The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-04-13


e That summer / was in switzerland.
o had no idea there was going to be wal
V and never saw a newspapers till it wa
nearly over, l should have enlisted
And another year we passed with
i two days of Zach other"
MOI" Bennington exclaimed.
. Yes. 1t was in Italy at Sorrento
that l learned OF our YoI
were off for Amalf and l had jus
come from there. For three days / RAJ
across your name in the hotel regis
Z ters."
>. Bennington looked about leisurely a.
. Warrington departed from the room t.
obtain whisky and soda. 1t was Jus
the kin of Don he had always i'm
agined; 1t was like the nan who occu
pied 1t. Simplicity and taste abounded
the artist and the collector, the poe
and the musician, were everywhere II
evidence. He strolled over to the man
tel and took down one of the picture:
signed Kate" He smiled. 1t was no
an tndulgent smile, nor the smile of 6
man who has stumbled upon another
mans secret. The smile was rather ex-
ultant. He leaned against the mantle
and studied the face in its varied eX,
pressions. He nodded approvingly. II
was a lovely face; it was more than
loyely,-it was tender and strong Pres
emily he returned to his chair and sat
down. the photograph still in his hand.
And in this position Warrington found
him.
s.ah ycu sly dog" ne nailed, setting
down the glasses and pouring out a
liberal bumper. S I've caught you?
Well. you're not the only man who has
been conquered by hat very photo
graph" He had half a notion to go in
and bring her out; but then, women
are such finicky things,
Bennington laid aside the photo
graph, a certain reverence in his ac-
that in ordinary times would not have
escaped Warrington's notice.
What's this to be-" asked Benning-
ton, lifting his glass and stirring the
"Immer und INNER. as the German
has it," Warrington replied.
For ever and ever, thenl'
And the two lightly touched glasses,
With that peculiar gravity which al
ways accompanies such occasions.
When a man drinks your health in
bad whisky. look out for him; but this
whisky is very good, Dick" Benning-
ton set down his glass and wiped his
lips. 1T is very good, indeed"
We'll, how are things up in Hercu-
laneum?" asked Warrington. You
know. or ought to know, that 1 get up
there only once q year"
Things are not very well. There's
the devil to pay in politics, and some
day | may have a jolly long strike on
my hands," grimly. But l shall know
exactly what to do. That mar McQuade
owns about all the town now. He CON
trolls congressman, state senator's and
assembiymen. n the majority of the
common council is his. body and SOUL,
Why don't o men wake up and
Dust McQuade? Tn tell you right here.
Jack, you have no one to blame but
yourself"
Dc YOU know what they call me
up there?' Bennington laughed.
Il confess to ignorance"
Well, h newspapers say coyertly
that I'm all but a naturaFfzed English
man, a snob, when I'm only a recluse.
a man who dresses every might for
dinner, who dimes instead of eats.
There are some things it is impossible
to understand and enc Is the interest
the newspapers take in the private at
fairs of men,"
Il can explain all that. nv bow Rux
your clothes of the local taflors: get
rid of your valet; forget that you have
lived In England. They'll come around
to you, then You may talk as much
as you Liz about the friendlinsss be-
tween the E~nglishman and the Amer
lean. 1t Is simply a case OF two mas
tiers who are determined that their dogs
be friendly. Let the masters drf5D
out of sight for a moment. and roI,
will find the dogs at each others
throat. And the masters2 The 6osfs r
this side and the sovereign on inc
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