The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-12-03

elect In sackcloth as the future bride
Of business man had more than dis
concerted them. The amazing an
nouncement OF Quarters engagement
to Agatha Caithness stupehed the
elect rendering In one narrowing IN
slant null and void the Thousand petty
plans and plots. tntrigues and schemes
upon which future social constructions
on the social structure had been based.
The grief and amazement Of Major
Belwether, already distracted by his
nonparticipation through hts own
fault IN Plank's consolidation Of Anal
gamated with Intercounty, was pitia-
BIZ to the verge Of the unpleasant
Like panic stricken rabbits, his
thoughts ran In circles, and he skipped
In their wake, scurrying from Quarter
to Harrington, from Harrington to |
Plank, from Plank to Siward, in dis
uacted hope Of recovering his equilib-
rum and sQuatting safely somewhere |
in somebody's luxuriantly perpetual
cabbage patch. He even squeezed un- |
der the fence and hoped humbly
about old Peter Caithness, who sud
denly assumed monumental proportions
among those who had 50 long tolerat-
cd him.
But Quarter coldly drove him away,
and the increasing crowds, besieging
poor, bewildered old Peter Caithness.
trod upon the major, and there was
nothing for him to do but to scuttle
back to his own brush heap and hud-
die there. squeaking pitifully.
As for Grace Ferrall, she lost no
time In tears, but took Agatha publicly
10 her bosom, turned furiously on Quar-
rier in private and for the first time
In her life permitted herself the lux
ury Of telling him exactly what she
thought Of him.
"You had your chance" she said.
.'Bat you are all surface! There's moth
inx to you but soft beard and manicur-
ing and the reticence Of stupidity! The
one girl for you-and you couldn't hold
On to her! The one chance OF your
life and it's escaped you. leaving q
tuft Of pompadour hair and pair OF
woman's eyes protruding from the
golden dust heap your father buried
you in. Now you'd better sit there
and let 1t cover your mouth, and try
I to breathe through your nose. Agatha
10 looking for new sensation. She's
tried everything, now she's going tt
! try you. That's all She will be al
invaluable leader, Howard, and w
shah not yawn, assure you. But, oh
the chance you've lost for lack Of
, drop Of red blood and barber to CIV
you the beard Of man!'
Which merely deepened the fear and
hatred which Quarter had entertained
! for his pretty cousin from the depths
Of his silk wadded cradle. As TO
/ Kemp Ferrall, now third vice presi
, dent Of lntercounty, he only laughet
? with the tolerance Of man In safety
! and, looking at Quarter through tn
? pickets Of the financial fence not onl!
forgot how close his escape had been
but, being a busy and progressive
young man, began to consider how b
/ might ultimately extract little prot,
9 from the expensive tenant Of the In
. closure.
- Grace made the Journey to town t
4 express herself freely for Sylvia's ben
Ie eft. But when she saw Sylvia tn
girls radiant beauty checked her, an
le oil she could say was: my dear, m
st dear, 1 knew you would do 1t! kne,
a you would ding him on his head! Il
! in your blood. you little jade-you N
= tie tilt! You mink OF baggage!
\ knew you'd behave like all women