The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-10-19
the price and the CHARITY; everything
shall go your way"

the price and the CHARITY; everything
shall go your way"
She was seized upon by a violent fit
of coughing, and Dan leaned toward
her and put his arm around her as a
brother might have done, holding her
tenderly until the paroyysrn was past.
GOSH" he exclaimed fervently, sits
heart-breaking to hear you cough like
that and to think Of your working as
you do. Can't you stop and take z
good rest? Can't you go somewhere?
ITO Greenland's icy mountains?''
she responded, smiling. Il hate the
cold"
"No, no; to some golden sands or
ether" he murmured under his breath.
"And let me take you there
But she pushed him back, laughing
now. mo golden sands for me- I'm
afraid I've got to sing in Mandalay to-
night"
He looked at her in dismay.
She interrupted his protest: 1--WE
promised on my word of honor, and
the box-office has sold the seats with
that understanding"
BY her sofa. leaning over her, in a
choked voice he murmured:
You sEan't sing. You shan't go
out tonight"
Don't be a goose, boy" she said.
you've no right to order me like that.
Stand back, please" AS he did so she
whisked herself off the sofa with a
sudden ardor and much grace. "Now,"
she told him severely, "since you've
begun to take that tone with me- I'm
going to tell you that you mustn't
come here day after day as you have
been doing. l guess you know it, don't
your"
He stood his ground, but his bright
face clouded. They had been so near
each other and were now so removed.
81 don't care q damn what people
say" he replied.
She interrupted him. She could be
wonderfully dignifed, small as she
was, wrapped as she was in the wool
en- shawl Well" she 'drawled with a
sudden Incidence and indifference in
her voice, 81 expect you'll be surprised
to hear that l do care. Sounds aw-
fully funny, doesn't it? But as YOU
have been coming to the theater now
night after night till everybody's talk
ing about it"
You don't want my friendship" he
stammered
And Lefty Lane controlled her de-
sire to laugh at his boyish subterfuge.
mo. l don't think l do"
Her tone struck him deeply: hurt
him terribly. He threw his head up
defantly.
"All right, I'm turned down then, -
he said simply.
81 didn't think you'd act like this to
a boy you'd known all your life!"
Don't be silly, you know as we'll as
[ do that it won't do
He did know it and that he had al
ready done enough to make it reason
able for the duchess, if she wanted to,
to break their engagement. Slowly
preparing to take his leave, he said
wistfully: Cant / help you in any
way? Let me do something with you
for your poor. It's a comfort to have
them between us, and you can count
on me-"
She said she knew it. "But don't
come any more to the wings; get a
habit Of not coming"
On the threshold of her door he
asked her to let him know when she
would sing in Park Lane, and in touch
ing her hand he repeated that she
must count on him. With more ten
derness in his blue eyes than he was
himself aware, he murmured devouted-
ly:
take care of yourself, won't you,
please?"
AS Blair passed from the sitting
room into the hall and toward the lift,
Mrs. Higgins came out hurriedly from
one of the rooms and joined him.
''How did you find her, Mr.. Blair?"
lawfully seedy, Mrs. Higgins; she
needs of a lot of care"
"She won't take it though" return.
ed the woman. "Just seems to let her
self go, not to mind bit, especially
these last weeks. I'm glad you came
in; I've been hoping you would, sir"
I'm not any good though, she won't
listen to a word 1 say"
1t seemed to surprise the dressing
woman
I'm sorry to hear it, sir; I thought
she would. She talks about you Oft
en-"
He colored like a school-boy. Gosh.
it's shame to have her kill herself
for nothing" Reluctant to talk longer
with Mrs. Higgins, he added in spite
of himself: "She seems so lonely"
''It's two weeks now since that hui
man devil went away" Mrs. Higgins
said Unexpectedly, looking quietly into
the blue eyes of the visitor. "She
hasn't opened one of his letters or his
kilograms She has sold every pin
and brooch he ever gave her, scat
tered the money far and wide. You
saw how she went on with Cohen, and
her pearls
Dan heard her as through a dream.
Her words gave form and existence to