Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-09-18

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nouncement of Quarters engagemcn:
| to Agatha Caithness stupefied the
| elect, rendering in one narrowing In
slant null and void the thousand petty
| plans and plots, intrigues 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 his own
fault In Plank's consolidation Of Anal,
gamated with Jntercounty, was pitla
BILE to the verge Of the unpleasant.
Like panic stricken rabbits, his
thoughts ran in circles, and he skipped
In their wake, scurrylng from Quarter
to Harrington, from Harrington to
Plank, from Plank to Siward. In dis
tracted 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 Calthness, who sud
denly assumed monumental proportions
among those who had so long tolerat.
ed 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
to 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.
"But you are all surface! There's moth
ing to you but soft beard and manicur-
ing and the reticence Of stupidity! The
one girl for you-and you couldn't hold
I on to her! The one chance of your
| life-and it's escaped you, leaving a
| tuft Of pompadour shalr and a 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
| to breathe through your nose. Agatha
| Is looking for a 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, assure you. But, oh,
the chance you've lost, for lack of a
drop Of red blood and barber to- give
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 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 a busy and progressive
young man, began to consider how he
might ultimately extract little profit
from the expensive tenant Of the in
closure.
Grace made the journey to town to
express herself freely for Sylvia's ben
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 jllt! You mink of baggage! l
knew you'd behave like all women of
your racer
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 Marion 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 dn.
ties as second vice president of Inter
county had given him scant leisure fol
open afr convalescence He was busy
with Plank. He was also busy with
the private investigation stirred up at
the PATRONS club and the Lenox aud
which was slowly but Inevitably re-.
sulting in clearing him, SO that his
restoration to good standing and full
membership remained now only a mat.
ter Of formal procedure.
So Siward was becoming very
busy man among men, and Plank, still
carrying on his broad shoulders bur
dens unbearable by any man save such
q man as he, shook his heavy head and
ordered Siward into the open. And
siward, who had learned to obey,
obeyed, $ss
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 Il sur
prise to Leila, and the day after her
arrival at the FelIs she dismissed
them, got out sof bed and dressed and
came downstairs all alone on b pair Of
sound though altering legs.
Sylvia and Siward were In the music
room. very busily figuring ont the
4 proba BILE cDsto a house ID that section
sof the city east OF Park avenue, where
the newly married imprudent are form.