The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-06
Blu. every man has his chance.

But every mar has his chance.
Suddenly he saw Rose make a dash
across the garden coward the cherry
trees. Her cat had caught a robin.
Here. Dick, Here. here. here!!" she
was calling excitedly. He leaped from
the porch and together they succeeded
In cornering the cat in a nook beyond
the trees. 1t made an attempt to get
through the chicken-wire fence, then
dropped the bird and dashed by them.
The robin lay still a moment, but as
they approached, 1t fluttered into a
shrub.
asked eagerly.
Not a bit. It's only scared" he re-
sponded with conviction.
but just see how the poor little
thing shakes. Just see how he's
rumpled up There was a pathetic
CULVER in her voice.
He's all right. But Rose"-he changed
his tone abruptly want you to mar
ry me. viii You. Rose" She gave
him q swift. startled look, then sided
hastily toward the shrub.
"Oh, see, his wing must be broken.
Just see how ii hangs down. oh, see"
mo. 1T isn't. See him fly? But will
YOU marry me. Rose? Say. will YOU"
He came close to her. There was a
u lpoh u lllS lGlIC-
oh, my dishes III get stone-cold. I
must go right back" She started off
decisively. but he kept close to her al
most desperately.
But YOU answer-will you marry
why. what a question:"
Yes or no. will you marry me?" he
repeated Il .sgedly.
No"
You don't mean it. Rose. You can't.
c., - ,.;l ~. p~-~o W., I'm .---,.
you?" He IN nearer. Somehow she
had no desire to laugh now; the affair
was becoming dangerous.
But why? Why should I want to
marry anybody? She looked him full
IN the eyes.
In the Dutch belt of Pennsylvania
nlaldens are taught that their hearts
are shaped very much like a purse,
and that love wakes its true ecstacy
only at the sight of the substantial
things readily convertible at the county
bank. Tho rural swain. therefore. sell
dom advances the flimsy logic. "I love
you, and therefore you should we'd me-"
but he advances boldly with the moro
convincing argument. II have SO acres
and 1000 cash; is that not enough to
Karl Keichline at the critical ome
began to argue.
II car make you happy. Rose. I
81 am happy now. 1 don't ask to be
any happier"
Yes; but think what we can have,
Rose. I'm not poor. I'll build you a
house that III e anything in this
whole region, and you shall plan and
furnish it. And you shall have the
a stable for them that's right up to
date. l can afford it, Rose. Say, will
you?"
i've got everything I want now. I
don't ask for another thing better"
But what about a few years from
noW? Your father and mother are get
ting old, Rose"
And what of that?" She was look
ing at him sharply.
II know-but,R Rose, you'll need some-
body to look after you
DO 1 look as il l needed somebody
straight and tall before him.
But you surely are not going to live
all alone by yourself your whole life,
Rose?"
body years and years from now" She
said 1t as II she were yielding a great
point.
1T shan't change your life in the
least, Rose. You may be as free as
you are now-just as free. and ever
you. I can't live without you. And
1 want you now" He was looking into
her face with an eagerness that was
almost pathetic.
TN sorry" she said, a little wave
of pity somehow beginning to creep
over her ender heart. But you know
really 1 can't marry anybody-not for
years and years."
Perhaps I've been sudden Rose. I
Won't press it just now. I'll ask you
again next Sunday. You'll give me your
NAL answer then, won't you?"
1--WE answered YOU now"
mo, no. You don't mean that, really.
You'll think it over and give me the
final yes or no next Sunday. You will,
won't you. Rose?"
mo"
"Rose!" . 49,
"a week is not a great WHILE" she
said evasively. An image of her father
had come before her-eager and plead
ing. She knew we'll that 1t was his
once. He wanted Karl to help him with
h present springs work.. The thing
was Inevitable after all, and what was
the use? AS we'll him as any one: yet
somehow she shrank. You may ask
me in a year-fve yeaSs," she added
quickly.
mo. &c. I var you now. I'll make
You may ask me again on the first
day Of June, IL you Insist Upon it, but
not one day earlier"
But, Rose"
mot a day earlier"
But that's six long weeks, Rose"
IF you object again. 1 shall mako It
the first of August"
VERY well. her I agree; but.
CONTINUED Next week.) ..
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