The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-03-20

1MoR ~. Nn&u N nafafs .seeme1 60,
spifing = wetccGne to travellers for whom
= sxteusive preparations were making
- Aikensids. Thy were expected =
shout stx II the afternoon. snd just ~.
fcss that bonr th~ doctor rods NJ = ~
n readiness Ia mess them. In tho dining
f0osn tn table wss set ~ Maddy I'D
neses s<sa Ii sef before. making. viii it,
silver. In china and cut glass, ! giittsrs
ing display.
Six o'eioeA came, but no traveleFn.
Then IN hour went by, and there came
. telegram that the cars had broken dowD
and would not probably asrivs until late
In the Night. II indeed they did till
morning.. Greatly disappointed, the doc.
TOR took hIs leave. telling the girls thsy
had better Dot sit mp. Consequently. q
q late hour they both retired, sleepins -
sossndly ~ not to hear the noise outside
the house the banging OF doors, the
setting down Of trunks. the tramp d
feet. Mrs. Noah's words OF welcome, one
pleasant voice which responded. and am
other more inpatient one which sound.
I'd ~ IL it, owner were tired and cross.
Agnes and Guy had come. Az q whole.
Agnes season at Saratoga had been rath-
r. disa greeabl~. She had been fattersd
By brainless fops. She had heard her.
self called that beautiful Mrs. Rem.
ington." and that charming young wild.
ow,f but DO serious attentions had been
paid. no millionaire had asked to b. hss
second husband. She liked the DOCTOR
but II BE- did not propose, and some other
body did. she should accept that other
body. oil course. This was her intention
when she left Aikenside. and when she
ca me back. II was with the determinations
10 raise the siege NJ oDce, and compAl the
doctor to surrender. The morning Of
the return home she should listen with .
troubled mind to Jexsie's rather exaSs
gernted account OF the number Of times
the doctor had been there. and the nics
things ~ had said TO her and Maddy.
What was she that he should are for
her? A mere nothins--a child, whom
Guy had taken up. Pity there was .
Lucy Atherstone In the way Of his MAKE
ing her mistress Of Aikenside. It would
be q pretty Guy Remington and
Grandpa Markham's ~grandchild. Agnes
Was nervous and tired, aud this helped to
s~ncrease her anger toward tho innocent
girl. She would take immediate msas'
ures. she thought, to put tie upstart
down. and the sight Of Flora laying the
cloth for breakfast suggested TO her The
FIRST step In teaching Maddy her place.
Flora she said. II notice you ars
arranging the table for four. Have ~
company"
"Why. no. ma'am: there's Mr.. Guy.
yourself, Miss Jessie, and Miss Clyde.
was Flora's reply. while Agnes continued
haughtil}: Remove Miss Clyde's plata.
No one allows their governess 70 1T
with them"
But, ma'am," and Flora hesitated,
shes very pretty. and ladylike, and
young: she has always eaten with Miss
Jessie and DR.. Holbrook when he was
here. He treats her as II she was good
a. anybody"
Meantime Maddy had put on her pref,
test delaine. tied her little dainty blacl
silk apron, Mrs. Noah's gift. and with the
feeling that she VAS looking unusually
well. started Tor the PARKER 70 inset hss
employer. Mrs. Agnes. who wal alone
whes Maddy presented herself before 49,
Ito b. ~continued.)