The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16
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We'll. anyhow, your widow Is here.

whisper. "Diane. what de Jtoti means
Well, anyhow, your widow Is here"
I said cOnfusedly.
my widow!" he echoed. Dear little
Dtnna. what is the matter with you,
My widow? How a 1 have a widow.
as you can sec"
Well. she says she's your widow" I
said doubteully. and she says you're
ds:a ..a Mr. Green says you're
dead"
"Ah. that I understand" replied Ter
ny. with a peculiar look. Does mother
think Tn dead?"
WIS. Of course. Terry" I cried;
''you mustn't go to her now-the shock
might kill her. I'll prepare her. But
Who's Kate?"
Kate? A great. strapping creature.
is she? With black hair and eyes?
Handsome. but coarsec".
Yes, that's Kate" I replied. greatly
consoled by this description Of her
triumphant charms. How I wished
that Dare could have heard 1T.
That's Green's sister. TM tell you
AL about 1t. Di, and then you must
break the news OF my return to my
clean breast OF 1t to them. Come and
sit down here. 1 know very we'll why
she's posing as my widow here. We
weren't long in Krahwinkel-why did
my father sent me to such a dull hole?
-when I found cut that Green wasn't
found the place as uncomfortable as I
did. so we soon set off together for
Monte Carlo. where I. lost heavily.
Kate. Green's. sister. was at, the ta-
too, and Green. who knew that
by my godfather's will I came In for
that money on my marriage. tried his
best to bring about a match between
us. But l was not having any. She's
Just the kind of a girl I can't stand
at any price. Well. I l had lost so much
money that I had got into a regular
fix. and I worried myself into a brain
fever over 1t. When I came to myself.
l was In a miserable little hut, where
1 had no idea. with a dirty old woman
Cabling Italian to me. After a bit.
Green turned up and told me thai he
was going tc keep me prisoner there
until I promised to marry his sister.
One way or another he did manage to
me there was very weak with
when he also took i'll with some
kind Of fever, and I managed to escape.
while the old woman was attending to
him. Now dear, run on to the house..
l cant wait any longer. Break the
news to my father and mother. but
o a avoid it,"
How l managed to tell them the glad
news. 1 don't know. but I did somehow.
and in a very short time Terry was in
his mothers arms, back from the dead!
The routing of Terry's widow fol-
shortly afterwards. and was un-
dertaken by Terry himself.
was not present at the scene, and
only know that she was permitted to
at Penthany Court that night,
and that no proceedings were to be
against either her or her brother.
went off by an early train next
morning. and we never heard any more
of either brother or sister.
AS for Dare. he was first stunned
and then remorseful for his treatment
me, but l am of a very forgiving
disposition. n 1 soon pardoned his
brief i%nfatuation.
In fact. 1 may as we'll confess that
when he asked me to prove my for
giveness by becoming his wife, I only
a i%udicious amount of press
ing before 1 faltered out a shy but very
willing Yes"
1t was very lucky that Terry re-
turned at the moment he did, lucky for
himself, myself-and Dare!