The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-03-11

both have the conCeit of our wisdom
There may be something in that"
But it was decent Of you to get me
out of that Italians clutches this after
noon. When l went over there
thought ] might find Henry Holbrook
and pound some sense into him; and
he's about due, from that telegram.
II Miss Pat won't soften her heart I'd
better buy him off," he added reflec-
lively.
We walked the long length of the
hall into the library. and had just
lighted our cigars when the butler
sought me.
Beg pardon, the telephone, sir"
My distrust of the telephone is so
deep seated that l had forgotten the
| existence of the instrument in Glen.
arm house, where, now learned, it
was tucked away in the buffers pam
try for the convenience of the house.
keeper in ordering supplies from the
village. After a moments parley a
| wOman's voice addressed me distinctly
| IA voice that at once arrested and
held all my thoughts. My replies
were, fear somewhat breathless and
wholly stupid.
This is Rosalind. do you remember
me-"
Yes; / remember; l remember
nothing else!" declared. Lima had
closed the door behind me- and was
alone with the voice--a voice that
spoke to me of the summer night. and
of low winds murmuring across star.
ry waters.
81 am going away. The Rosalind
you remember is going a long way
/! from the lake and you will never see
her again
But you have an engagement;
when the new moon"
but the little feather of the new
moon is under cloud. and you cannot
see it; and Rosalind must always be
Helen now"
But this won't do, Rosalind. Ours
was more than an engagement; it was
a solemn compact" l insisted.
"Oh, not SO very solemn!" she
laughed. And then you have the
other girl that isn't just me-the girl
of the daylight. that you ride and sail
with and play tennis with"
oh. ] haven't her; don't want
her"
"Tseacherous man! Volatile Irish
mani"
Marvellous. adorable Rosalind!"
That will do, Mr.. Donovan"-and
then with quick change of tone she
asked abruptly:
"You are not afraid of trouble. are
your"
Il live for nothing else!"
You are not SO pledged to the Me
you play tennis with that you cannot
serve Rosalind II she asks it?"
NO; you have only to ask. But l
must see you once more--as Rosa
lind!"
Stop being silly. and listen care
fully" And thought heard sob
in the moments silence before she
spoke.
I want you to go. at once, to the
house OF the boat-maker on Tippeca-
noe creek: 60 as fast as you cant" she
implored.
l = r.
ITO the hoalse of the man who calls
himself Hartridge. the canoe-maker, at
Red Cater
Yes; you must see that no harm
comes to him tonight
There was no mistaking now the
sobs that broke her sentences, and my
mind was 30 a-whirl with questions
i that stammefed incoherently.
! VIII you 60 will you go!" she de.
manded In = voice SO low and broken
that I scarcely heard. ~
Yes. at once. and the voice van
ished. and while still stood staring
at the instrument the operator at An.
Mandate blandly asked me what number
I wanted. The thread had snapped
and the spell was broken. stared
helplessly 1t the thing OF wood and
wire for half . minute; then the girls
appeal and my promise rose In my
mind distinct from all else. / ordered
i my horse before returning to the ii.
brary. where Gillespie was coolly turn.
ing over the magazines on the table.
1 I was still dazed. and something IN my