Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-07

never happened 10 meet any OF them.
We arc TN TN. west SIDE get, you know.
while they move I'm the east side set.
and New York is so large that n al
O never meets anyone outside ones
own set" This smooth snobbishness.
said in The affected society" tone. WAS
as out Of place il her as rouge
hair dye in Il wholesome. honest old
grandmother.
l began to pace the floor. can IT be-
| frcttcd aloud. 'that Jne's racing round
took for an E~piscoptlian preacher.
when there was a Methodist at hand"
I'm sure he wouldn't bring anything
but a Church of England priest Mrs.
Fall assured me loftily. Why. Miss
it~llcrsiI wouldn't think she was mar
ricd. if she hadn't Il priest of her OWN
church,"
My temper got the bit In Its teeth. I
stopped before her. and fixed her with
an eye that must have had some fire
In 1t. I'm not marrying a fool, Mrs.
Ball" said l. 'Yol mustn't judge her
by her bringing up-by her family.
Children have a way of bringing them
SEXES up. III spite of damn fool par
cnts."
she weakened so promptly that I was
ashamed OF myself. MY only apology
for getting out of patience with her is
that | had seen her seldom in the last
few wears. had forgotten how matter
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We're. and how little they interfered
with her being 4 good mother and n
good wife. up to the limits of her brain
capacity.
I'm sure, MI. Biacklock." she said
plaintively. Il only wished to say what
was pleasant and mic. about your fan
Gee. I know she's a lovely girl. I've
often admired her ut the opera. She
goes a great deal I'm Mrs. Langdon's
box. and Mrs. Langdon and l are to
gether ON the board of managers OF the
Magdalcne home. and also ON the board
of the Hospital for Unfortunate Cen
tiefolk." And So m. and on.
l walked up and down among those
wrapped-up. ghostly chairs and tables
and cabinets and statues many times
before Joe arrived with the minister
and he was a Methodist. McCab by
name. You should nav seen Mrs.
Balls look S he advanced his portly
form and round face with its shaven
upper lip into the drawing room. She
tried to he cordial. but she couldn't
her mind was on Anita, and the horror
that would fill her when she discovered
that she WAS to be married by n
preacher OF Il sect unknown to fash
ionable circles.
AN ask of YOU said 7 to him. as
that YOU cut ii as short as possible.
Miss Ellcrsly ia tired and nervous"
This while We We're shaking hands af-
tef joe = l.ltrouuctlOH.
You can count on me, sir" said Nc
Cabe. giving NY hand an extra shake
before dropping it. I've no doubt.
from what my young %neighbor here
tells me. that your marriage IS already
made in your hearts and with all sol
emnity. The form Is AN incident-im-
rortant, but only an incident
liked that. and liked his unaffected
way OF saying it. His voice had more
80 Tho i,np,aty 1,ntnn1iEn YtIvol tNN1yp
in it than had heard In New York
in many a day. mentally dou-
bled the fee had intended TO
give him. And now Alva and she
were coming down the stairway.
l was amazed at sight OF her. Her even
street suit with Il short skirt-white show
ing at her wrists. at her neck and through
slashings in the coat over her bosom; and
on her head was a hat to match. 1 looked
at her feet-the slippers had been replaced
by boots. "And they're just right for
her" said AlVa. who was following my
glance. though I'm not so tall as She"
But what amazed me most. and do
lighted me. was that she seemed to be al
most in good spirits. 1t was evident she
had formed with Joe's daughter one of
those sudden friendships SO great and so
vivid that they rarely lived long after tho
passing of the heat OF the emergency that
bred them. Mrs. Ball saw 1t, also, and
was straightway giddied into a sort of
ecstasy. You can imagine the visions it
conjured. I've no doubt she talked house
on the east side of the park to Joe that
very night. before she let him sleep. How
ever. Anita's face was serious enough
when We took our places before the min
lister. with his little. BACKGROUND book
open. And as he read IN n voice that was
genuinely impressive those words that no
voice could make unlmprcssive. 1 saw her
paleness blanch into pallor, saw the dusk
creep round her eyes unit. they were like
stars waning somberiy before the gray
face of dawn. When they closed and her
head began to sway. 1 steadied her with
my arm. And so we stood, I with my arm
round her. she leaning lightly against my
shoulder. Her answers were mere move.
ments OF the lips.
At the end, when / kissed her check, she
aid 'Is 1t over?"
Yes" McCabe answered-she was look
Ing Mt him. "And I wish you all happf-
ness. Mrs. Blackjack"
At that NAME, her new name, she stared
at him with great wondering eyes; then
her form relaxed. 1 carried her to a chair.
Joe came with a glass OF champagne: she
drank some of IT, and 1t brought life back
to her face, and some color. with a nat
uralnes that deceived aver me for the
moment. she smiled up at Joe as she
handed him the glass. us It bad luck"
she asked. FOR me to be the first to drink
my own health?' And she stood. locking
TRANQUILITY at ev-eryone-except me.
1 took McCabe into the hall and paid him
Off.
When we came back. I said: Now We
must be going"
"Oh. but surely you'll stay for superb
cried Joe's wife.
NO." replied ], in a tone that made It
impossible to insist. appreciate your
kindness. but we've imposed on 1t
enough" And I shook hands with her and
with Allie and the minister. and. linking
Joe's arm in mine, mad for the door.
gave the necessary directions to my