Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-15
pTER xIII.

~ nN MAJ ia Finn M Mi yUn UInd III
ana ~ color everv,vbare n rho fields and
woods lifa n eysry oreen Md. ia tbe
aowirr san ~ - stron, eorost trees. IN
+ba fr;sLin. .or,ho,. ~ a. lsmhs IN fine
,no,sy mrs;c 81 M tbr,,sh and blackbird.
.ra III .a..s 80. * IN l., RI
.Singjnr a. haaven,. ,otc Ia that
haavan.s ra4o NJ r,a;ah that large
~h;,e s,,nsno,,stad oIonJ nth edras az
black Iike r;cb noint ,aces think there
i. .torm uyi+b;n tha+ cloud for ali its
shaan and haa ,,tv--olootr;.ity Mr. Leigh.
- !, hr;.bt 60 MN. eno,yb bnt.
Nh / + am oh.rged ,y,th tbe thunder Of
,yar often ana often and often when I
: !, crinn{ne and hon rino /, ,vben mamma
n stormjnr and Miss Worthineton
nraoch;nc .ron,t -, ta.o yI;ss wortb-
inpton M T,oigh, place .av ves. ana +
viii Iova ~, auar oftarW
Sha ruas .r.h /. -sos.,,. h.na ,sit5-
uuch = brtpht "a sc;nat;no litt,e war. such
! .a+ir;cai craat,,ra Taenel Ala not Ansh
a. bar a,ords He 90 aatt,na more nc.
r,,xtomod - tbosa startI;nr sneechns for
EIln wvcherlv mada them ~ him every
,Iav. and somet,me. avery ho,r Of tho day.
All the arra neemenfs 1,roposed had been
carried out. Lionel had given his months
notice, passed over his pupils to another
professor. md HAD been established at
Wycherly as the tutor OF Master Graves
Power-who was to take the name OF
Wycherly-for two months.
His duties were light: lessons from
nine It'll eleven in the school room, with
Master Power. ana then Ella Wycherly
appeared on the scene for her German
lesson. which lasted one hour. After that,
IioneI ana b;s nuniI went riding. or walk
3np ar hoatinp an the river. taking their
luncheon with them. and returning in the
afternoon. when Master Power was left
70 his own devices. and he usually improy-
ed Tho shining hours IN the society Of Ella
Wycherly. who had conceived an extraor-
disaryAHkinr for him.
The boy himself was completely fasci-
mated with his beautiful, daring cousin.
He used seriously to tell Lionel that he
hoped she would wait for him, since 1t
was his intention to marry her when he
grew mp.
II don't care about her being nine
years older than I am, Mr.. Leigh; but
what d splendid wife she would make I
should have her always spnngled over
with diamonds, ana dressed like the queen
Of the fairies / saw at the ~pantomime.
She shall never wear bonnets and hats
only crowns and wreaths."
Lionel tnught Ella every day, talked to
her every day sometimes he even rode
Will, her. for the colonel had lent him a
good horse, and he was at liberty to ride
ii. Had his heart and fancy been free,
his position at Wycherly might have been
considered cnviab1e, with two hundred
pounds salary. rooms to himself. liberty,
and courteous consideration from all the
family. save Miss Worthington.
That lady had always ~strenuously OPP
posed the advent Of the German tutor.
She WINS civil e him now, but her ciyiiity
was of the coldest and her interruptions
Ct his tete-a-tetes with Ella were con-
fstanf.
One lovely afternoon Lionel was read
linz Shakespeare. His back rested against
the stem 81 a large, fragrant lime. AT his
feet was d cool, clear pond, where the fish
were darting round in the sunny water
rushes lily fags ornamental side Of
the pond but where Lionel sat the water
was cIear. All At once came q song--a
sweet melody, chanted in a high, clear
soprano.
He looked up. There she was-Ella
Wycherly, heiress and witch, belle and
romp, Aristocrat and tomboy, perched up
amid the branches of an elm, sitting with
her feet resting on a lower branch, her
headAreclining against an upper one-an
attitude Of nonchalant, luxurious repese.
IDOL look nice and comfortable up
herefs' Ghe asked. Now for q leap! One
-two-three. and away !"
Down abe came snfe amid the grass
and fsrns. Her pure white dress, made.
hieh to the throat, was scarcely rumpled.i