Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-08-12

promised to be his if he could restore
4 her son to her. That she loved him
he knew, but the great bar between
them had been her wealth and rank
i Now, owing to what had happened,
there was just one chance that his
life's hope might be realized. There
was just one chance, and he felt as
he had sometimes felt before the pis-
4 toll fire of some International race
keen, confident, and determined. He
4 analysed his own sensations in this
1 way: Yes" he said to himself, II
4 feel just as / did before / had broken
\ the worlds record for the mile and
/ licked the American i somehow
knew was going to win-knew it in
stinctiyely. / feel it now, but it will
i require every single power have of
brain, body, cunning, and endurance"
i He looked over at Basil, whose eyes
We're closed, and who seemed to be
sleeping.
Now, what good chap that isl"
Grant thought to himself. How keen,
and what thorough sportsman!
4 Surely Fate means to be propitious
l WljGA IL Ids LulONu SUCH q HGlDGF Ill
my way, at the very beginning of the
! whole affair? One could not possibly
/ have keener, cleyerer chap to help
one. How sharp it was of him to. try
j me with the Morse code just now.
That is the best of sailors they are SO
4 thoroughly alert and accomplished
They live constantly on the lookout
for the unexpected, and are always
ready to meet it, while from all hear,
too, this Captain Marriott is one of
the most distinguished young officers
| in the Navy. He has already got
big command. In short, could not
possibly have anyone better with me !!
He is a gentleman. and a good fellow
in every way" YES
4 Then the great athletes brain be-
gan to scheme and make plans for the
Immediate future. He found it ex-
/ tremely difficult, because he did not
in the least know yet what was going
1 to happen 1t was almost impossible
1 to lay down any detailed method of
procedure; time and opportunity must
4 decide what was to be done, and both
i must be taken by the forelock at the
1 right moment
Very swell," he said to himself II
am not going to tire my brain BY max.
ing plans before we get3to the front,
as it, were. / shall want all my powers
then
4 He had always had a. distinct power
of mental detachment. The brain
(which had gained a Double First at
Oxford, and controlled body which
Was,,f perhaps as perfect a physical
machine as lived and walked in Eu..
rope at that moment, was able to reg
ulate it's thoughts and to exercise a
rigid control over them.
He looked Sat his watch. They
i would reach the Dover Pier in half an
hour. Il will have a nap for just that
time" he said to himself, and in three
minutes was breathing quietly in
slumber.s
Basil, on his part, had dismissed all
troublesome Considerations from his
mind, save only that he retained a
sense of pleasant excitement, as Of
# some approac hing sporting event. II
am not going to worry he thought,
q till the time comes Meanwhile. /
4 wonder what my girl is doing? What
a little dear she isl" f
j He thought of her as he had seen
Il her first OF all in Grants chambers, in
her perfectly-ftting, coat and skirt,
Il with her grave and agitated manner.
q He thought of her again in the quaint,
fragrant old drawing-room of the
4 country rectory, with the sun shining
in through the French windows upon
4 her OF her look of welcome and glad
& ness as she saw him. And then, once
4 more, he remembered her as the sun
Twas setting at the end Of the avenue,
4 over the quiet cornfields. He thought
Il Of her standing beneath the painted
sky, which giowed like the very pave
4 ments of Heaven itself, and. he re-
4 membered how the love-light had
4 leapt into her eyes. and how he had
Il caught her to him. M s5
AS there ever a swifter, more sud
den wQoing? He doubted IT, These
d things were sometimes heard of, but
q he had never, really believed in any
Il thing Of the sort We'll" he said to
4. himself, III I am an exception, and If
Il shegis an exception, what does it mat
tier? Some people might say that the
Il whole thing was SO quick that we
! could not possibly know our own
minds On the contrary, should say
Il that y was a very good prpof that
4 our minds were perfectly made up
4 on the subject, otherwise we should
q have hesitated! And, after ali, what
II II IS convention 1t is q thing made
u for man, and useful sometimes, but
q man was not made for 1t. and Daisy
land are exceptions That is all
But what luck! What huge luck! TO
j think of the Duchess coming out on
this extraord binary adventure and TAX
4 Ing Daisy with her! Everything Is
4 just about as jolly as it could be. and
II old Grant there and myself don't
lind the little I1uk i3erEyer. he NAV