Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-01-27


Her half ss rolled ia "a Il snssssii sufF KllCI
behind her lare "a y Ililia rales hef eges
Iarge and ininlNona have N NieNi heavy stad-
owls lPin4 beneath heni 6nEgeatiye Of fas
tlEne and thing lboufht t4ltOgeilers she
k looking as lovely AS any heart can deslse.
b you HAVE returned IS she saals aE lkib
entHss'f How Long y0u tiNxe beenl tgaye
you iip shoughs some pixy had become
cltamOge9 u yon and DAss Ssriiea yon OF 70
,his kinRd0nis
III was in dagger of nUtl6ng 40 iusIgEifi.
6ant Us d pixys u Nas Tie Nrea2 Ap0Ii0'a
self / feared, SAYS Kit, With q sly hllmog.
0us smile And here Is y0alr lily; kc sent
it ID yon With hls love and n klss,N Don't
you think YOU Were little tlkind To tliat
d09r Brian this evening" she Says,
fhat dear Brian will recover from my
Cruel treatment, make Ao doubi,n says
NIonlca, with affected llgliness, though, IN
truth, teInorse Is gnawlag q her heart
strlngs
y aIfle does he win show his very good
tEase. lie lcxes yoas wilg then, do y0u
I yiotst and srotif 'hImg'
III tie ancient library below, the Young
ladies III the novels always houted their
I lovers. Not hay'iig The falntest idea how
they perform thls ArdWons task, n; still
adopts the wofd as haylng asoficrous 1.aind,
and uses II now with as she hopes great
eject.
~ do not tlout him. says Monica indig.
hantly But what am TO do2 am tu
make Aunt Priscilla wEetclRil, then, be.
cause oflnm, and break her poor heart PEI.
| hapsgf
Monica. toa ike hini, says nit, sGddeh,
4 IN, rising on her knees and looking Into het
Il fsaA ~
1 know Il nOw Why did yoa not e0htide Ia
/ tie befctngi
Because Il seems all so hopeless cfen--
lik loved han enough "A marey him tllep
/ would never give in' lmcanlig, presumably,
her auhts) $50 why should he pr waste
/ time over So impossible d tlieofyT
ssMlly should Il beimp0ssio leq Why should
4 you not be narriedg
hBecAuag tho fat Rre All against tiS
Not,p quickly, Hlhat thut So much matters
1 don't want TO marry nnBbOdgi But -bnt,
lowering her iids. II DO want himto love
me- But can't bear 10 deceive Aun
Priscilla says Monica, "She 10 50 Kind u
\ good"
stuff md nonsense r. says Kit promptly
DO sou suppose when Aunt Priscilla wa.
4 Young, she would have deserted--iet us sai
MIR Desmond the elder, at the beck anC
call Of any oneq She has too much spirit
to do her credit. Though must say hei
spirit Il rather ont Of place now, at times
I Bnt,f with concentrated energy, Il woulG
not be brutal, II RerS Sou."
''BrttalYp falrhiy.
Yes, bfiltdl 10 keephim waiting for y0t
al this time Ia the shadow near tile Iva
wallF ~
Having discharged this she'll she waits II
stony sllencs for reply She waits SONS
/ time Them
''Are yon speaking of~of Mr. DesniondY
asks Monica, In trembling voice,
Yes. He Is standing there now, and ha
been, f0t--oh, for hoirsi- on the hafo chanci
Of gaining one word from yOuH
'Now2n starting.
Yes. He said he would walt untii hat
persuaded yop to so out II 1 had stich
lover, know should not keep him waitlnI
for me ell the evening shiyering with cold
I (It is the balmiest OF shmmef nights,l
"OL, what shall do9H says Monica, tori
In two between her desire to be true 70 he
aunt and yet not unkind TO her lover
"As said before, 7 says thRe eresoltite Kit
turning her small pale face up to her sis
ter, II know ! ann not entitled to dictate 4
any one, but this 1 know, too, that II wer
you, and ttCcilty Aunt Priscilas were at M
side, ! should still--goto him! Therelp
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