Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-11-28


trait there-a charming face which had
stuck In his memory. 1t may have been
an element in his choice when chance
threw into his way the clerkship in the
Third National bank. Perhaps the city
where Dorothy Newell lived may have
seemed ON that account an unusually
desirable place In which to begin his
career, yet in more than a years resi-
dence there he had made no attempt to
see Dorothy. The brother whom he
knew had not been at home during that
time, and, though bold man would
have found a way, Stuart had not done
SO.
Stuart was poor, and he was not the
sort of man who knows what to do
with poverty. He had not been accus-
toned TO it In his youth, and he was
always expecting to see the end OF 1t,
for he stood under bOugh that bore a
great and overripe inheritance. The
best expectations cannot quite take the
place of correct wearing apparel when
one Is to call upon fashionable people.
and the Newells were distinctly upper
crust. AS for Stuart, his ancestry was
equal to the best, but his dress suit was
in pawn, and that is a serious social
disadvantage.
"Well, this settles it," said he. I'm
obliged to cali now. | can't leave this
thing on the doorstep and ring the
bell"
He reflected with grief that it would
require almost $5 to redeem his even
ing clothes. and while this idea was in
his mind his eye fell upon hitherto
unnoticed compartment of the purse.
He opened 1t and discovered a five dol
lar bill. 1t was a coincidence calculat-
ed to affect a mind already strained by
the alternating currents Of joy and
woe.
Stuart hurried back to my abode. for
he felt the need Of sympathy. He
found me at home, but with no means
of help except from Frank Kane's dol
lar. Upon that we dined, and mean
while we discussed the situation. IL
was agreed that Stuart could not call
in the evening clothed in light color
ed business suit of somewhat star
Ting pattern. After dinner we went
to his rooms and looked over his ward
robe, discovering a frock coat that
looked quite promising at the first
glance, but the moths had eaten hole
in the roll OF the collar upon the left
side.
/ studied this excavation and decid-
ed that it could be concealed by bou-
tonniere, but the garment and the re-
mainder of the suit could not be press
ed in time for use that evening.
you'll have to go tomorrow after
noon," said I.
thanksgiving" said he. "It's a
know when people will be dining.
However, | can't keep this thing any
longer"
1t was about o'clock the next after
noon when l took leave Of Stuart on
the corner nearest the Newell resi-
dence. He was very nervous, and as |
adjusted the large chrysanthemun
which concealed the work of the moth
| perceived that the perspiration stood
In drops on his forehead: He is afiiict-
ed with excessive bashfulness and was
sensitive about his attire. He is also
invariably disturbed by any matter of
money, so that even so simple thing
as returning this purse with So in 1t
shook his nerve.
Concerning what happened after
ward ! am. of course, indebted to him
for all my information. 1t appears
that he gave his card to a butler OF
formidable appearance and was usher
ed into a drawing room chillingly mag
nificent. He was surprised at its emp
tiness on this feStal day, and his men
tai disturbance was increased by a
guess that the family must be at din
ner. No luck can come of a romance
that begins by the hero tearing the
heroine away from her turkey and
cranberry sauce.
1t was a nervous time while Stuart
waited for this girl whom he had ali
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