Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09
~oh, Rose, DON'T. Rosie. pleased.

"Oh, Rose! Don't, Rosie. pleased
The voice was nea TO tears.
II never have dictated to you. Rose.
who you should keep company with or
who you shouldn't, but I'll say n
thing now fiat and square: y~ou-shant
t-go-wfth--that-Jim Farthing. No,
sir! There shan't M Farthing ever
step into this house while / live in II.
T put my foot down on that fiat n
heavy, n you now what that means.
observation-disclosures! He
paused In sheer breathlessness.
stop, father; you'e going too far.
h stood straight and tall and looked
him full in the eyes. You're not your
self, or you wouldn't talk like that to
me. / nave spoken TO this Mr.. Far
thing at just three different times. /
hardly know him. And you say that to
me? That affair last night was a
prank,-a mere prank. You've got no
right to speak to me like that. It's
| ungentlemanly." Her eyes were flash
ing with outraged dignity.
"Oh, i wouldn't Rosie. Please don't.
There, there!" Her mother put her
hand so~othingly on her arm. and half
whispered the words.
but, Rose, think how 1t ook Think
what a caper that a Look at 1t as
other people do. It was fearfully in
discreet. Just think"
ooh, bother what people think! What
do / care what people think?"
But you must, Rose. 1t gives you a
name TO be seen cutting shines with a
man like that Farthing."
And what OF that? Does that
change me any,"
But, Rose, what do you know about
those people? There's something
wrong about them. You know that. l
could tell you something about them if
/ wanted to. It's risky to encourage a
man like that, fearfully risky. Rose.
And ii isn't treating Karl right"
"Oh, Rose didn't think, Ira. She
didn't mean anything. Ira
why isn't It treating Karl right?'
! She stood straight and rigid, facing her
father. He had never seen her eyes
so black before. They looked straight
through him.
You know as well as / DO, Rose"
81 asked why"
IVY, Rose, he's-your regular COM
pany."
pany? Did / ever invite him or er.-
courage him? Did he ever ask my
permission?"
There, there, Rosie; please, dot,
Rosie"
But, Rose, you've known right a.ong
how he's felt toward you. surely"
How have / known2 He's never said
anything to me, or even limited at any
thing"
But, Rose, you've known 1t. You've
surely known why he has come, way
up here every Sunday" His glance
somehow fell beneath her clear eyes.
but how have l had anything to do
about it? What If he has come, does
that max me in n way beholden TO
him, 1 haven't wanted him TO come.
/ haven't encouraged him"
But, Rose
why have I got to nave regular
company Why can't ] be let alone?
Can't / speak to a man without his
thinking I'm his regular company? Oh,
I'm sick of his whole thing. l want to
be let alone. I'll mind my own business
if other people win mind theirs"
But Rose" there was "a pleading
note In his voice now, Il want you to
be civil to Karl. l var you to like
him. It's my wish, Rose. I've set my
heart on you're having him, Rose. You
know that. It's the dearest wish of my
heart"
Rose means all right, Ira. TIN come
out all right. She's just a little girl,
Ira"
but I don't want to have anybody"
she burst out petulantly. why have
/ got to have anybody? l want to be
let dlOllc. L WdDL 10 NC JUST lily SCH anu
do what | want to without any man
trailing around after me and torment
ing me. / hate him. Therei L do. I
hate the whole lot of EN-" She snapped
around and went TO rolling her dough
fiercely.
Don't say that, Rose" The anger
was all out OF the mans voice row.
"Karls a good fellow, Rosa glorious
good fellow. He'll make o happy; l
know 1t. We're getting old, your mother
and L. / can't handle this business the
way l could once. It's getting too nue.
for me. I'm a broken old man, Rose;
I'm not what I vas once There was
almost a choke In his voice.
ooh, Ira, Rose means all right. She'll
do right
ooh, don't, pap. DON say that. Let
me help you. / can do II. I can run
this business just as well as any man."
She took a quick step and laid her
hand on his arm.
mo Rose. This amt any woman's
| work. This business needs a man, and
| a good one. / don't know a soul hat
could swing it but Karl. You know
how I feel about 1t. The old place has
| been handed down to US for more'n a
hundred years. Nobody every really
| owned it but just us, and / can't bear
| having II go out OF the family. II lit
tie Arthur had lived 1t would have been
all right, but he didn't. and you are all
| I've got, Rose, and L want you to marry
| Karl. Won't you, Rose? He likes you;
I know that. He worships o like a
| dog: you can see that He'll be good to
| you. Say, Rose, you'll not oppose us,
| will YOU? Your mother and / have set
our hearts on 1t. 1t would kill me If
| you should disappoint us. You won't,
win YOU, Rose?' There was a culver
In his voice and he wiped his eyes
| hastily.
.Oh. Rose is a good girl. Ira. You
won't disappoint us: will you, Rose?"
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Willing to Suffer.