Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-27

ISsTSsI ditions of happiness. If l only
1sHsEJ had SO and so, or if l only
were So-and-so, and the thing is done.
Each successive state, however, sug-
gests one more happy, and each graft
fled wish leads to another desire nor
imperative. Miss Katharine Wilton,
however. did not confine her conditions
to units. There were in her case three
requisites for happiness-perfect hap
piness-and could they have been salts
fed in all probability she would have
come as near to the wished for state as
peer humanity on this earth ever does
come to that beatiic condition. She
certainly thought so and with charac-
teristic boldness had not refrained from
communicating her thoughts to her ia
ther.
The astonishing feature Of the stu
alton was that he was inclined to agree
with her. There was nothing astonish-
ing In itself In his agreement with her,
for he usually did agree with her, but
In that her conditions were really his
own. For ii is rare, blessedly so, that
two people feel that they require the
same thing to complete the Joy Of life,
and when they parallel on three points
tbs most remarkable. Even two low
ers require each other-very different
things, / am sure. Stop! am not 80
sure about the third proviso with the
colonel. / say the third because Miss
Wilton put 1t number three. though
perhaps 1t was like q woman's post
script, which somehow suggests the
paraphrase Of a familiar bit Of Scrip
ture-the last, not will be. but should
be, first.
Here are the requisites: First-The
flag floating gracefully from the peak
Of the spanker gaff above them In the
light air Of the sunny afternoon should
be the stars and stripes instead Of the
red cross of st. George! Second-The
PROV of the ship should be turned to
the wooded shores of Virginia. and the
Old Dominion should be her destina-
ton instead of the chalk cliffs of Eng
land! Third-That a certain handsome.
fair, blue eyed, gallant sailor, who an
swered to the name Of John Seymour,
should be by her side instead Of anoth-
er, even though that other were N
who had once saved her life and to
whose care and kindness and fore
thought she was much indebted. Her
present attendant was certainly a gen
tleman, and to an unprecedented eye.
r-Aioh EAru narfatpIu uuac nnf nrita a n
handsome and distinguished ana gal
liant as was his favored rival. and boast
ing one advantage over the other In
that he bore q titled name, not such q
desideratum among American girls at
that time, however, as 1t was after
ward destined to become. and In a girl
of the stamp of Miss Katharine Wilton
possibly no advantage at all.
But, could the heart Of that fair dam
sci be known, all talk Of advantage or
disadvantage or this or that compen-
sailing factor was absolutely idle. She
was not a girl who did things by
halves, and the feeling which had
prompted her to give herself to the
young sailor, though OF sudden origin.
had grown and grown during the days
Of absence and confinement till, In
depth and intensity, II matched his
own. She was not now 80 sure that,
among the other objects Of her adora-
ton. he would have to take the second
place; that. in case Of division, her
heart would lead her to think first Of
her country. Insensibly had his image
supplanted every other. and with all
the passionate devotion of her gener-
Gus southern nature she loved him.
Lord Desborough had ample oppor-
tunity for ascertaining this fact. He
had seen her risk her life for Sey-
mour's own. He could never forget the
glorious picture she made standing
across the PROSTATE form Of that young
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