The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-06-03
The House Of the 81 ack
= : e=.:s Ring Copyright, 1906

! at him pnuF thnftvh- he mad never Az
scared NOR ludicrous. Bolt upright he
at in a straight hacked chair that
rresknd dol.fuIlU, under his every move
mGnt ana fp.jried fis fat thumbs and
told nor Of bis yyenk his sales of this
a,li tbat ~ rIana ana nts nroats and
his ideas The abundance OF his pros
nnrltv seemed TO keop him in a con-
tinual state Of mild establishment she
did NOT ln1Iph nor remark she sat py
the window her ewes ON the distant
ranse. which still had a ghos of smoke
mon IL and rocked 10 and fro with
nervous Jerks while he droncd on with
his tales of nroseprous cndings ana
moving accidents by store and farm.
TODAY shc loathed me man. 1t seemed
TO her as If sh, had never really seen
him before Something all of a sudden
had opened her eyes He vas a mere
nlod Of a creature intent on money
and acres. Ana he was to be her nus
hand uer fathers vii. vas like iron.
when once he was set. and he had
willed it. There was no escape only
five weeks more, She t1pDed rocking
and looked with far eyes out over the
ridge. He had never known her so
stiI.
''You are not yvell Pose" he said at
length. with caIf-like tenderness. You
are not Yourself
NO. I'm not myseif'' she mapped
suddenly. turning fun upon him. II
4 lllli4h ia p'Attl SD W M i'piAi- "a
n twinkling she disappeared, leaving
him to wonder and speculate, and spend
the forenoon alone.
After the dinner, which was patriarch
al in It's quality and its profusion, the
Squire took the young man TO a ramble
over the estate He instructed him as
to the different plots and their time
of rotation. and he mapped out the
spring campaign of paintings and sow
lngs. The fences were in perfect con-
dition; the corners and bounds were
carefully marked, the whea was free
from winter-lin and fly" Then he
exhibited the barns and out-buildinss
and stock as If Karl were a prospective
buyer. And the young man viewed it
all with huge approval II made hard
hearted suggestions that pleased the
Squire. Here was a soninlaw after his
own heart.
They sat long over the evening tea.
so long thai Karl missed the evening
service. He was in high spirits. He
laughed and joked ana beamed upon
!, JOY; he fairly purred In his content.
Things We're moving smoothly. 1t was
: perfectly natural that Rose should be
J, sober She had gone through an ex-
%perlence that was enough to fill a life
time with shudders-but ii would end
, all right. She needed diversion. and
merry company. and she was getting it
rha, Mob, &c sbo s+ar,od Tor no,
room he sn 40 TO ber u.itb nnusI,al +an.
darnnes
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econ 60 much color in yon- obaaLs foy
. lou D ,i,na on "a II on az an roe ~
2 von ,op,,e yo,1 49, FOO, ne No ho
bot,. H. cht,cLod bar ,,ndar ~ cbi,
t playfullv.
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one 5ft' Wal. esood-night she va
u vered a momen as If about to sneak
thnn turned and ram aliickIy mn ~,
8 eta{rs
uor room, a., ar, Tho pardar eide ch
blew ont her light as she entered Sh
c would iii az. tha v,indov. in mo COO
night air. She wanted to think.
vaJIng moon vas casting in a weir,
lyfiieh, "a ma tbrii, an,7 a7a1. ~ ~
a orov5inq snrinr we're hraathine mn f,or
g thn ea.aan Ike y preatinp
She had hardly. closed the door whe
something dropped With a little cras
aear the window and rolled with me
faujc findings into the center of tn
% room Her first thought was that sh
IT had pushed something from the bllrea1
IS and ha;f AUTOMATICALLY she rropea t
X r,rk 1t mn. A moment later her han
N. struck TIA mine cone How came
IS n.nn cone in he, roomn If ,nnst hay
d come in at the ooen window The,
TX uas n noper on it-a note He was q,
l. tbnro. If vac , messaca from mir
il H. besr. vent off In a f1,t.er and II,
hand remble so that she could hard,
dieentanrla tiao daint, li+4lc rniseiv
ID wrhat did If sa,p no lipbt tbo raran an
ut oy,,n;no n vas o,1t of inc question. !
m would Know. at onca ,,bat shc vac d
Te inc r,onent and ebn vent into II
at o%nposite room closed tho door an
fe struck q match \ candle Vas on II
ne lit,,n tob,a
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she Dew out the CandIe Instantly,