New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-10-26

tudt L ldlhcu Will cherry. i udre say
she hasn't seen him since"
'Well, l happen to know that she
has. AS came home last night saw
them together. They came out of that
French cafe across the street and got
into billiards. car. She was dressed
up like pony"
whats that got to do with it?'' de-
manded "Fingerless" Fraser.
"She pulled the old fellows leg,
that's ALL" explained Alton.
eff l thought she had done that"
said Emerson slowly, II wouldn't
touch penny Of the money"
Il don't care where the money came
from or how it got there,'' rumbled
Bait cts here; that's enough"
But Boyd chung to his point with
stubbornness which he himself found
it difficult to explain. The arguments
of the others only annoyed him. The
walk to Cherry's hotel afforded him
time for reflection, which, while it
deepened his doubt, somewhat lessen
ed his Impotence, and when he was
shown into her presence he did not be-
gin in the impetuous manner he had
designed.
"What makes you think I had any
thing to do with it?" she asked after
he had spoken.
"You were with Hilliard last night"
She nodded slightly. "We closed our
negotiations for the copper mine last
night
'How did you come out?''
"He takes it over and does the de-
velopment work." she answered.
"That means that you are independ-
ent; that you can leave the north coun-
try and do all the things you want to
do? This time her smile was puz-
zling. "You don't seem very glad"
mo! Realization discounts anticipa-
ton about 80 per cent But don't let's
talk about me- I-I'm unstrung to-
day.
I'm sorry you aren't going back to
kalvik,' he said, with genuine regret.
"But I am," she declared quickly
Pm going back with you and George
if you will let me. I want to see the
finish of our enterprise"
''See here, Cherry; I hope you didn't
influence billiard in this affair."
'Why probe the matter?'
Because l haven't lost all my man
hood,' he answered roughly. "Yester-
day you assumed the blame for this
trouble and spoke Of sacrifices, and
well, [ don't know much about wom-
en-, but for all I know you may have
some ridiculous, quiXotic strain in your
makeup. I hope you didn't
"Whatw
"Well, do anything you may be sorry
for" At last he detected CLEAN of
spirit in her eyes.
Suppose I did. What difference to
you would that make? He shifted
uncomfortably under the girls scru-
tiny.
suppose that Mr.. billiard had call
ed on me for some great sacrifice be-
fore he gave up that money. Would
you allow it to affect you?'
"Of course" he answered. Then,
unable to sit still under her searching
gaze, he arose with flushed face to
meet further discontinue as she con-
tinued:
even if it meant your own ruin, the
loss of the fortune you have raised
among your friends-money that is in
trusted to you-and-and the relin-
quishment of Miss Wayland? Honest
ly, nOw"-her voice had softened and
dropped to a lower key-"would it
make any difference?'
"Certainly!'
sHOW much difference?'
'Pm in very embarrassing posi-
tion," he said slowly. "You must re-
alize that with others depending on me
I'm not free to follow my own inclina-
TONS"
She uttered little hooking laugh.
"Pardon me. 1t was not fair ques-
tion, and I shouldn't have asked it, but
your hesitation was sufficient answer
Then as he broke into heated denial
she went on:
Like most men, you think woman
has but one asset upon which to trade.
However, if felt responsible for your
difficulties that was my affair, and-if I
determined to help extricate you that
also concerned me alone" He stepped
forward as if to protest, but she silenc-
ed his speech with an imperious little
stamp of her foot
In spite Of the cheering turn his for
tunes had taken, it was in no very ami
able mood that he left her at last no
whit the wiser for all his questioning
In the hotel lobby below he encounter
ed the newspaper reporter who had
fallen under Fraser's spell upon their
first arrival from the north. The man
greeted him eagerly.
'.How d. y do, Mr.. Emerson? Can
you give me any news about the fish
cries."
"No"
81 thought there might be something
new bearing on my story.
Indeed. So you are the chap who
wrote that article some time ago, eh?"
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