Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-12

words Of warning. Don't go a-telling
everybody what you know. Don't go
showing that gal round just for the sake
of praise. IT l thought you'd take advice
I'd tell you to take her right away"
CHAPTER XVII.
| found it difficult to decide what
course / ought to take. 1t was obvious,
however, that l must not p~recipitate a
catastrophe by any rash movement, and
for the present I must keep Psyche as
much as possible out of sight.
Happily circumstances favored her Sc
clusion- The light of the sun was SO
painful to the poor girl that we kept the
blinds closely drawn down all day, never
leaving the house abefore evening, and
then she showed no wish to stray from
my side. To her the garden at the back
of the cottage was a wide world, enclos-
ed with high thick hedges it was a beau
tiful world. too. full of surprising treas
ures and lovely wonders. Every flower
war a miracle, and the commonest herb
a source Of delight. l never knew how
much there Was to admire in so small a
space until she showed me. We have sat
for hours watching a spider make its
web; we have followed an ant step by
step down the long path to his retreat
in a pot on the top of a dahlia stick, sym
pathizing with him When he went wrong
and had to find his way back, congratn-
lating him on meeting a friend who clear
" put him UP to a short cut, condoling
with him when he got upon tiresorne
ground, and found himself comprised
about with a forest of chickweed-all
with a growing interest in his career that
only ended when we felt sure he was
safe home at last. When we had watch
ed the stars come out until the heavens
were full and the night we'll advanced, I
took her away over the downs and show
ed her the sleeping villages, and the dis
tant town of Towerbridge, where the
twinkling gas lamps she took for fallen
stars; but she was always glad TO return
to her beloved garden. Everything in
the world was marvellous, she said, but
there wal nothing more beautiful or won
drous than the endless discoveries She
made there. Mere l~argeness, which had
never produced ii pleasant impression on
bei mind, ceased to excite establishment (;
the larger animals-horses and kline
were not more surprising to her than
night moths and tiny insects whose beau
ty escaped the sight of impatient observ-
ers. Her view of nature at first appear
feG to me distorted, but / cam to see
that in every instance her judgment was
truer than mine, and that my views were
warped frequently by the influence Of
early teaching and conventional ideas;
certainly through her ! learned to revcr-
ence God in small things as well as great.
The nights we're mild and fine, and we
spent them chiefly in the open air for
Psyche was 10th to so indoors, even when
the u had risen and dimmed the world
to her eyes. After seeing the stars .go
OUT one by one, and the clouds take on
the opal tints of morning; after marking
the irst twitter of the swallows In the
caves, and the lowing of the cows when
she had watched the flower petals unclose
and display their hidden beauties, and
the first ray reflected in rainbow colors
by the dewdrops hanging ON leaf and Cos
samer, she would still lin2es with closed
eyes to feel the Guns warmth ON her up
turned face and outstretched hands.
She slept through the day ia her dark-
ened rem, and this gave me opportunity
to 50 ever to TcwerSridse, where I was
not known, and get the things we needed
food and clothing, and the like. I
bought . couple Of pretty dresses for
Psyche. Q square Of lace fer her head, .
Shetland shawl, and some shoes with
bright steel buckles and these things rave
her great delight, for she vas quite hu-
man, and loved - well a. any other pref
" girl to Took nice. I felt tolerably
secur IN leaving her alone 1t these tines.
Mxcept the Chase, there was no house
nearer than the inland village q Ec-
cleshan.
Thus = week passed without my taking
any steps to discover Psyche's friends
or seeking an interview with Miss Dun
ran seeing that I must FIRST habituate
Psyche to the new life before introducing
any change /; but at the end Of that time,
moved, / fear, rather by the Jealous fear
that Miss Duncan might be married to
the husband her father had chosen than
by a DISTINGUISHED consideration esof
Psyche's welfare. I sent an advertisement
to be inserted in the second column Of
the Times. It ran thus:
"FOUND-A girl, thought to be be-
tween Is and 10 years Of age, who dis
appeared about July IA, 1877. Apply for
further information, by letter, to The
Finder, Postofice, T~owerbridse."
Three days after posting this adver-
tisement I walked over to Tewerbridse
and asked ut the pcstoAce il there were
any letters for The Finder The pest
master handed me one. 1t was from q
6rm of solicitors in Lincolnss
Inn, asking ne on behalf Of client,
whose name Wal net given, to supply
then with The information referred to in
a6verfiaeHe0t