The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-12-02
TOMS FILTRATION.
Bv Lewis X. Fulton.

CIV IeNlo M
Copyright, 1905. by w. X. iearst}
And so YOU positively refuse TO give
AN MT. Intimacy"
,,,.,h Annty.
Ne""S' "" 't'N 80 80
What else can 1 DO IN lhls seui'iu i'"Ne
/ am devoted to yachting, YOU KNOW
and besides MI. Trevor Is the only man
here who has a motor car
But, my child, you are engaged 10
be married. What would Tom say II
he should hear of Ill? And What would
you do if he followed your exanapie
"Oh. ! wish he would! MS deNotlof
wearies me sometimes. lie used 10 DE
quite a tease, but since u ~engagefAeH
he seems TO have forsworn everything
exciting. ~,
Flossle tossed her pretty head uhtll
her blonde curls fen over her eyes from
which CLEANED a spirit of mischief
The first speaker WAS Miss T~readWaS'
the girls aunt, and Il wealthy woman
of forty years, who had adopted her af-
ter the death of her parents. floSsles
fiance. a young doctor of good family
and some means, was completing a
medical course in Germany and they
We're to be married as soon as he re-
c.ived his foreign diploma.
The girl loved him, but she was very
young-only nineteen and she Was a
wilful maid, having always had her own
way. Her hesetting sin was love of
admiration and she deemed ii essential
TO her happiness to have a man in her
tolls. So, being for the first time be
reft of her lover, she had drifted into a
serious Irritation with a rich bachelor
who lived near the seaside resort where
they were staying.
Mr.. Trevor's summer home, a fine
stone mansion. overlooking the har-
Dor, was the scene of many festivities.
He had already given two dinners In
Flossie's honor at which functions Miss
T~readway had served as an unwilling
,Jo a-o for chic 1,oJ reali1aS that the
brilliant company invited to meet them
regarded her niece as the future Mrs.
Trevor. Nov we find her reproving her
Young relative with Indifferent success.
"Fiossie." said Miss Treadway. Il
think YOU ought to consider MIR. Ire
yor,s feelings. 1t is not fair to him; he
does not know about Tom. Perhaps
you had better tell him."
"And spoil all my funo WHY. aunty,
what a fuss YOU are making about a
tri1e. | cannot NOPE around without
mems society. Tom is in Germany, the
sea divides us, and he is welcome to en-
joy himself in like manner. However,
there is no prospect of doing anything
so sensible. Why, / verify believe he
spends all his leisure time writing TO
me. | get so many letters ! don't read
half of them. And that reminds me.
one came yesterday when l was getting
ready to go out in the yacht. l haven't
read it yet. really, | had forgotten it
'Flossie, you are incorrigible,," ex-
claimed Miss Treadway with as much
severity OF tone as she was capable Of
Il give you up, wash NV hands of the
whole aifaie. But if you lose Tom dc
not blame anyone but yourself. l will
leave you to your own thoughts as
ann due at a meeting 1T the reetory this
afternoon"
When she MS alone Ilossfe curleG
her dainty self IN a large easy chain
and laughed softly to herself as she
recalled her auntis words.
Lose Tom shet repeated No dam
ger of tina couldn't get rid of him
even if ] wanted to- Then she Eel
to musinE and q tender look oalne int
her deep blue eyes. Dear Tom.' shs
lnliilnuled, II do love him. | Nouldn'