The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-07
cHApTER m-continued.

kneW that she was timidly trying
ner color coming and going, to catcl
my eye, TO appease me as the create
stranger and to keep the peace between
ner i'll matched companions, who in
oeeQ stalked along cycling one anothe
enuch as a wolf hound and a badge
dog might regard each other acros.
y choice bone. But the young Dutch
mans sudden appearance had put ms
out was not In love with her
yet / liked to talk to her. anc
4 grudged her to him-he seemed SC
mean a fellow. nj so-churl that ]
was-in answer to her speech, | lei
drop some sheer about the great feat
OF the Span'ards which seemed to pre-.
vail In these parts.
You are not afraid OF them, them
Van Tree said. with a smile.
NO; l am not" I answered. my liz
An" with much meaning, perhaps
o do not know them very Well"
not" l replied. "Still, my
grandmother was a Spaniard."
SO l should have thought" he re-
eorted swiftly. so swiftly that I felt the
WORDS as should have felt a blow.
What do you mean?" / blurted out,
mating before him. with my cheek
crimson. In vain were all Dymphna's
appealing chances; all her signs of dis
Sress. Il Will have you explain, Master
van Tree. What you mean by that"
. ASpCdtCu uSTEfly. -e
Il mean wha / said, he answered
c~onfrontlng me ~stubbornly and shaking
on D~ymphna's hand. His blue eyes
with rage; his hin beard
oristled: he vas the color of a turkey
cocks comb. At home we should have
him a coInical little figure, but
ne did not seem absurd here. For one
Ching, he ooked spiteful enough for
anything, n for another, though I
sSopped him by a head and shoulders. I
could not fatter myself that he was
sa1raid of me. On the contrary, I felt
Shat In the presence of his mistress,
small and shortsighted as III was. he
would have faced a lion without wink
anS.
Ills courage was not to be put to the
proof. 1t was still glazing at him, seek
snG some retort which should provoke
MIN beyond endurance, when a hand
was laid on my shoulder. and 1 turned
TO find that Master Berthe and the
duchess had Joined US.
30 mere are the truantS the former
said pleasantly, speaking In English
n showing no consciousness whatever
OF the crisis In The middle of which he
mad come 4, though he must have dis
cerned In u defiant attitudes and in
Dymphna's troubled face that some
tnlng was wrong. You know who this
g. Master Frances" he continued
heartily. or have you not been intro
uuced 70 Master Van Tree. the be-
1rothed OF our hosts daughter?"
Mistress Dymphna has done mo that
honor" said stif1y. recovering myself
"a appearance. while at heart sore and
angry with everybody. But i fear
the Dutch gentleman has not thanked
ner for the Introduction since he
learned that my grandmother was
Your grandmother. do you ean?"
cried the duchess. much astonished.
Yes. madam
well, to be sure" she exclaimed
lifting up her hands and appealing
whimscally to the others. "this boy is
Know what he will produce next. The
sotner daY IT was a warrant! Today
~ IL q grandmother and a temper!',
4 could not be angry with her, and
erhap ! was not sorry now that my
sQuarre with the young Dutchman had
stopped where 1t had. I affected ms
well as I could to Join In he laugh at
f1ny expense and took advantage Of the
Of our host, who at this mo-
sxnent came up the slope from the land
Ing place. his hands outstretched and
y smile OF greeting on his kindly face,
SIP away unnoticed and make
'antt1ads to my hurnor by switching Off
uhe READS OF the withes by the river.
/ But naturally the scene LETT q degree
OF Ill feeling behind 1t. and for The first
time during the w months we had
Apent under Master Lindstrom,s roof
party who sat down to supper were
constrainf. It felt that the Young
D~utchInan had had the best Of the hour
anSthe garden, and 4 talked loudly and
in the boyish attempt Ia as
Nert myself and tc set myself right Al
least IN my own estimation. Master
Tree meanwhile sat silent. eve
ing me from time to time In no friendlyi
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