Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

with my resignation, and the WhOle az
fair is dead except that a detective Is
secretly chasing the swindler."
AS l was about TO ask a question Lord
Colewyn entered the dining room. and
at the sight of him 1 laughed. A mo-
ment later l began to be surprised that
he should have appealed to me In that
IL He was a big. blond Englishman,
naturally rather good looking-indeed.
he might be 7rrffed f,stsfdssfHe.-But-ha
was the absolute ideal of self compla-
cency In costume, carriage, express
sion. everything to the minutest detail.
he was entirely beyond criticism as the
representative of Il type OF
The picture of self satisfaction was so
perfect that it even transcribed nature.
and my laugh was a tribute such as l
might have given to u comedian who
had appeared upon the stage In u make
up that surpassed all possible anticipa-
ton.
The noble lord at breakfast was such
a study that I forgot the trifling matter
Of $4,000 which my friend had men,
toned and thought only of the re-
iinsment of manner which enabled
Cclewyn to preserve a languid indiffer-
rnce while slowing away u meal that
would have filled az alligator. His
valet ,ninistered ia ms warts with well
trained Difference and the walters with
amusement tinged with admiration of
ms NaSnlNCent appetite.
Tom and l spent the forenoon lazily,
ucched at his father's house and about
, O'Clock rode all across the city and a
little way beyond its verge to the Bran
o place. Description had not pre-
pared me for the beauty of this estate
nor for the remarkable effect of old
world eNclusiveness which it produced.
The great house upon the crest of the
vast green wave of lawn dominated the
scene. and the windows stared haughti-
ly at the public highway which pre-
sun,ed to pass within u thousand yards
of 1T. Gigantic Gins flung down broad
masses OF shadow upon the green, and
il is painful to speak OF the number
OF the vulgar who were enjoying these
day. The oommon people are always
most distressingly plebcan when ac-
co,nlanied by thei" children. and l
judged that these could not have left
n at home.
Upon Il erand at the rear of the
fouse we found Mrs. Brandon and her
daughter drinking tea with a select few
cullsd from Stanchiield's society. Mrs.
Brandon was one of those annoying
women who make up for a full face
view with no thought of any other.
From the front and at the proper dis
tance and in just the right light she
was a fair young creature of less thar
am < - AJ.til VI iii
was a mask. In figure she vas lean
and eager as a greyhound. and the
rlacidity of dcmeanor which she af-
fected was as easily detached from her
real nature by an observing eye as
was the film, of rouge from her face
Her daughter was an amazingly pref
ty girl. healthy and natural. but OBJ
viously too young for her years. A
glance at her convinced me that she
had not accepted Lord Colewyn at her
mothers behest or because of any
sinful craving for a title. but merely
because he had the rood fortune to
be idealiZed in her childish imagina-
ton. l would ave given $1,000. con-
siderirg 1t an excellent literary invest
ment, to buy an accurate knowledge OF
what Lord Colewyn seemed to be wher
viewed in the enchanted mists Of this
schoolgirls dreams. At 90 or a little la
ter she would be as sensible as mos
young women, and then she would see
him at the very best as a hollow anG
Connected donkey; at the worst. az 6
selfish and m%ercenary cad. The thought
made me look at Mrs. Brandon In
wrath. She happened to be standing
so that a strong light poured over hel
shoulder, and l saw the rouge upor
her cheek as IL 1t had been a grea'
smear Of blood.
AT his m the appearance O
Lord Colewyn's carriage reduced Ton
and myself to a state of invisibility
indeed, the miracle went SO far tina
our feet made no audible sound p
the floor of the veranda as we hur.
riedly left that place.
In a grove beyond the house we foun,
Mr.. Brandon. n picturesque figure, tall an,
active. He was clad in a rough gray suit
and an old straw hat was tilted back upoi
his head. revealing his wavy white hair
abundant as in youth. His face wa
smooth and ruddy. and the hand he CAV
me was steady and strong. He was clear
ly a cultivated man. and there was some
thing In his manner which suggested tn
splendid democracy of a coilege-as It use
: 20 be. before 1t was the fsshion to ride L