Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-04-04
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rune,ta Roth burst unceremonious-
INTO her friends room.
Mary" she cried. lis it possible
have refused Christopher Patton?'
AIRY Vane, a tall, pretty girl, who
adjusting her fur collarette b.
the mirror, turned quickly. her
cheeks flushing scarlet.
Why, Brunetta,' she exclaimed
" can you expect me to answer
b a question:"
rrnetta, who was small and stout,
attired in the height OF the pre-
Ing mode, sank down in a chair
laughed.
didn't expect you to answer 1t.
re is no necessity you should do so.
Patton told Tom last night that
had thrown him over. don't see
your conscience allowed you to
SO. He Is such a catch-young and
blocking. Best of all, he Is enor-
psly wealthy"
larry smiled as she speared a crown
Ter demUre little turban with a long
She was thinking of a mar who
no longer young-near forty, per-
s-who was handsomer in Ter eyes
all other men, and who was by no
ms wealthy.
really believe. went on Miss Roth,
t you have an absurd fancy for
(rlle Everett do. indeed"
Eary's smile became %quizZical.
Really?" she said.
ph, | have no patience with you!"
AIRED Brunetta, wrathfully. You've
|wn Charlie Everett three or four
s. All this time he has been most
pied to you, but not one of your
pas knows to this day whether you
engaged or not"
be smile faded from Mary's lips.
are not" she answered, and the
little cousin fancied her tone was
md yet you have been more gra-
to him than to any Of the Others"
|ued Miss Roth, relentlessly.
ny, are ysu in love with him?"
ent that" counter-questioned
evasively, what the lawyers
ID call a leading question? I don't
10 seem rude, or to hurry you,
netta, but | have an engagement to
some papers this afternoon at the
OF Deal & Burrit. Can't you
with me?"
es. must see Nine. Mireau about
Easter hat. One must arrange with
~ time, as she is always rushed
orders. Are those papers con-
% with your uncle's will?"
9 left you everything. What a
girl you are! suppose now you
gou can afford to marry whom you
: conversation again turned on
" Everett as the girls rode down
Dsether on the Metropolitan Ele-
Is a mysterious fellow" Bru-
remarked.
ysterious!" Mary SEM her a sud
A o inquiry. What do you
sn' tnere really is reason why he
= De considered a good deal of an
Ia while not wealthy like Chris
ration, Tom tells me he has a
'aiary' and adds to this by writ
Out you know he does not spend
as other men in our class do
No. liberal in the matter of thea
! nowers. He lives quietly. He
expensive habits. Where. then.
nis money go?"
Vane was silent.
',e Is one house in the suburbs
Nc Is known to frequently Wis
ue other went on. Brunetta. as
n observed, was not above eniov-
sOsslp' Two women live there.
apparently a superior sort of
Eaat. The other is a pretty, deli
Uoslng little creature Of about
nve or thereabouts. Occasion
Everett takes her driving
~ the parks. Has he ever men
ner to your"
forced herself to answer:
70 anyone else. But I have
out with her Who is sheg"
a.ns of unrest, an undefnable
sna the heart Of Mary
one Recalled the night Charlie
mad told her of his love. 81
.uw ask you to be my wife,"
'sra. Il will some day. God
time may not be far
love you too we'll 70 bind
Promise you might later
Ne, ome. And yet-dear. you
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