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

rs another, ehs Told ENI a0, Cd s1ef
When
LAS might, answered Herbert
lowering nfs pKtice 4 waHaTe1 &c speak
10 rer cal1fideu laIF. sir kngN1ng that
vun would le 4 ffuSFn1 advi~4r. .
wal as skilled physician 70 the young
falr. / fear there is s0tlle severe an
gulsh ~ fer pressing UI ler mind thai
11av Unsergle al. What that S3rroW Is.
Do moi knew. Nor have ] Dow snT
right 10 inquire: ssut hT ii lucky ehhIlcs,
WIS dgwn bv 1he river last AghL
and saved her frQm suicide. nn Ealch
she seauaad madly heut@ aud ber a.
rsesk This morning makes me auutlr
anxious about Der. ] fear. indeed, THAT
sazne st~rgt sorrow h driving thls Ell
E1aGs
TIE aortares hrsWs knit in a l'ef-
g8Rraa fryNu.
crst satrrsw. eh: Romantic foi-
aerpL WHY. the girls nothing IEt a
llafT. SIR
Se Is eighteen" answered Hsr
ber-- E-avelvs and ST eighteen a wo-
Ilzsn y d. longer q ehlA@
80 mach the worse. young UEaD-so
rapt9h the wxryse. Size ought - be- III
sbp isn't. Eighteen fol-5erA. sSS
elght TO knew NO more Of secret SUI
INK than q Srrlac: she ought 10 think
uf nothing tsur rurfes. raEBans ana
ranr-paoEes- YoZr sisters the SORT Of
q g&rl for me- bur I'll waEer my bead
fhat in ak uBQE7hs fr8n DOW some
roZlg fellow makes n fooi a her, and
sets hpr 10 thinking OF lvye, uasfgashlne
md secret sgrTUWs- BAH II makes me
sick Sorrow CONES quick enough,
Tyr-rlg ran. and dark enough. aud
ug3Fsengngh without 8 pack pf young
fpa1S. playing 81 il before their riEne.
N8w.l what the deuce has this golden
hair4E haby 10 de- with secret SoErOTs
Au TIE doctor rubbed h3s Dose in 4
wav that showed he Eas quite excited
i caUnU1 tell vVu. glr," Herbert add
I'd. sadly. i am not ia her confidence.
/ only know that there is some trouble
of which she canDg1 or win not speak.
preygns on her mind. and driving from
il ali peace or happiness
~HEaFthr' granted the doctor.
+'Iylbprt err her father and mothe--
T7sey'd better take her home and SGT
her 10 making pinafores. Shed best
20 hguae. Sir-besT 20 home"
Vi A8& AAk&4AA NAAE A@% 3&%@fA W.
u0tler" answered the young man.
thoqEhtfuIly. she sl*aks Of
eitnEr.~
Sister. brother, uncle or aunt. then"
said the doctor. ~Moon4ng around these
hills isn't good either for body or
mind She'd better 60 home al 'once,
and Ill tell her SO"
Il fear her home is Dot a ~eonseBtai
one! answered Herbert Il fear the
sorrow that seems d~arkening her young
life ma have its handspring there: |
fear-GOd knows what | fear. But |
would that | could feel assured that
Sybil had one trGa friend la the world
-one heart that beat for her as purely
and unselfshly as mine"
YOU'RE a fine young fellow said
the doctor. blowing his nose violently
on a huge b~andanna-"a very fine
young fellow. Shake hands, I wish I
had q son like you. Most Of the milk
SIPS. nowadays, 90 aEt1lt a. cross and
petriSh A. spoiled children if a girl hap
pens 10 say no to them. You stand up
10 ii like a man. and il shows you're
the right mettle. The trresr lover is
always the truest friend. / was in
love myself. sir. onca-iaugh at E1e, II
You paeasa-hut / was genuinely in
love forty odd years ago. 1t was n
young love and a foolish love. and il
turned out TO be a very unhappy love,
for the girl didn't care a snap for me;
! but il was the beginning and end OF
love % me IL made me what / am-a
sguE Grabbed. cross old fellow. But il
left one place in my heart soft enough
to beat in sympathy TO a tale Ike
yours Nou can trust me. young man:
III be- a friend TO that little friend OF
yoCry in there. I'll try TO find out her
trouble. whatever ii is. and help her.
IL / can: aud | won't do il altogether
for your sake. either. Look herer'
The old doctor drew a worn old leath-
er cas- from his vest pocket as he
spoke. and, opening it. showed II con-
tanned a smaller one Of velvet and gold.
Touching a spring. the last case few
open. Prevailing a picture within-a
plctufe exduisitely painted on ivory
q lovely girl in the first bloom Of
youth.
Herbert ave one glance Of swift sur
prise at the picture, and then ex-
claimed :
"syen! sybl. it is sybil wraye her
selft'(
Nj Sybil wraye." answered the old
man. gently. mo, no. sir-this beanti.
full form las been Wondering i'm the
dust fer five-and- thirty-years. This Is
Sybil Lee. the woman / loved. as she
looked when / loved her. our lives
driftel apart; / could never find her
never icould trace her. after that one
brief summer that witnessed my first
and Jblv dream. | have heard wits
pers Of an unhappy marriage. Of a sub
seauent desertion. but she was too
proud. too reserved to let her SORROWS
reach even friendly ears. / have never
heard from her. never seen her. since
the evening / poured out nv love-sale
in her ear: and gently. kindly. deli.
catela she rejected my suit. This like.
ness painted from memory, when
her image was still fresh and IN.
dimmed in my mental eyes. Tt was an
ideal NJ loyeliness that Of late years I
had learned 70 think only an ideal. an.
I'll to-day. Before yon spoke 10 me
was only that little chiId's friend be.
cause fof the wondrous likeness she
4 bearRftn Svhil lee