The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-04-07

him, Jack"
NOM even 40 blnnt n soldier as I have
ever been may ave some prirkinEs OF
d~elicacS where the truth might breed
Sossip-Sossip about II tale Witch l
had said should die with Richard Gov
eidale and be buried in his grave. So
\ eVaded the question, clumsily enough.
as has ever been my hap In fencing
with words.
The cause WAS not wanting. If any
ask. you may say he trod upon my
foot in passing"
.Jennifer %aughed.
And FOR that YOU struck him" Heav-
ems. man! YOU hold your life oaielesSlN.
DO YOU happen to know that this vol
unteer captain of liEht-horse is ac-
counted the best blade In the troop""
Who should know tina better
than" l was fairly OH the brink of
betraying the true cause of quarrel.
but drew rein i'll time. Il care not II
he We're the best in the army. | have
crossed steel beforehand with Il good
swordsman now and then"
"Anan?" said Jennifer. as one who
makes no doubt. II then: But this
toe-pinching story is but 81 dry crust
to offer a friend. You spoke of q lady:
who was she" Or Was that only anoth-
er wa of telling me to mind my own
affairs
"Oh. as to that: the lady was real
enough. and F'alconnct did grossly as
perse her. But | know not who she is.
nor aught about her, save that she is
sweet and fair and good to look upon"
Young"
AYE"
"And you say you do not know her?
Let me see her through our eyes and
mayhap l can name her for YOU"
That I cannot. Mr.. Peale's best
skill vrN,,l2 In MANA too u,.anf far tI,n
painting of any picture that should do
her justice. But she is small. With the
airs and graces of a lady Of the quail
ity: also. she has witching blue eyes.
and hair that has the CLINT of summer
sunshine in it. Also. she sits a horse
as If bred to he saddle"
To my amazement. Jennifer leaped
up with an oath and nung his pipe into
the fire.
Curse HIM" he cried. And he
dared lay a foul tongue TO her. you
say" Tell me what he said! | have a
good right to know"
1 shook my head. Nay. Richard: I
may not repeat it to you. since YOU are
the mans second. Truly. there is more
than this at the back of u quarrel:
but of itself it was enough. and more
than enough. inasnluch as the lady had
just done him the honor to recognize
him."
His words-his very words, Jack, if
you love me-"
No: the quarrel is mine"
by God! 1T is not yours" he
stormed. raging back and forth before
the fire. What is Margery Stair to
you. Jack Iretonn"
smiled. beginning now to see some
%peephole in this milestone of mystery.
"Margery Stair" She is no more than
a name TO me. do assure you: the
daughter of the man who sits in my
Il fat theirs Sruf nt Ann1phv HlDirnI z" -
But YOU are going to fight for her."
he retorted.
Am u 1 pledge you my word did
not know it. But in any case 1 should
fight Sir ~T'rancis Falconnet; aye. and
do my best to kill him. too. Sit You
down and fill another pipe. Whatever
the quarrel, it is mine"
"Mayhap: but it is mine. too" he
broke in, angrily. at all events. I'll
see this kings volunteer we'll hanged
before I second him in such a cause"
"That as You choose. But you are
bound in honor. are YOU not?"
No" He filled a fresh pipe. lighted
it With a coal from the hearth. and
puffed away in silence for a time
When he spoke again it was not as
F%alconnet's next friend.
What you have told me puts a new
face on the matter. Jack. Sir Francis
may find him another second where he
can. If he has ought to say, I hall tel
him plain he lied to me about the
quarrel. as he did. Now who is there
to see fair play on your side, join
%Iretona"
AT the question an Overwhelming
sense of my own sorry case %grapplet
me. Fifteen years before. l had lief
Appleby Hundred and my native prov
r ince as Well befriended as the son o
Roger Ireton Was sure to be. Ant
now
/, "Dick. my lad. am like to hgh
: alone" said l..
l. He swore again at that: and here
lest l should draw my loyal Richar'
as he was not. let me gay. once for all
that his oaths We're but the outeush
:, ings of a warm and impulsive heart
: rarely bitter. and never. as I believe
backed by Surly rance or conscious
irreverence.
l. That YOU shall not. Jack he assert
cd. stoutly. II must be a-ga1lop now I,
= tell this kings captain to look else
= where for his next friend: but tomor
= row morning I'll meet YOU in the roa'
! between this and the Stair outiands
Il and We'll fare on together"
u After this he would brook no NOR
!. delay: and when Tomas had fetchc
=. his horse | saw him mount and rid
l away under the low-hanging naples
:. watched him fairly u of sight in tn
/. green and gold twilight of the grea
q forest before turning back to my lionel
" hearth and its somber reminders.
Continued Next Weekly
IS To Cut Sandwiches.
II New York Times: Men who CT
sandwiches must have just as muc
Is knack and experience in the bushes
as men who open oysters on the rive
u boats" said a man who on one occa
7, sion supplied $1,000 sandwiches at tvs
u, days notice. 1t took seven men
III do that job in the time allowed h
&c said. and they hadn't time to spar
ls at that l paid them by the hundre'
the man who did the most work gettin
he The most pay. When they We're q
.e through there was not enough scraps
iy bread and meat to I'LL a tin pail. TIL:
l is the secret of cutting sandwiches
Ia avoid waste. There is such cOmDt