Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-09-11
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ed and paced the floor again.
"Shall I see you tomorrow he de-

II t'rf you wish, Captain Voucher came
down on the same train with~me. III
set him adrift II you like"
as he preparing for declaration?"
sneered Quarter.
II think so,' she said simply.
swell, If he comes tonight after I'm
gone, you wait final word from me.
Do you understands" he repeated, with
repressed violence,
''No, Howard. are you going to
propose to me tomorrow"
s. you'll know tomorrow" he retort-
ed ,angrlly. II tell you to wait. I've
right to that much consideration
anyway"
Every WELL Howard" she said, rec
ognizing in him the cowardice which
she had always suspected to be there
She babe him good night He touch
ed her hand, but made no offer to kiss
her. She laughed little to herself
watching him strlding toward the elc-
vator.
She turned leisurely, her slim hands
balanced lightly on her narrow hips,
and strolled into the second dressing
room, where Mrs. Vendenning sat sui
lenly indulging in that particular spe-
cies Of solitaire known as 1.-THE Idiots
Delight"
"Well?" inquired Mrs. Vendenning,
looking up at the tall, pale girl she
was chaperoning 30 carefully during
their sojourn in town. What did
Howard Ouarrier Want7"
HE knows. think. but he hasn't yet
Informed me-"
'I'll tell you one thing, Agatha"
said Mrs. Vendenning, gathering up
the packs for new shuttle, Grace
Ferrall doesn't fancy Towards atten-
ton to you, and she's beginning TO say
10. When you go back to Shotover
you'd better let him alone"
"I'm not going back to shotover,"
said Agatha.
| "What?"
mo, don't think so. However, III
| let you know tomorrow. 1t all depends
but l don't expect to-" She turned
as her maid tapped on the door, "Oh,
7 Captain Voucher. Are you at home to
the table among the scattered cards.
YES" said Mrs. Vendenning aggres
sively. unless you expect him to flop
down on his knees tonight. Do your"
| II don't-tonight. Perhaps tomor-
row. don't know. l can't tell yet. y
And to her maid she nodded that they
were at home to Captain Voucher.
| H,yo ,rJo hn hi tno J,,tt
| he was leaving the hotel lobby. They
exchanged the careful salutations Of
men who had no use for one another.
On the Englishman's clean cut face a
deeper hue settled as he passed; on
| Quarters not trace of emotion, but
/ when he entered his motor he sat bolt
4 upright, stiff backed and stiff necked,
his long gray gloved fingers moving
restlessly over his pointed beard.
The night was magnificent Myri.
ads Of summer stars spangled the
/ heavens. Plank, driving his big motor
I northward through the night, Leila
Mortimer beside him, twice mistook
the gliminer of a freely for the distant
lamp of a motor, whick amused Leila,
and her clear young laughter doated
| back to the ears of Sylvia and Siward,
/ curled up in their corners of the huge
] tonneau. But they were too Profound
| ly occupied with each other to heed
the sudden care free laughter of the
young matron, though In these days
her laughter was infrequent enough to
set the more nerciless tongues wag,
Bing when It did sound. 7
Plank had never seen ft to speak Ito
her of her husbands scarcely yelled
menace that day he had encountered
him In the rotunda Of the Algonquin
Trust company. His first thought was
to do soto talk 1t over with her, con
slider the threat and the possibility OF
i Its seriousness, and then come to some
logical and definite decision as to what
their future relations should be. Again
/ and again he had been son the point loi
doing this when alone with Leila -un
confo bic, even apprehensive, be.
cause Of their frank Intimacy. But nc
had never had the opportunity to do se
without deliberately dragging in the
subject by the ears In all Its ngliness
4 and implied reproach for her impru
dence and seeing that dreadful, va,
cant change In Leilass face which the
mere mention Of her husbands name
was sure TO bring turn into horror I'M
speakable 5sS
man not prone to fear his fellows
he now feared Mortimer, but that feal
struck him only through Leila or had
SO reached him until the days of his
closing struggle with Quarter. Tha1
threat OF Morti1ner,s to involve Plans
| with Leila In one common ruin, thai
boast sthat he was able to do SO could
mot be Ignored as q possible weapon i
Quarter should By any chance learn d
It.
IN all his life he had taken I,ails
Y fnto his arms but once. had kissed hel
but once But that once had beer
enough to arm Mortimer With danger
from head to foot Some prying sery.
ant had either listened or seen per