The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-01-04
STORY.

iIu, anu L IdItcI myScll lila dtnOnp
Mtlcmen l make a very creditable
Rppearance. l have often been told
that my frank. open c%ountenance is
b passport for worth and honesty, and
nly language has always been of the
It, as my parents were too poor to
Keep servants. l have recently
learned, however, that a mans ap-
pearancc and previous record may
have nothing to do with the case.
and that there are occasions when
nothing will avail against direct cir
cumstancial evidence.
III this particular case my best
fricn 5 happened to be the De Clan
ceys, a yo3ng couple who live in
town and occupy a medium-sized
room on the third floor front Of a
large and respectable clearinghouse,
kept by a lady with a long line of an
ccstors, and whose husband, the pos
SCISSOR Of enormous wealth and a
member Of the then existing -Four
Hundred, died suddenly, leaving her
pcnniless. l have never seer the lady
herself, but having lived in board
ing houses more or less all my life, |
KNOW her as a type far better than
my friends, the young couple re.
fcrrcd to, who, having bat just
transcribed the honeymoon period,
have placed themselves for a brief
spell under her protection preparatory
20 embarkinT upon the chop.sca of
housekeeping.
In search Of a type for a new pict-
ure that | hoped soon to place on ex-
hibitiOn. l had cut loose from the
metropolis, and l was rusticating on
the outskirts Of Boston. One day
while | was Dreaming of color, and
thinking out my new creation, | re-
cciycd from New York an invitation
loY a dance at the Won Burners,
wHich had been forwarded to me,
an which was to take place that
very evening. determined to ac-
cept almost before tearing open the
euycloDc for Maude Won Blumer is a
great favOrite of mine, l felt that |
had an unusual claim on her regard.
''For who knows" l said to my
self. but this may be the turning
pOint in my carecr?:" and | deter
miIed at the most fayorahle Oppor-
tunity to ask her again. | hastily
packed up my dress suit case, cau-ht
the - O'clock express, and at pre-
cisely 500 | found myself in front of
my favOrite re taurant On 9Th ave-
hue. Although cast in a delicate
mold, and the p0SscssOr Of a highly
sensitive 0rgani tation, | am by no
means bird.ike in my appetite, and a
lGnI p1ll fra my innnr man fnrnnn
me first to consider this imperative
claimant. after which" | said to
myself 81 will seek Il hotel. don my
evening dress. and at 10 o'clock be
ready for the frav."
entered and was about to seat
myself in my favorite nook while my
favorite waiter, with an eXpectant
flourish OF his napkin, was placing
the dinner card before my plate, when
happening to glance up l saw, over
the ladcrcwski head of a foreign
nobleman, the beaming face Of my
friend De Clancy and the more COM
posed features # his charming young
wife. What could be more opportune?
And what could be more cordial than
was their reception of me-:
THANK goodness" l said, as l
seated myself at the end of their
table, THAT you have just begun,
and that fate has been SO extremely
kind to me-"
"And to us all, my dear fellow"
said DeClancey. occasionally W.
grow tired of the young man who
comes down to dinner every evening
in ~ ri vase, cute n,1 Nv .rnnc nn,-
where; Of the elderly gentleman OPP
posite, who has net all the dis
tinguished people in the world: of the
ailing widow. who has her capsules
brought to her with her soup, and,
what is more to the point, OF Mrs.
Morrellt0n's dishes, and we steal
away to get a square meal But for
you to drop in upon us in this way is
the very best OF all, isn't it, my
1ear?:"
l explained the purpose of my visit
and the presence Of my dress suit
case, and how it was necessary for me
to leave them Immediately after din
ner in order to go to my hotel and
make myself preSentablc for the even
ing.
"YOu will do nothing Of the sort"
said DE Clancy, will he, my dear:
After dinner we will 60 round to Mrs.
MOrrellton'S, which is but a step
from here. Next to us or the stone
floor there is an unOccupied room.
While YOU are here you must be u
guest"
"But my dear fellow" l protested,
'the ball won't be Over till the small
hours of the morning. l don't want
to wake up every one in the house,
and, besides. l couldn't think of put
ling you to so much trouble. Ii you
we're In your own house il, would be