The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-18

York l was ignorant Of the elaborate
social distinctions that had grown ur
In Its Fifth avenue quarter. l knew,
of course, that there was a fashionable
society and that some of the most
conspicuous of those in 1t seemed un-
able to get used to the idea Of being
rich n We're in a state OF great agi-
tation over their own Importance. I'M
portant they might be, but not to me.
knew nothing of their careful grada-
lions of s~nobbism-the people to know
ocially, the people to know In a bust
ness way, Inc people to know In ways
religious and philanthropic, h people
20 know for the III to be got out of
them. h people to pride oneself on
not knowing at all; the nervousness.
the hysteria about preserving these
disgusting gradatfons. All this, l say,
who gave and took liking in the sensi-
Ole, self-respecting American fashion.
so L cidn't understand why Sam. as
l Utmost dragged him along. was stam-
mering: Thank you-but-I-she-
she fact Is, we really must get uptown"
BY this time / was where L could
look into the brougham. A glance
Fan see much at a glance, as can any
man who spends every day of every
year in an all-day fight for his purse
and his life, with the blows coming
from all sides. / can see much at a
Sit'i'NS, l. ollcil ldSG seen IluCl, i new
er saw more than just then. Instant
", made up my mind hat the Ell
lerslys would lunch with me. You've
got to eat somewhere" said /, in a one
that put an end to his attempts to
manufacture "Pll be de-
lighted to have you. Don't make up
any more yarns"
He slowly opened the door. Anita
gaid he, Mr.. Blackjack. He's invited
us to lunch.
L lifted my hat, and bowed. / kept
my eyes straight upon hers. And it
gave me more pleasure to look into
them than l had ever before got out of
Iooklng into ~anybody's. i am passion
ately fond of flowers, and of children;
and her face reminded me of both. Or,
fatner, 1t seemed to me that what 1
Mad seen, with delight and longing, in
complete in their freshness and beauty
n charm, was now before me in the
fullness. | felt like saying to her, ~
nave heard of you often. The children
n the flowers have told mo you We're
coming. Perhaps my eyes did say it.
AT any rate, h looked as straight at
'ne as at her, and l noticed that she
paied a little and shrank-yet con-
ilnued to look, as if l were compelling
her. But her voice, beautifully
clear, and lingering in the ears
IKE The Of the violin after
the DOW has swept it's strings and
afted, was perfectly self possessed, as
she said to her brother: That will be
denghtful-if you think we have time"
L saw ina she, uncertain whether he
wished to accept, was giving him a
chance to take either course. He has
nme-nothing but time" said I. Ellis
engagements are always with people
VINO ant to get something out of him.
And they can walt" I pretended to
think he was expecting me to enter the
trap' l got In, seated myself beside her.
SAID TO Sam: I've saved the little seat
FOR you. Tell your man to take us to
the Equitable t3ilding-Nassau street
entrance"
talked a good les during the first
half or the nearly two hours we were
together-partly because both Sam and
ms sister seemed under some sort of
strain. chiefly because was deter
mined to make a good impression. I
old her abou myself, my horses, my
mousse in the country, my yacht. l tried
TO show her I wasn't an ignoramus as
to books and art, even if I hadn't been
70 college. h listened, while Sam sat
EMBARRASSED. You must bring your
lister down to visit me- 1 said finally.
III see that you both have the time
OF your lives. Make up a party of your
friends, Sam, and come down-when
shall we say? Next Sunday? You know
you were coming anyhow. 1 can change
AiS iSSl vi Tie party. HF
am grew as red as if he were going
into apoplexy. 1 thought then he was
AFRAID I'd blurt out something about
VINO We're in the party I was proposing
TO mango l was DON to know better.
you, MI. Blackjack" said his
sister. But / nave an engagement
next sunday. I nave a great many
Ing at my book I couldn't say when I
can sc" This easily and naturally. IN
her set they certainly do learn thor
soughly that branch of tact which plain
people call lying.
(, Sam gave her a grateful look. which
ne Y / didn't see. and which 1
didn't rightly Interpretation.
Wen fix it up later, Blackjack"
said he.
AL right" said 1. And from that
minute l was almost silent. It was
something In her one and manner that
silenced me. l suddenly realized that
I wasn't making as good an impression
as had been flattering myself.
When a man has money and Is will
Ing to spend it De can readily fool him
self Into imagining he gets on grandly
With But [ had better grounds
than that for thinking myself not I'M
attractive to them. as a rule. Women
had liked me when l had nothing;
women had liked me when they didn't
Know who | a I felt that his wom-
nm did not l me. And yet, by the
way h loked at me in spite of her
Efforts not to do SO, I could tell that
ti had son1e sort or unusual interest tor
her. Why didn't she like me- ii
made me feel the reason. / didn't be-
long to her world. My ways and my
looks offended her. She disliked me a
good deal; she feared me a little. She
would have felt safer IL she had beer
gratifying her curiosity, gazing In at
me through the bars Of a cage.
Where I had beer feeling and show
ing myfusual assurance, I now became
81 at ease. I longed for them to be
gone: at the same time / hated to let
her go-for, when n how would
see her again. would I get the chance
To remove her bad impression? It ir-
tritated me thus to: be concerned about
the sister OF a man into my liking fol
whom there was mixed much pity aIG
some contempt. But I am OF the dispo-
sition that, whenever / see an obstacle
of whatever kind, / cannot restrain
| myself from trying to jump 1t. Here
was an obstacle dislike. To clear ii
was OF the smallest Importance in the
world, was q silly waste Of time. Ye,
felt I could not maintain with my
self my boast that there were no oh.
Istacaes Icouldn't get over, IL / turneG
aside from this.
Sam-nOtW without hexItatinu - r 80,