The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-03-17

f4sice Trevor to has TREND, Ralph
dewey, Reveal yourself to me"
GU talk as il | were a runundrum."
SO you are Now look here, Dewey;
lets nave a clear comprehension CT The
matter Do you love Alice White?"
'WeIl-yes-I rather think, on the
whole, that am a little taken with the
sparkling brunette"
"A little taken! How very enthusi-
astic you are And she, poor child, Is
more than a little taken with you"
I latter myself that you are right"
| Well, then, why don't you ask her
to marry you?"
Dewey groaned
There 1t is he exclaimed; you are
ali in such a hurry. Can't man ad-
mire girl without being brought to
book for it the very next day? | won't
be hurried. When | get ready III ask
dear boy?"
He threw himself lazily on the grass,
fiingng his cigar into the very heart
OF a cluster of wild flowers and making
an impromptu pillow OF his arms.
crossed under his head.
Sleep, then" said Trevor, contemp-
tuousy. Il can't afford to lose the
brightest hours Of a golden day like
this"
Our hero had not lain there many
minutes before the soft chime of girlish
| voices sounded through the tiny bugles
| of summer insects and the monotonous
murmur of green boughs overhead.
"Girls!" muttered Dewey; cant q
fellow be clear of EN- anywl ere? But
they are on the other side of the copse,
that's one blessing, and if | keep quiet
they'll never beat up my ambush"
There were on the other side of the
copse-three brighI-faced, merry girls
in luttering raiment.
It's SO delightfully."- cool here" said
HiIdegavde Aymer, fair young blond,
as Saxon as her name,
And one can talk here, too" said
Mary Bell AT the hotel one is never
certain of not being overheard"
Ralph Dewey gave silent chuckle at
this announcement
Alice White, leaning against the
twisted stem of the veteran wild grape
vine, devoted her attention to her par
asol handle. She was the prettiest of
the three, with deep. liquid brown eyes
and hair black as the blacklist jet,
while her skin, just touched with the
creamy tint that characterizes the Gre
ole, elowed carmine on her cheek.
Alice, do let me try!" said Hide
garde st will be such splendid joke,
and your complaisant adorer is so long
in making up his mind"
Butch, dear me!-what will Cap
tain Aymer think?"
Hell be delighted; men always
glory in a bit of mischief, and Kent is
such splendid actor"
do, Alice" urged Mary Bell. 1T
will be tust like the theater Hide
garde's brother is to be pretend to be
desperately in love with you and you
are to encourage his attentions until
that slow-moving Dewey is brought to
the point expect to enjoy the prog
ress of the situation intensely"
"But your brother must fully under
stand the scheme" said Alice, hesitat-
lngly.
"Of course-shan't l explain it to him
myself? There's not q bit of harm in
It, and Mr.. Dewey certainly needs some
stimulus. Now, do consent! Kate will
be here this every evening, remember"
"She doesn't forbid it, Hildegarde, .
eagerly cried Miss Bell, land all the
world knows that silence gives consent
Come, see how long the shadows are
getting?"
And soon the three graces futtered
down the hillside.
Dewey rose to his feet and walked
away also.
my dear little girls" said he, by
way Of soliloquy, "it's very cleverly
concocted plan, but it won't work, and
I've no doubt | shall enjoy it as much
as Miss Bell proposes to do And he
began to chuckle again, to think how
completely he should out-general his
feminine adversaries. 'I'l keep Alice
in suspense for another month. Just to
pay her for that" he added within
| himself. Il like the girl well enough
but for all that | won't be hurried into
matrimony."
Knowing what he knew, therefore
Ralph was not at all surprised that
evening when he walked into the hotel
| drawing room to see a stylish young
man sitting on the sofa devoting him
self TO his own Alice White.
let 'em work" said Mr.. Dewey
with a covert smile,
Then he sat down to play backgam-
mon with pretty widow.
From beneath her long lashes Alice
watc ed her lover
"It doesn't produce any effect at all
upon him-the BRUTE" said Hildegarde
who had expected to see the delinquent
brought to terms forthwith.
"That is because we do not put it on
strong enough" said the captain. "Alie>
Il may call you Alice?"
"Oh. certainly-it is all In the play
replied Miss White.
well, then, Alica, / think We ought
to promenade through the halls arm II
arm while, and If we were to whisper
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