Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-12-09

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There are just 10 OF that particular
shape, McShanus." says he, and she 4,
wearing four OF them In the pendant
on her neck. The heart Is a rose dia.
mond which once belonged to Princes.
Marguerite Of Austria. There is a swee,
ittle white sapphire In the ring that
rancy l remember somewhere. II she
VIII give me another dance I will tel
you more perhaps"
Would you have me think that yor
DIT OF a girl Is a theft"
Oh" says he, his clear blue eyes full
upon me. does an Irishman ever give
himself time to think9 Come, McShan-
US. use your wits. II she or her father
knew that the Jewels were stolen
would she be wearing them in q ball
room in London?"
WHY, no. she certainly wou!a not.
Wrong every time, Timothy Nc
Shanus. She would wear them fol
mere eraTaoo. That's what I've been
teilng myself while I danced with her
If h does not know the truth, her
father does"
What, the military looking gentle
man who SO closely resembles my
friend. General o Moltke?"
NO other at all. / have me doubts
ABOUT him. He knows that his daugh-
ter Is wearing stolen Jewels, but he
has not the smallest idea that I know,
Either that. or he is clever enough to
play Hamlet In a tam-o-shanter. Elk
cuse my unwonted agitation, McShan-
us. This is really very interesting"
and he left me.
Here was Timothy McShanus next
deserving the baked meats, to say moth
Ing Of his convenient corner in the
buffet, to go out and stare at a red
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maizypop to sell. And what kind of
a colleen was II that he saw? Why,
nothing out OF the ordinary whoi,
viewed from afar--but come q little
closer and you shall see the blacklist
and the wickedest pair Of eyes that
ever looked out from the face of Venus.
tbs no common mar I am in my tudg-
ment Of the sex: but this I will say
tnar when the girl looked at me, she
found me as red In the face as a SOL
der at court martial. Not tall above
the common; her hair a deep chestnut
running almost to black; her mouth
just a osebud between two pretty
cheeks-there was something Of France
and something Of America helping each
other to make a wonder Of her. Young
as she was, and l supposed her to be
about Is, her figure would have given
her five years more according to our
northern ideas: but I, who know Eu-
rope as l know Pail Mall, said: mo,
she Is 1S, McShanus, my boy, and
America has kept hat peach blossom
upon her cheeks" Had I been mis-
: taken, her voice would have corrected
me. Twas q young girls voice when
she spoke. clear nj musical as the
song Of silver bells.
Nov, won't you buy a novel?" she
said, bustling up to me Just like a
bunch Of roses. Here's Sir Arthur
Hall Riders very latest-an autograph
copy for n guinea"
Me dear" says I. '"tis Timothy Nc
Shanus who reads his own novels.
Speak not Of his poor rivals"
How strange that I don't know your
name" says she perplexed; Ibid they
review your novels In the p
MY dear" say I, the newspaper
reviewers couldn't understand 'em. Be
kind &c them for il. Te can't make a
SILK purse out Of a sow's ear any more
than We can a black pearls out of
loilypops. Could 1t be, Timothy Nc
Shanus would be driving his own motor
car and not re1uiced to the back seat
Of the omnibus. IT'S a strange world
with more wrong than right in It,"
You X my pearls, then?" she
asked.
1 said they were almost worthy of her
wearing them.
Papa bought them In Paris" she ran
on as natural as could be. '"They's not
black, you know, but bronze. I don't
care a bit about them myself. I like
things that sparkle"
Like our eyes," cried I, searching
for the truth IN them. For sure, I
could have laughed aloud just at my
friend Fabos' tale OF her: 'like your
eyes when o were dancing a while
back with a doctor of my acquaint-
ance."
She flushed a hairs breadth and
turned her head away.
"Oh. DR.. Fabos, do you know him,
then?"
We have been as brothers for a
matter of 10 short years"
Us he killing people In London. did
you say2"
No such honorable employment.
He's just a fine, honest, Independent
gentleman. Ye've nothing much rich
er in America. maybe. The mar who
says a word against him has got to
answer Timothy McShanus. Let him
make peace with heaven before he
does 30"
She turned an arch gaze upon me,
half-laughing at my words.
II believe he sent you here to say
So" cried she.
Indeed an he did," says I; he's
anxious for your good opinion.