Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-01-22
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kiB eDzch, he ar lzsE fegE EztO a dis
taybea sleep. the last thing Ct Ehseh
lie was ccEseSo8s being . resolve 10
IeS7e Cz sAa EsCrToE.
Notwithstanding the strength Of his
YeSciEttC1, he was not able % leave
tire place the rgxt day but On the day
following be cane DOZEN stairs. kok
f1g Ike q gsog., thosga With a resolve
strOng3y writes On his face.
VIII yOu % me the Kindness % or
der tire depot carriage 10 eCnae for me
IN tirae for the IS O'Clock trz5n5 he
asked Of Mr PErcssi.
-EEt goo are not Gfrczg enoagas II
Is tie heEght u rashness- You should
reznasn here a couple 81 dgys more. zf
least, was the e~xpOgtnlatfng answer.
R0thesey could not help CHANGING az
Eate. and she Easd:
~It does seem very ragh Mr.. Rcsh~
SAY
she had come 70 thar condition when
she wag longing 10 have him gD--as
ore who has anticipated gorae baOE 80
long that q IL impatient to have Il
fan.
lyon are very kind 7 hope I shall
s0nae time be ate 70 show ray sense Of
gratitude, but I must be the Judge Of
NY own strength. IL you sill order tie
carriage, Er. PureeiigT
Certainly, I viii do so"
Purcell rpse ard left the room, and
Vance and Kate were left alone. She
longed to ~ away, bat che could not
well rlse and IeaVe directly.
ROthesay was leaning back in his
chair. unable to take his eyes from this
girl whom he expected never to see
sga.n. lie could not help IL that he
felt the parting from her to be like
death u him, but he must prevent the
revealing II that feeling.
At last. saying something about some
work out Of doors, Kate rose to leave
the room; but she was detained By bis
voice:
Mas Purcell"
She turned, su5duing the trernor that
came upon her AZ the sound OF his
voice.
Il believe this IL my goodbye, for
the carriage viii stop here IN a few
moments I am foolish, ! know. but
9Th ] cannot help asking II I may al
ways think Of you as a frisndg'
The words were very commonplace;
but he felt that he could not 20 With
cat speaking them, mIserabIy cold and
insignificant though they were. He
held cut his hand as he spoke, and b
put hers into A.
II am your friend" she said.
Some instinct made him say:
"And II ever I need one who il truly
q friend. | may rely upon you'll may
call upon your"
"You know that you may" she made
answer. thinking hsw unlikely Il was
that such a time would eyer come.
Then she turned away and left him,
and half an hour later Mr.. Purcell as
sisted him TO mount the carriage that
was To take h'sn 10 the railroad station.
He lifted bis hat, his pallid face
i1lnmlned by a sad smile. when he
leaned back OF the seat and was driv-
en- out OF sight.
Kate vas glad that her father left
the house soon after for the day. She
was thankful 10 be alone In the battle
that she must fight. that she might go
on with her life, and let no one know
from her manner OF the wcand which
she concealed.
Meanwhile, Rothesay reached the
station, bought his ticket, and sat
down upon a seat on the platform.
hoping the fresh air might revive him.
He was glad 20 realize more than
ever this morning that his physical
powers we're returning TO hla. He felt
much stronger, despite his exertions,
than since his Illness. and the fact
made his courage riso-the courage
that should help him to conquer a love
that was dishonorable.
There were very few people at the
little StatiOn-One or two cOuntryman2