The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-30
,uApTER VlI.-Continued.
.cxiocK GOES INTO TRAIN.
ING
(d19Z2Gz7 1915

can Ieel III" INV OPP' Si'N az
..bore the look as of impending
.,oge mon the faces of the old
aots. can see Mrs. Ellersly try
- condescend to be gracious,
,reating me as IL | were some sort
.,nseum freak or menagerie exhibit.
!, see Anita. She was like statue
snow, she spoke not a word; if she
A ber eyes, | failed to note 1t. And
an was leaving-I with my collar
liaa from the fierce, nervous stain
Al been enduring-Mrs. Ellersly, in
|, voice of hers into which don't
rIeve any shade of a real human
Iotion ever penetrated, said: "You
4 come to see us, Mr.. Blackjack.
are always at home after FIVE"
looked at Miss Ellersly. She was
Ne to the lips now, and the span
y on her white dress seemed bits
Ice glittering there. She said moth
but | knew she felt my look. and
\ II froze the ice the more closely
around her heart. THANK YOU" |
Uttered.
stumbled in the hall; almost fell
|vn the broad steps. / stopped at
first bar and took three drinks in
ck succession. went on down
avenue, breathing like an exhaust
swimmer. "I'll give. her up!"
led aloud, so upset was !.
am man of impulse; but have
kined myself not to be creature of
pulse, at least not in matters of i'm.
rance Without that patient and
5iniul schooling, | shouldn't have got
here now am; probably I'd still be
bcklng boots, or sheet-writing for
Inc bookmaker, or clerking it for
me broker Before | got my rooms,
night air and my habit of the
= bber second thought" had cooled me
ck to nationality
4 want her, need her." l was say
to myself. Il am worthier of her
pm are those mincing manikins she
) been bred to regard as men. She
for me-she belongs to me. III
andon her to no Sinking puppet
pod wear her as donkey would a
hmond Why should do myself
her an injury simply because she
been too badly brought up to
ow her own INTEREST,"
When this was clear to me sent
my trainer. He was one of those
pre-, wiry Englishmen. with skin like
fned and painted hide-brown eX-
t where the bones seem about to
81 their sharp angles through, and
Pre- frosty, winter apple red. He
essed like a Deadwood gambler, he
Eed like a stable boy; but for all
NJ you couldn't fail to see he was
entleman born and bred. Yes, he
4 gentleman, though he mixed
planlty into his ordinary flow of
pVersation more literally than did
fhen in rage.
stood up before him, threw my
back, thrust my thumbs into my
users pockets and slowly turned
pW Ike a ready-made tailors dunn
Monsoon said I, what do you
|nk of me-"
*ie looked me over as If were a
Se he was about to buy. Sound,
say was his verdict. Good
lu-nncommon good wind. A goer,
slayer Not lump. Not a hair
Oh place" He laughed. Action
~ nigh perhaps-for the track. But
Brand reach"
Know all that" said |. "You miss
point Suppose you wanted to
81 NE for--say, the Society Sweep.
keS-what them"
um-um,' he muttered renectively.
&lats different"
Don't look-sort of-new-as if
'arhish was still sticky and might
III OF on the ladies' dresses and on
hne furniture?"
on-that" said he obviously. But |
taste
oat with it," commanded. Don't |
auald' I'm not one of those damn |
Il 'nat ask for criticism when they |
only ilattery, as you ought to
III ny lhis time. I'm aware of my
POINTS know how good they are
Il '"an anybody else in the world.
suspect my weak points-al-
uiu I've got on chiefly because
1ge people tell me to my face what
II rather have grlnned over be
Il mats your game?" asked Monson
4 in the dark"
w. 'ell YOU Monson. | hired you
.'u horses Now | want to hire
IL uain me, too. AS it's double
a. IT'S double pay"
II" on said he. "and say it
n, want to marry" explained. Il
|ec,S. INSPECT All the offerings before
lsn any You are to train me so that
tro. eo among the herds thatd shy
wan m loe If | wasn't on to their lit
Il moHed suspiciougly at me, doubt
Ipt =, this some new develop
" american humor."
|pv zen It, ! assured him. I'm