The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
STORY 0f fnE
SARATOGA TRUNKS.

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mi oi, IN man and u. Woman totued
Asts contract tn tho aau sIaolu OF IA
HSase ana teservod. lns speech itna ac,son
~ was slight. spir.ted. ,ussy and il very
80 CARA Of words He WAS nturcd IA
WIN not even n ring or a sticNp.u to
sfGSSaIft We the extreme sonbertess
sSEShe Was rcspsendeut IN u Partisan gown.
daS6 l.r mere pfcsetoe made everything
ssf11skk seem !iko Il rolorless background.
ssgHs$S64 beg Your pardon. Miss Elsie. he ven
AS&a1&Si ''but tho officer Is merely dong his
NE
gSsSle she exclaimed. volatility ineN-
S6&Stcliy departing and an air OF cold dig
MIA taking It's place. your advice was
86S sought
gGSAsB ut" hc replied. half pleaGlnGly, his
s3&Ssrve giving Way a bit. 1T should be ac-
SSalnt dbl, 20 tho sister of my dearest col
'lssdslA friend"
SSSsA CLINT or anger flashed IN the soft
brow eyes. He" voice was lowered, bat
III srrcachcd his ears clear and distinct.
II ssY OH must not think because you were
sfoolish enough to propose"-
nd YOU were wise enough TO reject the
ijro1osal." he finished for her.
'.N cs," she repeated, land 4 was wise
senough to reject YOUR PROPOSAL that YOU
ehsye the right TO assume an air of pro
ptf= ,orsh.p over me"
sattsy dear young LADY, he exclaimed
Aprotes.ingly "What an absurd! idea; the
fery OPPOSITE is the case. Why, you
4Row"-
: Probably I'm no. az experienced as I
seem" she iNterieetcd. "I've heard of
men pretending to he MARTYRS simply be-
cause every girl they met did not fall
down and adore Them"
"My, my, Miss Els.e.~ he cred. raising
hts hands depreca tinrly. YOU really must
not use such extrayacant figures of
speech. Put" with a shrrr of the shout
1aders. "wonen seem unable TO discuss The
sAhinc commonly called love without
Srampltnr on the laws of locic"-
..Bother logic she exclaimed. not irreie-
svaa,nt ly ..this-this insnec,or insists nnon
nv trunk
switch observcd~the nrafessor ".t is
sworn duty 10 do"
ssaN.lt.s un-American." she hayaraed. re-
ting the phrase she had heard so often
tho yova.ro over
..s.To tax the manufacturers of I.uropeo ."
oueried. Thinking of his fayori1e study
GAins noliticoI nonnn,y ~
nyhow. IT'S a silly law, she cried
8nAtulantlv
%isss.y f.tber u,s ONO Of tbo ,o,c,eee-
men who helrea to enact IT." he reioined
m 1,sh.nply
@s'Did pa dc that, she asked subdued.
gas..He did >" ba rnnlied ev,,ltant
E&rrho insnector ma co,n to ano.ber mort
sSaIf the wharf The nrofessor dressed his
.ssayantaee
%s.Jf Won will lot mo b,ye tho kev of vo,r
stdrn,,ns IL, >, he e,jd "Iu ATTEND 10 yo,r hap-
- pc a,d b,vo n over o,,,cllv
hes;ta ted a moment. she cop)d NOT
ssteIl w,y He not,cad =,
..A moro ,c+ of civjlitv" no s,id s,,,n,pe
.whtcb tho ne.ros Of GOOD soc;atv ner,ni+
oyen to a rejected s,,itor"
The smile took ten wears from tho grave
countenance. He walked off with the two
9keys I'm his hand. She noticed a certain
Snanl:ness In his manner. He was not so
DESPITE the grayness about the
Wtemnles She soloo,,,zed rcsretfrllv
.It's too bad. hut he's so serious"
s@& AS he was handing the KEYS to tho in
he elanced in her direction His
was attracted by a strange winsome-
mess about her mouth. The ewes. too, were
sStrangely attractive. Far down in their
9TTaioft brown denths there was a half sad
lssaness. a wistf,,l longing look .,bich sinh
bnt d.d NOT SUPPRESS the laughing
Ssface.
Ri He sighed deaplv.
81 ..If she were nor so frivolous. ir she were
mot so frivolous"
d Presently tho ox,,pinatio, ~ tbo h,e-
4 gage was co,nnleted Oraer was hepinn;nc
I to o,ncrea frno, chaos ~, the docl ne
handed her the kew Of her trunk The
aeetinr s,ntle which had shado,ved bis
,ountenance = few moments before had
disappeared, and he was once more the
sedate educator. frown.nc ,apon tbe fri
vol;t:es of life. The far away wistfulness
N her ewes faded. and she again became
The vivacio,s snoilod child of tbo world
\ He pressed her hand at artinp-nresse
Il lust a trffle more than wo,l5 seem nee.
essary for a suitor who had accented his
rejection so phlosopbfcally. She noticed
th.s-there WASN'T mucb she didn't notice
and the conta eious little laugh nrod,,ced
.wo dainty litt,e din,nlcs which we're f,,
oeyond the ken of his n@hi,osonhv.
II am very grateful for vour Kindness tc
she said in her hurried, snr.phtly
yav ..R,,t" sba added ,nocl,i,,gly II an
sure thcra lie no ;,nnronrsntv in my SAVING
that much ia ,ou"