Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-11-30
SYNOPSIS.

Ianancier.
CHAPTER 3-DescrIbes events two and
10 half years before Wild Week. The
reader makes the acquaintance Of Henry
=. Roebuck, dnancier and philanthropist
CHAPTER +Enter ''the woman"
Blackjack meets Anita Ellersley through
her brother Sam. whom Blackjack has
helped BY giving straight tips on the
markets 's
CHAPTER 4-Blacklock desires to en-
eer respectable society,"" SO he goes into
raining and applies for membership In
she exclusive Travellers club.
CHAPTER 5-Blacklock commences to
scent trouble for him with Mowbray
LAngdon as conspirator. Langdon Ia
another chief Of high finance.
CHAPTER 6-Blacklock confesses that
he wants to be married.
CHAPTER 7-Blacklock goes into train.
ing for his introduction to society.
CHAPTER SON the trail Of Langdon
CHAPTER 9-Langdon at home. Lang
aon and his wife are not happy.
CHAPTER 1N-sh6ws what hypocrite
Henry ]. Roebuck is
CHAPTER 11-Blacklock attends a din
ner at the home Of Anita's father and
h met with cold reception by the young
lady. go.
CHAPTER Pile takes the Ellersly
family to the theater.
CHAPTER 13-Blacklock proposes to
Anita Ellersly and is accepted. Joy on
the part Of the mother, who insisted that
Anita should accept Blackjack simply be-
cause he has money and the Ellersly
finances are low
CHAPTER 1f-Roebuck lures Blackjack
Into stock deal in order to trim" him.
CHAPTER 15-Biack1ock Is trapped and
trimmed.
CHAPTER 1S-Blacklock finds himself
long on Textile Common and when he
hears that the market is going against
e. him and ruin stares him In the face he
makes his friend, Robert Corey, presi-
dent Of the Interstate Trust company.
Ioa1 him money to tide him over. e.,
CHAPTER T7-Blacklock dimes at Del
monicos with Sam Ellersy and decides
. 20 withdraw his application for member
ship in the Travellers club. He visits
Anita after dinner and tells her of his
financial distress. She shows herself TO
be different sort Of woman than Black
lack 'ho1 s"~~~-~I -
CHAPTER 1S-Blacklock drops IN 10
visit Joe Healy, who runs big GAM
bling house and who was a chuni with
Blackjack years before when both were
penniless. Joe makes Blackjack take
lot OF money of his to invest
CHAPTER 19-After day with Textile 4
Common, Blackjack believes he can see
his way out
CHAPTER 8-Blacklock goes for call
Upon Anita and meets with a tempest in
the person Of her father and mother,
who are trying now to force Anita to
marry Tom Langdon, brother to Now
bray, because they think the Langions
have Blackjack beaten. The session ends
BY Anita leaving home and going with
Blackjack in his auto.
CHAPTER 1.-THE couple go to the
home Of BlacklOck's partner where they
are married, Anita Directing strenuously,
and then they so to his apartments. at
the Willoughby.
CHAPTER 22-Blacklock spends the
DAY at his. Office and returns Il the even
ing to the .Willoughby. where he finds
Anita's father and mother just about to
leave. The mother cannot refrain from
emptying the walls of her wrath. upon
Rlacilnrr
Blackjack. ATTENDS FAMILY
PRAYERS. '.'' o. q.
During dinner | bore. the whole
burden of conVersation-though bur.
! den | did not find it. Like most close
mouthed men, j am extremely talk
alive. Silence sets people to won.
dering and prying; he hides his Sc.
crets best who hides them at the bot.
tom Of a river of words. If my spir.
its are high, l often talk aloud to my.
self when there is no one convenient
And how could my spirits be anything
but high, with her sitting there op
posite me, mine. mine for better or
for worse, through good and evil re-
pcrt-my wife!
She was only formally responsive,
reluctant and brief in answers, vol.
,unteering nothing. The. servants
waiting on US no doubt laid her man.
ner to shyness; | understood it, OF
thought debut was not troubled
It is as natural for me to hope as to
breathe; and with my knowledge OF
character, how could take seriously
the moods and impulses of one whom
regarded as child-like girl, trained
to. false pride and false idealsl
"She has chosen to stay with me-
said to myself. ACTIONS count, moi
words or manner. A few days o.
weeks, and she will be herself, and
mine" And | went gaiy on with
my efforts to interest her, to make he.
smile and forget the role she had
commanded herself to play. Nor was
II wholly unsuccessful. Again and
again l thought l saw q CLEAN Of In
lterest in her eyes or the beginnings
Of smile about that sweet mouth
Of hers. was careful not to overdC
my part
AS soon as We finished dessert
said: you loathe cigar smoke, so ri
hide myself in my den. Sanders vii
bring you the cigarettes" l. had my
self telephoned. for a supply of hel
kind early in the day.
She made polite protest for tn,
benefit of the servants; but l. wal
firm, and left her. free to think thing,
over alone in the drawing-room-
"your sitting-room," l called it.
/ had not finished a small cigar whel
there came timid knock at my door
I threw away the cigar and opened
81 thought 1t was you," said |. I'm
| familiar with the knocks of all tn
| others. And this was new-like
| summer wind tapping with q fowe
Tor admission at a closed window.
/ And laughed with q little raiIlery