Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-04-11
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with yet note OF triumph coul'
not altogether hide. And then re
morseful for her amazed expression,
explained frankly: Got it from you
father this morning, don't you know
during our long talk about you in tn,
library"
"Wh-"
Then she swallowed and her fact
fell perfectly blank. BY Jove, coult
have kicked myself for jolly ass FOL
breaking it to her so raw! OF course
she would know that If her fathel
talked Of her, 1t would be nothing fol
me to hear that was true or kind
nothing she could wish might b said
to the man she loved.
fastened to reassure her:
But don't believe a dashed wore
OF anything he said about you''-l
| spoke hotly-"and l don't care a jolly
hang for what the others said, either
80 there you are!"
| "Oh, you dont?" Could tell how
had touched her by her expression
don't you know; and she fell to look
ing at me tho queerest way. And
would you mind telling me who the
Others are?"
eyed her gloom!ly, sympathetical-
ly. AS # she didn't know already!
| 'Well-oh, dash It, my mind has
been filled with-er-just anything!"
l began cautiously.
Il know,"-sho murmured It - II
to herself.-"one can see that" And
she bit her lip.
I'm the first place, you know"-and
there pulled up. No. dash it,
wasn't going to say Jolly word about
poor Jack-no. sir! But then, about
the other one-well, she was Just a
treacherous snake in the what's-its-
name, and she ought to be exposed.
By 'Jove, she should be!
TITS tho trump. you know" said
Indignantly
"The-the what?"
Her pretty teeth flashed like the
! keyboards Of tiny organ-you could
even hear little gurgly, musical
| culver somewhere behind And then
l remembered that, of course, she
wouldn't know whom l meant.
"Oh. your guest. you know-your
friend from school," l went on, try.
ing to tread cautiously and yet feel
ing myself growing red. "Oh, see
here now. don't like to say things
but-er-"
"Oh, go ont" she trilled, her sweet
| face shining wistfln.
well, l mean this-er-Miss Kirk
land; came out with us this morning
don't you know. 1 think of her as the
frump-little Observation-Disclosures OF
mine. you know, she's so awful" And
1 screwed my glass with a chuckle.
For an instant / thought she
wouldn't catch it, she stared at me SO
blankly. Then the joke Of 1.-THE
jolly aptness, SO to speak-got her
full and square, and she just lifted a
scream, hugging her knee and rock.
ing back and forth, her face suffused,
her laughter pealing like a chime OF
BELLS
And 1 just rocked, too, keeping her
company. Really, l don't think l ever
laughed so much since some chap
plunked down on the hard crown OF
my new tile last winter. At least |
wanted to laugh-in church, you
know, and it's so awful how you feel
there when something-oh, you know!
And If you could have seen that poor
fellows face!
hor
| jolly sense OF humor that could see
the point OF things SO quickly, and
| think them clever. Always had SO
! dashed little patience with stupid PEG.
Pile, don't you know. And just here
another little thing came to me and
let her have it:
"Oh. ! say!"-I leaned nearer
chuckling-"your father pretends to
think her most beautiful and win.
ming girl-fancy!" And my face
stretched itself in such a jolly grin
that l could hardly hold my glass.
She bent toward me, smiling ador
ably. You mean this-er-'Miss
KirklaMd!"
l nodded chortlingly.
She peered at me through her lone
what-you-cali-' ems-oh, such a way!
But you don't think so, do your
How sweetly how fetchingly she said
It,
"Me?" l gasped. By Jove, In my
horror. lost my grip upon my Jolly
grammar. "Oh, say now! think
the frump--this Miss Kirkland. YOU
KNOWS fright-regular freak. dash
it! l told the Judge SOL"
"You-you-"
"Of course!" And l shrugged dis
gustedly, making the ugliest grimace
l possibly could. why, dash 1t, IL
were a woman and had a face like
hers, l never would have left China
or England-or wherever her jolly
home was-nO, sir!"
She caught her breath with a little
gasp-then she was of again! This
time she rested her arms upon the
rail behind and buried her head il
I them, her lovely shoulders juggling II,
and down, her sobbing laughter send
ing her of at last into spell OF cough
ing.
Obi" she breathed, lifting at las
her gloriously blushing face and dab
bling at 1t with her ridiculous little