The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-11

eApfcssi9i IN The sight of a delicate
peautlful young woman, especially /
she be dressed IN those fine fabrics ih;t
LOOK as u only q fairy loom could haN'
woven them; and When a man love:
we woman VINO bursts upon ms vision
lhat Speil must oNerwheim him. espec
at!iy u ne be such a man as was !
p,oHuel Oh ne foushesl iacioI4eS
nero ana hafsh' an eIooMef alad +;
tIaA!3Ief' a nuStlef ana a pluiief. Ihel
You must also consider the exact cir
tuihs,tlleeS- Standing thefe, WIN &c
Stiuctioh ilahglhS over me, WITH tl'
sense THAT within a few hours | shoulc
W q Pa'i%h 70 ilef' q l~llasqueiader Ss4iP
~ OF ms alssutse ana cast out IRON
'he bali where ne HAD been m2klas
so merry and so free. only Il few
houiS more perlaps now was the ia5'
,llle SiloulG ever stand so near u
lef! Ihe iuH realization of all thi'
SWailoWed me up as IN y great, iiilGh
NidGM HliSt. ana nay arms Stislined q
escape from my lightly locked hands
strained to seize her, TO snatch fron
ileF' ielNctaIl though sae might he, az
ie'St some part OF inc happiness ll4'
WAS !" be denied me.
| lhInk my torment must have some
how penetrated to her, For she was
sweet and Iriendly-aud She could rot
have hurt me wcrsel II mad followed
my impulse | should have iailcn at hel
feet ard buried my face, scerching, in
tho folds OF that pale blue. faintly
s~himtaerins robe of hers.
DO throw away that huge, hideous
cisal,' She said. laughing. And she
took two cigarettes from The boz. Put
both between her lips. lit them. held
one toward me. j looked at her face,
and along her smooth. bare, out
stretched arm. and AT the mink sIanda,
nngers holding the cigarette. / took it
as if / were afraid the spell would he
broken, should my fingers touch hers.
Afraid-that's 1t. That's why didn't
pour out all that was in my heart. /
I'm taking YOU away from the DIN
muir OF many voices and of music. In
fancy | could see them assembled
round the little caro- tables-the Well
fed bodies. the well-cared-for skins.
the elaborate toilets, the useless jew
eied hands-comfortable, secure, self
satlslied, idle, always idle, always play
ing at the ilnltatlon games-like their
IN the nurseries of wealth their whole
HNes through. And not at all in bit
tefneSs, but wholly i'm sadness, a sense
or the injustice, the unfairness of it
ala sense that had been strong in
me In my youth but bluuted during the
years of my busy prosperity-returned
Tor q moment, For a momcm only;
my mind was soon back to realities
10 Ier and me-to us" How soon it
Would never be us" again.
They're mammals friends" Anita
was answering. Goldfish and tirosome.
When you leave shall &c straight on
UP TO bed.
d llke Toto see yOur Oorn=Whe
You live" said l. more TO myself than
70 IeE,
L sleep IN n bare little box She re-
p Ini WIN a laugh. It's like a cell. a
jIItili Oh ours Who has the Intl-pPTnl
fad insisted 81 TED en- G, it But my sitting room
lsnf SO bad"
said l.
she answered Yes" after a pause,
and IN such a strained voice that l
looked at her. A flush was just dying
out OF her face. He was the friend
spoke or She went on.
You know him very well?" / asked.
We've known him-always," said
she. Il think he's ore of my earliest
recollections. His fathers summer
place and ours adjoin. And once-I
guess its the first time I remembers
seeing hiln-he was u freshman Mt
Harvard, and he came along on a horse
past the pony cart In which a groom
was driving me. And IL was very lit
tie then-I begged him to take me nm
u he did. l thought he was the
greatest, most wonderful man that eyer
lived She laughed queerly. when l
said my prayers, l used to imagine a
god that looked like him TO say them
to.
echoed her laugh heartily. The
idea of NoWbray Langdon as Il god
stfnch me as peculiarly funny, though
iatuIaI enough, too.
AnSufu' WASH N. SAID she. Elt
ner race was grave, n she let her
''s4ietle one OUT.
a., guess YOU Know him better than
INA, nov"
YES pellef' she answered, slowly
ahq apsehty. es-anything but a
soi.
lalo .he more FASCINATING on that
"eeuuie, said l. Wonder Why Woin-
~ liNs pest .le really pad, dangerous
s so. VI man VINO hasn't amy respect
. eiit1il or lor ahNlhlhg.
aug .i!is tlitt sue might protest,
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