Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-07

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YES, madam"
Its all settled, them"
no madam. 1t all depends ON you"
Again the lady slightly shifted.
My niece was III New York just a
month During thar month You c0n-
trivcd to- persuade Yourself that she
was tie only girl il all the world you
could ever care for. DID you, or did
you not?"
Il did. madam"
Seems ~nOnsensical, doesn't t."
NO. madam
She shook her head at him reproy-
ingly.
You look like a fairly sensible
young man. Does my niece rcciprocate
this-this fanciful attachment:"
Yes, madam"
'And she sent you to me-"
Yes. madam"
But why come to ne if you are
both agreed!'
Glare owes you too much. madam.
to do anything contrary to your ap-
prevail"
ioi'J- IoitJ Ailu SupDOSe re-
fuse?'
W can wait, madam"
That's just what you should do.
How silly this seems. You have met
my niece twenty times, we'll say, and
no doubt think her the one perfect
flower of all girlhood. Do use the
right eXpression?'
Yes, madam"
She drew the gray shawl 4 little
closer.
do you appreciate what you are
asking of me?" she suddenly famed
out. what do We know about you?''
Very little, madam. l can only tell
you that L am clean and honest, and
have u good prOfession."
THAT Is what you say" Then her
| eyes suddenly twinkled behind her
! glasses. "IlI admit that I'm a little
]prejudlced in your Unconstitutional you
certainly are not as good looking AS
Clare would have me believe. And l
like your letters"
Did Glare show them to your
"HOw else could l have seen them?
They were not nearly as slushy as
might have been expected
THANK YOU
THAT one that old about the Italian
child in the police u was as COCO as
a book. I'll admit that Glare and |
both cried over it," She paused and
drew a long breath. ITS very silly in
me, l know, but never having had any
love affair of my w it Is natural !
should feel an extra Interest in Cares"
She took off her glasses and again
wiped them with much care. He looked
at her curlCusly.
81 begin to have a suspicion" he
said.
"Of whatT"
~"That you knew me all the time"
The lady laughed softly.
81 wasn't particularly startled by
your appearance"
And you didn't really take me for
Il boob agent?"
NO"
Aunt Lucy" said the young man,
"you certainly are j very clever WON
an"
Aunt Lucy! Hoity-tolty! You are
taking a good deal fer granted, Richard
Barclay. But here; let's be frank and
STRAIGHTFORWARD. l promise you moth.
ing. You will stay and take dinner
with us and then we three will talk
this all over. We are going to be per
fectly independent on our side, you
understand. We may be poor. or al
least very far from rich, but we are
nroud. We come by it naturally. That's
nv fathers picture up there, Jethrc
Holt. He was as proud as a lord"
The Young man looked up quickly.
"What did you call his namer
"Jethro Holt"
The young mans eyes sparkled.
.Jethro Holt, Of Petunia, Maine
Born there i'll 1915; died in 1861
why, yes. He was my father"
The young man drew Il narrow boo}
from his pocket and rapidly leafed
over.
"Jethro Holt left three children,
boy and two girls, Arthur, Lucy ant
Emily"
Yes. 1 am Lucy Mellen Holt
commonly called Aunt Lucy Mellen. A
least that's what Glare has called u
ever since she could talk. Emily wa
Clare's mother. She died when Clar
was "A baby, aud Clare's father died til
year after"
The young man stared hard ct her.
Can you prove this relationship?
, why, yes. of course. 1 have the oil
family Bible and many letters and IN
fathers picture and the deed of th
i. old home"
, He drew a quick breath.
This Is wonderful" he said. tie
{ me about your brother"
HE was older than I--nine year
. older. He was a Maynard boy an
greatly worried my father. When b
was 1S he ran away from home an
, shipped OF a whaler. The ship wa
lost lis the Pacific and all the cree
g was reported drowned"
"Your brother escaped said IL
young man. "Hs was picked up by