Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-17

for him. Ysu may Imagine how nkely
I'd / t. take any liberty with man
who already dislikes me-"
But it resembles him in q very
dreadful way"
81 know it. You must take my
word for what have told you"
She looked up at him. II do" Then
Its pity. Mr.. Quarter does not
consider such things humorous. He
he is very sensitive. oh, wish that
fool Englishman had been in Bally'
hoo!'
But he didn't do It"
mo. but he put you up to It, or Grace
Ferrall did. l wish Grace would lei
Mr.. Quarter alone. She has always
been perfectly possessed to plague him
She seems unable to take him serious
ly, and he simply hates 1t. don't
think he'd tolerate her II she were not
his cousin"
I'm awfully sorry" was al siward
said, and for awhile he gloomily busted
himself with whatever was brought te
him.
Don't look that way" came q low
voice beside him.
do l show everything ~ plainly %
thaty' he asked curtously.
IL seem to read you-souetimes."
"It's very nice Of you" he said.
"Nice7"
svr. 1on,, - 49, ~axv ouA <hanW
"Oh," she cried resentfully, don't b
grateful
"1-really am not, you know" he
said, laughing.
That" she rejoined slowly. ~ The
truth You say conventional things IN
manner-in an agreeably personal
manner-that interests women. Bat
you are not grateful to anybody for
anything. You are Indifferent, and
you can't help being nice to people, 20
some day some girl viii think you are
grateful and will have Q miserable
time Of IT.
"Mkssable tine"
waiting for you to say what nsver
will enter your head to say"
"You mean I-T-
"FMrt? No. I mean that ysu don't
firt; that you are always dreamily
occupied with your own affairs, from
which listlessly coAsenial occupation,
when drawn, you are so unexpectedly
nice that girl Immediately desires to
see how nice you can be-"
41>n ,{v fvNdN 0$T
draw" he said. amused.
''It's grave one, assure you. I've
been talking about you to Grace Fer
rail-. l asked to be placed beside you
at dinner. l told her hadn't had half
enough Of you on the cliff. Now, what
do you think of yourself for being too
nice to susceptible girl? think it's
immoral"
They both were laughing now. Sew
eral people glanced at them, smiling in
sympathy. Alderdene took that oppor-
tunity to revert to the sketch. furnish
ing q specimen Of his own inimitable
laughter as a running accompaniment
to the story of Quarter and his dog
in North Carolina until he had every
body, as usual, laughing, not at the
story, but at him. all Of which demon
stration was bitterly offensive to Quar-
rier. He turned his eyes once on Miss
Lands and on Siward, then dropped
them.
The hostess arose. A rustic and
furry Of silk and lace and the scraping
Of chairs, lingering word or laugh,
and the color vanished from the room,
leaving circle of men in black stand
ing around the table.
Here and there a man, lighting q
cigarette, bolted his coffee and cognac
and strolled out to the gunroom. Fer
rail-, gesticulating vigorously, resumed
his preprandial dog story to Captain
Voucher. Belwether buttonholed Al
derdene and bored him with an in
terminably facetious tale until that
nobleman, threatened with maxillary
dislocation, fairly wrenched himself
loose and came over to Siward. squirt
ing furiously.
"Old ASST! he muttered. "His chop
whiskers look like the chops of q
Southdown ram, and he's got the wits
Of one. Look here, Stephen, I hear
you fell into no end Of scrape In
town.
"Tu quoque, Blinky7 oh. read the
newspapers and lot it 60 at that!'
"Just as you like, old chap!" ~
turned his lordship unabashed. "Al l
meant was-anything Voucher and !
can do-of course
"You're very good. I'm not dead,
you know"
".Not dead, you know" repeated
Major Belwether, coming up behind
them with his sprightly step. THAT
reminds me Of good one he sat
down and lighted a cigar; then, vainly
attempting to control his countenance
as though roguishly anticipating the
treat awaiting them, he began another
endless St.
mo po Continued