Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-12-23

m Il AlAd VIC AiiilACn w |ofl CT bAAI PSA
Of Hayre, not because ] had any bust
ness to do there, but because intelli-
gence had come TO me that Joan Fordi-
bras was spending some weeks at
Dieppe, and that / should find her at
tine Hotel de Palais. We made a good
passage down the North sea-, and Oh
the morning following our arrival l
TODD among q group OF lazy onlookers
who watches the bathers go down to the
sea at Dieppe and found their homely
entertainment therein. Joan Fordibras
was n Of the last to battle, but many
eyes followed her with interest, and /
perceived that she was an expert swim
mer possessed of a graceful figure and
OF a daring In the water which had
few tmitators among her sex. Greatly
admired and evidently very well
known, many flatterers surrounded her
when she had dressed; and 1 must have
passed her by at least a odzen times
before she suddenly recognized me and
came running up TO greet me.
Why, It's DIR. Fabos of London, isn't
IL, now?" she exclaimed. II thought I
could not be mistaken. Whoever would
have believed that SO grave a person
would spend his holiday in Dieppe."
Two days" said /, answering her
to h point; II am yachting around
the coast, and some good instinct COM
PEELED me to come here
MY, what a reason. Did you expect
to find my father here2"
Certainly not. He sailed in his yacht
from C%herbourg three days ago"
Then shall call you O. wizard.
Please tell me why you wanted to see
me-"
You interested me. Besides, did not
! say that / would come? Would you
have me ut Eastbourne or Cromer -
cooped up with women who talk In
stares and men whose ambitions rot in
bunkers? ! came TO see you. That is
g compliment. I wished TO say good
by TO you before you return to Am
erica
But we are not going to Amer-that
Is, or course, my home is there. Did
not father tell you THAR"
Possibly. / have q poor head for
places. There are SO many in Amer
lea
but / just love them" she said
quickly, And then, with mischief in
her eyes, she added: mo one minds
ether people trying to find out all about
them in America"
IL was q sly thrust and told me much.
This child did not carry a secret. I
said; she carried the fear that there
might be q secret; / had need of all
tact. How fate would laugh at me
80 "a ASf1 viii iiSI. biI IiidI
was a FOOLS surmise and not to be con
sidered.
Curiosity" 1 said, may have one
OF two purposes. II may desire to be-
friend or 70 injure. / ease consider
that, when you have the time to con-
slider anything. / ~nrceive that there
are at least a dozen young men wait
ing TO tell you that you are very beau
Do not let me forbid them. AS
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what, have you gone to the Palais? p
Is there any other house while you
In Deeper"
She flushed a little and turned away
her head. / saw that I had frightened
her; and, rejecting upon the many
mistakes that so-called tact may make
sometimes, / invented a poor excuse
and left her TO her friends.
Plainly. her eves had challenged me.
the man. ! said. must o hesitate
TO pick up the glove which my lady
OF 10 had thrown down SO bravely.
l thought that r knew no one In
nieppe; but / was wrong, as you shall
see, and | had scarcely set foot In the
when | ran against no other than
Timothy McShanus, the journalist of
Fleet street, and found myself in an
instant listening to his odd medley OF
fact and fancy. For the first time for
many years he was in no immediate
need of a little loan.
He ratified on and l did not inter-
rupt him. To be plain. I was glad of
his company. Had Ii appeared to Joan
F~ordibras that l was quite alone In
the hotel. that / knew OF no friends In
Dieppe, and had no possible object in
visiting the town but to renew ac-
uaaintance with her during her fathers
absGnce-had this been so, then the
difficulties OF "a intercourse were man
ifest. Now, however, / might shelter
my intentions behind this burly Irish
man, Indeed. I was delighted at the
encounter.
When dinner was done, we stroffed
out upon the yeranda. and found Miss
F~ordibras and her chaperone, Miss
lIttle tables IN the vestibule. They
made way for us at once. rs though
we had been expected. and | presented
McShanus 60 them immediately.
mir. Timothy McShanus. the author
of ireland and Her Kings He's de-
scended from the last OF them. / be-
lieve. lis 1t not so, McShanus !"
From all OF them. Or. Fabos. Me
father ruled Ireland in the past and
me sons will rule 1t In the future. La
dies. your q rvatIlt. dc moi after cali
lnE HE al IliSNOA lQlt. H& a "a PQGk 4 AL
when not In the police courts"
Miss Aston, an elderly lady with the
short hair and the glasses, took Nc
Shanus seriously. / am afraid. She be-
gan TO speak TO him of Browning and
walt whitman and Omar Khayyam.
| drew my chair near to Miss Fordi-
bras and took my text from the COM
mon talk.
THE goth century gives us no soli-
tudes. I said: you nno have poets
without soIitudes. We live in crowds
nowadays. Even yachting is a little
old fasnioaed. Men 60 where other TsT
can see them show of. Vanity takes
them there: even bridge Is vanity, the
desire to do better than h other
man.
Miss Aston demurred.
There are some women who know
nothing OF vanity" h said stonily
I'VE live within ourselves and our lives
are our own. Our whole existence Is
a solitude. We are most truly alone
when many surround u.s.
"'Tis a compliment TO my friend Fla
hos. cried McShanus triumphantly;
.let me have the honor 10 escort ye
10 the Casino, lady. for such q man u
no for US. No doubt he'll
bring Miss Fordibras over when they're
done with the poets. Will We not. doc
1870 A. A