ] tD0aght there
WA al earthquake or sUuEethane Ike
une. for fhp bBE@e seemed fEgEu1aUg
about my earE. aHd that horrible old
g8f~are 81 EBe3e Basil was alive,
sowing 8I8 shaking Lis caDe ct 8e
And ] thought there Was no ose bar
L. but Egb8L and ung3e B2s4 h=1a
tight bold u Aer hand Es size C5ul3
not be3g nDe-and / WA frightened 40
terribly / asggEe ln Il elaa perss1ra-
tBgn I38 y8a send SybEfs breakfast
60 Der. Mrs. WILLS
Il knocked 81 Miss ErBEe's door,
reBil4d tie mold heI@ekeeFpr, but
Ale said sL@ wished for nothing al
Prevent
Il feed confident that dear girl ls 20
Ing 10 be slck said Fapn5e. she
studied iFr-elf nearly 10 death. 10 l@-
gin with. ard 1iDce she has been Asge
SIZE hasn't eaten enough TO keep 4 bird
alive. ] must send for DT. Bind tins
very day Herbert, you must rade
down 10 the village for him. You gave
her a cIill Iasa E3gbt, taking her off 10
EunseEt fIfIl whea the river uists wers
r3sin~ c0nttaueJ Fannie. repIo2ch-
fully: "and Darw the Least rou can d
Is - try and cure her
Herbert fare flushed ar his fathers
iHaasrng Eaze
II tlnst taer4 IL nothing serious the
matter with Miss SybHg7 BE- an
sWered. with spt8e Embarrassment
"a slight cold. 1 presume, said Mrs
Wyllls. with 4 seareelyp@rceTtib}e lift
ing 81 htr white ~eye1asheS Miss
WraFe locks delicate. but could not be
very seriously injured by a river mist
Fix Epr 4 cEp Of coffee. Wvilis, and
Jet me take ii up 10 her, said Fannjs.
frlpBlAiTeiy. ~sptinging from the table.
Il must see how gbP j., anyhow. A
Little more erea3-she don't like IL
strong. and papa. cut of q wee bit of
AAA3& H+ENA~A ~ AA8 &GN &#@&A @'A ~ N~
H.
And the warEa-heartpi gil arranged
a dainty breakfast ca the tray. and
with her own hapd carried il I'd 10
her friend.
AS bis daughter lPfa the room. Mr..
Clire taraed rather stlfay to his sou
NbD 81 tlis yoEng lady, ia whs.s
welfare Fannie befrsgs stch reEaarka-
aia INTEREST some school friend.
presumeE
~Mias Wraye was "A hoarvler at Mad,
an Feurys for the last two sessions.
answered the young gentleman, briet,
~.
-Ah. a foaraer at Madam Fleurys
repeated the fathpr. th0ugbtfullT+ "A
New Yorker. then. I gapposeg
Indeed / do not kB0E. sir replied
Herbert. Il should suppose not, rs rbe
yoanS lady seemed TO hare 10 friends
there.
Where do her friends reside. them
was tie older Mr.. Gives question is
Che n foreigner
Il should judge not. though. really.
sir. said Herbert. with attempted ID
difference. Il haye never inquired much
about Miss Wrayp's birthplace or ante
cadents. She seems a very gentle alic
/ cultivated young lady, and | thought
IL scarcely became me to inquire
more"
"Of course. Of course, Madam Faeft
nv vfcuid not eountenance an undegir
able intimacy said Mr.. Give. reflect
iyely. -she il a QUA OF very supe
ri0r Judgment
4 . Awa - H-saw~ vn ~przx~ FNsrA - knSnr
rupted Herbert, vexed that, In justice
80 that admirable sr4on. he was
Obliged TO relieve her from the re
sp0nsibiiity Of protecting Fannie
friend Madam Flsury never count
enances any one. sir. who is not tick
eted In golden letters rs u Uf soele'
Jty's pets. Miss Wrsye. as she in
formed YOU. through me, Is not n Of
these favored ores"
"Ahr' the elder g~entlenan's brow
darkened: there may be . great dea
conveyed by such a suggestion-a greaI
deal. Fannie Is very impulsiYe, and
ycu. SIR. as her temporary guardian
were very mlwise. Ny daughter
friends should be- only such al are
ahem.-suitabie 10 her position. bel
pros9ec1s-uch as Miss Give can rec
Ggnlze as her equals, not profecT a:
interiors. There is nothing thar -
quickly degraaes the young mind al
low associations.
Hertert's brow flushed. and be ross
from his seat. as If the words stunl
him
II have too high an opinion of m!
sister TO suppose that any association
could degrade her" he answered
However. sir. you can see Mis-
wrave. and decide for yourself wheth
er she is q fit companion fer you,
daughter. IT is a delicate matter. OF
witch I cannot presume 10 Judge.
He left the room as he spoke. angr,
and excited. He could say nOthin;
more: truth. justice. conscience would
allow him TO say nothing more. Hi
father was right-so every prudeni
mind would admit.
Sybil wraye. nameless, ~friendless
as she called harself-shadowed by al
mpcnetrable cloud. and crushed b,
some secret sorrow-was no fit com
panion for his ardent. impulsiye sister
Madam Fleury had said H.; Marian
Grey lad said II. Nay. had not Sybi
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