The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-02

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ting back and following
mo, sor, / beg your pardon, sor; !
was kaping me eyes open and on him;
for hlmsllf was in the observation car
where you are Row sor until we
como In. and thin he walked back,
caroles like, TO his own car viii I
be afther following him9'
Eyes; don't lose him.
They did not lose him; they both
saw him enter the drawing.room and
almost Immediately come out and SIT
down IN oae of the open sections.
"sto II you can't fnd out from tho
conductor whore he Is going,' the col
onel proposed to Haley; and no
ffowned oycr his thoughts for a bad
quarter Of an hour at the window,
The p%recipitato OF all this mental fer
mont was a determination 70 stick
close to the boy, saying nothing, He
hoped that when they stopped over
night at Salt Lake City, according 70
Aunt Rohccca's plan. they might shake
an the "hrother's' company. The day
passed %uneyontfully lie played bridge
with Mrs. Mllliccnt and Miss Smith
and Archie, while Aunt Rebecca kept
up her French with one Of Bentzon'e
novels.
Afterward she said grimly TO him;
II think you must have been convert.
ed out In the Philippines; You never
so much as WINGED. that last hand;
no. you sat there smiling over your
ruin as sweetly as II you enjoyed H."
The colonel smiled again. "Ah, but,
you zee, | did enjoy It, didn't You no
tlce the hand2 No? Wen, Il was
worth watching. II was he rubber
game; they were "a and we were rs,
and we were on the seventh round
Miss Smith had made It hearts. She
sat on my left, dummy on my right
Mlilleent had the lead. She had four
little spades. a little club, the queen OF
hearts and a trey; dummy had tho
queen. the ten and the niae Of spades,
Il had the king Of hearts and three
clubs with the Jack Of the top, had
a lovely diamond suit which ! hadn't
had a chance to touch, top sequence,
ace, king, queen; | had the JACK OF
trumps and the Jack OF spades; and
me queen and a little club. hadn't
a lead, you understand Milllcent had
taken FIVE tricks and they had taken
one; they needed six to win the game
we needed two; see? Well, Millleent
hadn't any diamonds to lead me, and
%unhapplly she didn't think TO lead
trumps through dummy, which would
have made a world Of difference. She
led a club; dummy put on the jack
! knew Miss Smith had the ace and
n low heart no clubs. a lot of low
diamonds. and she might or might not
have a spade. ! figured that she had
the ace and a little one II she would
trump In with the little one, as ninety
nino out of a hundred women would
have done, her ace and her partner's
king would fall together, or. at worst,
he would have to trump her diamond
lead, after she had led out her kIns
OF spades, and lead spades, which |
could trump and bring in all my dla-
monds. DO you take in tho sltuation?"
You moan that Janet had the King
of spades alone, the ace aud the little
trump and four worthless diamonds?
7 sec. IL Ia a chance for the grand
coup | reckon she played IT,
she did, cried the colonel with
JUNCTION. "she slapped that ace on the
trick. she modesdy led her king Of
spades, gathered In my Jack. then she
stole my child away. my little Jack Of
truinps; II fell on dummy's king, and
dumrly led out his spades and ! had
10 sea that whole diamond suit slaugh
tered. They made thei' SIX tricks. ths.
game and the rubber; and ! wanted
10 clap my hands over the neatness of
it"
vShe Is a good player agreed Aunt
Rehecca, "and a very pleasant person.
You remember the epItaph, don't you.
BERTHE? 'sho was SO pleasant Yet
Janet has had a heap of trouble; but.
after all. happiness is not a condition
but a temperament; ] suppose Janet
has the temperament. She's a good
loser, Too; and she never takes advan.
tago OF the rules"
she certainly loves a straight
game" reflected the colonel II con
fesa | don't like the kind Of woman
that ia always grabbing : trick II some
one plays out OF the wrong hand"
lie said something Of the kind to
Mnlicent, obtaining but seant sympa.
thy In that quarter. shes deep.
BERTHE; ! told you that. was The only
reply. ebut I'm watching have res.
son for my feeling"
Maybe YOU have been mleinformed,"
venq Irnd Der brother y law With prom.
e ssisSIi III z,a,.s "A sharply
Z happen to know that she worked
against me with The Daughters"
Daughters" the colonel repeated,
namely. 0your d%anghters?"
"certainly mott The Daughters OF
the Revolution
Hts q mighty fine society. that; did
: lot during The Spanish war And
you are the state president. aren't
your
mo, Rupert" returned Mrs. Mel.