The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-05
BY n. S. CANFIELD
Chapter III-(Continued).

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Chapter III-(Continued).
Across the table sat the Hon. Russell
Maude and the girl told herself that
OF the men there he was the one most
worth cultivation. He was Of tall,
strong frame, with Drowned sinewy
hands which showed almost black
against the table linen. His eyes, small
and brilliant, were of the hue OF jet
"A heavy black moustache shaded his
mouth, his nose was hooked and his
brown forehead seemed abnormally
high and narrow because of the loss OF
some hair in front. That which re-
NAMED was black as the crows wing
and unstreaked by gray. His chin was
massive and %protruding, blued from
the razor, and his ears small and set
closely to his head. When he smiled,
which was not often, he revealed an
even row OF teeth, white as milk and
sharp-pointed. Lean and muscular,
saturnine, self-contained and forceful,
with that nameless unconscious polish
OF manners which comes from contact
with the world, he was not a hand
some man, but one noticeable in any
assembly. A certain s%quareness and
rigidity Of shoulder and measured
length of step smacksd of early mill
tary training and there was an incon-
spicuous set Of limb which said that,
IN all probability, this training had
been in the cavalry arm. He watched
with quiet amusement the steady in
dustry Of GOODWIN, then leaning for
ward addressed his first remark to the
girl. speaking in a deep, quiet voice
and with much distinctness:
Il am afraid, Miss English, that you
have come a long way to get to a poor
country"
1t was in a way as II he had chal-
1enged her to defend the country, or to
disprove his condemnation Of 1t, and
she felt q slight resentment stir in her.
= know nothing about the country
~ yet" she answered calmly. you
know it better than I. have certainly
come q long way"
But admit" he went on, that you
were disappointed in it. 1t is SO dry
and brown, waterless and unpictur-
esque."
I was not disappointed In it. be-
cause I had no preconceived idea OF it.
Az for it's dryness and BROWNIES. it ia
not alone in that regard. Other coun-
tries share the doubtful merit with 1t.
uurnnoo Ey0v iuu%onon <hn uo~Ic
back Of Algiers."
She spoke without thinking, but
Maude started slightly and his bronze
cheek paled. He looked at her for a
feeting moment as II he were about to
say or do something startling. then
continued smoothly:
"Ah! You have been In Algiers?"
"Oh. no; / have not been out OF Am
erica. l mentioned Sahara merely as
an instance In point"
Just 30. Yes, 1t is dry in North
AFRICA away from the sea. So, for that
matter, is the country Of Bokhara. /
have been in both places. The Rio
Grande region Is really beautiful in
spring. / hope that you will be with
US then. Miss English, and that you
will enjoy the intervening winter"
She said Thank you!" abstractedly
and turned to address some remark to
her host. Receiving his reply and
glancing down the table she was sur
prised to catch from its far end the
bright blue eyes Of Allyn fixed on her
with . look Of warning and depreca-
ton. She did not understand it and
she did not. at the time. permit it to
interiors with her enjoyment Of the
dinner and company, but she remem-
bered it afterward. Catching the sig
nal from Mrs. Glynn, she rose and
Godwyn, with an unexpected celebrity,
was at the door to open 1t for her. He
bowed profoundly as she passed out
and gave her q grateful glance for per-
hitting him to eat his dinner in peace.
The men rejoined them in the drawing
room within q h%alf-hour. Being asked
to sing, she held them spellbound with
some Of Trotere's songs, her accom-
paniment being rendered in a really
mastery manner by the Hon. George
r. Peyton, q pale young fellow ridine
after cattle in the west because Of
lungs that would not permit him to re-
main with his mother in Yorkshire,
When Lois English retired that nigh,
she was 1ulled to sleep by the tinkle o,
the fountain. but she had confused
dreams. A stern dark face foate6
through them, q face with straigh,
black hair growing low upon the fore.
head, q face she could not identify
There was . voice, too. a voice which
came not from this face but from
some dim point, far or and indistin,
guishable, and the voice said: II an
q brave man."
CHAPTER ~.
A Proposal and No Answer.
At the end OF a month the Maine CIR
fitted into her surroundings as II she
had been born on a Rio Grande cattle
ranch. Her boy pupils learned to love
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