The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-28
BY Francis Lynae.


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% N9hllaS' MEtrssry iooNeS in upon IL
N'teuSr' . soon there srew up be
tween rs Il c~olar1iaship the I'M, a
l Wilien, | think had never been betweel
& q Metlsta 'aNeQ aHd . man ~ilo, loNtp:
heE was YET constrained 70 play tn,
X p3tl OF her true lovers FREUD.
4 - | p.aNec SAls part hut stonhltnsly
T - q, times the madness OF my passion
r Mos!a net De denlsd the look or void o.
: titd-SS3sp not OF poor cool friendship
. : So ttiiS 70 SotNioft me. that III after
j Suie, "heli my dsar lad came to know
| ; { lpsstNs me tfeeiN-nay, held ME al
tosether blamciess, as l was nor.
j or what these looks and words and
: haha.eiasps meant TO Margery / had
, nv mn. hut IN my hours OF sanity,
Mhsh l Would pass these %Slipplrgs i'll
teNteN' coNld recall no answering
Lash OF ners to salt the woundlnss of
NY 50 far from it. it
SEEMED as TINS sweet ~coinradeshiD
pucasd and blossomed on the stock of
q uettsf 1equalAtanee she came to hold
me more as IL / We're some cross be-
.Meel a lalAer or an elder brother. and
some closer confidant of her own sex.
You are not to understand that she
Vas Always thus, nor oVer-often. More
frequently that side Of her which 1 soon
tS'ils 70 can the mothers was turned
10 me, ana was made to stand a tar
ger Tor her wit and raii!ery. But she
VAS ever as a child. and in
aile h1last OF some ight Jesting mood
Would sober instantly and give my 6
its due.
IN some of these, her soberer times, 1
leit her lean upon me as my sister
might, mad had one: at others she
would frankly set me in her father's
pace, declaring must tell her what
70 say or do In this or that e%ntangle-
lneht. Again. and this came oftener
as our grew. she would talk
70 me as surely woman never talked to
any out a klnsfnan. telling me naively
nl her ~nques and sparing no gall
anu OF them all save only Richard Jen-
"i,el
ana OF DICK n his devotion she
spoke now and e as we'll, though
never mocklngly, rs Of the others. Nav
once when pressed her on this point.
asklhs her PLAINLY II my dear lad had
not good cause TO nope, she would only
snaIe ana urn her race away. and say
.hat OIL an the men she knew the hope
y ones pleased ner pest. So L vas
nus nus assured mat II II We're a scale for
.oSe 70 UP, my ladys heart Would fall
~ l.ieHaIa.
Nov l TOOK TINS to be a hopeful sign.
.iia sHe wound ten me freely of these
xiv Seeing llGT
so sue upon the side of friendship.
hsla me looser rein upon my own UNI
chartered passion. SO long as / could
80 IVY rove Wen MASKED and hidden
v, mhal Marin could come to her or any
~ l siaouiu give IL leave to live in
times was made a very coward bv the
thf = , For love, like other living
eni'ss, VII grow by what 1T feeds upon,
INC ohGe uii-Sfown, may haply come
70 iaush at bonds. however strong or
cunn1ngly devised.
Win such a fever in my veins 1T was
NIUE "ohaer mat my wound healed
sioWly; As Tune passed by, with never
d Word OF news from the world without
IL Margery knew aught of the fight
ing she would never lisp a syllable to
ne-and with Gilbert Stair still keep
ing churlishly beyond the sight or
SOUND OF me, L 1retted sorely and would
pc gone.
iet lnls was but q passing mood.
When Margery was With me l was not
NJ to eat the bread of suffrance
~ nel ialleI 5 mouse, n angry pride
iiau scailtS lootlng. But when she was
away lhis same PRIDE look sharp re-
1ehses' settlns me out of bed to bully
eoatlus into dressing me that l might
~ up and down the room While 1
"as syn unit lor any useful thing.
one morning in the summer third of
,,a ~ 49, ahs an eaily ana surprised
e ~ az WIS business OF pacing back and
lo1th. Whereat she scolded me as was
he won Wont when | grew FESTIVE.
WAT elshty thlhg nave you to do
YOU should De so herce to be about
~ ! r., M dana, i~mpetuous?' she cried.
e. uohc' YOU Try the patience of a
amt.
w men you are not, ventured.
hul 1rulS' am growing
,tioilseI nov, ana the bed does trk me
esperatels' III you must know. Be
ey-,
wen, what Is there else besides? Do
not paI1pef you enough
laughed. TN say whatever you
ruatu ;, nave me say-so 1t be not the
.".f.1i ho,
q. aa"e soo say mourning uhtl you ,,
She PUSHED the g,e,+ oh,,r -, ,,ai. :
into mace bafora ~ aii Ia I
and u,ben 80 ~ y VII
rev mn a low hassonL va" nd q. res. she !,
Get. 'Au d az my ,
"Now vo,, NAV oo q, ,,a -, Y
You have NOT tola mo ".ha >,
could 80 no. .oio me what you
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