Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
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% the contrary. L understand per
fEcHsy. assured her And tine Eea-
aosn ] Aan rap- disturbed iS-YCu are sere
and yy0l are MOT with ABEs~
She lowered her head so nat I had
Tres V5t@ 0t her face
Tom 2m9 ne gr MOI z-ssvTg- I w@aS
Aec41asse YOU are bsSEh poor
Mo- she rsnaseA-
"Be1alse he does not care for yCG
~Np-m@4 thai she said.
because Won t10ughC hs hadn't
sggIgh for Two
a lOgg Ezaus-. 1hs2-vsEy f@intBy-
&So-FlUg EsEag-
And snen ID mnrst De- because he
1sssr'E AIS mnch money as he'd ssAe and
wgSr find a grra who'll bring him
what ne MOST wants
She G8S silent
THAT -, wmase he loves you dearly.
ne loves sxnSpey more. And hes willing
40 So you 40 To another Ensn. be the
w8f@ OF another EBlH, be-avcTything TO
ass05h@r Egam-" I laughed TN take
ANY chances against goye ~ that sort
Won G0EGTV understand she mUr-
u1arnred- You don't reaEize-there are
many things that mean nothing I you
and that mlesn-Oh. SO much 10 people
brought up ga we are"
.N0asense. said /. What DO y0u
mean by we Nature has been bring
ing US up for a Thousand thousand
Years A few years Of silly false train
ing doesn't undo her w0rk- II YOU and
Pie had cared fo- each other. VOC
wouldn't D. here. ~spologiziag for his
selfish vanity"
NO matter about him. ssue criesi i'm
patiently. lifting her head h~aughtily.
The point Is. 1 love htns-and always
shall warE you
And I take you at my Ow2 risk
Her look answered Yes
~We2I-4ud ] took her hsnd-th@n.
We are engaged
Her whole -oody grew tense and her
Asnt chilled as il lay in mime. Don't
- pV~3h@- lN1s r. Z s&GA s-N~AH- III ElyS
as bad az 4l that. III you HlIl be as
generous wIgh me as I shall De with
YOU neither " las viii eyev regret this"
There were on her cheeks as
I slowly released her hand.
Il shall ask nothing OF y0u that you
are rot ready freely to give i said
Impulsivsly she stood and put ont
her hand. and the yes she lifted tn
EFEsns were shining and friendly. I
a FEwr- hAr fr NIX r-r- a~1 Erg~za1 -
not once bur many times. And IL was
not until the chill OF her ice like face
had cooled me that L released her.
drew back red and asna med ard STAN
mering apologies But her impulse OF
friendliness had been killed, she once
more. as / saw only too plainly. felt
for me that ems OF repulsiOn. lei. for
Il can Fssst marry you she NUT
tered.
You cau-and willard wus-, 7
cTied- Infatuated by her look.
There was q long silence. I could
easily guess what was being fought ont
in her mind. At last she slowly drew
herself up. Il can not refuse. she said
and her eyes sparkled with defiance
that had hate in il. You have the DOW
er TO cOmpel me. Use il. like the brute
o refuse 10 let ne forget tina You
are h looked so young. so bcauti-
ful. so angrS-and so tempting.
Sd 7 shall" / answered. children
have TO be taught what is good for
them. Call I'm your mother, and weYI
tell her the news"
Instead. she went into the next room
] followed, saw Mrs. E.lIersly seated at
the tea table i'm the corner farthast
from the library where her daughter
and had been negotiating. She was
reading a letter, holding her iorgnon
up to her painted eyes.
Won't you give US tea. nother?'.
said Anita. on ner surface not q trace
Of the cyclone that must still have been
raging in her.
Congratulate me, Mrs. EIlersly." said
I. Your daughter has consented 10
marry me-"
Instead OF speaking. Mrs. Ellersly
began 10 cry-rsal tears. And for a
moment I thought there was a real
heart inside of her somewhere. But
when she spoke. that delus!on vanished.
You must forgive me. Mr.. Black
lock" she said in her hard, smooth,
polite voice. 1T is the shock OF re-
alizing I'm about TO lose my daughter"
And l knew that her tears Were from
Joy and relief-Anita had come up
10 the scratch" the hideous menace OF
.sgenteel poverty had been averted.
DO give US tea, mama" said Anita.
Her cold. sarcastic tone cut my nerves
and her mothers like "A razor blade. /
looked sharply at her. and wondered
whether / was not making a bargain
vastly different from that my passion
MAS nicturing