Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-10-03

your OatS, OuG III seems I0ere8 still
q plentiful crop" III 534 $500 '9.ts y.
'Indeed, dad, you're wrong. I'll
be as steady as the Inchcape Rock,
butt must get away. I'm choking"
Cant brook restraint. Home ties
what are they? Brittle as paper,
solid as water. My son!" He turned
over the leaves of the .sGraphic' with
a large paper-knife, and let his eyes
rest yacantly on the pictures. Sud-
denly he spoke again. "a,
"Of course, there's q woman. Will
you tell me who and what she is?''
!. The roots of Tommy's hair blushed
q quivering red.
4 .'There's no woman" he said, after
pause.
i. i ]" And before the cock crows ye
shall deny me thrice!' .Olove!''
Through the stained glass window
fell shafts from the westering sun.
Long shadows lay across the thick
pile carpet, the face of the old man
cleaned like the emotionless stern
ness of sculpture in the dying light.
"You are choosing, Thomas" he
said at last. "My way or thy way.
There is no going back. My fortune
goes to your sister if you thwart me.
I can allow you nothing any more"
II can't stick it, dad" he repeated
doggedly. "I'm sorry to cross you,
but the fever's in my blood. The bat
theories drown the voice of agricul-
tnre.''
!: .'You are not in the army?"
ssThe battle-cry of life, dad, Of the
world the struggling swimming
to shore, the huzzas, the champagne.
! must get back to it, sink or swim"
. Mr.. Griffths rose. ~ don't speak
your language Thomas. belong to
the. old school, I suppose. You have
gone beyond me. Unless you change
your mind before tomorrow week our
ways lie apart. Do not seek to alter
my decision. You know my-shall we
call it-obstinacy? Goodnight "a
Upstairs in the boudoir of his dead
wife Thomas Grifiths, senior, un-
locked an escritoire. Drawing out a
miniature of little lad in Scotch
suit, he held it to the light, while dag
onal lines from nostril to mouth
deepened into ploughed burrows.
s5s'He should have been named Alb
salon." he said bitterly. :
VII.
4 s' FLEURETTE.
s..saFiA familiar knock drew Fleurette
bolt upright. She waited breathlessly.
The door handle was impatiently
turned and sunburnt man stood
:bareheaded in the middle Of the room.
9. TOMMY" ~
.s Tommy didn't say anything. He
:devoured her with his eyes, from the
sober serge gown to the 'bangleless
wrists. YEA 3
e: What does it mean, Fleurette ?"
She laughed, but the blood flared in
her cheeks. f.- s'5sf. .'et' W. ~ 8
M ''What an awful time since I've seen
you? l believe you've grown"
e: What does it mean, Fleurette?"
u: '''What does what mean? Don't be
SO silly, Tommy. You look as il you
were going to eat me-" 's
'''Tell me, please" s.s...,....s
Don't you like it?''
Tommy spoke slowly. ''No, like
the gew-gaws, frills and things.
Where are they?''
I've changed tired Of them. Tn
capricious. You haven't said you're
glad to see me.''
He looked at her with such intensity
that she stirred uneasily.
GHnrno on1 %o11 500
and done. I've been hungering for
yop."
~ ''Is that true?" Z
"Of course not. Do you think I
should say SO if it WASP I want to be
polite
They sat down, and strained ST.
lence fell between them. Tommy
broke it diffidently.
"I've got a billet with chap who
came out on my boat. He's on
change, A SPECTATOR, rich as Croe-
sus. get ESQ q month and pros.
poets. 's1. f
"It will keep you in tobacco"
I'm not sure. It will give W oys.
tiers once in way"
dont axe oysters any more,
Tommy
''It will buy an occasion fchu.''
81 don't like 4hchus.'''' h.,
ut will let us ask Tim and the
Prince and Milly . d.
"Milly's married, and-I haven't
seen Tim or the Prince for sir
months .,.s ii
Tommy got up and paced the room.
Then what IN the worlds to pre-
vent us-to prevent yon-to prevent
me i. ..,s..s "a, "a, :.
II don't know, Tommy dear. Ex
cept that you wont ash me-
No. I won't, by Jupiter. III take
you without asking
ooh! Neurette, Feurette.s The
boys sobs betrayed the man. And
Doe was best man after all.-Idler.