The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-09-25

bliG In the midst % the sultry lu-
gnsr weather Mildred fell iil-a mild At
tack Of scarlet fever.
How could she have caught the r.
yerT' AIRS. Fausset asked. and ten min.
utes afterward sbe begged the doctor
not to mention Milared's maiady TO n
OF her nrig2isors.
I'VE have such q host OF engagements
and crowds # visitors coming from Lon
dom" she said. People are so ridicu.
lousy nervous. OF course I shall be
extremely careful
The doctor gave elaborate instructions
about isolation. Such measures being
taken. Mra Falssrt might receive all
fashionable LONDON with safety.
Mild a. the case might be. the patien:
had 70 suffer thirst and headache, a dry
aad swollen throat. ard restless nights.
Tier MOST eager desire was for Fay's com
pany. aad as il was aseerfained that
Far had Suffered from scarlet fever some
years before In a somewhat severe form.
IL was considered she might safely assist
in the SEX room.
She was there almost all day. and very
often In the night. She read to Mildred.
aud sang IN her. and played with her.
and INDUCED every changing fancy and
caprice OF sickness. Her love was inex-
haustible. interchangeable. forever on the
watch. II Mildred woke from n feyerish
dream in che deep of night. with a little
egitated sob or cry. she found a figure
In q white dressing gown bending over
her. and loving arms encircling her before
she had time TO feel frightened. Fay
slept in = little dressing room opening out
Of Mildred's large, airy bedroom, 50 as
m be near her darling.
1ToSe three weeks in the sick room.
those wakeful nights and losr, slow sum
mer days. strengthened the bond OF love
between the two girls. BY abe time Mil
dred was conyalescent they seemed TO
have loved each other for years. Mil
dred could hardly remember what her
life was before she had Fay for a com
tanion. Mrs. Faasset SAW ehis growing
affection not without jealousy but il was
very convenient that there should be some
one in the house whose c~ompanIonship
kept Mildred happy. and she even Went
so far a. to admit that Fay was useful
al cannot be with the dear child hall
20 much as | should like 10 be" she said
visitors are No exacting.
Fay had slept very little during Mil
drcd's illness. and now that the chile
was nearly we'll the elder girl began tc
flag somewhat. and was tired early in the
evening. and glad 10 go to bed at the
Same hour as the patient.
4 batch Of visitors left next day after
II A. oal aI~w EanSSa- were IN 10
alone for forry-eight hours. Mildred hac
been promised that the first day there
wa DO ompan she was to have tea with
mamma in the tent or the lawn. She
claimed the fulhllmcnt of that promise to-
day.
II was a lovely day after the sultry,
thundery night. Mrs. Fausset rsclined
in her basket chair in the shelter of the
tent. Fay and Mildred sat side by side
On a low bamboo bench on the grass
the little girl. fairy-iike in her white mus
In and flowing iaxen hair. the big girl
in olive-colored alpaca. with dark hair
clustering ia short curls about the small,
intelligent head. There could hardly have
been a stronger contrast than that be-
tween the two girls and yet Bell wa.
V4s1f. mere A*~ a AAttiAg 4t3As dh AA-
a~etnahle resemblance OF contour aud eN.
rreSsaa which would bave struck a very
attentive o5sereer-something IN the line
r the delicate eyebrow, something in the
| angle of the forehead.
Mamma" said Mildred, suddenly.
Laundering into her mothers lap, why
masn't | cali Fay sister
What nonsense. child, Why, because
II would be most ridiculous"
but she is my sister urged Mildred,
looking full into her mothers eyes. WITH
tremendous resolution in her own. Il
| love her like a sister, and she is my sis
ter. Bell says So
BELL IL an iupertjnent person" cried
Mrs. Fausset. a%nsrily. When did she
say soT"
Last night. when she thought | was
asleep. Mayn't | call Fay sister, per-
| sisted Mildred coaxingly.
ION no account. | never heard any
| ching 50 shameful. To think that Bell
should gossip. An old servant like Bell
my own old nurse. 1t il too cruel -
cried Mrs. Fausset. forgetting herself in
her anger.
Ito be continued.)