The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-15

why not. n have an invitation2
Twenty-twos getting on"
"Ah," said Cambel and set to rock
inE his chair, s,lsGsr
Il didn't say anything"
"You said tAh,' Patrick, and that
meant you thought lot besides"
quite right, did. It had never
quite struck me Till then that you were
a completely grownup young woman
now and might sny day see man TO
20 into permanent partnership with.
It's q bit of jar--I mean II comes
oddly to one at f1rst to think OF you
as married. Elsie" s.
'.Ehoo- -ssfi---Pat, get up and drive
that humming bird away. He won't go
for me, greedy little beast, and IL he
stays any longer / know he'll overeat
himself Well you'd better brace your
self up for q blow, because married /
mean to be some day. Who knows but
what you'll beat me in the racer"
'T2"
-why not? when Duvernay died.
Mabel became widow"
That" said Cambel, SIS the usual
sequence OF events"
You know she never wanted to
marry him" .... ~.
$50 / was led to understand some
4 i've years back. Yet marry him she
did nevertheless. and that after due
-
Elsie, that that humming bird you were
Interested In is still gorging himself
out of those red flowers just on the
other side OF YOU" rut
"Some creatures never know when to
stop. Now, do" said Miss Kildare.
That's the bell for dinner. must go
and tidy myself" s. "
Meanwhile a certain Mr.. Kent-Wil-
1iams, young gentleman or Eng
land who was throwing poker dice at
p the bar with two friends for
ante prandial cocktails, was looking at
the subject from different coign OF
view. He was a young gentle
success OF himself in England and had
been deported to Florida with view
TO extracting q fortune from orange
growing AS on reaching the spot he
found this was difficult Of achieve
Inent, he wisely did not worry his
content with living in inexpensive re-
tirement for nineteen -twentieths OF
OF each quarter and biossoming out
during the remaining days In riotious
living on the allowance which reached
him from home. And with him were
two others who had been softly nur-
tured and who were also taking their
quarterly nip OF semi
II tell YOU" said Kent Williams.
shes a 'clinking fine specimen, that
kildare girl, and, by Joyel ought to
be Judge IL any one Is now hare.
Lool--three sevens, first shot! Good!
I'll keep these and see IL can't rattle
out another. She'll go to England and
marry q duke as sure as fits, don't
you know. / wonder II Cambel will
hitch onto the other sister. Looks like
IL, his coming here after the Duvernay
beast turned up his toes. never
could stand Duvernay. Not varsity
man, don't you know, and hadn't been
anywhere to school. Simply a bit OF
money and thought he could swagger
on that. BY Jove! two bullets. That
makes me a full house, and I'll stand
on IT. Collar the box, Willie, dear boy
and beat nie IL you can"
mo-" said Willie, scooping the dice
into the leather box and thoughtly stir
ring them before he empted onto the
pewter counter. II don't think-ar-
Duvernay was anybody. didn't know
him here, but l--ar-dont recoileci
meeting him at the club or anywhere
before we came out-by ged! look
therel Fours, first shot! OF course
Kildarcs are all right as tar as family
goes. But they're poor as regards the
---ar-almigthy dollar. II 1t wasn't fol
that, by ged! wouldn't mind going IL
for the fair Elsie myself. Wobinson
old chappie, take the box and agltate
You won't beat my four ladies'"
Il WISH" said Kent Williams medi'
tatively, II knew what Cambel wa
going to do Mabel Duvenay'o 9
Charming woman, and she's got a.
least E500 a year. / don't want =
make a fool of myself IL Cambeps still
In the running. And, by Jovei know
she's as fond of him as ever. Tha
beast Duvernay used to twit her Will
II when he was In an extra vile tenn
per" N|-.a.
aGo slow" advised Robinson, "ant
1911 olr fcr~h hnfa Here II can't Inn
i prove on two pairs, so you and throw
again Here's the box. By the way
why not ask Cambel yourself? Yo'
knew him well enough at Cambridge
land you aren't shy"
"rm not shy, dear boy, and used t
know Patrick Cambel well before
came out. He's devilish genial fel
dow 80 long as you rub him the righ
way, but shouldn't like to cross ques
tion him TOO much about Mrs. Duver
may You see. don't you know, he wa
most internally struck on the lady be
fore she was married. and he's one Q
those Fellows with a long memory VIII
don't forget. Now, I, dear boy, hav
been In love with heaps OF women In m
time, and they with me, but when the
gave me the chuck, or got tired @
them I didn't break my blessed hear
,or play the goat. or do anything OF tn
Mind. I simply went on to the mex
caravan, which is a devilish comfort
able amusement. But old Pat ism
built that way. He's one OF those fool
who would get gone on a woman an
keep her In mind for years and year
afterward. Mighty dreary sort of
game to my way OF thinking-by Jove
-FOUR kings! II you beat those, des
boy, may live on sweet potatoes an
muilet all the rest of my life."
"Oh Lord!" said Robinson, "s 500
year-$2, ,500--one could pig along wit
that very comfortably in lots Of place
What unluclky brutes some of us are
Oh, curse II! Just my form, two pail
again. We won't prolong the agon
MY shout. what'il you fellows have
Tney crank their cocktails and wei
into the vast bare dining hall where
shining negro waiter supplied eaC
with q tumbler of iced tea and tN
dozen oval dishes OF comestibles
"Cambel seems thick enough wit
1.-THE Kildare GIRL" Kent Williams ol
lserved. But OF course he knew n
when she was kid and they'd ha'