Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-14

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..Nu.t cos, place yop.e .nt Over
here. / thought s. directly came IN
50 / sot Mrs. Gum to ivt me brn
Yol your tea and come over here l"i
Dil you? va;ehed you crossing
III room. hut i could not zen whore
vou N.els COINS
lie taf.lsd hot 81 the bare Idea OF
lis 30. tns watched. IL d size On ms
"D.i y5n-er-did You notice any
TIA Ms D---pee uiiat- Bout me- ne
H.. she said w~oniarinaiy. except
rcrAa,s g. No.r o., va. king. h"l
oitu I irck as ii you were Tying to get
ON. mats nothipe-I oftcn-cr-do
That. rs i way ! have got
"Inlcod.'
This was no, encouraging. anything
10 turn The subject. he rd'ned ON:
"liut | assure YOU, Miss Neville, now
| am here. l could wish for no greater
happiness than to remain mere for
eyer. Al least. that is To say. until
you 90 away
This was perfectly true.
iii leave a little margin for your
politcnoss. Mr.. Sniper. and wont con-
sidcr YOU bound by that" she said with
Il laugh and then added. slyiy: What
would the others-what would Katie
say If you sat here all the afternoon?"
II don't care what they say. My
present position is the only TO give
me happiness. l would not exchange
it for Il throne" he said with fervor.
He Mas getting desperate Anything
to keep her attention from his boots,
and ali thes. speeches which she took
10 mean = sudden desire 10 get up
"a Imitation We're no empty conpli-
II EMS. but terribly true expressions
of his painful position.
Meanwhile Katie was watching him
with great wrath. What did he mean
by this behavior? she WAS lot going
to stand such treatment. He had not
once looted at her, and now to see
him flirting with that mink Maggie
NeVille MAS moro than flesh and blood
could put NJ with.
Her : your tea" said young Nc
Donald - this moment: Can fetch
YOU aiythin to eat. Miss Gum"
Yes. please. j should like some
cake" she answered, fixing Augustus,
who still held the plate of cake, with
her We.
Where the dickens can it be gone
to- ne mutlered some minute later,
Tier bunting .4ieh and Low. "Well. I'm
blessed if there isn't Snipor hugging il
en- his knee. I'll go and interrupt him."
And he went in Sniper's direction.
Poor Aucut1s saw him coming and
mayed = ligtle closer to Miss Neville.
hiding his feet under the edge OF her
gown. little thinking hat this was
| perceived By Katie. The wretch" she
said 10 herself. and when Jack Nc
Donald returned she fiirted desperately
with hiin. keeping one o.e on Angus
lus. however. "Moll. Mr.. Sniper," said
MISS Ne.llie in answer Ia one of his;
DlettX speeches, since You say your
! pleasure is in serving me. will you
ne so Kind as 10 fetch me another cup
Of tea"
Foor Augustus,
"Of course. my CREATES pleasure is
to serve you. Miss Neville. but-er-
when that service-cr-necessitates NV
leaving y~ou-er-being deprived OF
your society. | cannot ny TO accom-
plish your wish as [ would otherwise
do He had the cup in hand. and
was balancing it idiotically and he
manning where, lie was.
Just at this critical a friend
passed at about the distance of u yard
and Il half. here was his chance.
"Thonason,' he said. reaching over to
ioucn him and nearly overwhelming as
he did SO, Miss Neville says will YOU
get her q cup OF tea. please"
Thomson. who had long worshipped
Maggie Neville. flew off with alacrity
on this errand.
Really. Mr.. Sniper. this is going too
FAR. said Miss Neville in an offended
tone. IF you did not wish to get my
tea would not have YOU do it for
worlds, but l think you need not put
speeches into my mouth"
My dear Miss Neville-not wish to
get your tea? / assure you'll"
The thing was. / knew thai fellow
wanted 10 come and join us-and-I-
er-I-didn't want him. See
Just then Thomson returned. care
fully steering his way across the room
with the desired cup of tea.
Thank YOU. Mr.. Thomson she said.
with a gracious smile: lit is lucky
clared he an no longer keep away from
Miss Gum. and | shall be left all atone"
Poor Augustus!
Thomson beamed. and there was
nothing for it but for him to rise and
give up his seat and make his way to
Katie.
oh, that / had skirts" he groaned;
why wasn't l born a woman?"
BY this time many of the guests had
departed to cross the room was Il
matter of still greater difficulty than
before. However, by making darts.
when no one was looking. from cover
to cover. he at length managed to place
himself Deiflnd ms beloved katie'S
chair. She. however. took no notice
of him, but continued chatting gayiy
with Jack Mcdonald.
So there he stood (sitting was out
"f the question) in silence. till the last
guest had departed and when Katie
returned from bidding them goodby at
the door. he van and said:
Il am so glad all those bores are
gone"
You ave the advantage of me
there" she said haughtily.
He ignored this remark and CON
tinued:
I've been waiting to speak to you
all this afternoon. Miss Gunn-katie
you know what I've come for-l wan