The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-03-06
CHAPTER TX.

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u N seFy pleasant at Afkenslde fksk
afternoon. q the cool breeze blowing
from the miniMsnrs Ash paud Ia one D
nef of thu grounds. came stealing ioto
- ~hAndsssn% parterH. whore Agnes Rem.
lnesen. IN tasteful toilet. rsciinsd Ian.
sui1iy upon the cvisxson -hned sota. bead
tnS hes graceful bead 10 suis tbe height
q J&ssie. WHO VA fwininx some 6owers
ameag h<s cUvis. and appealin 10 Guy 70
know I'll Ii Was nat pretty"
In his lsvOrite seAt in the pieas4nt hay
wlndoN, opening Intp the garden. Guy
waa sitting. apparently reading : hook,
though bis syes did not move very rapidly
DOWN the page. for his thoughts we're on
scms other object. When his pretty
~stepsnoihef 6rsf came 10 Aikenssde, three
monfhs befoss. he had be~n half sorry, for
be kntw Just how his quiet would BE- dis
aurhed. but An The weeks went BY, and b.
hscans accustomed - Jessie's childish
prattis and froIisome ways. while evsn
Asn<s herself WIS NOT ! Rad pictuss Tor
bis handsosue home, be began to fesI how
~ SHOULD miSs them when they were
ecne. Had she bern more agreeable 70
him - would not have he.iisied 70 oder
~ Z home - long ~ she chose u r.
main. but, ~ IL was. he felt that Lacy
Atherstone would be mneh happier alone
win him Lucy. however. was not com-
ing ~. and until she did cems Agnes
perhaps might stay. II certainly would
- oettss Tor Jessie. who could have =
teacher IN The house. and II was upsa
tAem matters that be was rehscting.
A. u d~ivininE biz thoushts, Agnes aid
- him rather abruptly:
"0uy, Ellen Laurie writes NJ that
tAsy are I'll going T. saratosa Tor q time,
mi thsn to Newport. and she wishes I
would join them. u ron think ! can
aGord Ill"
'Oh. res. that's splendid, for I'll Say
he~ whine roo are goss. and I like
Aikensidc y -much bstter than Boston.
Mamma can afford 1t, can't she, GuyYs
Jessie exciainsd, dropping her flowers
and u~prinsinR upon her brether's knee.
SmootAing her bright mir and piuching
her scft cheek, Guy replied:
That means. | suppose. that I can
a6afd Il. doa't III but, pass. ! was think
ins just now about yeur staying hers.
whass y0u rally DO improve"
1Asa turning to Agnes be made some
iuquires - 70 The plans proposed BY the
Lasrisa. a~scsrtaining thst Agnes plan
va - follows: He sheuld invite her 70
= With HIN - Saratoga. u Newport, or
helA, nj tat Jessie nsan1tme at Aiken
sidA just ~ ~ wished.
Gay could not dad much pleasure IN
sseorting Agnes TO Z fashionable water
tnS-place. but be decided 70 martyr him
ee1f and - { Saratoga. but Who would
enss ~ Jenisf Ghe mua NJ b lit
WhnSttv uikA ~ sueynnfn- ev&pnnn
- osme Gind mus& ~ provided, ana -
NJ shout speaking of this to Agnes.
when III doctor WA announced, and the
turned into another channel.
Aenss nenlngton would noe have ~confess-
- how much she was interested In Dr..
Heahrook.
His arrival dissipated her sadness in
: measurs . after greeting him with
her usual exbresmionA Of welcome. she
aid. haIf playfuily, half spifcfully:
by The way. doctor, who was that old
lady, al bent up double In shawls and
things. whom yea were taking out for an
airiner
THAT ~ lsdy. beat dsable and bun
did ~ n eAawIs, was y0ung Maddy
Cfyde. 70 when ! thought . ride might
- eoo4L
',Oh. -; Dat patient about whom
Jessie has rene mad I'M glad ! have
aeea k@g.~
Thsse was n~umistakable irony In her
voice DOW. and turning from her to Guy.
ths doctor Gid:
The old man was telling me today Of
rear Kindness Ia saving the house from
bsing scld. II Was like you. Guy and |
wish 4. too. had the means to BE- %
exncreua, for they are 10 very poor"
sI1n It'll you." said Jessie. who Rad
stoteu u the doctors side. You might
xivs Maddy the Doctors bin. I remember
hsr amrn cried. and said shs never
cosi1 my pspa's bill whea Il was sent
tn.s
~Jeusie!' r said Agnes ana Guy, simul-
t~ansonsiy. while the doctor ~lAughingiy
pulled one of her long, bright curix.
eYen, I c&Ald do that. Id thought of
Il. but fhey might not accrpt IL they ar<
proud - we'll ~ poor"
aNr. Markham has no one to care for
huf III Wits and this Madeline. has her
Agnes asked, and the doctor replied:
II id not suppose - until ! few days
sinse, when I learned from . Mr.. Green
thst Mrs Markham's youngest and now
| ely brother ms been an inmate 1t an
| aaslum for pears: and that though they
casa0t pay his entire expenses, Of course
theg ~ Al they can toward providing him
With comforts"
Aeneus cheeA Vas very whitet though