Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
CHAPTER KIN. (contlnusd.)

that Mr.. Billings had not been at the
club since last evening. Some one
who answered the phone thought Mr..
Billings was with his friend. Mr..
Lightnut. in the Kahoka Apartments.
And. Of course. ! knew jolly well he
was not.
something In jenkins expression ar
rested my attention.
.'Well?" / said impatiently. for he
has 80 many devilishly clever inspira-
lions, you know; and. dash 1t. l like
to encourage him.
Pardon, sir, but don't you think
Here he looked straight up at the
electrolier and coughed. About Mr..
Billings, sir: l was going to suggest
that though he isn't over at the club.
he's somewhere. sir"
Why, dash It, l thought that Jolly
likely. myself! I said SO.
Eyes, SIR" said jenkins darkly.
And Mr.. Billings usually knows
where he 10. l guess. sir. he's In this
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
Just sat staring at him a minute.
thinking what q devilish wonderful
thing intuition II FOR the lower classes.
"By love, Jenkins!" I said: then
you think"
II think Mr.. Billings. sir. might pre-
fer to md himself-h'm! Yes. sir"
jenkins lifted the breakfast tray with
deliberations. removed 1t from the
room and returned, moving about the
| furniture and busying himself with an
air OF mystery. Dash It. l knew he
had up his sleeve some other devilish
| clever notion, and SO presently
spoke up Just to touch him on.
by Jove!"l remarked.
YES, sir" Jenkins rested the end
OF the thumb brush on the table sn1
considered me earnestly. yoN know,
MI. Lightnut. last night as Mr.. Bill
ines was retiring. he rays I me:
jenkins, Mr.. Lightnut has promised
to 70 up home with me tomorrow for
the week end. There's q tenner COM
ing your way II no doesn't forget
about 1t. He's to 60 tomorrow. now.
mind you. jenkins; and 1t don't mat
tor what comes up. You e that he
goes up tomorrow.
..By Jove!' l said a . he paused. and
screwed my monocle tighter and
nodded. II see."
or course / didn't See but I knew
the poor fellow was driving at some
thing. and I wanted to give him q run.
Exactly, sir" And he stood wait
inn. $50. shall l pack, sir? You'll
want to take the fourteen express.
supposed"
BY Jovs, It was the most amazing
~, dashed clever guess ! ever knew
Jenkihs 70 get on! Fact! knew
that II there was one thing more than
another in all-the world that l wanted
20 do, It 5was I take that fourteen e
press. To think Of seeing Frances
again. md today!
j left Jenkins to travel by . later
train, and a tile after four | was
whirling above Spuyten Duyvil and
looking about the chair-car to see II
there was any Il l knew. But, by
love, there was hardly a soul in the
car-nobody except Just women, you
know, and these filed the whole place.
'By Jove. she could be spared" |
thought, studying a young woman who
stood in the aisle beside me. She was
rather heavy setf-what you might call
egg.shaped. Het face and her heavy
glasses seemed to proclaim q mission
Ia life, and the dowdyish cut OF her
rig and the reckless way 1t was hurled
on made It plain that she was on to
the fact that nature had made a blum
der In her sex, and she wanted the
world to know she knew.
She was talking to the lady imme-
diately behind me. At least, l discov-
cred after flve minutes that she was
talking. BY Jove. up to that time. |
thought she was ~canvassing for a
book! The other never got In q word.
don't o know. And 1 was getting
devilish tired Of 1t and wishing she
would move on. when she shifted.
preparatory to dong 20. and raised
her voice:
very well. then. X you don't care
70 come. I think NAn 80 forward
asaln ana Anlsh the discussion with
n. Jennie Newman upon the meta
6norphoeas Of the pTimordial p=oto-
plas1ae. wateA ont for Tarrytown
ncW, Efancess
r6rrytcWn! Francssl BY Jove. my
heaxt sklpped : bsat!
An0 th0n the freak loft. I watched
hoe-6Dea11lo 1eWn she aisle and cut
thrsc9h The little corridor bsfors 1