Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-08

| these I'm my possession. / wonder whaI
Jack would say If he knew"
She hastily collected a number OF
photographs.
suddenly her companion, who was
looking over her shoulder into the box,
gave a start, and with an effort sup
pressed q cry. 49,.
'Good heavens, Mary! What a frig-t
you gave me-. Whatever is the mat
ter?" asked the bride of the morrow.
II am cold" Her lips were Whlte'
and she spoke slowly.
"Why YOU are shiyering; those BUM
dies Of letters are putting the nre out
They actually refuse TO burn. Come
nearer. [ will put some more coal on.
| Now YOU will be all right with TINS
| shawl round you. That journey, OF
yours must have been very trying,
She was so intent on the box that
| she ala not notice the dark shadows
That had come under the eyes OF her
| friend, or that she still shiVered IN
! spite of the wrap. :,
Poor Mary HeseItine. The box had
proved fatal to her, there being turned
cut for the holocaust was q package OF
letters from the man she loved. She
! knew the handwriting too well TO be
mistaken, besides, there were various
pictures of his.
G1EG, al st LII HhAHE NN@ -
explanation from Ada. The ink looked
as fresh as if it had been written the
day before, but her face was innocent
Of deception.
How long since ne was one Of
them?" she asked, with an effort thar
cost her a great deal.
Still her friend did not notice the
change in her voice n answered cas-
ually: ooh, he held on right up to the
l,-t TI.+ ,.asN{nIc mo There is q
note from him in my sealskin pocket in
which he speaks about being heart
broken, the stars going out, or the
moon, I forget which-it may be the
sun and that sort Of thing She went
to a wardrobe in search Of the missing
cpistle.
How fortunate it was that I thought
of it," she added. "Yes'-openlng it
this is dated the Sd and today the Sth.
Pretty near isn't it? But he would not
take NO for answer, and sent this
letter"
Mary thought of one now in her own
pocket from the same man that she
had read and reread many times that
day.
Eyes, young Crowhall was very per-
sistent. Do you know he actually pro-
posed to me again when he knew that l
was engaged to Jack. When l Snubbed
him he sent me this note" and she took
another from the Don This came
three days ago, from which it would
appear he intended to warm up some
old broth. You know him. Don't you
remember at Lady Grandtown's ball he
was with my brother Dick, and you
remarked that he was very nice look
ing?"
Mary Heseltine nodded. She was
watching the flames curling about the
blackened mass of correspondence that
held out so long against humiliation.
Her hands were clasped about her
knees and she was thinking.
wouldn't BERTHE Crowhall do for
your asked her friend, la%ughingly.
She shook her head sadly. Not
now" she replied quickly.
"Oh, I was forgetting. OF course you
must tell me all about your engage
ment, dear. How selfish / ANAL this
time / have been thinking about my
self. Now into the fire with the re-
mainder of loves fragments" and she
tumbled the relics into the flames, CIV
ing the box a bang to clear out the
dust. THAT is over. Now, dear, tell
me about your romance"
There is nothing to tell, Ada. You
know / was always fond of a joke.
There is no engagement"