Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-04-16

raj IN ncit company of Il young girl,
WhO without being beautiful, Waa the
pOhscsSor OF infinite charm. Whether
she worked 81 encrgetica!ly Cor the
mere love nf tic hing or from ncees-
siiy l could not tell. / chose, however,
to fancy her .t,e .,cip % II widowed
mother. who. ON slender "icails. had
perhaps still yoU,,sei lives Than my
fellow wutiies's q, give her snAicties.
suffice ~ ~ 'ay. Oh This point, nay nea!
fellow wnri,Ar .,,,ored With @est. and
often her %s.anlpie inspired my own
somewhat tll.s;i,.. efforts. found
myself possessed Of IN unconqlciable
desire to make i,.r acquaintance. Vet L
could not Summon the necessary coiir-
TO address, tier have known
many plea..,nt lies of friendship which
had thci, rrisln in the ieadina: room OF
the british i,it.rut,t
! am nos go'us to give u glowing de
scription oil the '%infinite charm" al
ready refereed 10. n,ucl, prcferring to
remain POSSESSED ainnc of a fact. the
re%Melnbrnncc nj which adds a degree of
extra pleasure whcn I indulge in retro
spect.
On many occasions, while endeavor-
ing to 6rin;. IVY wnnlEatiecring brains
into II state approximate to order, 1
had remarked trput,uious expressions
spread ovc, tier Intelligent face. as
though souc difficulty beset her in her
work. and thuuslu came tn me to offer
assistance. but my NERVE always failed
me. My tfiun,pI. came later. AWAY
from "musty toms" and "sian, dome"
Such an Ipportuuity as | could not let
slip.
a cnid hut bright dry i'm January of
II certain yew in the recently dead cen
fury t"unh the nn n.y. way tn Interview
II notable W"n,ber Of parliament. with
the hopc to srcure through his aid n
ticket foC tiie house of commons. where
an inp,rfanI debate was ON. and WAS
desir"us 4" heat the 'i,nmaculate joe"
and then welt, not die. exactlN. but
feet myself acquainted with him.
I had p,"rceded as far as the top of
Charing cr"s.s ruld. when | %bcthnught
fne ~ take - bus. became an i'm
Hide.' Thcre va, but one other ouc,-
pant--u l,dy-wi'aae face was turned
towards the front window of the ve-
-hiclc. She appeared to he % n the ook-
out for SOMEONE coming from the di-
rection in which we We're travelling.
Presently the conductors voice
startled us h"th, the lady turning
b revealed 60 lue the we'll known
race of "my lady" ot the reading room.
'Farcs. p'e,sc.' together With the sud-
denncss OF niT recognition. had rather
Husterc! noe hogan fumbling i'm my
coat p"cls.t for ~" needful copper
coin. ana WiS settAtblG enoug}i To no.
tice that the lady was doing likewise
not in ms pockets. but her own--for
her purse. Presently u vivid blush
spread over her f.lcc. IS she plaintive-
~ gave the conductor to understand
she had lcfi her purse and money at
home.
Tho collector of fares-bless his ig-
nOrant and unapprcciative vulgaritN-
was somewhat inclined to be coarse
ana ~1nOi{CNSiVc. as he remarked.
"HO I daresay. that's a tale wot
Amt good enough for me. I've bin
that way afore today. Wot are
yer goin' tn do?'
At this iuNcture l deemed it alvis-
able to cXpostuiate with the %ruftian.
warming him that 1T was not part of
his duty to be uncivil. AS l am some
what hcrculcan in build. my words had
the desired etfcct. Then / begged the
permission to settle SO tri,ing
\ matter. 1T the sanle time pointing
out to her THAI the fact of our being
fellow workers M the British museum
would ut ierst privilege me in so small
q service. THUS announcement reaS-
eured her of The perfect propriety OF
the thing. for She ut onc replied:
h is fortunate. Thank you so
much. May I AJAX our nane?"
! gave 1t. Richard Athelstane.'
''Thank o 80 much, Mr.. Athelstane.
/ am Eunice FIRTH
After delivering herself of this grac-
lou bit OF Information she departed
On her = tatviug me In the seventh
heaven of delight. For was not the ice
now broken,
In the matter of years / am no longer
a Hedging. md ( have never been over
burd. ned by the weight of worldly
gunfr. This latter fact. no doubt, has |
beea =: main factor in keeping me from
straying into. pastures beyond those
wherein | cropped MY week to week
end needs.
At the period OF my first interest ii
Fiunicc Firth ! was busily engaged in
EFFORTS to graft in some manner the
American family of Shoddee upon the
parent stock in England. 1t was Il
work of great wearisomeness. mas
much as without the license used by
the average gcneaiogist / had begun to
experience considerable doubts as to
whether the millionaire mill owner
from the other side OF the herring pond
would respond so heartily as l could
nave wished To my views as to what
q reasonable and just" honorarium
should b..
On the ncxt OCCASION of my meeting
with Miss FIRTH the merest form of
greeting followed. AS she handed me
the bronze coin which annulled her self
conceived obligation. her renewal of
thanks was accomplished by the faint
change of color, but her words,
You were very kind to help me out
my ditemtna," left no opening for
extension OF An acquaintance 20 aus
piclously begun. Our sittings We're
Within orc OF each other. We took
them. ard thur far there was the end.
She evidently knew full we'll the exist
81 the rule OF silence" which the
oalpeEintendent for the time ever strives
- encorce, but which h many on
cialo themselves do not consider 1t
&M6kh&WnNelo Ia art nm tn Tor ~ 2o M.