Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-05

affections. He was extremely fond of
his ward. Amy Rivers. even though
through the old fashioned wooden
h~eadedness OF his cotrustee he did not
Of her money. The was Il
lawyer with an admiration for 4 per
cent. corporation stocks. and he in
sisted on Miss Rivers fortune staying
In these and showed cause why the
script should remain in his own office
safe. The money tempted Theodore
Shelf to the sin of coveteousness con-
tinually-he could have made such ex-
cellent use OF it-but to the mans
credit be it said he never visited his
irritation on his ward. Indeed he was
only known to be disagreeable to her
once. and that once was the last time
he and she had speech together, and
what he had said was entirely to her
interest and without any profit to him
self. 1t was on the morning of the
great ball. and he called her to him
in his room and asked If Fairfax would
be there that evening.
o course" she said. why"
after what has passed between
us?"
You mean in the city,"
Il do. my dear Mr.. Fairfax has dis
pleased me much. First of all, he re-
signed from the directorate of my new
company. the Brothers Steamship as
s%ociation on which l had placed him. a
very flattering position for so young a
man, and then he caused me deep or-
row in doubling the pureness Of my
motives In floating the company at all.
l I'm long suffering. Amy. and because
1t is my duty to bear with the lasty
l do SO as much as possible. But Mr..
Fairfax overstepped the mark. Such
a spirit as his would cause %dissension
mons our simple minded workers. and
| felt 1T due to them that he should no
longer be at their side"
81 you gave him the-well, the sack.
OF course / know"
Perhaps" said Mr.. Shelf. with a
smile of pain. he will be able to OBJ
tain employment elsewhere, or being a
young maj OF means he may choose to
set up in business for himself, but 1
fear. my dear. that he will miss many
of the Christian Influences whic so
elevate and purify the dependents OF
Marmaduke Rivers & Shelf"
Miss rivers shrugged her shoulders.
Isn't this" she said, Ito do with the
city and not Park lane? AS Mrs. Shelf
says, were ordinary society heathens
when were here, and as she sent Ham
ilton his card / don't see that it mat
tiers. It's Mrs. Shells at home.'"
And not mine. Amy? You are right
IN the word. my dear, but not in the
spirit. AS a Christian, of course.
have already forgiven the wrong Mr..
Fairfax hI lone me in doubling the
pureness of my motives. But this
humble roof is mine. Amy. and it would
grieve me to receive under it any one
with whom l am not on terms of broth
erly amity. But perhaps you can as
sure me, my dear, that Mr.. Fairfax has
already repented him vf his hasty and
unjust words"
Mo- that" said Miss Rivers. I'm
sure he hasn't"
Then" replied Mr.. Theodore Shelf,
with a sorrowful %firinness. Il cannot
receive him. I couldn't do it,"
Il suppose you know" the girl re-
torted sharply. that IL Hamilton does
not come here tonight / shan't either"
You are my ward"
Il may be. But you've never tyran-
nized over me. and you are not going
TO begin now. 1 tell you fatty that If
It's no Hamilton it's going to be no
me. shall go to Hampstead to stay
with my cousin"
Il cannot give way in this, Amy. My
conscience will not permit me-
VERY we'll. May I have a carriage,
or must l order a hansom?"
My dear child. l can refuse you
nothing in reason. The brougham Is
at you disposal"
Miss Rivers left the room, and Mr..
Shelf scrubbed his dogs ragged head.
She's angry with me now, George" he
SAID. with a tat. satisfied smile, but 1
think she'll change her mind afterward.
She's a clever girl. and she'll see. So
with that young beggar Fairfax, con-
found hint"
Then Mr.. Shelf put George on a
comfortable chair and turned to his
table. He had, As may be imagined.
a good deal Of writing to get through,
and a considerable deal of burning, and
l 8h0 N0Nk tnOI Al~@ n $685.. - -Hr -
ne dressed. slipped out for dinner and
returned by II o'clock to stand behind
his wife and watch her as she received
her guests. He thought he had never
seen the oma look so handsome or
so queenly. n once or twice he half
regretted the blow which he was going
to bring down upon her. But then. his
eyes would fall on the walls Of the
room. and the silver lamps, and the
MOWERS. and the items Of that gorgeous
display would go into his SOU and
wither up any morsel Of compassion
which might have been there
"A mans tmpelling motive u not al
ways under his own hat" he overheard
some n saying as they passed him,
and he applied the words to himself,
n when he remembered the ruthless
extravaganza which no words or en-.
treaties Of his own could stay. and
which alone-so he b~elieved-had
social death was a poor requital to the
woman who had worked his .uin. A
knife was more her due. And yet-and
yet h was such q monstrous fne wo-
man and . thoroughly clever in tho
role she had set herself to play!
1t certainly was a gorgeous assem-
bly,. not made V exclusively Of the
very best people perhaps, though many
OF them were there. but IL looked
wealth u~nspeakable. Men in evenine
dress cannot show this. II they fail
to appear like waters. that IL the ut
most they car expect. But the wo-
menI They carried It on their should
h beginning Of time. Their dreeses
i KeEA a dram oI coat and los>.ll.~..