The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-11-15

carelessness that so many women al
low themsely s, once they are safely
married to a man they care for.
Curious thought /, that being
married to him should make her feel
secure enough of him to let herself go,
although her instinct is warning her all
the time that she isn't in the least sure
of him. Her laziness must be stronger
than her love-her ~laZiness or her van
ity.''
While was thus sizing her up, she
was reluctantly leaving. She didn't
even give me the courtesy of a bow
whether from self-absorption or from
h%aughtiness I don't know; probably
from both. She was a western m
and when those western women do be-
come perverts to New YorlS's gospel of
snobbishness. they are the worst
snobs in the push. Langdon, re-
gardless Of my presence, looked after
her with a family amused, family
contemptuous expression ~that-well,
it didn't fit in with my notion of
what constitutes a gentleman. In fact,
I didn't know which of them had come
off the worse in that brief encounter in
| my presence. It was my first glimpse
of a fashionable behind the Genes and
it made a profound impression upon
mean impression that has grown
deeper as I have learned how much of
The typical there was in it. Dirt looks
| worse in the midst of finery thar where
one naturally expects to find it-looks
worse, and Is worse.
When we were seated again, Lang
don. after a few reflective puffs at his
| cigaret, said: $50 you're about to
marry?'
st hope so," said L. But as ! haven't
asked her yet, I can't be quite sure"
For obvious reasons I wasn't SO ena.n-
ored Of the idea of matrimony as had
3een a few minutes before.
II trust you're making a sensible
Marriage" said he. "If the part thu
may be gIanlor should by chance rub
lean away, there ought to be some
thing to make n feel he wasn't wholly
an ass
Very sensible I replied with en-
nhasis. 81 want the woman. I need
her"
He inspected the coal OF his cigaret,
fitting his eyebrows at it. Presently he
said: And she?"
81 don know how she feels about it
as told you / replied CURLY. In
spite Of myself, my yes shifted and my
skin began TO burn. "By the way,
Langdon, what's the nane of your
architect?"
Wilder & Marcy" said he. They're
fairly satisfactory, if you tell 'ern ex-
2ctly what you want and watch EN- all
the time. They're perfectly conven-
tianal, and SO can't distinguish between
o~ristnality that's artistic and original
ity that's only bizarre. They're like
most peop!e-they keep to the beaten
e!ooF and fight tooth and nail against
aeirg drawn out of it and against
those who do get out of it,"
'Hll have Il ak with Marcy this very
day." said ].
And YOU haven't asked her. You re-
.,oir,I ,>,aao Of fIDt# (.-AalE= Jli1Dep~I,n. ,r,>o
was in love with Lais. They asked him:
But does she o yoa?' And he said:
One does not inquire Of the fish one
likes whether it likes one"
flushed. "You'l pardon me. Lang
dom said 7. 'but I don't like that. 1t
isn't my attitude at all toward-tha
right sort of women"
He looked half uuizzical, half apollo
getic. An. to be sure said he. II
forgot you weren't a married man."
IT don't think I'll ever lose the belief
that there's a quality in a good woman
for a man toto respect and look W
to-
st envy you" IA he. but his eyes
were hooking still. / saw he was 9
little disdainful of my rebuking him
and angry at me, too.
"Woman's 81 subject Of conversation
that men ought to avoid" said I easil.
for. having set myself right, I felt
could afford to smooth him down.
'Well, g~oodby-good luck-or, if
may be permitted to say it to n 81
touchy, the kind of luck you're bent or
having, whether it's good or bad"
eff my luck amt good, III make /
good said I with a laugh.
And SO I left him, with a look in hi:
, eyes that came back to me long after
ward when I realized the full meanin.
. of that apparently almost c~onInonplac
: interview.
! That same day I began to plunge OF
: Textile, watching the market closely
: that 1 might go more slowly shoul'
there be signs of o dangerous break
for no more than I,angdon did I wan
: a sudden panicky slump. The pric
held steady. however; but I, fool tina
: I was, certain the fall must come
plunged on, digging the pit for my ow.
+ destruction deeper and deeper.
e Continued Next Week.)
~ H.. u LII, Nl1~J