Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-08-07
The Hglltlin| Chance


The ightii Chance
! he man he was af raid VI had gone
1 directly to Quarters efflce, missing
the gentleman he was seeking by such
la small fraction OF a minute that hi
reaiized they must have passed each
other In the elevat tors lie ASCENDING
while Quarter was descending.
Furious to think Of the time he had
wasted with flank he era led intoga
I hanson and babe the driver take him
- a number be gave, Designating one
assof the new limestone basement houses
onSthe upper west side. ssisssss:
l5 II the way up town as he Jolted
about Id his seat he ngrlIy regretted
the meeting with Plank even III snffe
or the check. What demon had Dos.
sessed him to- boast to display his
hand when there had been no neces.
sity? Plank was still ready to give
him aid atsa crisis. had always been
ready Time enough when Plank turn,
ed stingy to use persuasion.
s. He lay back, rolling about In the
jounctng cab, scowling at space.
II shake down Quarrier,' !, he said
to himself. 'sI'll make him pay for his
treachery soaring me out Of Amalga-
mated! That viii be restit ton, not
extortion! T. l;sf
He was angry because he had been
for days screwing up his courage to
the point of seeking Quarter face to
face. He had not wished to do Ii The
scene and his own attitude In 1T could
only be repugnant to him, although he
continually explained to himself that
It was restitution. not extortion.
aOh," he groaned G. q, y what an ass l
amp And he got out Of Ills cab In
front Of a very new limestone base
ment house with red geraniulns bloom
ing on the window sills and let him
self In with latchkey.
The interior Of the house was attrac.
tive in rather bright, new, clean
fashion. The maid, too. who appeared
at the sound Of the closing door and
took his hat and gloves was as newly
groomed as the floors and woodwork
and 30 noiseless as to be conspicuous
in her swift, silent movements.
Anybody here 2" he growled, leer-
ing into the drawing room at a tiny
grand plano cased In unvarnished Cir
cassian walnut.
There is nobody at home. sir," said
! the maid 5gi3
He began to ascend the stairway,
I breathing heavily, thud, thud over the
/ deep velvet strip, his fat hand grasp
Ing the banister rail.
Somewhere on the second floor a
small dog barked, and Mortimer ira
versed the hall and opened the door.
into a room hung with gold Spanish
leather and pale green curtains.
Hello Tintop' he said affably as a
tiny Japanese spaniel hurled herself at
him, barking furiously, then began
writing and weaving herself about
him, gurgling recognition and vel.
come. 4as NJ Isl
Presently another maid entered, With
an apple cut into thin wnfers and a
decanter Sof port, and Mortimer lay
back in his chair, sopping his apple in
the thick, crimson wine and feeding
morsels Of the com inatic to himself
{ and to Tinto' at intervals until the APP
PIE was all gone and the decanter
{ three-fourths empty 58S
II was very still In the room SO still
that Mortimer, opening his eyes at
longer and longer intery ais to peer at
/ the door, finally opened them no more.
q 5ll8
81 1t was still daylight when Mortimer
aWoke, conscious Of people about him.
AS he opened his eyes a man laughed
{ Several people seated by the windows
Joined in He yawned, laughed, turn
ing his heavy eyes from one to- an
other, reeogn izing q couple Of young
girls at the window. He didn't want
to get up, but there is in the society be
now adorned a stringency of etiquette
f known as re-f1nement t. and which to
ignore is to become unpopular
So he got on to his massive legs and
I went over to shake hands with gray.
I ity becoming the ceremony. 5s5
How d. We do, Miss Hutchinson?
E ,InoughcS You were at AsDurys Park.
I How de do, Miss Del Garcia Have
you been out In Millbank's motor yet?s
I'VE broke down Y at MeGowan's
pass" said Miss Del Garcia, laughing
the laugh that had made her SO at
tractiye In "a Word to the Wise. 4,
Muddy gasoline, nodded MiIIbank
tersely, an iron jawed, overgroomed
/ man Of forty with q forid face shaved
r blue.
We passed Mr., Plank's big touring
car Is observed Lydia WISE, shifting
Tinto to the couch and brushing the
y black and Whita haira from. her. saaltf,.