The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-26
g I SHOULDN'T
HAVE. THOUGHT
THAT-YoU
WOULD REFUSE
a DYING MANS
REQuEST..p

& II don't Think we should be at all even
~ matched that way
felt hurt, Miss Neville and Dolly
played about an equally good game. I
y wondered II she meant to insinuate
that THAT Ted
All right" i said huffily, you girls
= can play us. Come on, Ted"
Ted Is my younger brother and I
have always considered him extremely
lacking In respect for me. but on oc-
4 casion he can surpass. even himself,
this was one.
Rot. he said loudly, 'and have
you poaching all my balls! not If I
know 1t!
And to cap this rude speech he APP
propriated Miss Tracy to himself as his
partner, by ostentatiously turning to
her and asking: Shall we toss for
courts or let them toss ~
accepted the situation With suffici-
5ent though not too much dignity, and
y tried TO recover my temper somewhat
by slashing ell my balls hard and fast
at my young brother.
.s Naturally ] took care they should
all go wide of Dolly. and my partner
and We're getting an easy victory
and was beginning to feel somewhat
better. when Dolly. who had come UP
70 the net for balls, cried out peevish-
W:
~ haven't got single stroke in UP
3 ossnow, and It's all your fault. Mr..
1 Blake. / consider 1t most ungentleman-
~ TO slash balls at a lady"
apologized profusely and tried to
explain that 1t was Just what l had
been carefully avoiding doing. 1t was
here serve now, and, anxious to please
her. was ct great pains to lob her a
ball that the yeriest tyro could scarcely
have failed to return. suppose she
mad done me the Injustice to prepare
for a lasher and could not change her
3 mode OF defence in time, for she only
Slusi icy i ner racquet touch It. and the
3 ball fell into the net
was hopefessy In her black looks
! after that, and the game drew to q
victorious close Tor us, but melan-
choly one for me-
wandered away feeling terribly
out OF sorts, I had meant to nut nv
( face TO the test that afternoon, but
\ now 81 felt suddenly robbed alike Of
courage and confidence. Dolly could
A have acted like that Just wl1ei, NV
heart had began to beat high with
hope. 80
S. Icane modify back and recrossed
1 the tennis ground. Oh! this was too
bad Imight get over her flirting with
Young Ted he was only a boy, bur
s Wnen site came to coQuetting with that
q q sss, HstS more than flesh
and blood and love and jealousIy could
stand. Il 3 & =
AT the side Of the tennis court, under
~ tlxuriantly towering iaburi,am tree.
! had been placed two garden chairs, and
ersconced thereon. with their heads
close together under the shade % a
huge, white sun umbrella, 1 deserted
4 Dolly and thur Saund ersoii.
S My blood boiled.
How dared he /? that was what
wanted TO know And how could she. nv
pretty, dainty Dolly endure to have 4
clown OF 81 fellow Hike that dancinr
attendance on her vly, he couldn't
even shield her from the sun without
putting her to twice that anountI a.
Inconvenience by corwding her and
Inang Cling her delicate muslin dress,
And as for Ell bGw oorns he evidently
WAS undsr the Impression that she
di7n need al
i teach him manners! 1. thought
grtnl
Dolly looked over at me just as tf1s
though crossed my mind but wasn't
going to- let hei. see that cared. 80
shouted to Ted. who was 81 ting on the
dravi Iig room steps, whist Cling,
5ine ON. Ted, 4, il play you singles