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

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a air of sharing the care OF the univers
with the Almighty.
a But even Monson could find nothing t
sa ~criticiSe either in my apartment or In m.
"A country house. And, by the way. h
d showed his limitations by rematkins, afte
4 he had inspected: II must say, Black
u lock. your architects and decorators hav'
i done wei by you" AS if a mans sur
roundIngs We're not the unfailing index t.
a himself, no matter how much money ht
spends or how good architects and the Ill
u he hlfes. AS If a man could ever buy good
4 taste.
y Twas pleased out OF all proportion TO its
value by what Ellersly and his wife looked
and sad. But, though l watched Miss Ell
0, lersty closely, though 1 tried TO draw from
AeF Some comment on my belongings-on
my ptctures, on my superb tapestries, on
the beautiful carving OF my furniture-I
d got nothing from her beyond that first lcoIl
OF surprise and pleasure. Her face re-
suIHed Ills statuelike calm, her eyes did not
wander her lips, like 2 crimson bow
i painted upon her clear, white skin, re-
NAMED closed. She spoke only when she
q was SPOKEN to, and then as briefly as pos
: SIDE. me dinner-and a mighty good din
t Nor it Was-would have been memorable
Tor strain and silence had not Mrs. Oilers
" Kept up her tnccssant chatter. l can't
: recau a word she said, but | admired her
Tor Rs-l4S Ahle to talk at all. I knew she
'N~ - ~ same aLttiG as the rest OF us,
yet s4e acted perfectly as her ease; and
not until | thought it over atterward did I
fe2-lze t2at she had done all the talking,
except answers to her occasional and cley-
erly-sprinkled direct questions.
l+ils'sly sat opposite me. and I was irr!-
tatea' and thrown into confusion, too,
every tllne lifted my eyes, by the
crushed, criminal expression of his face.
nc ate and drank hugely-and ex-
treIaeI} bad manners 1t would have been
regarded in me had 1 made as much noise
as he, or lifted such quantities at a time
l9lo my mouth. But through his noisy
glUttony he managed somehow 10 main
tain that hang-dog air-Iike a thief Who
mas gone through the house and. on his
way out, has paused at the pantry, with
the sack OF plumber beside him, to gorge
himself.
l looked at Anita several times. each
lil5 with q carefully framed remark
le@ay; eacn time found her gaze on me
ana could say nothing, could onlv look
away in a sort of panic. Her eyes were
strangely variable. 1 have seen them Of a
gray so pale that it was almost silver
hke the steely light of the snow line at the
ea&e OF the horizon; again, and they were
so that evening, they shone with the
oeepest' sottest blue, and made one think
as one looked at her. of a fresh vinIat
frozen in q block of clear ice.
| sat behind her in che box at the
theatef. During the first and second inter
ldlsslohS several men dropped in to sneak
TO her mother and her-fellows who didn't
ever come down town. but I could tell they
hhsW VINO was by the way they ignored
me. 1t eNasperated me to a pitch of fury,
that coldly insolent air of theirs-a ierlLv
hoa at me without so much as a glance,
ard no notice of me when they were 1eav-
Ing my box beyond a faint. suneroiIio,1s
shllie as they passed with eyes straight
afead- l knew what it meant, what they
We're thinking-that the Rucket-Shon
tAlhg, as the newspapers had dubbed me,
was trying TO use ola Ellersly's necessities
as q jimmy and break into societv,"
w men the curtain Went down for the last
litef1hlsslon, two young men appeared: I
ulu not get up as / had before, but stuck
! my seat had reached that point at
Whlch courtesy has become cowardice.
ihey Grained and strained at her round
me and over me, presently gave UP and
retlfed, disgusting their anger as contempt
lor the pad manners of a bounder. But
.nat disturbed me not a ripple, the more
as l was delighting in q consoling dis
coHefy. Listening and watching as she
talked with these young men. whom she .
evidently knew well, [ noted that she was
Instant and only politely friendly in man
ler hapltually, that while the ice might
shleken for me, it was there always.
NEW enough about women to know that.
l tHe woman VINO can thaw only for one
nan is the most difficult. she is also tha
most constant. Once she thaws toward
| said to myself.
w hen the young men had gone. I leaned
until my head was close to hers
o her hair-fne, soft, abundant. electric
lalr. Like the infatuated fool that I was.
Tore out all the p1geon-holes of my brain
n search of something to say to her.
that would start her to thinking
ven OF me. She must have felt my breath
her neck, for she moved away
slightly, and it seemed to me a shiver
I1sibly passed over that wonderful white
kin of hers.
l crew back and involuntarily said, BEG
,ardon." l glanced at her mother and If
vas my turn to shudder. / can't hope to
1--WE an accurate impression of that stony.
n~ercenary, mean face. There are looks
nat paint upon the human countenance
he whole of a life, as a flash Of lightning
PAINTS upon the ~blackness of the night
niles on miles of landscape. That look of
Hrs. Ellersly's-stern disapproval at her
iaughter. stern command that she be
more civil, that she unbend-showed me
he old woman's soul. And I say that no
I'D harpy presiding over a dive is more
Of the venom of the hideous calcu-
atoms Of the market for flesh and blood
han is a woman whose life is wrapped IN
n wealth and show.
IF you wish it," I said, on impulse To
Ellersly in a low voice, st shall never
to see you again."
/ could feel rather than see the blood
suddenly beating in her skin, and there
vas in her voice a nervousness very IKE
as she answered: s.I'm sure
mamma and / shall be glad to see YOU
whenever you come"
Your" / persisted.
Yes she said, after a brief hesitation
.Glad?" I persisted.
She sm~iled-the ~faintest change in the
perfect curve OF her lips. You are very
aren't your"
Very answered. saEThat is whv
always got whatever wanted.n
Il admire it,, said she.
No, you DON'T | replied. ..You think
It is vulgar, and you think + am v,,lgar
because have that .quality-that and
some Others ~
She did not contradict me.
Well, I am vulgar-from your sta,a
point | went on. II have purposes ana
And l pursue them. For in
stance, you"
Up she said TRANQUILITY.
YOU ! repeated. Il made up NV mi,d
The first day | saw you that I'd make yoI
me. And-you will dSu