Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-22
CHATTER KILL.

The weather had been unusually warm.
Of all oppressive summers a hot summer in
London is the hardest to endure. The little
exercise that Sydney could take was, as
Randall knew, deferred until the evening.
On asking for her he was surprised TO hear
that she had gone out.
us she walking" he asked, ION such q
day AS tbis?'
No; she was too much overcome by the
heat To be able TO walk. The landlady's boy
had been sent 10 fetch a cab, and he had
heard Miss Westeriield tell the driver to 20
TO Observation-Disclosures
The address n: once reminded Randall of
Mr., SarraLin. On the chance of making q
discovery. he went to the lawyers Office. 1t
had struck him as being just possible that
Sydney might have called there for the sec
ond time: and, on making inquiry, he fonnd
that his sufiiise was correct. Miss Wester-
field had called, n had gone away again
more han an hour since.
Having mentioned this circumstance. good
Mr.. Sarrazin rather abruptly changed The
subject.
He began to talk ot the weather, and, like
everybody else, he complained OF the heat
Receiving no encouragement So far, he Sc
IStlfu iDlltlIS dS HIS ltAt tDpit. Idiluai wac
unapproachably indifferent to the state of
parties aud the urgent necessity for reform.
Still bent, AS 1t seemed, Oh preventing his
visitor from taking a leading part In the con-
vefsation, MI. SarraZin tried the exercise of
hospitality next. He opened his cigar-case
and entered eagerly into the merits OF his
cigars; he proposed a cool drink and de-
scribed the right method of making II, as dis
tinguished from the wrong Randall was not
thirsty and was not inclined to smoke.
Would the peIiinacious lawyer give way at
last? In appearance, ut least, lie submitted
to defeat. You want something of me, my
friend" he said. with a patient smile. What
is it,"
81 want TO know why Miss Westerfield
called on you"
Randall fiattered himself that ne had made
q preyaricating reply simply impossible.
Nothing of the sort! Mr.. Sarrazin slipped
through his fingers once more. The unwrit-
ten laws of gallantry afforded him q refuge
new.
1.-The most inviolable respect" he solemn
" declared, sis due Ia q latiy's confidence
and, what Is more, 10 "A young iady's conf
dence-and, what Is more YET, to u pretty
young lady's confidence. The sex, my dear
fellow! Must | recall your attention to what
Is due to the sex?'
This little outbreak of the foreign side OF
his friends character was no novelty to Ran
dial. He remained as indifferent to the In
violate claims of the sex as IL he had been an
old man Of 30.
did Miss Westertleld say anything about
mey' wa his next question.
Slippery MIR. Sarrazin slid into another
refuge--he entered q protest.
Here IL a change OF persons and places!'
10 exclaimed. Am l q witness In q court
OF justice-and are you the lawyer who ex-
anifnes me? My memory is defective, my
learned friend. Non mi ricordo. / know
nothing about IT,"
Randall changed his tone. "W8 have
amused ourselves long enough" he said. Il
have serious reasons, Sarra.in, for wishing
10 know what passed between Miss Wester-
field and you-and I trust my old friend to
relieve my anxiety"
The lawyer was accustomed to say to him
self that he never did things by halves. His
answer TO Randall offered a proof Of his ac-
curate estimate OF his own character.
"Yom old friend will deserve your conf
dence In him." he answered. You want TO
know why Miss Westeriield called here.
Her objsS In view was TO twist me round
Ter finge--and | beg TO inform you that she
has completely succeeded. My dear Randall,
this pretty creatures cunning Is remarkable,
even for 4 woman. | All an old lawyer,
skilled in the ways OF the world-and .
young girl has completely 0verreached me.
She asked me--oh, heavens, how ~innoceptly
If Mrs. Ormond was likely to make u long
stay at her present place Of residence" 4
Randall interrupted him. ''You don't meaa
to tell me you have given her GATHERINGS adj,
dress":'
Bucks hotel, Sydenham,, Mr.. Sarmxin
answered. sShe has got the address down
IN her nice little pocket-book."
.'What amazing ~weakness!' Randall ex-
.ssaned.
Mr.. Sarmzin cordially agreed with him.
Amazing weakness, as you say. Pretty
Miss Sydney knows many things more, be-
sides the address. She knows that Mira Or
mond 10 here on business relating 70 new in
v~cstraeuts Of her money. She knows be-