The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-04-13

think rs cac.1sjly had for him 10 SO al
ways at your side, and decidedly bad
form for you 10 encourage him. You had
your choice and could rave chosen him Il
you had wished, but you didn't, and now
t~savagelyl, however much you may regret
your choice, you ought at least to aci
with ~propriety, and discourage the
marked attention he has the bad taste Ia
pay you. You must not Let him have Lord
Kothwel1 for Thursday and the speaker
paused, much ont of breath He felt re-
feved by the outburst, and watched bis
wife closely to wee what the effect would
be upon her. She looked very angry, an.
grier than he had ever seen her before,
but not at ali disconnected. 81 most Ger
tainly shall let Mr.. Minturn have Lord
Rothwell," she said, with astonishing
control of her voice, stfor ! have promised.
AS TO the rest Of your remarks, IL is be-
meath me TO answer them. / viii say,
however, that If I had chosen differently
l might now have a husband willing to
display more reason than you choose.
After Thursday, sir, / shall not hunt. I
shall visit or do something. /
shall moot certainly place myself beyond
another disagreeable attack like this.
Here are the horses \ and before Bob
i CONAAA INUlI MIS-. ILUuuDM HtkEnI Nilu
miniature majesty down the path to the
roadway, and was about to allow her
groom to help her to the saddle, when a
voice at her elbow checked her.
nPardon me, let me assist, = said Jack
Minturn. who had ridden up almost noise.
lessly on the turf, and gave the aid asked
Of the groom. II thought I'd stop for
you, y he said, speaking to Bob, who had
reached the road by this time, quite as
much as to Mrs. BRANDON, eas I saw you
were about ready. We've lots Of time, 2
consulting his watch.
eve are glad you did, = said Mrs. Bran
dow, graciously, sWhat a glorious day
we haye.M Bob said not a word. He was
bewildered at the position his wife had
taken SO quickly aud calmly; his discom
! future was increased by the appearance Of
the cause Of all the trouble. He rode Ia
silence a few rods, then said abruptly, ad-
dressing his wife with pointed emphasis,
~ think Ill ride around II pick up
Moulton, You don't need me now that
Minturn's here;n and he wheeled his
horse.
every we'll, = said Mrs. Brandow III the
sweetest OF tones, and continued the viva
cious conversation she had already started
with the master Of the ~foxhounds, with
out noticing her husbands fling.
Bob did not pick Moulton mp. In fact,
he knew very well, when he said he in
tended to, that Moulton did not hunt that
day. He rode alone to "The Corner. j.
where the hounds were TO be cast, and ar
rived Just as the pack gave cry and went
off.
During the first half OF the u the
pace was moderate, and he saw his wife
a number of times. She was riding well.
to the front each time he caught sight OF
her, and the master OF the foxhounds was
at her side. Bob was not watching Mrs.
BrandOw. The truth Is he had come to
the conclusion that he had made a mis-
take and gone too far. Her determined
ayowal to stop hunting frightened him.
He began to plan how ne could best make
peace. He did not admit that he had been
wrong in demonstrating, but felt that his
remonstrance had been too strong.
He was in no mood for hard riding, and
toward the end OF the run fell far in the
rear, riding along in an absent sort Of
way, taking to the roads frequently and
following the distant cry OF the pack half
consciously. He finally, quite
eddy, found himself ct the finish, or rather
at the spot where the finish had been, for
sthe whips and pack had vanished, and
most OF the riders had started back to the
kennels. "A few stragglers remained,
breathing their weary horses and stretch
ing their own limbs eramped by the long
run.
As Bob appeared, a groom leading a
weary and a fresh horse approached him.
1t was Kierney, leading Mrs. Brnndow's
tired hunter and the hack which was to
carry Bob home.
Mrs. BRANDON has gone on, SIR, said
Kferney, as his master mechanically flung
the bride Of his tired hunter to the man
and mounted the fresh horse ssShe said
you'd overtake her ii you'd follow the
north pike; she's but q bit a'ead, and on
the white mare, sir.e ttAlI right. let
them come along easy,n answered Bob,
glancing at the tired horses, aud turning
his hacks head he made the road, and
started of at q stiff canter.
He was glad his wife had left the mes
saBsfo for him. He Thought It slgniied a
mood at least partially favorable to the
apologies he by this time had fully re-
solved to make.
When he reached the north pike he saw
no riders ahead OF him, but concluding
that he was too far behind to catch up,
had slowed down to q walk, when his eye
WIS CdaBht Dy Two horses going across
country far or to the left, directly away
from the kennels. One OF the horses was
white and ridden BY a lady; the other was
dark; he recognized it at once as be-
longing to Minturn. Besides, the master
OF the ~foxhounds' scarlet, gIisteuing in
ths Sun ts5fs H55 doubt; sc other rider
hadworn ecarleb that day.
What were they doing going across
country away from home at such a lively
clip Were they slarkingf'i Mrs. Bran
dow meyer slarkedn the white mare, and
they were riding at q good clip, What
did It all means He turned his horse into
a lane ana headed after the two riders.
He would oyertake them and give Min
turn q piece OF his mind. II bis wife was
young and did not realize how such q
thing looked, Minturn was q man Of the
world and OF experience, nEd should have
sense enough moi to do such things. II
was outrageous TO so riding Oh together
In that anner But what to dor They
were q~uickening the pace and1 his hack
was not much Of q fencer. There was no
road that he could take to cut them on.
Should he start after them In earncsts
Yes, be would. he had enough Of this
sort OF thing.
But how far womb IL heg Then an idea