The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25

y AsKazsss
saw taa, h.s erusive lla
oauarasea Togr Lansdon's fe@r tas.
Rad ESCAPED from his orathers ta=
Ee STARED s~gilenly At tae carpcS ua
be caught me looking NJ hiu Wtl
eUfnk1kng eyes. He made = v9liaat st
Sort To return my smile and succeeds,
in twisting his face INTO a ka9t taa
sse1fe9 TO hurt him as DauJA IS i
amused me.
Wei. goodby. Tom. said / ely,
say regards 10 your brother when II,
Iaads. and tell him his going away
was al mistake. y man can't afford L
trust his important business 10 under
~~srappers.@ This with a face free IRON
Sny suggestion OF intending q shot al
him Then to Sam. See YOU
tonight. old man." and l Went
away. leaving Lewis looking from one
20 the other as If he felt that there
was dynamite about but couldn' locate
It L stopped with Melville to talk Coal
Gor & few minutes-at my ease, ana the
asst man on earth to be suspected OF
6ar7sing by the crook of one finger
from the edge of the precipice-
rang the Ellersiy's bell at half past
mine that evening. The cutler faced me
with eyes not down, as they should
have been, but on mine, and full OF the
Wervfle fnsolence to which he had been
prompted by what he had overheard in
She family.
Not at home, SIR" he said. though
q had not spoken.
/ was preoccupied and not expecting
CHS statement; neither had l skill nor
desire to acquire skill. in reading family
Saronoeters in the faces of
So, L was for brushing past him and
entering where I felt had as much
right as in my own places. He barred
che way.
Deg pardon. sid. Mrs. Ellersly In
@tructed me to say no one was at
home"
1 hated, but only k an oncom-
9ng bear at the prick of an arrow.
What the hell does this hear? 1
exclaimed, waving him aside. AT that
instant Anita appeared from the little
reception room a few feet away.
"oh-ccme in" she said cordially. Il
was expecting you. Burroughs. please
take Mr.. Blacklock's hat"
I followed her into the reception
room. thinking the butler had made
some sort of mistake.
How did you come out? she asked
eagerly, facing me. You look your
natural elmo tired or worried-so it
feared"
"If our friend Langdon hadn't slipped
0wav I might not look and feel so
comfortable" said L. His brother
o~lundered. and there was no n to
checkrnate my moves" She seemed
nearer to me, more in sympathy with
me than ever before.
"I can tell you how glad / amt
Her eyes were wide and bright, as
from some great excitement, and her
ooior was high. Once my attention was
on 1t, I knew instantly that only some
hold could Lave produced h fever that
was blazing in her. Never had I seen
her in any such mood as this.
VIVA is it'll asked. What has
Mappened?"
1If anything disagreeable should be
aid or done this evening here" she
oald. II want you to promise me that
you'll restrain yourself, and not say or
DO any of those things that make me
jar on me. You understand?"
II am always myself" replied I. II
be anybody else"
But you are-several different kinds
Of self" h insisted. "And please
ehts evening don't be that kind. It's
coming into your eyes and chin now.
I had lifted my head and looked
q hornet herd at scent of danger.
lis this better?" sal l., TRYING to
the thoughts I had no difficulty In
.1etting to the fore whenever my eyes
were on her. :.
GIer smile rewarded me. But It dis
.bk1oASoD saws AdAS " d lOOh OIL her
alarm, of terror even, at the rust
fling, or. rather. busting OF skirts in
the hall-there vas war in the very
1oun+ and I felt it. Mrs. Eilersly ap-
peared, bearing her husband as a de-
tected trailer invisibly but firmly COUP
ISL She acknowledged my salutation
with a stiff necked nod, ignored my ex-
tended hand. I saw that she wished to
unon me that she was a very
grand lady indeed: but, whi'c my ideas
~ what constitutes a lady were at that
-cfne somewhat befogged by my snob-
Dizziness, she failed dismally. She
E@ked just what she was-a mean, bad
tempered woman in a towering rage.
"Yau have forced me. Mr.. Blackjack"
said she, and then I knew for just what
a~dapted-''to say to you what L should
have preferred to write. Mr.. Ellersly
has had brought to his ears matters
in connection with your private life
chat make it imperative that you dis
continue our calls here"
~My private life, ma'am?"I repeated.
II was not aware that i had a private
TIE"
"Aaita, leave us alone with Mr..
Blackjack commanded her mother.
The girl hesitated. bent her head. and
with a cowed look went slowly toward
what seemed a greater effort. lifted her
head and gazed at me. How I ever
care rightly to interpret her look 1
don't know, but I said: Miss Ellersly,
Eve the right to insist that you stay"
K saw she vas going to obey me.
and before Mrs. Ellersly, could re-
peat her order I said: "Now.
madam, If any one accuses
ue of having done anything that would
cnmse you to exclude a man from your
house. I am ready for the liar and his he"
AS spoke 1 was searching the weak.
Dad old face of her husband for an ex-
PLANTATION. Their pretense of outraged
morality / rejected at once-it was absurd.
Neither up town nor down. nor anywhere
else. had done anything that any one
could regard as a breach of the code Of a
man of the world. Then, reasoned 1. they
must have found some one else to help
Sheru cut of their financial troublesome
one who, perhaps, has made this insult to
'me the price, or part of the price. OF his
generosity. Who? Who hates me? In
snsta mt answer up before my mind flashed
q picture of Tom Langdon and Sam Ellers-
sy arm in arm entering Lewis office. Tom
wishes to marry her: and her