The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-04-03

tllNiiu " VAIN w
night" i said.
up t. the hills !" he exclaimed mer-
rily. "An' the Jackets lynn awake
thinkin' o. We on the dark road! Iry
II. boy. an ven get a crack with the
ruler and an hour after school yer
nunt and uncle will be stronger 20
stand yer comm with the nights rest
upon them. Ye wouldn't be routln
them out o. bed an they after a hard
day with the haydn! Then, my KIND
hearted lad, We must give a thought 10
Michael Henry. He's still alive an
stronger than ever-thank GodP
Sc. although / longed for those most
dear to me up in the hills, ] spent the
night with the Jackets and the school
master and I sat an hour together ar
ter the family had gone to bed.
allow are the Du~nkelberg'sT 1
asked.
"Sunk In the soft embrace o. lux
ury,'' ne answered. "Gr;inshaw made
him: Grimshaw liked him. He wss
always ready to lick the boots o Grim
shaw. 1t turned out that Grimshaw
left him an annuity Of three thousand
dollars, which he can enjoy as long
as he observes one condition"
"What is that?"
HE must not let his daughter mar
ry one Barton Baynes, late o the town
q Ballybeen. How Is that for spite,
my boy? They say It's written down
In the will"
I think that he must have seen the
fame of color playing on my face, for
he quickly added:
Don't worry. lad. The viii o God
Is greater than the viii o. Grimshaw.
He made you two for each other and
she will be true to ye. as true as the
needle to the north star"
do you think sof'
aSure I do. Didn't she as much as
tell me that here In this room-not a
week agof She loves ye, boy, as true
as God loves ye. an she's a girl Of a
thousand"
~why did they go awayf Wa 1t
because / was comingT"
~ think II likely, my fine lad. The
man heard o. II some way-perhaps
tufVUku yer unCit. nc CEuEs " ~
money, but he'll get over that. Leave
him to me. I've a fine course O. in
~struction ready for my lord O. Dunkel-
berg"
81 think I shall go and try to find
her" / said.
II an to counsel ye about that"
said the schoolmaster. "She's as keen
as d brier-the fox! She says, 'KeeI
away. Don't alarm him, or he'i
bundle us Off to Europe for, two Of
three years.
$50 there's the trail We travel, m.
boy. It's the n that keeps away
Don't let him think we've anything VI
the sleeve O. yer mind. All, my lad
know the heart o. youth Ye'd Xix
to be putin yer arms around her
wouldn't ye, nowf Sure, there's tim
enoughl Ye're In the old treadmill q
God-the both o. vel Ye're beir
weighed an tried for the great prize
It's not pleasant, but it's better 81
Go on, now, an do yer best an what
ever comes take 1t like a man."
A little silence followed. He brok
It with these words:
"Ye're done with that business I
Cobleskill, an I'm glad. Ye didn
know We were bein' tried there-di
ye? Ye've stood 1t like a man. Wht
will We be dom nowf"
ard like to go to Washington wit
the senator"
He laughed heartily.
81 was hopin' ye'd say that" !
went On. swell. boy, I think L. can
arranged. I'll see the senator as so,
as ever he m an ! believe he
be glad to know o. yer wishes.
think he's been hopin', like, that
would propose 1t. Go up to the Gar
and spend a happy month or ty
with yer aunt an uncle. tn do
good. Ye've been CROWN plump doy
there. Go an melt 1t off In the field,
A little more talk and we were or
bed with our candies.
Next morning I went down into I
main street Of the village before LEI
ing for home. / wanted to see how
looked and, to be quite frank, l want
some Of the people OF Canton to
how / looked, for my clothes were
the best cloth and cut In the lat
fashion. Many stopped me and she
my hand-men and women who b
never noticed me before. but there "
q quality In their smiles that I did
quite enjoy. ] know now that Il
thought me q little too grand Of
outside. What a s~tern-souled lot tn,
Yankees werel "All amt gold i
glitters." How often I had heard Il
version of the old motto!
sWhy. you look like the sena
when be is just gittin' home from
capital" said Mr.. Jenison.
They were not yet willing to Il
No at the par Of my appearance.
met Betsy Price-one Of my scht
mates-on the street. She was v
cordial and told me that the Dunl
bergs had gone to Saratoga.
Il got q letter from Saliy this mo
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