Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-03-07

actress living, Josh; you are in the
wrong pew"
Dan altered his INDECENT pose and
sat forward. "But I am thinking of
getting married." he said.
st hope it's to the right girl, Dan"
And with young assurance Blair an
swered: cit will be if marry her.
I know what I want all right
81 hope she knows what she wants,
DAN"
"How do you mean?"
"You or your money. You have the
darnedest handicap, my boy
Blair flushed. 'Tll get to hate the
whole thing" he said ferociously. 1T
meets me Observation-Disclosures
figures ividends-coupons- deeds
its too much!" he said suddenly,
with resentment. cts too much for
me. Why, sometimes I feel hun
dred years old, and like hunk of
gold"
Ruggles, in answer to this, said:
"Why, that reminds me of what a
man remarked about your father once.
1t was the same English chap your ia
Their 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 bull
lion and some's coated with alum
mum, and there's others that when
you cut down, cut a clean yellow all
along the line If, as you say, you
feel like hunk of metal, it amt bad
| if it is that kind"
"It's got to stop coming in between
me and the woman I marry, all right,
though" Dan did not pursue bis sub
Iect 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, at
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, "let's do something wild. feel
up to do most anything with this mis-
4, cradle fog down on me. If it had any
nerve it would take some form or
shape, so man could choke it 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. 1t
proved to be 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 I am in Philadelphia. It's four
o'clock now and I can't sleep more
than four hours anyway. Let's have
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 anG 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 I 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 a prey to the charms of an
actress. She wouldn't come, of course.
He wrote a formal invitation without
thinking very much of what he said
or how, folded and addressed his note.
what did you say?" 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 it and give the orders. Think
she'll Gomez"
II do not" responded Dan rather
brutality. "She's got others to take
her out to supper, you bet your life"
well, there's none of them as rich
as you are, reckon, Dan"
And the boy turned on him vio-
lently.
"See here, Josh, if you speak to me
again Of my money, when there's a
woman in the question"
He did not finish his threat, but
sratched up his coat and hat and
gloves and went out of the door, slam
ming it after him.
Mr.. Ruggles' profound and happy
snore was cut short by the page boy
who fetched in note, with the Savoy
stamping on the back. Ruggles opened
it not without emotion.
"Doar how" If ran ct haven't va,