Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-10
Sauce and Gander

OSUSuldllOu. 1ueTe are plSuly VI
sweet and charming heiresses who
have never seen the interior of any
of those gaudy Fifth avenue palaces
in which you Jared so badly. But
you have never had the luck to meet
them"
Richard shrugged his shoulders mood
lily. Since the advent of his father
and ~stepmother the subject Of the
necessity Of his making a wealthy al
lance had been pressed on him more
urgently than ever
Now" she continued, Il have pick
ed out a wife for you. All you will
have to do will be to go in and win
her. She isn't in society," and she
hasn't a string Of admirers dangling
after her, because she's too sensible
for that sort of thing, and, l may say,
because she isn't one of those fiashy
girls who attract men in the multi
tude. And If 1 didn't believe that you
would fall genuinely in love with her,
/ wouldn't help you to meet her. But,
money apart, you were made for each
other, Richard. and 1 want o to
marry her"
whats her name?" asked Jocelyn
moodily.
Mary Davenant."
"Never heard of her." he groaned.
rs she a good-looker?"
"She's a nice, pretty, sensible Amer
lean GIRL" said his stepmother. And
she's worth a couple of millions
pounds, not dollars. OF course. you
haven't heard Of her, for she lives a
very secluded life, and has no use for
fashions Inc foll1es. And I must tell
you, Richard, hat she is a little dis
1llusioned by the experiences she has
had You'll have to show her you
want her for herself and not for her
property"
well, where is this paragon to be
found?" Jocelyn demanded.
"She's staying at Atlantic City
with her companion, Miss Constance
Grice-at the Charlevoix. I had a let
Nter from her yesterday, for she and
1 were schoolmates and are still good
friends, and I have promised that l
shall come down and bring o with
me. But of course l have no intention
of accompanying you, Richard; l want
you to go alone. Now, pack your suit
case, go down, and fall head over
heels in love with her. And don't fall
in love with the companion instead"
The first part of this injunction
Jocelyn sobeyed readily enough. AS to
the probability of the second or third,
he was sceptical. His experiences in
the search for a bride who should re-
store the waning fortunes of the Joce-
lyns had been bitter ones; still, when
duty called he would not shrink from
following her. And SO, on the follow
day day, he found himself installed at
the Charlevoix and gazing out of his
window moodily at the melancholy Oc-
tober sea.
The season was over, the hotel
almost empty, and, even had Jocelyn
gone to Atlantic City with no Interior
purposes, it would have been difficult,
without c~hurlishness, to have avoided
making the acquaintance of the two
ladies'. They sat at the table adjacent
to his own; they met on the deserted
board walk; before the week was end
ed the three were fast friends. Joce-
Ign wrote to his stepmother:
Il believe hat l could love either
of them. They are evidently well ed
ucated women, and either would adorn
Doublewith Manor. But l shall follow
up the heiress."
And as the days passed he found the
attractions of the b~lue-eyed, brown
haired Mary Davenant increasingly al
Turing. They spent many a pleasant
hour together, Miss Grice watching
the growing interest of the n in the
other with evident sympathy. Miss
Grice was not pretty, but still an mi
able and attractive girl.
And Their occurred an incident which
completely upset Lord Jocelyn's men
tai equilibrium.
1t was H. trivial affair, and yet it
awakened in him dormant suspicious
and recalled other and sadder circum-
stances in which he had found himself
the victim of feminine dupIicity. En-
tering tho hotel late one evening, he
perceived The two ladies strolling to-
ward theil apartment a little ahead OF
him. Thsy had not observed him. OF
a sudden Miss Grice stopped.
my sl.oe is coming unfastened,"
-Jocelyn heard her say.
Promptly Mary Davenant ben down
upon her knees and tied 1t. for her.
Jocelyi. went to bed and meditated
for a lori time before sleep came to
him. Or. the following day he wrote
to his ~stspmother:
II told you that l had come to like
Mary Dsvenant, as 1 thought her to
be, imms,nsely. I have long suspected
that she was not wholly ignorant of
the object l had in view in coming to
Atlantic City. And I have discovered
that a trick has been played upon me.
Miss Dayenant and Constance Grice
have changed places. The companion
is masquerading as the mistress, the
mistress as the companion, l am sure.
Tell me, in heavens name, which is
which and what their purpose is"
Dearest Richard" the answer came.
two days later. Mary Davenant is
the girl with the dark hair and gray
eyes. l do not know Miss Grice. but
I imagine that she Is fair-haired and
has blue eyes, if she is the young
woman i once met at Miss D~avenant's
house. And now I will let you into a
little secret, Richard. told you that
Miss Davenant was disfllusioned. She