Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-25

MIN, menacing MIN Win Ine armed
point of the same shield behind which
he himself had SO long found shelter
the lawI
The closing of the courts enforced
armed truces along certain lines Of
Plank's battle front, the adjournment
of the legislature. emptied Albany.
Once it was rumored that Plank had
passed an entire morning with the
governor of the greatest state in the
Union and that the conference was to
be repeated. A swarm of newspaper
men settled about the governors sum.
mer cottage at Saratoga. but they
learned nothing, nor could they find
trace of Plank'S tracks in the trod-
den trails Of the great spa.
Besides, the racing had begun. Des-
mond, Burbank, Sneed and others of
the gilded guild had opened new club
houses. There was plenty of copy for
newspaper men without the daily spec
ulative paragraph devoted to the do
ings of Beverly Plank. Some scandal,
too-but newspapers never touch that.
And after all it was nObody's affair
that Leroy Mortimer drove large
yellow and black touring car, new
model, all over Saratoga county. Per
haps the similarity Of machines gave
rise to the rumor of Plank presence;
perhaps not, because the car was often
driven by a tall, slender girl with dark
eyes and hair, and nobody ever saw
that sort of pretty woman in Plank's
car or saw Leroy Mortimer for many
days without a companion of that spe-
cieS.
Mortimer's health was excellent.
The races had not proved remunera-
tive, however, and his new motor car
was horribly expensive. So was Ly-
dia. And he began to be seriously
afraid that by the end of August he
would be obliged to apply to Quarter
once more for some slight temporary
token of that gentleman's good will.
He told Lydia this, and she seemed to
agree with him. This pleased him.
She had not pleased him very much
recently. For one thing she was be-
coming too friendly with some of his
friends, Desmond in particular.
Plank, it was known, had opened his
great house at Black Fells. His serv-
ants, gamekeepers, were there, his
stables, kennels, greenhouses, model
stock farm-all had been put in i'm
maculate condition pending the advent
of the master. But Plank had not
appeared His new seagoing steam
yacht Siwanoa still lay in the East riv-
er, and at rare intervals a significant
glimmer Of bunting disclosed the own
ers presence aboard for an hour or
two
The Ferralls were at ShOtOver with
their first installment Of guests. Syl-
via was there, Quarter expected, be-
cause Kemp Ferrall's break with him
was not social one, and Grace's real
affection for Sylvia blinded neither
her nor her husband to the material
and social Importance Of the intimacy
SiVard was not invited. Neither bad
an invitation to him been even dis
cusSed in view of what Grace was
aware of and what everybody knew
concerning the implacable relations ex'
listing between him personally and
Howard Quarter.
Bridge, yachting and motoring were
the August sports. The shooting set
had not yet arrived, of course-in fact.
there was still another relay expected
before the season opened and brought
the shooting coterie for the first two
weeks. But Sylvia was expected to
last through and hold over with brief
interlude for a weeks end at Lenox.
So was Quarter. and Grace. always
animated by lively but harmless
malice, hoped to heaven that Plank
might arrive before Quarter left.
"Oh, to see them together in a small
room," she sighed ecstatically in Syl-
Was ear. I'D certainly poke them up
if they only turned around sulkily in
the corners of the cage and evinced
desire to lie down"
LTo BE CoNTINUED.l
Clothing made of paper is not so very
new after all, for Pompeiian eXcava-
tons have revealed shoes made Of
paper.