The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-24

Ellersly harshly, panic under the COM
mand in her tones.
I felt rather than saw my advantage,
and pressed it.
You see what they are doing, Miss
Ellersly,' said I.
She passed her hands over her eyes, let
her face appear again. In it there was an
energy of repulsion that ought to have
seemed exaggerated to me then, knowing
really nothing of the true situation. Il
understand now!' said she. "Oh-it is
loathsome!" And her eyes blazed upon
her mother.
"Loathsome," 1 echoed, dashing at my
opportunity. IF you are not merely a
chattel and a decoy, If there is any woman
hood, any self-respect in you, you will
keep faith with me"
Anita" cried Mrs. Ellersly. GO to
your roomi'
/ mad, once or twice before. heard a tone
as repulsive-a female dive-keeper hector
ing her wretched white slaves. l looked
at Anita. l expected to see her erect, de-
flant. Instead, she was again wearing
that coWed look.
Don't judge me too harshly," she said
pleadinsiy to me. Il know what is right
and decent-God planted that too deep in
me for them to be able to uproot it. But
oh, they have broken my will! They have
broken my will. They have made me a
coward, a thing" And she hid her face
IN her nandS ana SODDed.
Mrs. Ellersly was about to speak. 1
could not offer better proof of my own
strength of will than the fact that i, with
a look and a gesture, put her down. Then
/ said to the girl:
You must choose now! Woman or
thing-which shall it be? If it is woman,
then you have me behind you and in front
of you and around you. If it is thing-God
have mercy on you! Your self-respect,
your pride are gone-for ever. You will be
like the carpet under his feet to the man
whose creature you become"
She came and stood by me, with her
back to them.
IF you will take me with you now"
she said, II will go. If 1 delay, 1 am lost.
L shall not have the courage. And l am
sick, sick to death Of this life here, of this
htdeous walt for the highest bidder"
Her voice gained strength and her man
ner courage as she spoke; at the end she
was meeting her mothers gaze without
hinching. My eyes had followed hers, and
my look was taking in both her mother
and her father. l had long since measured
them. yet I could scarcely credit the con-
frmation OF my judgment. Had life been
smooth and comfortable for that old cou-
pie, as 1T was for most of their acquaint-
ances and friends, they would have lived
and died regarding themselves, and re-
garded, as well bred, kindly people, of the
hiiS LIN dilu ldSlGS. Dul cdldnlIy
was putting to the test the system on
which they had nodded their apparently
elegant, graceful lives. The storm had
ripped off the attractive covering; the
framework, the reality of that system, was
revealed. naked and frightful.
Anita, go to your room!" almost
screamed the old woman. her fury tearing
away the last shreds Of her cloak of man.
ners.
FOUR daughter is Of age, madam" said I.
she Will go where she pleases. And Iwarn
you that you are deceived by the Lang
dons. I am not powerless. and"-here I let
her nave a full look into my red-hot fI,rn-
aces Of wrath-'I stop at nothing in pur-
suing those who oppose meat nothing!,,
ANITA, staring at her mothers awful
race, was shrinking and trembling as IL
before the wicked, pale-yellow eyes and
devil-fish. Clinging to my arm. she let
me guide her to the door. Her mother re-
covered speech. "Anita!" she cried. what
are you doing? Are you mad?"
= think must be out Of my mind"
said Anita. But. If you try to keep me
here, l shall tell him ll-all.'
Her voice suggested that she was about
20 go into Mysteries. / gently urged her
forward. There was some sort of woman.s
wrap in the hall. I put It round her. Be
fore sheer REALIZED it, she was in my
waiting electric.
up town. I said to my man.
She tried to get out.
Oh, what have I done! What am I
doing!" she cried, her courage oozing away.
Let me out-please.'
You are going with me- said +. enter
ing and closing the door I saw the door
OF the Ellersly mansion opening, saw old
Ellersley, bareheaded and distracted.
scutting down the steps.
&c ~ahead-fast!"I called to my man.
Ana the electric was rushing up the
avenue, with the bell ringing for cross
ings incessantly. She huddled away from
me into the corner of the seat, sobbing
Historically. 1 knew tina to touch her
would be fatal-or to speak. So ] waited.
XXI.
MOST UNGENTLEMANLY.
AS we neared the upper end of the
park, told my chauffeur, through the
tube. to enter and go slowly. When
ever 9 lamp flashed Iii at us, 1 had a
glimpse OF her progress toward COM
posure-rioW she was drying her eyes
with the bit of lace she called a hand
kerchief; now her bare arms were In.
and with graceful fingers she was ar
ranging her hair: now she was Straight
and still, the soft, fluffy material with
which her wrap was edged drawn close
about her throat. I shifted to the on
posite seat, for my nerves warned me
that / could not long control myself.
If J. stayed on where her garments
were touching me.
4 looked away from her for the
pleasure of looking at her again. of
realizing that my overwroughtN senses
We're not cheating me. Yes, there she
was, IN all the luster Of that magnetic