Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-07

became stanch fririds. Without q in,
gianamotncrly. Ferguson kept Ire iic.i'
all sorts OF tomfoolc,i such ls hot
headed young oflcrs So apt to ~
dulgc in.
Our colonel wa- ii,r> > Fame. ao'y
= major general and i T. = a., Win ,
large family of dalgnicgs. and n.
house was an attractive center 10,
bachelor officers. eligible an iaeiisini..
III was not long before | diseov ed
tlsat %i'eatrix Fame was isp.e T., M
IMAM a. N" otler girls "f ~. acqut.ai-
ancr
Very som. too. / Mas successful IA
gcttir~ her assurance tina .. il liie
manner wa.' the seiiiiblc fairy prinre .
"Df course. ! conlidcd in Colonel Jim.
who, though sympathetic. advised a
Wis" waiting until al any ret. | had
succeeded To Tho property. WnicA I IN
harited TX years ago.
Attached 90 Tie regiment was - cor
tain Captain f,olroyd. who VAS said
10 b" connected IN sunr Vtg With Il
monstor firm 80 East I.nd ciotiliers.
Anyway. II" was very unpopular With
all ranks.
"Qnite accidentally | frart the aay
after the recent affair at tHe C"srlo-
r~olitau. ih,t Iioiroyd was piscnmau :
cousin, hence tho fact OF the formers
knowledge Of what | am going 10 toi.
you about Colonel Jim
This mar HoiroSu WIZ am lHVet,r-
at gambler ana nearly always won. 1t
SO happened that whcr | came into the
Wharton estate there was II large ac-
cumulniioH OF ready money. when /
Immediately proceeded 10 spend in
right roNal style. iiolroyl. ever on the
scent Tor 81 pigeon TO pluck. suddenly
became very friendly with me. ard one
dag invited me 20 pass Il week with
him at Brighton. Glad OF a change. and
having easily obtained leave. | left Al
dershot with ilolroyd without ac-
quaintins Colonel jim. of my inten-
ton.
y "a matter of fact. | knew per
f'cilN Well What wouiG be his advice.
and. therefore. | evaded il. | did not
ever tell Boatiic, but wrote her on my
arrival 1T Brighton.
"All went We'll until the third day.
except that | lost heavily at bridge To
iiolroyd, after u dinner To which ilol-
1oyd had invited two or three other
aacn. we ali adjourned for an hours
stroll ON the pier.
Whether it wa, that. beils; unused
10 excessive Indulgence in wine. | had
taken too much champagne, on Wheth-
e. ! WAS soizsd with sudden illness. |
cannot say. | only know that ny some
uilaccountahle means l managed to fail
itt.i wv IilI IHiO Lilt Stt. &tttlnG Il
nasty smack through coming into con-
tact win n OF the iron cross-girlers.
II remembered nothing more ill I
found myself alone in my Brighton
lodging, wretchedly III, and very much
ashamed OF MYSELF.
Well. il seems that the day before
| recovered consciousness. my land
lady. who. up to then. had no clue To
the whereabouts of my friend, came
- eros u l..t,4. at fy.attt-., ,Itl -
ting some clean linen fov me out OF
the p~ortinanteau. Without staying 10
think who the writer might be, she
At once wrote to her. and, ns ii after
ward appeared. gave a very
ated account Of my condition.
"Whe!, my landlady's letter arrived,
the loving little girl impcriously or
dcred he driver To set of for Brighton
mere and then. silencing his objec-
tons with threats OF her fathers dis
pleasure II he disobeycd her.
Was there eyer such a mad Journey.
a journey. too. at which her social
world would hoid up his hands In holy
horror.
On through G~uildford. Tunbridr..
Wells. Hnrsh,ni. till the outskirts Of
Lewes were reached. And there the
trouble began.
The chauffeur had insisted more
than once Oh descending at certain
inns and refreshing himself with
brandy.
BY the time Lewes was in sight
the man was in n state Of semi-intox-
lcation, and vas quite incapable OF
controlling the machine.
CHANGING (" turn her head at his
point. Reattio saW coming up behind
TT racing speed. half a mile or
so astern. another motor. which. even
At that distance. seemed strangely
familiar to her.
Nearer ard nearer it drew. the
Supplied Frenchn,an in charge of the
leading ear becoming more and more
enable to steer il.
III was at a bend I'm the road that
the catastrophe happened.
ON the right hand was a high bank
and into this the driver made to run
Reattic'S car.
- Il miracle or mercy he could not
turn the steering wheel. overbalancing
himself and falling out under the
wheels in front. which passed over his
body.
Though hewildered and panic
stricken. Beatiic caught hold of the
gear with both trembling hands, and
tried To keep the car straight. What
would have been the result OF her ef-
forts II is bard To say. though IL Is
almost mor.ill. certain that in tho
streets OF l.ewcs she would inevitably
nave come TO grief.
Nov for Colonel Jim's part in it.
Putting on the pace FOR a Anal
squirt. he raced alongside Of the run
away. managed 10 stop his own ma
chine at tn" same lea ping on
To the other one.
Selling the steering wheel with his
LETT hand his right arm WAS broken
on the eap-he wrenched II round, and
Dug the car to a full stop.
"Ihen appeared the representative Of
the law, who. running back. discovered
mat the chauffeur wat fatally injured.
The rest YOU know. though there is
one little thing more which l will tell
you IN confidence, rs II renders. from
my po'nt of view. all that Colonel Jim
did that day the more heroic.
"Beat.ie told me. more thar a year
after We were married, that some words