Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-01-20

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there y 60 lnucbas one cofninr = her com.
position"
Focr grill What AZ eSertion Il must bo
toherp
'Mustn't is2 Especially nowaiays. wien
one neUer goes for much, real hard work of
any kind being such bore. That's her
mother beside her. She is always beside
her. Fat little wcnau, d yc spe29
7es. Anlce motherlyI blocking little wD-
man, she seems 70 ba.n
Horribly mosherlyl She has 4 birthday
for every month in the yearw
"li0w2' says Monica, opening her eyes.
II don't so much allude To her own natal
day (which by this time should say Is OBJ
scure) as to her children's They came to
her at all seasons, from JaRnary to Decenl-
ber There are fourteen 0g them.
sOh, II coRB be posslblel Poor, p0oT
soul r says Monica, feeling quito depressed.
she isn't poor She Is very we'll or, 7 SAYS
Air. Kelly obtusely Much better than She
deserves SO don't grleye Tor her. She
! glOrles IN her crime. Well, it's Il poor heart
that never reiOices, you know; SO suppose
she iS right There's Miss fitzgerald; do
you admire her21
II am sure ] ought says Monica. simply;
''but 1ol,'tn
i
| Every one down here admires her tremend.
onsly. / agree with you, you know, but
then,D softly, II am nobody ~
perhaps you think 1 ana Jealous" says
| Monica "Bnt indeed am not
What 9 baby you are says Mr.. Kelly.
WHO could suppose you Jealous 0f Bella
FitzgeTaldP Two stars keepnot their mo.
ton In one sphere, and shouldn't think
| the fair Bella would have much motion IL
| put In comparison with you She always
calls "a spade spade, etc la fact she Is
MATERIAL
That means, she has common sense, Why
call her 'mateTialgn
"Neyer mind. 1t Is quite tYnmaterIaI,n
says MIR. Kelly, tranquility, after which 81.
lence reigns triumphantly for q moment OF
two, until new figure presents itself on the
small platform below them
"Ahl there Is Desn3nd, says Kelly. 'IIe
looks" lnnocently, "as II he was looking
for somebody"
II hope he will find her, remarks Miss
Beresford, with some acerbity and q most
unnecessary amount of color
Perhaps he is looking for me, ? says Mr..
| Kelly, nalyeiy.
Perhaps so, dryly.
at all events, whoever It Is, she, he or
1t seems difficult OF discovery Did You ever
see so woe-begOne q countenance as hsg,
II think he looks quite happy enoughp
says Monica without sympathy.
Kelly lets his languid gaze rest on her for
a moment.
"What has Desmond done to youPn no
says, at last, slowly.
aDoneP0 haughtily. ''Nothng. What
could he dol?
Nothing, suppose as you say. By the
bye have not seen YOU dancing with him
this afternoon"
'gNo.n -. .# ......,.
"How is thatq5
How Is whatp'
II thought that day at Aghyohillbeg that
you and Desmond were great friends"
'Friendsl when we have only seen each
other two or three times is friendship the
growth Of an hOur2''
mo. But something else is.n He looks
at her almost cltrarfniiy as me says this
"But neither you rer |, Miss Beresf0rd,
have anything to do with that ilimsy pas
sion.n
"You mean" ..a
"LoVep
"Is there such q thingT' says Monica,
wistfully, whereupon Mr.. Kelly says to him
self, Nov, what on earth has that fellow
been doing 10 herP2 but aloud he says, In
his usual subdued tones,
II don't know, I'm sure, but they say so,
ard perhaps they whoever they may be, are
right. IL so, think 1t Is dangerous sub
ject to discuss with potG, Latus skip ii, and
60 on. You haven't told me why you are
not dancing with Desmond.
"IVhy sl.~-ld Idance with Mr.. Desmond9'
'hetaiise II Is not ai@ays easy to have a
refusal ready, perhaps, Or He has ask
ed you"
She would have given a good deal at this
instant to be able TO answer MOP but the
@ &c E;. 10 aea gs!. be-
for one waltz that evening at the ettIt Of the
Moyne meadow comes between her and her
desire. So she says, "Yes," instead.
And you would none Of him?"
s.No.n
sit isn't my part to ask why" says Kelly,
with quite miserable air; ''but still / can.
not help wondering how any one candislike
Desmond.H
No answer. Miss Beresford, is looking
straight before her, but her color Is distinct
| ly higher, and there Is determination about
her not to be cajoled into speech, that IS un-
mistakable Having studied her fora little,
Mr.. Kelly goes on:
81 never know whether it Is Desmond's
expression or manner that Is so charming,
therefore conclude II Is both. Have YOU
noticed what peculiarly loyable way he
has with him? But of course not, as, some
how, he has the misfortune to jar upon You.
Yet very few hate HIM. You see you are
that excellent thing, an exception
II do not hate him, says Monica; and,
having thus unlocked her lips against her
inclination, she feels Owen Kelly-ef Kelly's
Grove has won the game but she bears him
no i'll will for all that ''It Is the cause, 1t
is the cause, my soulp
AS she says this, she becomes aware that,
Desmond himself has como to the foot OF
the stairs and Is gazing at her reproachfnlly.
'sHere Is tickle Fortunes fayorite literally
at our feet, says Owen Kelly; and, before
Monica can say anything, Brian has mount
ed the two steps that lie between him and
her, and Is at her side
"If Lmay not dance with you, may at
least talk to you for a moment or twog' he
says, hurriedly, as Owen slips away.
Certainly with cold surprise.
what have doneP2 asks Desmond, alb
ruptly, turning to Monica, who Is gazing Ia
rapt fashion at her large black fan"
"Done?7
"Dont answer me like that, Monica.
have offended Yen. l can see that But
how? Every momentof this wretched after.
noon, until YOU came, spent wondering
when You would arrive. And vet when at
last i did see you, you would vouchsafe me
neither smile nor glance. In fact you
looked as IL You hated mep
''Euery momentg' sardonicallY.
Every one.H
"Eyen those spent with Mrs. Bohunp To
save her life she could not call her "0lga'
now.
With herr staring in some surprise az
his inquisitor. sNell, 1T certainly wasn't
quite SO bad-the waiting, l mean then.
Though still, with my mind full Of you
WAS
.sYnn wern indeed z, infarr11nfino hin,