The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-07-21

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Thanks. That's settled. Now you
may put your name down for two
dances instead of one; one because
good"
1T pays tosbe good when goodness
is so rewardedsssgs
Chester uttered some expression of.
grateful acknowledgement for the.
promised favor, thonghS&&there was
something in the incident, he hardly
knew what, that he did not like, and
Mr.. Pratt led lrma away. Left alone
to ponder over the circumstance, he
found that it was the confident and
familiar way Irma spoke of the boss
and the evident good understanding
between them which gave him the un-
comfortable feeling OF dislike&for his
tie incident and Mr.. Willmarth's cc-
centric behavior his enjoyment of the
evening was perfect.
1rma led him into the conservatory,
norninally to show him the new or
Eehidsfhat had just come into bloom,
and insthe sheltero OF the foliage, when.
ERayes.l,ims q kiss. His passion, the lit
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given him and the fire of her ,caress
together impelled him into reckless
disregard for all else than his love,
and he urged her to consent to an i'm
mediate marriage. He wanted her to
slope with him the verYnext day. The
thought that after paying the ex-
pensessof the elcpefhent ana8the min
ister's fceShe would: be practically pen
nilesssdid mot even $oconr toshim.
She eardshImsth indnlgcntly,
even Observation-Disclosures him an
other kiss huIt 9shesWonld not run
away. @4s4ssssAslF 49,
Chester she said, with
placid reasonyaoEat all disturbed by
his fever. so Would be very nice, but
not cpenxAslfttlebit4sensib for us to.
make EaFa anggryslSsand he would be,
awfully, 1--we WeEe&toSd do a thing like
that. WesniRstakeep on his good side
if we can. Yonswin3 be all right. I've
been watching him this evening, and I
EsSeEassec that he is beginning to take
E4&NEsyon. Be patient. little bird
ESSA8spers to me that we will not have
ysysgssyaong to wait"
essopposite as the poles were the
poles were the thoughts in her mind
pxempting the figuratiye whisper Of
thNslittle bird and the understanding
lHNhfA produced by it. He had not told
E&&fH#whence he had obtained the costly
IpreHent he had made,to her, the value
of which she knew Tar better than he
did, and she naturally supposed that
he hGd purchased it. To be able to
buy q thing like that argued to her a
sudden and great improvement in his
financial condition. 1t was quite true
that his s~peculntiens were going bad
ly when last he told her anything
about them, but she very we'll knew
sometimes fortunes We're picked up
on Wall streetin a few hours, and why
might not her lover have had some
such lucky picking? Certainly his
entire capital at the time he asked her
father for her hand would not have
sufficed to buy the grand ruby. He
must be getting rich.
But Chester thought she meant him
to understand the birds whisper as.
Papa is on the verge of giving his.
consent to our marriage"
And before the error Of either could
be corrected the presence of other
persons put IN end to the conversa-
ton. But it had lasted long enough to
make the young man happier than.
he had been in a good many weeks
past, and when he Went ut-that night
from her presence his future seemed
once more radient with the golden
light of hope. He and Trina would
marry. Her father would start him in
business. BY the way, why had she,
knowing all that, solicited that man
to give him q political appointment?
No doubt she meant it as a joke, or it
was just possible that She wa really
ambitious to sec him win political
prcfcrment. Well, if 1t would please
her, he would do so.
He was very happy awhile that
ev~ening-for the last time.
a couple of blocks from Mr. Will
marth's house on his way home Chess
ter was attacked by two rnfians who
sought to rob4him. His athletic train
ing when in college stood him in such
good stead in this emergency that he
whipped both-bi assailants and.
turned one of them over to a police
man, the other tnking to- his heels,
without himself receiving any seri-
Gus physical damage, But he sus-.
tanned an injury to which he, would
infinitely have preferred some severe
contusions. for "a hurt skin gets we'll,
while damaged rainent does not.
Torn, blood spattered and covered
with dirt, joint handsome dress coat
was irretrievahly ruined. Recogniz-
ing Mt a glance the utter hopelessness
3Of attempting to. cure its wound,
Chester went the next morning to its
maker and paid for another to re-
place it. When he had done SO he had
less than $10sleftSout of the 500 OBJ
tanned by pawping his watch.
3H Th rpiS06e of fhp ront was Int ono
step in the ow steeply inclined
*roadEto ruin down which fate was ir-
resistibly impelling Chester Sewall.
CHAPTER XII.