The Ely miner., 1912-05-31
CHAPTER X.-Continued.


sat forward. But l am thinking OF
getting married" he said
Il hope it's to the right girl. Dan. y
And with young assurance Blair an
swered: 1T will be If l marry her,
/ know what l want all right"
Il hope she knows what she wants,
Dan"
How do you mean?
You or your money. You have the
darnedest handicap, my boy"
Blair flushed. I'm get to hate the
whole thing" he said ferociously. 1T
meets me ere-bonds-stocks
-fgures-dfvtdends deeds
its too much!" he said suddenly.
with resentment. Its too much for
me. Why, sometimes feel a hun
dred years old. and like a hunk of
gold"
why, that reminds me Of what a
man remarked about your father once.
1t was the same English chap your IA
ther bought the claim of. Speaking
of Blair, he said to me: You know
there's all kinds of metal bars, and
when you cut into them some is bul.
lion and some's coated with alum
inum, and there's others that when
you cut down, cut clean yellow all
along the line II, as you say, you
feel like hunk of metal, 1t amt bad
If it is that kind"
ITS got to stop coming in between
me and the woman l marry, all right.
though" Dan did not pursue his sub
ject further, for his feelings about the
duchess were too unreal to give him
the sincere heartiness with which he
would have liked to answer Ruggles.
He went over to the window, and.
with his hands in his pockets, stood
looking out at the fog. Ruggles, al
the table, opened the cover of the
book Of "Mandalay" and took out the
four checks made out to Lady Galorey
and which he had forgotten. He hur-
riedly thrust them into his pocket.
Come away, Dannie," he said cheer
fully, lets do something wild. | feel
up to do most anything with this mis-
cradle fog down on me. If 1t had any
nerve 1t would take some form or
shape, so a man could choke 1t back. -
Ruggles blew his nose violently.
There's nothing to do" said Dan
in a bored tone.
why don't you see who your tele-
gram is from?" Ruggles asked. Ii
proved to be a suggestion from Cor
don Galorey that Dan should meet
him at five o'clock at the club.
What will you do, Rug?"
Sleep" said the Westerner serene,
ly; I'm nearly as happy in London
as / am in Philadelphia. It's four
o'clock now and l can't sleep more
than four hours anyway. Let's have
a real wild time, Dannie."
Dan looked at him doubtfully, but
Ruggles' eyes were keen.
What kind of a time do you
mean?"
Lets ask the Gaiety girl for din.
ner-for supper after the theater."
Lefty Lane? She wouldn't co.
why not?"
-She is awfully delicate; it is all
she can do to keep her contracts"
He knows that, Ruggles thought
Lets ask her and see" He went
over to the table and drew out the
paper. Come on and write. ana ask
her to go out with us to supper"
See here. Rug. what's this for?''
whats strange in it? She is from
our state, and if you don't hustle and
ask her l am going to ask her all
alone"
Dan was puzzled as he sat down to
the table, rejecting that It was per-
fectly possible that old Ruggles had
fallen q prey to the charms of an
actress. She wouldn't come. OF course.
He wrote formal invitation without
thinking very much of what he said
or how. folded and addressed his note.
What did you sayf" Ruggles asked
eagerly.
why. that two boys from home
wanted to give her supper"
Well" said Ruggles. IF the an
swer comes while you are at the club
I'll open 1t and give the orders. Think
she'll Gomez"
Il do not" responded Dan rather
brutally. She's got others to take
her out to supper, you bet your life. .
We'll, there's none of them as rich
as you are, reckon, DAN"
And the boy turned on him vio-
lently.
See here, Josh, II you speak to me
again OF my money, when there's a
woman In the question"
He did not finish his threat, but
snatched up his coat and hat and
gloves and went out of the door, slam
ming 1t after him.
Mr.. Ruggles' profound and happy
snore was cut short by the page boy,
who fetched in a note, with the Savoy
stamping on the back. Ruggles opened
q not without emotion.
Dear boy" It ran. Il haven't ysi