Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-09-04
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yF mans grief does not awaken his
dignity, then he has none. In that
event grief Is not even respecta-
= BILE. And SO 1t was with Leroy
Mortimer when Lydia at last turned
on him. II you caress an Angora too
long and too persistently 1t runs away.
And before It goes 1t scratches.
Lydia Vyse left Saratoga when the
financial stringency began to make It
unpleasant for her to remain. She
told Mortimer without the slightest.
conjunction that she was going.
He did not believe her, and he gave
her the new big yellow and black car.
She sold 1t the same day to book
maker, an old friend Of hers; with
drew several jewels from limbo gems
which Mortimer had given her-and
gathered together everything for which
If he turned ugly she might not be
criminally liable.
She had never liked him. She had
long disliked him. So she wrote note
to the governors Of the Patgoons club
saying that both Quarter and Morti-
mer were aware that the guilt Of her
escapa6e could not be attached to ST.,
ward; that she knew nothing Of ST.
ward, had accepted his wager without
meaning to attempt to win 1t, had new
or again seen him and had on the Inn
pulse of the moment made her entry
in the wake of several men. She add
ed that when Quarter, as governor,
had concurred in Siward's expulsion he
knew perfectly well that Siward was
not guilty, because she herself had so
informed Quarter. Since then she had
also told Mortimer, but he had taken
no steps to do justice to siward, al,
though he (Mortimer) was still a gov.
ernor of the PATRONS club.
This being about all ahe could think
of to make mischief for two men whose
recent conpanionship had nourished
and irritated her, she shipped her
trunks by express, packed her jewel
case and valise and met Desmond at
the station.
/ Desmond had business in Europe.
Lydia had as much business there as
anywhere, and, although she had been
faithless to Mortimer for a compare
lively short time, within that time
Desmond already had sworn at her
and struck her. So she was quite
ready to follow Desmond anywhere In
this world or the next. And that, too,
had not made her the more considerate
toward Mortimer.
When the latter returned from the
races to find her gone the last riddled
props to what passed for his man
hood gave way, and the rotten fabric
came crashing into the mud.
Creditors with sharp noses scented
the whirlwind afar of and hemmed
him in with unsettled accounts, mostly
hers. Somebody placed lien on his
horses, deputy sheriff began to fola
low him, about, all credit ceased as by
magic, and men crossed the street to
avoid meeting with an old companion
in direst need.
Still, alternately stupefied by his own
grief and maddened into the necessity
for action, he packed a suit case,
crawled out Of the rear door, toiled
across country and found farmer to
drive him twenty miles over sandy
road to local railroad crossing, where
he managed to board trair for Al
bany.
At Albany as he stood painting and
sweating on the long concrete platform
which paralleled track No. 1 he saw
private car, switched from Boston
and Albany train, shunted to the rear
Of the Merchants express.
The private car was lettered In gold
on the central panel, algonquin" He
boarded the Pullman coupled to ii for
ward, pushed through the yestibule,
showed aside the Japanese steward apd
darby cook, forcing his way straight
into the private car. Quarter, read
ing magazine, looked up in astonish-
ment. For a full moment neither
spoke. Then Mortimer dropped his
suit case, sat down In an armchair op-
posite Quarter and leisurely mopped
bis reeking face and neck
Scotch and lithiap' he said hoarse-
~. Inc Japanese steward looked at
Quarter, then, at that gentleman's al
most impercephble nod, went away to
execute the commission.
He executed a great many similar
commissions during the trip to New
York. When they arrived there at 5
O'clock Quarter offered Mortimer his
hand and held the trembling, puffy
fingers as he leaned closer, saying with
cold precision and emotionless empha-
sis something that appeared to require
the full concentration Of Mortimer's
half drugged faculties.
And when at length Mortimer drove
away in a hanson Quarters japanese
steward went with him perhaps to
carry his suit case--a courtesy that
did credit to Quarters innate thought
fulness and consideration for others.
He was very considerable. He even
called Agatha up on the telephone and
talked with her for ten minutes Then
he telephoned to Plank's Office, learned
that Harrington was already there,