New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-12-07
might grow to love me as / loved you,

might grow to love me as loved you,
but | found 1t was no USE When /
saw you so honest and unselfish in
your devotion to that other girl
thought it was my chance to do come
thing unselfish in my turn. 1t was
hard, but / did my best. th.nk
must love you in the same way you
love her, Boyd, for there is nothing in
all the world would not do to make
you happy
The girl stood for moment with her
eyes turned toward the river Then
she said.
II must think. IL want to go
away. Goodby.''
"Goodby,' he returned and stood
watching her as she hurried away,
half suspecting the tears that were
trembling amid her lashes.
It was not until supper time that
Boyd saw "Fingerless'' Fraser and
questioned him about his quest for an
heiress
Nothing doing in the heiress BUSH
ness, replied the adventurer. II
couldn't stand the exposure"
'They were cold. eh?"
yep! They weathered me OUT
did you really meet any Of those
people?''
"Sure! | met 'em all, but didn't
catch their names. made one be-
fore I'd gone mile-tall. slim party
with cracked ice in her voice."
Boyd looked up quickly. did you
introduce yourself?''
AS CLANCY De Benville, that's all.
How is that for drawing room mon
aker? She fell for the name all right,
but there must have been something
phony about the clothes. That's the
trouble with this park harness. If I'd
wore my soup and fish and my two
gallon evening hat I'd have passed for
gentleman sure. I'm strong for those
evening togs. see another one later
little maduro colored skirt with a
fat nose"
"N1iss Berry"
"pm glad to meet her. I officed
her out of rowboat and told her
was Mr. Yonkers of New York We
was breeZing along on the bit till Clyde
broke it up. He called me Fraser, and
| it was cold in minute. Fraser is 4
cheap name anyhow. I'm sorry l
| took it,
do you mean to say it isn't your
| real name"' asked his companion in
genuine bewilderment
NAV! Switzer is what I was born
with. Say it slow and it sounds like
an air brake, don't it? I never won
a bet as long as l packed it around,
and Fraser hasn't got it beat by more
than lip
"Wel!' Boyd breathed deeply. You
are the limit"
"Speaking Of clothes, l notice you
are dressed up like fruit salad What
is 1.-THE yacht?"
eyes,"
you'd better hurry. She sails at
high tide"
"Sailsr'
"Alton told me so and said that he
was going along"
"Thank heaven for that, anyhow, but
Il don't understand about the other
Boyd voiced the question that was
foremost in his mind.
did you know Cherry in the upper
country?"
"NOpe"
'She said you did,
| "She said that1"
eyes. She thought you had told mt
who she was.'
She might have known Id neve1
crack. It's her own business, and I've
got troubles enough with this Gamer,
on my hands,"
II wish you had told me-" said En-
erson
Wayne Maryland was by no mean:
sure that Boyd would not make goot
| his threat to visit the yacht that even
ing, and in any case he wished to ht
prepared. \ scene before the othe
passengers of the Grande Dame wa:
not to be thought of. Besides, if tht
young man we're roughly handled i
would make him a martyr in Mildred
eyes. He talked over the matter witt
Marsh, who suggested that the sight
seers should dine ashore and spend thu
evening with him at the plant. Will
only Mildred and her father left OF
the yacht there would be no possibility
of scandal, even if Emerson were mao
enough to force an interview.
And what is more," declared Mr.
Wayland, II shall give orders to clear
on the high tide. That fellow is 9
menace, and the sooner Mildred is
away from him the better. You shall
go with US. my boy"
But when he went to Mildred to ex
plain the nature Of his arrangements
he found her in a furious temper.
"Why did you announce my engage
ment to Mr.. Marsh?" she demanded
angrily. THE whole ship is talking
about it. By what right did you dc
that?"