Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-11
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gBut you are all surface. Thefe's nouns
ing to you but soft beard and mahlcur'
ing and the reticence Of stupidity! The
one girl for you-and you couldn't hoiu
on to her! The one chance OF your
life-and it's escaped you. leaving
tuft of pompadour hair and pair OF
woman's eyes protrudng from the
golden dust heap your father buried
you in. Now you'd better sit. there
and let it cover your mouth. and try
to breathe through your nose Agatha
is looking for new sensation. She's
tried everything. now she's going to
try you. That's all. She Will be an
invaluable leader, Howard. and we
shall not yawn. I assure you. But. oh,
the chance you've lost, for lack OF a
drop of red ..!,o,sSa aid barber to give
you the beard Of man.
Which merely deepened thu fear and
hatred which Quarter had entertained
for his pretty cousin from the depths
of his silk wadded cradle. AS for
Kemp Ferrall, now third vice presi-
dent of IntercOunty, he only laughed
with the tolerance of a man in safety,
and, looking at Quarter through the
pickets of the financial fence, not only
forgot how close his escape had been,
but, being busy and progressive
soung man, began to consider how be
might ultimately extract little pront
from the expensive tenant OF the in
closure.
Grace made the Journey to town to
express herself freely for Syl~ia's ben
eft. But when she saw Sylvia the
girls radiant beauty checked her, and
all she could say was: MY dear, my
dear, knew you would do it! | knew
you would fling him on his head! It's
In your blood, you little jade-you lit
tie tilt! You mink of a baggage! |
knew you'd behave like all women OF
your race"
Then she drove to the Santa Regina,
where Marion was to join her in her
return to Shotover. And she was al
ready trying to make up her disturbed
mind as to which might prove the
more suitable for Maxion-Captain
Voucher gloomily recovering from his
defeat by Quarter, or Billy Fleetwood,
who didn't want to marry anybody.
In the meanwhile. Siward's new du-
ties as second vice president Of Inter-
county had given him scant leisure for
| open air convalescence. He was busy
! with Plank. He was also busy with
the private investigation stirred up at
the PATRONS club and the Lenox and
which was slowly but inevitably re-
sulting In clearing him, so that his
restoration to good standing and full
membership remained now only mat
ter of formal procedure.
So Siward was becoming a very
busy man among men. and Plank, still
carrying on his broad shoulders bur-
dens unbearable by any man save such
a man as he. shook his heavy head and
ordered Siward into the open. And
Siward, who had learned to obey,
obeyed.
But September had nearly ended
when Leila, In Plank's private car, at
tended by Siward and Sylvia and two
trained nurses, arrived at the Fells.
The nurses-Plank's idea-were a sur
prise to Leila, and the day after her
arrival at the Fells she dismissed
them, got out of bed and dressed and
came downstairs all alone on a pair OF
sound though faltering legs.
Sylvia and Siward were In the music
room, very busily figuring out the
probable cost of house in that section
of the city east of Park avenue, where
the newly married imprudent are form
ing colonies-a just punishment for
those reckless brides who marry for
love and are oblig d to drive over two
car tracks to reach their wealthy
friends and relatives Of the golden
zone
"Wllat have you been playing?' ask
ed Leila. "What do you find to do