The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-06

- is~NA a&+SS-s-tSf SEoI1llS IlS IL
= pat'eat S.&NeeS OF his wife, while L
- talked en 2ad on with Miss Ellersl,
:. her I2ce was full toward ME: she Wa
~ lol aware that i was lnukug at he
- | am sure, Ter she did not once Iii
nsF eyes. As sax studying her, every
ia4hl' S1e was iCdaS4 wCuQartul-to
Wonderful ans fine ana fvaSila.
= Se32el 20 me at that moment, Tor on
= 50 pi2ln and rough IS /. "IuCredfhle.
) sAoGsht that She Is the child o
SGc!3 2 r2tr IS I~..ersly and his wife
.-s. .sssa IMAM s2ea have with an,
el4eE par os hur.Gn cre2tuges"" He,
s.stsseE WttlEe %c.nS. her slender White
Sa34!GscS the bloom on her skin, tn,
N"t-eLuL, careless way her hair grew
round her forehead at the gant
! Of her neck. tae rather naughty eytyse.
: sion or her small :Gca softsned irtl
sweetness ana eFeD tenderness. NOW
: IAa@ Sne was talking a her ease VIA.
> ore W123a Sas regarded Is her own
NlaS-9Gt ne fs0J.' l protested 10 my
i, ser TRANSFORMATIONS OF these mon
) none Of these women. is fit to rssgeieta
VITA 2sT- 4aaJ cant appreciate her.
She Belongs to ne who car" And :
h2a q -T@d Impulse then and there To-
seize her &0d bear her avay-hoala-
- ,..s .'5Ae sEe could make for me out
o. what would shower upon her.
AZ last LaUgdou rose. Ii frvitq-a5 no
70 See her color under that fY5iffar-
ent fascinating smile of his. 1t irrita+sf
h3e 10 note tha he held her hand aT}
~ 1'Ae ne WAS saying goc5-ny, and
the Ilct that he held it as If he'd.
as Aef Tot be holding it hardly
lessenod my longing 20 rash IN
ana knock him down. What ne did was
All IN t5e way OF perfect good manners
and would have jaYrsd no one non st,-
gLsensillFe Ike me-ard ike his wife.
l SL" Ina she, too, was tr0Wuing. She
looked beautiful that evening ~ s,,;fn
OF her too great breadth for her height
-ner stoutness was not altogether =
Qetect when she was wearing eyrrfr7p
ufesS. While she seemed friendly and
sIalIinS 10 Miss EileTsly. I saw. vTha4b-
or others saw it or not, thar she quiv-
eFed with apprehension NJ his mildly
~iiFtatlous ways. He acted toward any
/, atad every attractive woman as If lie
were free and were regarding her as a
possibility. Il didn't mind If she fIa4-
tered herself that he regarded her as \ |
probability.
In an a~inlless sort of way Miss Eller-
sly, AFTER the Langdons had disap-
peafed, LETT the drawing room bv the
saaie door. Still aimiessly wanderinr
sIle dfitted n the library by the hail
door. AS l rose. She lifted her evas
saw me, and drove away the froUn of
annoyance which came over her face
,ihe tAe lainlest maze. In fact. it may
have existed only In my iYnaei,ation
She opened a large, square silver how
on the table, took out a cigaret. lighted
IL and holding it, with the smoke lazi1v
curing up from it, between the lona
slender first n second fingers of her
Whlte hand, stood idly turning the
ieaves OF a magazine. l threw my cigar
INTO the fireplace. The light sound as
1t struck made her jump, and / saw
that, underneath her surface of nerfeet
CAIN, she was in a nervous state fuu
as tense as my own.
You smoker" said I.
Sometimes" she replied. .1t ,s
how it is with others, but when 7 !
smoke. my mind is quite empty" {
It's a nasty habit-smokins.n said
do You think so?" said she. with i
slightest lift TO her tone and her
eyebrows. I
Especially for a woman" 1 went ON t
because ! could think of nothing elsa Q
to say, and would not, at any cost Lot
this conversation, SO hard to begin die n
put. oie
You are one Of those men who ba1,a S
one code for themselves another for T
women, she replied. q
I'm O man" said I. Cali men ,,.x,o +
two codes" {
Not ALL" said she after a pause I
Emphasis. WIEN t
"Really?' said she. in a tone thar r..
1tated me by suggesting that what IL
mt. u
1t Is the first time I'VE ever seen q a
espectaple M smoke I went on
'oWerless to change the subject, though h
'cnsclous l was getting tedious. "I,ye
os a
That is interesting said she, her t
one suggesting the reverse d
I've offended you by saving frank G
J. what I think" said I. "Of course
rs none Of my business.
Cn, no., replied she carelessly. "I.m il
lol IN the least offended. Prejudices Il
lWays interest me-, I;
saw E@llersiy and his wife in the v
.raWlng room, pretending to talk Is h
,ach other. I understood that thev s.
we're leaving me alone with her delhi
,rately, n l began to suspect she was c
= the plot. | smiled. my courage n
nd seif-possession returned as sum t
narily as they had fled. y
I'm glad Of this chance TO set ba+ ii
er acquainted with YOU, said /. ..I,ve t
Nahted6 AZ ever since ! first saw you, n
AS 4 put this to her directly. she Y
,fopped her eyes murnured some g
ing she probably wished me to think q
pleasant. y
3NA TIC lIISC woman i eFcrjA
new 1 Went on, with whom it was {
lard Tor me to get on any sort Of $
,erms. suppose it's my fault. I don't j
lnow this game vet. But I'll learn ii, !
I You'll be a little patient: and when j Z
lo..i think ia be able to keep up my
She looked at me-just looked. i
Couldn't begin to guess what was going !
lers.s /
VIII o try to be friends with me ~ I
j with directness.
She continued to look at me In that
amt steady, pUzzling way.
VIII you2" + repeated.
4 have 40 choice said she slowly.
flushed. What does that mean Z.
| demanded.
She threw a hurried and, it seemed to
frightened glance toward the draw
room, didn't intend to Of
Vol" h said In a lowEyoice.
sSon have been such a good friend
papa-Tye no 7ignt to feel any
tnlng but friendship for d
m glad to hear YOU say that, said
i Aldd ! was; for those words Of
lei first expression Sc an
and gratitude I had ever
soI from any lnemper OF that family
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