Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-28
and clear-cu. features proclaimed him

and clear-cut features proclaimed him
at once the brother of the girl; he
had an arm about her shoulders as
they came forward into the light.
Well, what's this? asked the elder
man, as he stopped before the way
farers. Cant honest gypsy folk set
tie down anywhere these days without
%intruders comm along-folks that
'aven't no right"
BE quiet, Neal" broke in the wom-
an, sharply. you'd turn your own
flesh and blood out into a storm If it
served you"
aye, an why not?" retorted the
man. Its precious little I've ever got
out of my own flesh an blood, that
should be so mighty particular about
them. What's to do 'ere?"
AS Prof. Tapney stood up, with a
bow, to explain the circumstances, the
young girl released herself from her
brothers arm and came forward quick
ly toward Grace. stopped, shyly for a
moment, and til, bent down towards
her.
my dear acknowledgements" said
the professor, taking off his hat, and
revealing the startling effect of his
Uranium, "in the name of Mother Ma
ture this is not an intrusion. The
fields wherein. had | not been born in
London. | should have sported my
youth-they belong TO us all, who
choose as have done, to embrace Ma
ture. We are wanderers, and we have
no money
Then you're no good to u.s." said
the man, with a surly laugh, as he
turned away.
Meanwhile the girl had assisted
Grace to rise, and had been whisper
ing encouraging words to her. Rapid
ly and earnestly. and yet, it seemed,
without any hurry. the gypsy girl had
darted to her mother, had whispered
something to her, and had gone swift
ly back to Grace. In a few minutes
Mrs. Tapney and Grace and the girl
had disappeared in the direction OF
the tents. But it has to be recorded
that. as Grace moved slowly and pain
fully away, she came for a moment,
in the full light of the fire, face to face
with the young gypsy, who was evi.
IDENTIFY the brother Of the girl. Only a
moment-just sufficient to allow him
aside; but sufficient, also, for the
quick blood to spring into his face
and die it crimson. Then she was
gone. and the boy stood in the fire.
light gazing after her. 1t may be said
that the idea is wild and impossible;
but, just as surely as the lad stood
there gazing after her, so surely did
he know that something had entered
into his being, never to be taken from
it while life lasted; just as surely did
he know that this tall, fair, blue-eyed
girl held his life, and was to mold II
as she would.
The professor, meanwhile, was in.
~nocently enough plunged into the
midst of an alteration. Strength
ened by the fact that Mrs. Tapney
had, in a sense, been taken to shelter,
the professor determined that he
would not be ousted; and In this de-
termination, curiously enough, he was
supported by the woman who had
come out with the man to meet them.
81 tell you," said the man, looking
at him with IN evil face over a hunch-
ed shoulder tell you we want none
of you ere. What's the likes of you
doin' w%anderin' about the country?
Tell me that"
students of Nature, my good man,
merely students Of Nature, and birds
of passage. Worn and spent with a
long day upon extremely uninteresting
roads, we see, as in the story books,
camp fires cleaning in the distance;
necessarily W e come to the camp
fires. Pardon me-" he added quick
ly, "did l introduce my son? My only
son-Absalom."
81 don't want you or your son."
said the man, with an oath. Leave
us to ourselves and go your WAYS"