Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-22
The Plunderers
BY c.. !. cUTLlFFE HYNE.
sv c. J. cUTLiFFE HYNE.

MISS Kildare again watched the
bronze green humming bird. Julien
stay"
What! You're going to get mar
Why not. IL 1 have an invitation?
Twenty-two's getting on
"Ah." said Cambel and set to rock
Ing sY his chair.
Il didn't say anything"
You said Ah.' Patrick. and that
Quite right. l did. It had never
quite struck me till then hat you were
a completely grownup young woman
now and might any day see a man to
go into permanent partnership with.
It's a bit Of a jar-I. mean 1t comes
oddly to one at first to think Of you
as married. Elsie"
"shoo-ssn-Pat. get up and drive
that humming bird away. He won't go
for me. greedy little beast. and II he
stays any longer I know he'll overeat
himself. Well, you'd better brace your
self up for q blow, because married I
mean to be some day. Who knows but
what you'll beat me in the race?"
III"
why not? When Duvernay died,
Mabel became a widow"
That" said Cambel, "is the usual
sequence OF events"
You know he never wanted to
marry him."
$50 I vas led to understand some
i v years back. Yet marry him she
did nevertheless. and that after due
publication OF banns. l might remark,
Elsie. that that humming bird you We're
interested in Is still gorging himself
out of those red flowers just on the
other side OF YOU"
Some creatures never know when to
stop. Now. l do" said Miss Kildare.
That's the bell for dinner. l must go
and tidy myself"
Meanwhile a certain Mr.. Kent-Wil-
lianls, a young gentleman OF Eng
land who was throwing poker dice at
the bar with two friends for
the subject from q different coign of
view. He was a young gentle
man who had not made conspicuous
success of himself In England n had
been deported to Florida with a view
to extracting a fortune from orange
found this was difficult of achieve
ment. he wisely did not worry his
brain with any vain attempts, but wal
content with living in Inexpensive re-
tirement for nineteen-twentieths of
of each quarter and poisoning 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 civilization.
Il tell you," said Kent Williams,
"she's a clinking fine specimen. that
Kildare girl. and. by Jove! I ought to
Look-three sevens. first shot! Good!
I'll keep these and see IL 1 can't rattle
out another. She'll go to England and
marry q duke as sure as fits. don't
you know. I wonder II Cambel will
hitch onto the other sister. Looks like
It, his coming here after the Duvernay
beast turned up his toes I never
could stand Duvernay. Not a varsity
man. don't you know. and hadn't been
to school. Simply a bit Of
money and thought he could
on that. BY Jove! two bullets. That
makes me a full house, and I'll stand
on it. Collar the box. Willie. LEAF boy
and beat me II you cam"
NO" said Willie. scooping the dice
into the leather box n thoughtly stir
ring them before he empted onto the
pewter ounter u don't think-ar-|
Duvernay was anybody. I didn't know
him here. but !-ar|don't recollect
before we came out-by ged! look
there! Fours. first shot! Of course
Kildares are all right as tar as family
goes. But they're poor as regards the
--ar-almigthy dollar. II 1t wasn't for
that, by ged! I wouldn't mind going in
old chappie. take the o and agitate.
You won't beat my four ladies'"
Il wish" said Kent Williams medi-
tatively. II knew what Cambel was
going to do. Mabel Duvenay's a
charming woman. and she's got at
least 800 a year. / don't want to
make a fool OF myself II Cambel's still
in the running. And. by Jove! I know
she's as fond of him as ever. That
beast Duvernay used to twit her with |
1t when he was in an extra vile tenn
per"
Go slow" advised Robinson, and
hang back for bets. Here. I can't Inn
prove ON two pairs. SO you and l throw
again. Here's the box. BY the way.
why not ask Cambel yourself? You
knew him we'll enough at Cambridge. |
and you aren't shy"
I'm not shy. ear boy. and I used to
know Patrick Cambel well before I
came out. He's a devilish genial fell
low 80 long az you u him the right
way. but I shouldn't like to cross cues.
Ion him 100 much about Mrs. Duver-
nay. You see. dom o know. he was
most Internally struck on the lady be-
fore she was married, and he's. one Of
those fellows with a long memory who
don't forget. Now, /. dear boy, have
been in love with heapso OF women In my
time. and they with me, but when they
gave me the chuck. or I got tired Of
them I didn't break my blessed heart
or play the goat. or do anything Of the
kind. ! simply went on to the next
caravan. which IL q devilish COMFORT
able amusement. But old Pat isn't
built that way. He's one OF those fools
who would get zone ON q woman and
keep her In mind for years and years
afterward. Mighty dreary sort OF :
game TO my way Of thinking-by Jove!
four klngsl Il you beat those, lear
boy. may ! live on weet potatoes and
mullet all the rest Of my life"
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