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


Her hair Is rolled up in small, soft knot
behind; her face 10 little pale; her eyes,
large and luminous, have great heavy shad-
ows lying beneath them, suggestive OF fa-
tigue and firing thought. Altogether, she
Is looking as lovely as any heart can desire.
"Ah, you have returnedp she says, as Kit
enters.S How long you have beenl l gave
YOU up / thought some pixy had become
enamored Of You and had carried you of to
his kingdom"
81 was In danger of nothing SO insignifi-
cant as pixy. IL was the great Apoll0's
self feared" says Kit, with sly himor.
bus smile. "And here is your lily; hc sent
It to you with his love and kiss Don't
you think you were little unkind to that
dear Brian this evening"" she says.
"That dear Brian will recover from my
cruel treatment make no doubt" says
Monica with affected lightness, though, i'm
truth, remorse Is gnawing at her heart.
strings. :
"If lie does, he will show his very good
sense. lie loves YOU; why, then, do you
fout and scorn hm?'
In the ancient library below. the young
ladies IN the novels always Houted their
lovers. Not hay'iig the faintest Idea how
they perform this arduous task, Kit still
and uses 1t now with-as she hopes-great
effect
III do not hout him." says Monica, indig.
hantly. "But what am to doP am / to
make Aunt Priscilla wretched, then, be-
cause Of him, and break her poor heart per-
haps"
"Monica, you like him" says Kit sudden.
ly, rising on her knees and looking Tito her
sisters averted eyes. II aim sure Of iti
know it now. Why did you not coniide III
me befOre?"
Because il seems all so hopeless; even
IL loved him enough Ia marry hini-uiey
would never give in (ncaning, presumably,
her sunts) $50 why should he or waste
time over 30 impossible theofyT'
"Why should 1t be impossi2lepWhy should
you not be marriedp"
because the fat are all against tis.
Not quickly, "that that so much matters.
don't want to marry dnUbOjpi But-but,"
lowering her lid. II do want him to love
me-" "But ! can't bear to deceive Aunt
Priscilla" says Monica. "She Is sokind, so
good"
'Stufr and nonsense" says Kit promptly.
DO you suppose, when Aunt Priscilla was
young, she would have deserted-1et IL say
Mr. Desmond the elder at the beck and
Coll VI hily Ontg one mas 100 lnuCn spirit,
to do her credit. Though must say her
spirit Is rather out of place now, ut times.
But" with concentrated energy, II would
not be brutal, IL were YOU"
"Brutal?" family.
Yes, brutal, TO keephi waiting for YOU
all this tine in the shadow hear tile Ivy
wallr'
Having discharged this she'll she waits III
stony slence for reply She waits SOME
time. Then
"Are you speaking of-of Mr. Desmond?'
asks Monica, in trembling voice.
Yes. lie Is standing there now, ami has
been, for-oh, for hours on the hare chance
Of gaining one word from YOU"
"Now?" starting
"Ycs. He said he would walt Until had
persuaded you to go out. If had stich
lover, ! know | should not keep him waiting
for me all the evening shltering with cold"
ct is the balmiest Of sumntet nights.)
'Oh, what shall doP' says Monica, torn
In two between her desire to be true 10 her
aunt and yet not unkind to her lover.
"As said before" says the, resolute Kit,
turning her small pale face up to her sis
ter, II know am not entitled to dictate to
any one, but this know, too, that IL / were
you, and tcerty Aunt PrisciIlas were at my
side, should still-go to him! Thorep
Confined Next Week.l ~