Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-09-06

was concerned. she e~xaSpera1eG hlIs.
Her unconscious c~ondescension was a
bitter memory Of which be could no.
rid himself. Certainly women must he
petty, small SoCled creatures II she
was at all representative Of her sex,
Yet in spite OF his determination Il
avoid Constance. ever 81 the r.>& 81
seeming rude. he found i, required
greater strength Of vii! than be pos
seSsed 10 keep away from the EnoryS.
He realized IN the course Of The neNI
few weeks that : new stage il his De
velopnenT had been reached. Inspired
by what be felt was 3 false but beau
dful confidence in himself he called Of
ten. and as time wor on the frequency
Of these calls steadily increased. Al.
this while he thought about Miss En-
DRY g great deal and was sorry for her
or admired her. s~ccordins 10 his mood.
In C~onstance's attitude toward him
there was g certain hckleneSS thai he
resented. Sometimes she was friendly
and compsRionable, and then again
she seemed TO revive all her lingering
kASyQ0iAOS 0ao was OltSIIN llIi1 Sit-ll
to him, and her Indifference was the
most complete thing of its kind be had
ever encountered.
Naturally Dan and Ryder me, very
frequently, and when they me- they
csshed. II was not especially pleas
ant. Of coarse. but Ryder was persist
Z and Oakley was logged. Once he
started in pursuit Of an object be never
gave up or owned that he was beaten.
In some form he hsd accomplished ev-
eryhias he set OUT 70 DO. and if The re-
suits had not always been just what ha
had anticipated he had ST least had the
satisfaction Of bringing circumstances
under his control. He endured the
editors sarcasms and occasionally re-
rsaaTad with 2 vengeance 50 heavy rs
to lesve GrS oui7ering with the smart
Of II
Miss Emory found il difficult 10
maintain the peace between them. bu.
shs admired Dams mode OF warfare:
It was 50 conclusive, and be showed
such grim strength in his ability 10
look ou. to- himself,
But Dan fel1 that be must suffer by
any comparison with the editor. H
had no genius for tribes, but rather 2
pondeTous capacity. He had worked
hard with the single determination 10
win success. he had the practical
mans contempt, born of his satisfied
ignorance, for all useless things, and 10
his mind the useless things We're those
whose value il was impossible TO reck-
on in dollars and cents.
He had been well content with him
self. and now he felt that somehow be
had lost his bearings. Why was il he
had not known before that the mere
STRENUOUS climb, the mere earning Of 8
salary, was not all OF life: He even
felt g sneaking envy Of Ryder of which
he was heartily ashamed
Men fall In love differently. Some re
sist and hang back from the inevitable
not being SURE of themselves, and some
go headlong, having any doubts
With characteristic singleness OF pur
pose Dan went headlong. but Of course
he did not know what the trouble wa:
until long after the facts in the case
were patent 10 every one. and Antioch
had lost Interest in its speculations a:
to whether the doctors daughter would
take the editor or the general mana
ger, for. as Mrs. Fopple1on, the Emo
rvs neareSt ~nei~h,,or, sasely observed
she vas having her pick"
To Oakley Miss Emory seemed Il
accumulate dignity and reserve in tn,
e1act proportion that he lost them. bu
be was determined she should Ike hin
If she never did more than that.
She was just the least Bit afraid O
him. She knew he was not deficient i.
g proper pride and that he possessed
plenty Of self respect. but for all tina
be was not very ~dexterous. II amused
her I. lead him U and then 10 draw
back and leave him 10 founder out o
some pntenable position she had be
guiled him into assuming.
She displayed undeniable skin i,
these maneuvers. and Dan was o,
turns savage and peni1ent. But she
never gave him 8 chance 10 say VIVA
be wanted TO say.
Ryder made his appea! 10 her Vanl
q. 1t was q strong appeal. He wa,
essentially ~presentable and conpan
ionaSle. She understood him. and the,
had much in common, but for all tina
her heart approved of Oakley. Sh,
felt his dominance. She realized tia
be was direct and simple and strong
Yet il her Judgment Of him she wa
bot very generous. She could not III
herstand, for instance, how il WIS tha
be had been willing 10 allow his f.
ther 10 so 10 work in She shops aike on
Of the common hands. II seemed 4
her 10 argue such an awful poverty il
the way OF ideals.
She tried TO stife hey growing likin
for Oakley and her unwilling admira
ton for his strength and honesty an
a certain native refinement Uncol
sciously, perhaps, she had always assc
cinted qualities Of this sort with pos.
hon and wealth, She OWNED bis lac
Of early opportunity and was alive I
his many cruditles Of speech and MAI
ner. "a lac suffered, as he knew b
must suffer, by comparison with u,
editor, but IN spite @! tflf ConstAnc