Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

IA rget with Raridan for the arrows which
the other bachelors fired at folly.
Wheaton after dinner went to his room
and made himself comfortable. He re-
read the Sunday papers through all their
supplements, dwelling again on the events
of the carnival. He had saved all the
other De pers that contained society news,
and now brought them out and cut from
them all references to himself. He re-
solved to open a kline of social scrap
book in which to preserve a record oil
his social doings. He remembered a com
plsint often hear I'd in GARRISON that there
were no eligible men there; he was not
sure just what constituted eligibility, but
as he reviewed the men that went about
he could not see that they possessed any
advantages over himself. 1t occurred to
him for the first time that he was the
only unmarried bank cashier in town :
and this in itself conferred a distinction.
He wa not so secure in his place as he
| should like to be if Thompson died there
would undoubtedly be a reorganization
| of the bank and the few shares that For
ter had sold to him would not hold the
cashiership for him. 1t might be that
porter's plan was to keep HIM in the
place until Grant grew up. Again, he
TpIlttIP gu tIe Ia "'' i"h
Porter would become an element to reck-
on with and vet il he were to be that
mani
He slept and dreamed that he was
king of a cream realm and that Evelyn
Porter reigncd with him as queen; then
he awokc with q start to find that it was
late. He sat up on the couch and gath
cred together the newspaper cuttings
which had fallen about him. He remem-
bercd the imperative mmo which had
been left for him during the morning; II
was already 6 o'clock. Before going oul
he changed his clothes to a rough busl-
ness suit and took a car that bore him
ra pidly through the business district ana
beyond, into the older part of GARRISON.
The locality was very shabby, and when
he left the car presently it was to con-
tinue his journey in an ill-lShted street
over board walks which yielded a pre-
carious footing. The Occidental Hotel
was in the old part of town, and had
long ago ceased to be what it had once
been, the first hostelry of Clarkson. Ii
had descended to the level of a cheap
boa riding house, little patronlZed except
by the rougher element of cattiemen ana
by railroad crews that found 1t convenl-
ent to the yards. Over the door a DIN
| light blinked and this, IT was uhoers'oou
in the neighborhood, meant not merely an
invita- ton TO bed and board, but also tc
the Occidental bar, which was accessible
at all hours Of the day and night, ana
was open through all the spasms OF VIZ
tue with which the city administrator
was seized from time to time. Ihe doof
stood open and Wheaton stepped up to
the countcr on which a boy sat playing
with a cat.
rs William Snyder stopping here: he
asked.
The boy looked up lazily from his play.
".Are you the gent he's expecting"
Every likely. Is he in?'
YES. he's number eighteen He drop
ped the cat and led Wheaton down a dark
hall which was stale with the odors OF
cooked vegetables. up a steep flight Oh
| stairs to a landing from which he point
ed to an oblong of light above a door.
There you are" said the boy. he
kicked the door and rctreated down the
stairs, leaving Wheaton to obey the sum-
mons to enter which vas bawled from
within. William Snyder unfolded his
long figure and rose to greet his visitor;
(To be continued.)