The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-08-21

L IiiCiE 10 oil Insult WHICH Lids power
to rouse you, ii is my misfortune anC
not my fault hat | DO not know it,"
Miss Dennison's happy and fortunate
betrothed looked down on her with
patience that was tightly strained.
is there any object in quarreling al
this particular moment? The vino
makes conversation rather an eXertion
and though | assume the proper course
for me to take is to turn on my hee,
and stride away for ever, l. can't leave
you to go home alone, you see"
why not?"
"The road is too lonely"
Solitude is more companionable
than you
The more han happy object of Miss
DennisOn's affections hesitated, then
decided not to answer.
A whirl of sand came hurting to
them up from the ground. Miss Denni'
son stopped dead. A boarding stood
on one side Of the road, behind the
iron ratings. Tattered bills and post
ers 1uttercd from it miserably.
do come along, dear" said the man.
Miss Dennison pressed her hands into
her muff and began an exhaustive
study of the contents of the boarding.
The man took a few steps forward, he
was of chivalrOuS disposition, but had
been engaged six months to Miss Den
nisOn.
ut will be dark in a few minutcs!"
Mic. D>,,--N,, - t~ ,Nnr,,-
the bills, pensive interest in every line
of her arrested pose.
The man stood a few steps OFF, with
a look on his face akin to hat on the
face Of a nurse who waits for a more
than unusually spoilt child.
do you know, I'm beginning to
th!nk I've gone the wrong way about
managing you?"
An Involuntary dimple flashed and
disappeared in Miss Dennison's care
fully averted face. Her betrOthed,
however, saw only a still distracted
back.
Suppose | were to take you at your
word and leave you to walk home
alone?"
you are quite unmanly enough to
do sol"
"Unmanly!"
SIS it manly to wait round after me,
at my heels, like a little dog?"
What, in heavens name, do you
want OF me? If rebel you have hys-
terfcs and cali me a brute!"
"'Vivyella!'" read Miss Dennison
aloud. What ridiculous waists girls
noticed?"
The man suppressed an exclamation.
But that's rather a sweet blouse
she's wearing. l wonder if | could
remember it. | must make mental
notes"
Miss Dennison rested her elbows on
the railing and buried her chin in her
muff. reflectively.
"If you think you are going to make
me miss hat train by dawdling in this
insensate fashion you are mistaken"
Sweet %sleeve!" murmured Miss Dem
nison. 81 like the cuff so!"
II shall simply leave you here, you
know"
But can't see how it's put on. Oh,
it's cut all in one with the %sleeve!"
said Miss Dennison, with a sudden
burst of illumination. Now, I must
learn that"
Miss Dennison redoubled the fixity
Of her gaze.
II know perfectly well you hear
everything I'm saying. Are you COM
ing or aren't you?"
Il believe it's arranged with a
gusset!' announced Miss Dennison.
The lar opened his mouth, then
suddenly turned on his heel and swung
down the road. He had cut the Cor
dian knot. Miss Dennison must make
her deliberate way home alone. He
had gone back to the station and his
city bound train.
Miss Dennison found herself left
staring at the boarding in an attitude
OF mind that can only be described as
one OF stunned amazement. Then the
dimples reappeared, and Miss Dennison
smiled into her muff with an air of
happy power.
"The further he goes the further he'll
have to come back, SO l won't look
FOUND" said the astute and experienced
Miss Dennison: sfand the slower be is
coming back the surer he'll be of miss
ing his train. If he thinks he's going
to catch it tonight when I want him
to stay here, he's very much mistaken,
the ridiculous old thing"
Miss Dennison began to reperllse the
boarding; it sheltered her pleasantly
"a hundred pounds reward"
An unassuming little notice caught
her eyes. .sVivyella" as a subject is
capable Of exhaustion. Miss Dennison
welcomed a change in literature with
alacrity.
AS she read, Miss Dennison's face
portrayed a curious panorama express
sion; her cheeks paled gradually. The
little notice bore a crown, and was
couched in terse and simple language;
it was an earnest invitation to a one
eyed gentleman to return to his sor-
rowing friends and guardians at the
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