Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-01-15

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CHATTER XII. f~ceBfGsnea9
That b hs MAJ wbo il 81 GereT
Yea
yslaa fsaught her brother iooksa
pale and DISTURBED. bat she EaS In .
5oea 20 gaestson hsm-
THAT girl nurses hiEa, / suppose"
III you FneAE MISE Purcell. no.
There ID 4 nurse rhefs- presume
R5e help2.
-HaYe yoa seen hing"
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RALPH So you want 20 know what
Is borne ~ BpCa ne as ney say
~Out with ft.~
IT IS Bot Dick Bsrt who wn be
yOgy zoos dangerous rival"
WHO theng"
Ard Rsiph move1 uneaxiiy in his
chair. and ~ last rose ~ and began
walking abort
Tb8s R0fbeSzy.
~Pgaze. Regular wonaan'g talk that
hs@ ne cried, angriiy.
Cal ~ wf&f you please, It's The
meet likely tsgDg ia the World Shall
4 attack Mo1hesay, t00g~ vita q cont
dess araile.
sH0w can yOu7 TheY are too near
MEEaNbfs Ntft# ~ EMH8 NCbF E&t4Es sH4&A
then. fbeFgs tbs protection fag NJ:
HCthesay - inst On the eve II mar
riaga He is probably safe froT1 fall
fue On love With Kate. whatever She
RAJ feel tor Lim
Only possible We dont know
how the care Stands. You wogA 10
sags aG apt 10 fall sn loye atth a beaa-
tsf1l girl who tended you when y0u
were fl. III N0sid make no flfeFence
~ you. even II yOn were n1arrisd. We
d0n,t know anything about hm, He
uaay get her bewitched 80 that she
woua6n1 listen 10 yo8 anyway"
Ralph DID not speak He could not
sag that ne knew Vance Rothcgay 10
be The g0Ui n honor be could not tell
Julia that for anyone bearing the narne
OF CaryI 10 attempt 10 win Rothesay
would be hard, indeed.
He decided ~ let her do al she
pleased TIE presence of Rofhesay
complicated things. be thought He
saId.
II won't give you any directions in
the matter. gaYe 70 impress II upon you
Niat Burt MAST be taken care Of any,
way II Rothesay ig better. he'll soon
leave. ana be out Of the way"
That was ali the conversation be-
tween the two that night, and Juiia
went 20 bed that night wondering
where Ralph Rad met ROthesay. She
was ignorant m a good deal Of her
brothers. history.
The next day was clear. a bright sun
shining over the land and water. and a
soft west wind blowing
Julia Caryl did not rise unfit the sun
had been Up many hours, and when
she did al last corue down 10 break,
fast, IL was 10 find that Dick Burt had
been there. and her brother Ralph
had gone on with him. not knowing
when be would come back.
Julia wag yexed and impatient. She
ala not know what d do with herself.
At last she pIt on her hat and walked
down 10 the shore. her face expressing
che onnui she was suffering.
sOniy let me really get Into my
Wort" she was thinking. when Tsee
Burt again ! will ssee what I can do
with him. He doesn't know what my
smile IL yet"
She went slowly along until she a
nearly opposite the Purcell cottage.
She gaw a figure moving slowly down
toward the water. Who Yves itg Ap.
parently not seeing II. she moved a lit.
de faster, and her ~far-seeing gaze soon
made out that II was a man, moving
with the utmost care and leaning on a
cane.
IL IL Rothesay," she said TO herself.
and why Ii he aloneg"
She came along stiil faster, gazing
nmax.aA4frr .Ns48tf Kor and NnnnFnN
along behind the man, that she might
study him more closely.
The tall. gaunt form, the thin ar
ealiow features, the ~weak-geeming
movements. the air Of gentlemanlineas
-ghe noted oil, and drew still nearer,
without seeming 70 have more than
glanced at him.
He continued walking. with difficulty
down toward the water.
when wffhin a few yards OF 1t he
swayed, staggered a pace or tsFo. and
then fell 20 the ground.
Julia ran forward and stopped over
him. She saw directly that he had
tainted from oyer.exertion In his weak
state.
She caught up his hat and ran and
AiIed IL with the cold salt water, she
sprinkled the water In bis face, and
then sat down, taking his head on her
arm.
In q few moments he again opened
his eyes, and thought he must again be
deIirioue, az he saw the beautiful, So
licitous face bent down toward him.
Il thought I had got beyond that"
he murmured, impatlently. II thought
my mind was stronger"
TT is the flesh that Is weak" said
Julia, with q smile, and In her most
meiodious tone,
He started at the sound OF her voice,
and said:
1T Is real, then7 You speak. be-
sieved ! was out Of my head again."
II believe | am real " she responded:
~Yeal enough to assist you, | hope.
YoU are not strong enough to walk.
you need a little patience"
Rothesay's eyes dwelt In admiration
and curiosity upon the woman who ap4
peared to him beautiful enough 10 have
sprung from, the sea, as did Venus OF
old, aud she seemed to have come as
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