The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30

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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.
"Of course she said. why"
After what has passed between
You mean in the city?"
II 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 OF which i had placed him, a
very t1attering position for so young a
man, and then he caused me deep sor-
row In doubling the pureness of my
motives in floating the company at all.
am long suffering. Amy, and because
it is my duty to bear with the hasty
| do 80 as much as possible. But Mr..
Fairfax overstepped the mark. Such
q spirit as his would cause dissenston
among II simple lind workers. and
l felt it due to them that he should 10
longer be at their side"
SO You gave him the-well. the sack.
OF course l know"
Perhaps" said Mr.. Shelf. With a
smile of pain, he will be able to OBJ
tain employment elsewhere, or being a
young man of means he may choose to
set up in business for himself, but |
fear, my dear. that he will miss many
of the Christian influences which so
elevate and purify the dependents of
Marmadnke Rivers e Shelf"
Miss Rivers shrugged her shoulders.
Isn't this" she said, Ito do with the
city and not Park lane? AS Mrs. Shelf
says. We're ordinary society heatllens
when were here, and as she sent Ham
ilton his card l don't see that it mat
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And not mine. Amy? You are right
in the word, my dear. but not in the
spirit. AS a Christian. of course, l
nave already forgiven the wrong MIR.
Fairfax hae done me in doubling the
pureness of my motives. Blu this
humble roof is mtne, Amy, and it would
grieNe inc to receive under it any one
with whom ] am not on terms of broth
erly amity. But perhaps You can as
sure me, my dear, that Mr.. Fairfax has
already repcnted him of his hasty and
unjust Words
Not that" said Miss Rivers. I'm
sure he hasn't"
Then replied Mr.. Theodore Shelf.
with q sorrowful firmness, II cannot
receive him. l couldn't do it,"
Il suppose you know" the girl re-
torted sharply, that If 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. l tell you fatty that If
it's no Hamilton it's going to be no
with my cousin"
II cannot give way in this. Amy. My
conscience will not permit me-"
Very we'll. May l have a carriage,
or must order a hansom?"
My dear child, l can refuse you
nothing in reason. The brougham is
now, as 1t always has been. entirely
at YOUR disposal"
Miss Rivers left the room, and Mr..
Shelt scrubbed his dogs ragged head.
"'she's with me now, George" he
said, with a fat, satisfied smile, Blu l
think she'll change her mind afterward.
Shes a clever girl, mo she'll see. So
with that young beggar Fairfax, CON
found him."
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 q considerable deal of burning, and
the work took him till very late. Then
he 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 woman loo so handsome OF
so queenly. and once or twice he half
regretted the blow which he was going
to bring down upon her. But Their his
eyes would fall on the walls of the
room, and rthe silver lamps, and the
flowers, and the items of that gorgeous
display would go into his SOU anc
wither up any morsel Of compassion
which might have been there.
"A mans tmpe1ling motive is not al
ways under his hat" he overheard
some one saying as they passed him
ahd ne applied the words to himself
and when he remembered the ruthless
extravaganza WHICH no words or en-
treaties Of his own could stay, ant
which alone-so he believed-hat
forced him into knavery, he felt thai
social death was a poor %requttal to the
woman who had worked his ruin. A
knife was more her due. And yet-an
yet she was such q monstrous fine wo.
maj and so thoroughly clever in tho
role she had set herself to play!
1t certainly was a gorgeous assem-
bly,, not made up exclusively Of the
very best people perhaps. though many
of them We're there, but it looked
dress. cannot show this. If they fai
to appear like walters, that is the ut.
moot they can expect. But the wo.
men! They carried 1t on their should.
ers and, bachs, as they have done since
the beginning of time. Their dresses
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their jewelry q chnin of rainboWs.
ooh .Lord!" said enc young man with
predatory instincts Who E
wall, why arxt 7 practicing bush.
ranger just now7 Ehere's some Of thu
fnest diamonds here in all the world
and two Johnnies with pistols could
stick up the whole house. Why's Eng.
land such q beast.y safe place? 1,
there was a hard Wooden chair any.
where here to sit on and think, be.
lieve I'd turn anarchist on the spot"
"Hon't reduce the crowd to G S. d.
saio a fellow prop. It spoils the poetr,
Of the thing. Now l find them gooc
enough to look at" Never said the,
weren't" rejoined the other. "Onl,
thing is they Amt mine. Now 1 coule
do very we'll with tile lot Of them"
"Ehis isn't Turkey" said his frienc
re~provingly.
"oh. not the women. I've got on,
wife, and she's enough for me. Blu
I'd like the dresses. And the diamonds
I'd sell 'em second hand and riot o,
the proceeds. Talking Of sales, com
and find some burgundy cup"
They went away from the ballroom
passing down the hroad shallow star
way, and were going to cross the hal
when a man stoppAd them and tolt
them the way was c:osed.
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