The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-21

Thank you. but I am leaving the
avenue . block or two up.
"Ah. too bad! Bless me. look 1t
this. pray! Here In Cecilia now-my
cousin Miss Streeter. you know-and
the bishop"
"The bishop" I echoed. what
bishop"
She laughed gaily.
Il don't wonder o are surprised"
she said; bishop w~instauiey," and.
As we turned to look al them, she
could nor help the complacens little
tuck her lips took. | did not blame
her for II.
How she hts her name, doesn't
sheT" l exclaimed.
"Ceceliag Why. yes, l suppose so.
Oh. and the bishop Ia such a dear,
Cecilia Is IN ardent horsewoman, and
when he found we had no good mount
In our stabie--I never ride, you know
what does he do but insist upon
bringing her n Of his. Splendid
fellow"
THE mount inquired.
And the bishop" she smiled back
at me. Now. II you will. you may
hand my dog up. ! almost forgot him
In the excitement OF the minute"
chased him over the grass and
captured him finally. tongue out.
Poor dear. o must forgive him
the exercise he made you take. He
Is SO playful. He doesn't know how
tiresome p%layfulness is"
l handed him up with a caress. l
was remembering the turn he had
served me.
Il do believe o like him" she de.
clared.
II do. But | am killing a little time.
IL must acknowledge the truth: ! am
waiting to see the bishop and Miss
Streeter go by. How slowly they
comet
They look well together. don't
theyg' she murmured critically.
THE ensemble is perfect" l said.
How quaint you are" she laughed.
We turned with smiles and bows 10
the bishop and his companion. They
were indeed imposing. The Sistine
bowed guardedly. as IL she feared TO
disarrange her halo. and the bishop
beamed. a little guiltily. II seemed to
me. Later | found ii to be another
case Of the mouse and the absent DAT.
Mrs. Ankony whirled along in the
opposite direction after they had gone.
and In a blur of emotions l hurried
down the avenue, not sure where |
meant to bring up. but presently ind
Ing myself ascending the Winstanley
steps. ! was not clearly conscious OF
my reason for wanting to see Henri
eta Winstanley just then except that
she always clarified things for me
and certainly they had never needed
1t worse than now.
To my great disappointment, l found
that she had gone out of town to Join
an invalid friend. and hat her return
and destination were not known at
home. depending as they did upon the
caprice OF the friend. Her servant
thought 1t probable. however, that she
would not De back in town for several
weeks. perhaps a month.
l turned from her door I'm the deep
est regret, but my tumbling thoughts
had already begun to steady them
selves into something resembling
calm, n | saw things a little more
clearly: One thing | perceived with
startling clearness, and that was thai
Barbara had given herself for Dams
liberty and good name.
What 1t meant to her drove away.
for the moment. all thought OF what IL
meant to me, but later my own rebel.
lion arose n ~rioted-to no end. II
was indeed the hopelessness Of Il all
that smote me from the beginning. 4
felt like a p~aralyzed man In a fire.
But he listens for the sound of his
%rescuers. and for me there could bel
no help. There had been but one way
to save Dana way SO hideous Ii had
n ever suggested itself to me, but
Barbara. loving him as she did and
determined to save him, had thought
OF 1t at once and had not hesitated to
take 1t. monstrous as IL was in it's
cruelty.
That Dan could accept so high a
price OF her astonished me. but I
knew that she dominated him in the
affairs of their everyday life, and /
could understand that, sick as he was
with despair and he would
yield TO her fierce persuasion, with.
out at first realizing just what she
was offering for his honor.
tTo BE CoNTINUED)