Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-27

loiloE, SHe udu no Ho com
mand--she was merely a cipher. She
walked quickly up and down the room
her beautiful face all flushed, her eyes
bright with anger. her fingers inter.
laced. That night no sleep. no rest
came to her.
It was the close of the afternoon
when Lord Caraven came In, and he
went at once In search of his wife.
"Hiidred." he said. II have come to
apologize to you-to beg your pardon
for my want of civility yesterday.
am afraid hat I lost my temper"
She bowed with cold politness.
Now, Hildred,' he cried. II viii! not
be put off with a ceremonious bow.
Do you know that the fact of quar-
reling and making friends with You
again makes me feel that we ought
to be on the best of terms? Do not
bow to me; say that you accept my
apology"
II accent IT." she replied, ..ana beg
your pardon IL / have displeased you.
THAT Is satisfactory. Now l have
to tell you that you We're right and
thar / was wrong. Captain Fame is
a cheat and n rogue. l o a hun
dred pounds from him last evening.
/ have returned ii today would not
sol. my fingers with his money. What
the duchess told you was quite rue-
he was detected cheating at cards. A
long farewell to Captain Fame, He
was not worth quarreling abont-was
he, Htidrea? -
NO. she replied; and something of
happiness, to which she had long been
q stranger. spranG up in her heart
because lie spoke so kindly TO her.
For a day or two after that little
Incident matters were more pleasant
between them. Then the old indiffer-
nee came back. and the young wife's
misery with it.
May was drawing to a close, when
Lord esarasen one evening received 4
letter which appeared to give him the
keenest delight. He read it, and then
went with it to his wife.
.Hildred. here is good news; but I
aEa see hass-nersar 0 VIII not
think 1t good news"
IL II pleases you so much I SHALL
she replied, gently.
..You have heard me sneak of NV
cousin, Sir Raonl Laureston, the hero
or a hundre fights
..You forget that Won have never
snoken If your family n ma ar all T
do not know be- name of a single rela-
tire .hs. ye. have
M u am TeTy careless" he said, ..but
"a ala na. .hsnE .hs. w.esa ,,aa .s
mat I win m.ra amands naw III .aII.
;ny von aha,,t S.r Ranr, Ia,-.stor >
aRaonI. rer,oa,ad ui,ara5 as 10
NO ha cannot ~ ! Frarcbman -
ceraven if he l. ) relative 81 yours /.
sNo, but the mama has nnyzIad manv
neop,e. His mother vas ) French Iadv
of nohla h;r,h ana ono ~ har ancas-
tori named Raonl de- Corrca,,as ais
Hin rnf.he.d himself raatlv q tho
French wards. Il was bar fancy ~
mama har hov astar hin ).
n HE tha ~ ma ord rararar !.
she aid. slowly
aAnd + IKE tha man ha +o,d har
- nc. know pns +, a. w,,r;I;
whom / ike hefter than Rao,,l vet
hQ gives himaqlf Uraaf airs with mo
He is-yon win lanph when vo,, baor
it-he II INV mastar-at ,eost ,,saa -
be in wears gone by Rnt what 1 want
"a ia fell 3 IL this-he q cominy
back 10 England. and he has always
made hia home al nv house. ba has
never lived anrwhera INT ~ HaIhy
Honse or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
hone never VIM
II understand, But what has thar
to do with mey,
ssAfter all. vou are Tho mistrass ne
the honse the chateIaina and / sbonld
not like to ask any one 70 make their
home with as who wouId be az all
10 voun
tion . sha ran,iad WITH d,onitv. ..h,,t
as nothing could noss,hlv make vha+
you cali home, more uphappv for mo.
and the coming of ! stranger who
NAV prove a friend. viii be some little
comfort I saw nnhasjtat;nyfv .yas,,
He looked 1T her half sadly
-a.. -e.,,r
happy?s he asked.
aif living where no friendly face
smiles IN ma whore no fr,andIv
yoira ever reaches nv oar WHARF ~
ona Cares FOR no a. takes tho ieast =.
he very happy.n she said. bitterly.
SIS IL 90 had as that., no asked