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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-11-27

that you will not fear that shall
speak of my love-" he repeated.
= Certainly we can be friendly" she
returned, holding out her hand, which
he took and dropped directly. II am
glad, you have come to such conclu-
sion. You will find some one whom
you will love much better, and you
will laugh at the thought you could
ever have spoken such words to me. "
I'VE will say nothing, of that" he
responded, quickly. so its all right
now, is it? And you are not going to
be afraid of me?"
She shook her head smilingly,
and he began helping her gather drift
wood, congratulating himself on the
fact that he could now watch her
closely and Know Caryls game. as
well as the way In which that sick
man would behave when getting well.
Yes. he had made good move, he
thought
II had happened that Purcell did
mot know of his daughters misad-
venture on the rocks, and when
Ralph Caryl appeared on the evening
Of the second day, he was at a loss
to-know TO know why the young man
lad come. q
Kate fastened to explain, and -Caryl
assisted her in his easy way. But he
lid not mention his, name, and Kate
safK, apologeticalfys 81 r''..-'-
81 am ashamed to have forgotten
he gentleman's name" .r.,
Caryl was inwardly chagTined, at
his, but did not betray that feeling
rs he said: My name is Ralph Caryl, I"
looking sharply at her father, "and
am very glad to make your acqualnt,
ance." -
Kate looked at her father in amaze
nent as he heard those words, He
started back, staring hard at the
guest.
Ralph Caryl!" he exclaimed. "You
are not one of the ,Caryls of Caryl-
Vile? That is impossible!"
mo. not impossible" was the ans.
wer, "since am one of that family
he last member in the direct line.
4 am happy to know that my name is
not unfamiliar to you, and proud to
Ihink it is an honorable one"
He did not choose to say how he
had disgraced his honorable name.
Eyes, yes" half mqrmured Purcell,
ut is an honorable name"
Then ne reused himself to say:
its very strange, when one comes
70 know what wandering life | have
ed" said Caryl, with an intonation of
sadness.
do you not, then, inherit the Caryl
property?" asked Purcell
Ralph did not give a direct answer.
He said: ..
ITO BE Continned9
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CTo BE Continned9
How Ermlne Are cantured.

Perfect fur, of the delicate ermine,
at least, would be marred by the or
binary snare, so the, trapper devises as
cunning a death for the ermine as the
ermine devises when II darts up
through the snow with its spear-teeth
clutched in the throat of poor rabbit.
Smearing his hunting knife with
grease, he lays 1t across the track The
little ernine comes trotting in dots
and dashes and gallops and dives to
the knife. That greasy smell of meat
il knows, but that frost-silvered bit of
steel is something new. The knife is
frosted with ice. Ice the ermine has
licked. so he ticks the knife. But alas
for the resemblance between knife and
steel! Ice turns TO. water under the
warm tongue;' steel turns to fire that
blisters and holds that foolish little
stoat by, his inquisitive tongue, a hope
less prisoner until fac trapper comes.
And, lest marauding wolverine or
lynx should come first and gobble I'D
the priceless ermine, the trapper
comes soon. And that is the end of
the ermine.-Agnes c. Laut, in Leslies
Monthly.
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STRANGE New Herbs.

The gardens and fields OF fncatan
are filed with succulent vegetables
and odorous herbs unknown 10 .no
outer world. In the cultivated neiu'
at the proper seasons are grow
classes of Indian corn, beans, squashes
and tubers for which we have ho
name. for the reason that we nav
never seen or heard of them, reports
the Pittsburg Dispatch. The forests
and jungles contain fruits that, exce..
lent even in their wild state, could %
made delicious by scientific care anu
cultivation. There are half scors
Of wild fruits that offer more proln.
ing results than did the bitter wh1
almond. the progenitor Of the poaca'
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-11-27
GREAT \ AMERICAN Pr
PUMPKIN IS ONCE MORE r..
MONARCH OF ALL. "
Immense Consumption Of the L;,,.,
Dainty Throughout the Lana. ~
ures Show the Extent Of n, n.y. y
drous Popularity. "'''

The pumpkin pie Is oncs
abroad in the land. On the co,a. s
OF the confeetioners, in the. wins
of the dairy lunches and on ~
bossed menus Of the hotels ~, eu'
wealth and fashion flock. II ..s,
takes its honored place, to glsS sa'A
with its presence the heart Of old sSa
young. -,~
New York-pre-eminent in m,..
things-is the greatest pumpkin ~
eating city in the world Durin, y.
season, from September to FebH,I
there are, on an average, more M
10000 pumpkin pies a day eaten 1.
that city. Estimating each pie to con
tain five pieces, an army of sometbin.
like $4,000 pumpkin eaters musts,'
daily.
To make $4,000 pies day reouir.,
$4,000 pounds of pumpkin and lOOm
quarts Of milk. Such dry, prosaic ana
exact things as figures are hardly i
keeping with the poetic pumpkin. mn
II Is interesting to figure out the fart
that in the four months or so durp,
which the pumpkin pie flourishes thers
are about 100000 pounds of the fruit
used to make the pies which are cal.
en- in that city, and a million and
quarter quarts of milk. With a pencil
and an imagination interesting figures
of the consumption of the United
States at large might be worked cut
In the days when people, who are
now middleaged were boys-for 1t Is
to the male sex primarily that the
pumpkin pie has always appealed
pumpkins were raised as a stolen
crop" a few seeds placed at intervals
in a field of Indian corn or potatoes
often giving, besides the regular crop,
ton of pumpkins.
But now the pumpkin, though stili
to some extent raised In the old way,
has attained the dignity of being con.
.sidered worthy to be raised for itself
alone. Pumpkin farms are numerous
all through the central and New Eng.
land states, and yield good returns to
their proprietors.
The largest pumpkin farm near New
York is in Monmouth county, N. j.
where a tract Of 300 acres is given
over principally to the raising Of pump
kins. The cultivation of'the fruit too
is no longer a haphazard affair." but Ia
conducted on scientific principles, the
soil being thoroughly fortified with
the special view of providing the kind
of richness needed in the pumpkin.
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CHAPTER v. ,continued1

Changed met" he repeated, impet-
uously. Eyes; l am changed, because
l have to work so hard that you may
have money. It's for you--all for you.
Every day think may come TO Won
and say: No more hard, scrubbing
work for you'll you were born to be a
lad y,and now you have the money to
surround yourself with TIE luxuries of
ope. 1t is for that | am working, Kate.
Can't you trust me?'
The eager utterance, the unusual
light in her fathers eyes alarmed Kate
more and more.
I'VE are poorer than ever, father"
she said. How can / believe in an
undertaking that changes you and
that makes us lack the necessaries Of
hfe1 Give it up, whatever Il is; it
changes you for the worse. feel that
1t will never succeed"
Purcell rose and walked hurriedly
around the room.
"No. mol" he cried. Don't ask me
that. Wealth is just within my reach,
and | must grasp IL. We will talk no
more on the subject, and you need
think no more OF it-not until bring
you gold"
His eyes glittered again, but he re-
strained himself
Are you sure you can not bring
yourself to think favorably of Burt's
suit?" he asked.
"Yes-sure. Don't let US talk Of it."
Kate felt weary and discouraged
She knew not which way to turn for
comfort. and there was an inextin-
guishable alarm in her heart concern
Ing her fathers condition.
AS she looked at him she saw that
the transient excitement had died out,
and he was standing by the window,
absently gazing out, seeing nothing, his
eyes full of that intent expression that
had become hahttual to him of late.
And. in truth, he was again engaged in
making another calculation as TO the
SPOT in which that treasure must have
been buried. l
His daughter called him to the ia
BILE. and he ate OF the frugal. almost
scanty. breakfast. ,6&
Kate left him to carry to the strang-
or cup of Cruel she had made, and
when she came down her father had
gone out, and the whole care OF the
sick man deyolyed upon her.
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CHAPTER VI.
Rothesay Recognizes a Voice.

Ralph Caryl did not present himself
at Charles Purcells house until he
had been to Boston and spent Richard
Burt's money in the purchase of the
best clothes he could get for the sum.
ut will do her no harm to allow her
to expect me little, providing she
hasn't forgotten me entirely, and that
depends wholly on the amount of in
terest that unknown, stranger has
awakened. When 1 have seen him
with her. shall know my graund."
Thus Caryl thought has he stood on
board the steamer from Boston the
next day.
Meanwhile, within Purcell's humble
home, in the little chamber under the
roof, the stranger was fighting the
battles with the fever. 1t was not a
fierce and raging illness, but one that
babe fair to continue for some time.
He is booked for 1t now" said the
doctor, but the fever will not run
very high. Miss Purcell, / must get
some good woman to come as nurse.
You can't take charge of the patient
and of the house also. will send
some one tomorrow"
Thus the quiet of the little house
woman came to take the place of
nurse, and now Purcell, whose mind
had been occupied with other things,
again reverted to the topic which abb
sorbed him most, and Kate knew 1t
instantly by the look on his face; but
she dared not say anything more to
him about 1t. She must wait.
Dick Burt, after bordering upon his
course Of action. He could not afford
to go away and leave Kate Purcell
Had she been there alone, as she had
been accustomed to being, he should
have left the place for awhile. But
circumstances were different now.
Afetr few days, having watched
his opportunity, when he saw Kate go
ing out with her basket to pick up
driftwood, he joined her, and he hast
ened to reassare her, and he acted his
part well.
I've been very unhappy since our
last talk together. OF course / can't
promise not to love you, but the
dream that was so dear to me Is over.
All l expect now Is to have matters
as they were before. can promise
not to annoy you again"
He was so humble and seemed so
sincere that Kate looked at him in
surprise. He met her gaze with APP
parent frankness. Though she dis
trusted him, she reproached herself
for doing 80, and that very self-re-
proach made her more cordial.
Say we may be friends again. and
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A Parthian Shot.

Mr.. Beasley ]. Robertson was for
long editor of the Battleaxe. He al
ways strove for accuracy, and when he
did make a mistake he was not above
acknowledging it, as witness the fol.
lowing, which he one week printed:
I'VE deem a word of exclamation
due our readers with regard to an item
which appeared in the last Battleaxe.
IN which we stated that Mr.. Henry r.
Brown OF Long Prairie township had
been brought before Justice of the
Peace James Hargrave and bound over
for stealing chickens and resisting an
ofiicer. 1t appears that Hargrave was
the man guilty of the crimes, and Mr..
Brown was the official before whom he
was arraigned. Mr.. Brown has not
stolen : any chickens yet."-Harper's
Weekly.
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LUCK RESTORES A DIAMOND.
Found by Its Owner in Street Where
She Lost il Five Years Ago,

The luckiest woman in the west Is
Mrs. Anna NJ. Scott OBJ Denver Col
Five years ago, in returning from
party, she lost diamond earring
worth 5000. Unlocking for something
else few days ago she found the dia'
mond in the street where she mad
dropped 1t so long before.
Hundreds of persons had passed
over the spot in the meantime. Rain
and snow had buried the, jewel in the
sand, and at just the right time the
rain again washed the diamond clean
for Mrs. Scott to find it. Other per-
sons had looked in vain, when 1t was
lost years ago.
Il was not looking for It," said tne
owner, 81 was looking for little ring
that my daughter thought she had
lost. AS l could not find the ring, l
went oyer the ground rather carefully.
Suddenly something sparkling
eau ght my eye and then I cried right
out loud, why, there's my diamond!
Il was so surprised to see 1t that
could really hardly believe that
was awake, or that it was 1902 IL
stead of 1897"
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His Fond Hopes Rliahted.

Dearest! Say yes"
She hung her head and was silent.
Say yes he entreated.
The maiden raised a cold, deter.
mined face and looked him squarely in
the eye.
"Percival, cannot"
"But why?" he persisted. Surely.
you do not hate me?"
"IIate your" her voice broke as she
spoke. Hate you? / love you more
than words can tell. But-but-er-''
But what?" he demanded, almost
fiercely. ..,
"Percival, do not pain me by asking
me again. Do not cast temptation in
my path. Once for all, cannot. Your
station is too far above mine"
At Fourteenth street she arose and
left the car, while he, crestfallen and
heartsick, continued on to One Hun.
dred and Forty.ffth street.-New YorJ,
Sun.
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CHAPTER V.
Kate Makes a New Acquaintance.

Kate Makes New Acquaintance.
When his friend left him, Burt stood
for some moments with a perplexed
expression upon his face. He did not
half like Caryl's coming, though the
man had suggested a plan to assist
him. He did not wholly believe in the
truth of Ralph Caryl's agreements,
and he did not precisely want the
man to see Kate.
He kicked viciously at the pebbles
as he stood rejecting on this new
phase of affairs. .
"A handsome fellow sick there for
the girl to take care of; and now this
other one, who always makes love TO
all the women, and seems to have
heard of Kate before. Decidedly, I'm
not In luck!" :
Thus he thought as he watched the
tall and 1.-THE figure of Caryl vending
its way across the sands in the direc-
ton OF Purcelps house.
However" said Burt, shaking him.
self, ~ believe Pm enough for them
all. Dick Burt never did give up beat,
and | don't he shall now. can keep
an eye on Caryl--the old man is under
my thumb, and that stranger who has
fever-well, he says he's going to be-
married next week. Perhaps he is,
but the fact may not prevent him from
flirting with Kate, and he's Just the
fellow to take girls fancy-blast
him!"
Having mIttered these words, Dick
walked rapidly away in the opposite
direction from that taken by Caryl.
AS for the last-named gentlemen. he
went on gayly, whistling as he walked.
He had struck the right vein in coming
here; he could make this thing pay.
And to find the Purcell--the thought
made him grave again.
But he would reap good harvest
ne had that to tell them for which
they ought to pay well; but he would
be In no hurry to tell It.
he had a little capital now, and per-
naps Kate was really pretty; IL she
was. It would great pity for her to 20
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A Hair In the Head.

What's the matter with your hajrY"
asked Oliver Herford of a friend who
had suddenly grown bald. at seems
to be leaving you"
I'D give anything own 10 ps, q
back" said the friend. -
i've always noticed" returned
Herford, that hair in the head 70
worth two in the brush."-New Vel,
Times
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CHAPTER w.
Dicks Old Friend.

Rlchar Burt. when he left Kate Pur-
cell. after his rejection, wandered
down to the waters edge, walking
along absently in the direction that led
away from the fishermens houses.
His head was bent. his hands clasped
behind him, and his whole attitude
one OF detection.
He by no meats could see his way
clearly toward making Kate his wife,
but he was very far from giving her
up. he was. at a standstill. Though
he told himself that woman says no
half the time when she means yes, he
had an idea that Kate Purcell;s no
meant no.
A step came crunching along on the
sand behind him, and hand was laid
heavily mis- shoulder.
He started, angrily, and, with an
oath, turned to confronksthe intruder
'Dick Burt, down in the mouth, as
liyei Burt, regularly hipped, / de-
ciarel What the deuce is the row."
Bprts face showed nothing but sur
prise. as he looked at the newcomer.
You here!" he exclaimed.
Certainly l am here, and so-are you,
should say; and confoundedly blue,
also, To judge from appearances. What
were the wild waves saying to you,
Dick?"
The speaker, In spite Of very reck-
less and dissipated air, and the some
what worn condition of his clothes, yet
had that something about him that we
fanny hnlrFOC tn ono bnf hnn
born and bred a gentleman. But he
was most sadly fallen from his estate.
He was, perhaps, thirty years old.
but he might not have been so much,
fora fast life had set its ageing marks
upon him.
''The wild waves were not saying
very pleasant things, Caryl, l must
say" said Dick. "But where did you
turn up from? That's what l should
like to know. | thought you had gone
to France, and would never return"
There never is any certainty about
my movsments, you know" was the
response. IL have been, and I've re.
turned. and l haven't, five dollars to
bless myself with, which is not the
pleasantsst state in the world, as you
may have known, my friend"
Dick made no reply. He looked his
companion over, as though to make
sure he spoke the truth, and was eyi
IDENTIFY satisfied.
Not the most gorgeous apparel In
the world Dick, as you see," remarked
Caryi. striking the pebbles with a
switch he had cut in his walk.
so see," was the somewhat drily
spoken reply. you generally cut a
figure that takes the shine out of me
Caryi, but can't say I'd change places
with you to-day. You must have been
more than usually unlucky?"
"Yes-infernally so! But you--they
were saying up yonder, where | In
Qnred about you. that you were doins
remarkably well, What is it,"
A little private speculation. I've
made few hundreds"
Il congratulate you. The sea ali
seems TO agree with you. There was
aiso hint that Dick Burt was wooina
ana winning a fair bride--the LADY o.
tha Beach. You are in luck. by Joyel'
DICKS fece darkened yisibly, as h,
listened to the latter part of CaryI',
speech. and he said. angrilv.
rho gossips be hangedi vvoo,r.
and winning, indeed. It's rot sv,.r,
enc who woes Kate Purcell yho -,
wfn her, I'll wageri. "Ao Sai
kate Purcellis
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The words were uttered in tone OF
the utmost establishment and wonder,
and then the two men stood staring at
each other for a moment, each with a
question muttered in his mind.
You know heE2" at length said
Dick, suspiciously.
II have never seen her" was the
prompt answer, spoken with apparent
Truth. "But, possibly, I've heard of
her; still it's very improbable. But.
the name is certain 8 the same. Is she
Charles Purcells daughters"
Eyes"
Dicks wonder and curiosity were
getting very strong, but Caryl did not
seem likely TO crafty them.
{ He had turned from his companion
and was standing few yards away.
violently striking the sand with his
switch, while his face was pafer, his
eyes filed with light hard to inter
pref .
At length Dick became impatient,
and approached, his friend,
Aren't YOU doing a Titles of the
theatricals now, Caryl? What's the
muss, anyway? I. DONE see anything
Ouh tHC way III NdlC
Charles Purcell's daughter. | hope
she's not an old sweetheart of yours"
II told you | had never seen herr"
shortly answered Caryl.
what do you know about her,
them" curiously. =,
Never mind now, Dick" resuming
his usual manner. IT'S nothing that
concerns you, be sure OF that. Some
time, perhaps, I'll tell you. Did you
say you were not prospecting in your
wooing?"
Decidedly not" grimly.
"And you give it up?"
moi" fiercely. did you ever know
me to give anything up? And never
fencied girl half as much as do her.
shall have her.
"Pretty?"'
"Distractingly so"
"Ah, how ipterestingi And with
the manners of, b lady? Is the name
they have given her well bestowed?"
She would be lady in a queens
court--a lady anywhere" was the en-
thusiastic reply.
Hard hit, aren't you, my boy? But
pardon me, Dick-how came you to
select such girl? Should have said
you'd have chosen some. red-cheeked
lass"
mo matter: I've chosen her, and I
mean to get her" was the answer.
"All right. Can | help you any?
want to see these Purcells."
You'll go and try to fiirt with, her
yourself. You are not to be trusted"
II can be trusted in that direction"
answered Caryl, seriously, "and you'd
better retain one In your service-I
| can tell you that"
Caryl spoke In such a manner that
Dick checked the refusal that rose
to his lips. He had great respect for
Caryl's powers of intrigue when the
skillful fellow chose to exert them.
DO you mean 1t? Do you think you
can help me?" he asked.
Instead Of replying directly, Caryl
asked:
How is her father disposed toward
you?
'In faver of me. He has reason to
be-"
"You are fool to despair then.
Yes, I will help you. You'll have
cause to thank me in three months
time"
Then the two men entered into a
low-spoken and earnest talk, at the
end of which Caryl said:
"And now the beginning Of the bat
tie is all arranged, | should be CRATE
full IL you could spare me ten dollars
for my immediate wants. It's too hui.
, initiating not to have more in ones
pocket than l have had Of late"
Dick rather slowly handed him the
money, and Caryl thrust it into his
vest pocket, and said, gayly:
Now for peep at Kate Purcell! |
hope she may be out on the beach"
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Marvels Of Economy

Jaggles-I hear there's a book mb.
lished which shows how to live on tx
cents day. -
Waggles-If you wish TO see how IN
live on cheaply Just read the test,no,
ny or some OF those rich fellows mn in
supplementary proceedings. - New
York Times. "
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Mrs. Lots EalIinn

Sunday School Teacher--And m
Lots wife was turned to ssIt Go 80
anyone tell why?
Willie Green from the rear)-sha
was TOO fresh.-Harvard Lampoon.
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nId Man

The Old Man
Passing Pedestri'
~ am Old and
Me get a Perch
the River, and |
So the Kind-he
the Old Man up
ing been Carried
around the wal
his he'd have I
definitely.
But the Wayta
ooh! l don't
pie, and l have ]
ic Exercises late
heaved the Old
and dirtied him |.
Moral: A CT
Pipe Institution !
Public totes Il
more News.
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papa

"Tell me, fra
you owe"
Really, sare
me wiz confus
That's all +
you are to ma.
you to be open .I
do you over
Messing"
Nothing!
ALAS, eet e'
trust-a me-"
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The 81

me blood is LIE.
ne blood life' powe
N. as the doctors
nom time immem]
sody, a fresh appel l'i,
nv all the abilitle|
,eud on that sour
s,serefore the duty
nan to keep the
,ormal as possiol
infinite wisdom ma
~ometer indicatin9|
Mood, which appea
diving notice OF ~
guptions of the
| .carcely pay any \
| ringing noises IN
| .leeplessness, are z
| me blood is n1
state, but is hhed
stances. These
our full attention
we're paid to th1
steps taken 10
many illnesses fr1
Souid be come VI
nan body would
healthier. Attent
be paid to those
the blood can De
aus substances rel
use of DR.. Angus
props, discovered
ago.
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Mrs. Hid

Lake Sarah
Hildebrandt
have discover
Rheumatism.
can testify q
had the terri
a well wons
good ground.
Hildebrandt !
lows:
81 had the
so bad that ]
| was Undue
Pills, and |
boxes ! wa
had taken 10
cured"
1t is only
have made
Mrs. Hildeb
matism ant
from the
Pills are re
and perman
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He-I su
like q fool.
SheNo,
that.
HeYou
She-Yes
tween act.
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Wy
Mrs
Hath !
tinlon|
sands
VIII
dies v
all ov
their
after
little |
cured
since
humid
skept
as by
the
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and ]
aTnoI
attra
our
and
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wise
for
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