Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-06-13

nIisht. cneery fire and plenty of light
IN the little sitting room at the Lang
side Louisa. and plain Louisa-in last
iutuinn.s gown-looking at him with
her candid. luminous eyes.
How Is Lord Radclyffc?" asked Col
onel Harris.
"Badly." replied Luke. IT am afraid.
ne looks very feeble; and his asthma
ways worse In foggy weather"
lie ought to go to Algeciras. He al
ways used to-"
u KNOW" assented Luke dejectedly.
cant something be done? Surely.
Luke, o haven't lost all your in
fuence with him"
Every bit. Sir. Why. I hardly ever
see him."
Hardly ever see him7" calculated
Colonel Harris. and 1 am afraid tina
he sworc.
II haven't been to G%rosvenor square
for over six weeks. I am only allowed
special permission from Philip. I Won't
go under such conditions"
How that house must have altercd!'
You wouldn't know it, sir. All the
Old servants have gone. one after the
othe::: they had rows with Philip and
left at a months notice. I urpos lie
mas an ldea how to set about getting
new ones-I know l shouldn't! There's
only a man and his wife, "a sort of
charWOman who cleans and COOKS. and
the mar Is supposed to look after I'm
Gle Rad; but he doesn't do it, for he
is nail seas over most OF the time"
Good Gud!' Colonel I,r-
ris.
They have shut up all the rooms.
except the library where Uncle Rad
End Philip have their meals whcn they
are at nome. But they lunch and dine
at their club mostly"
What club do they go tor" called
ing to find Radcliffe there, but the
hall porter told me that he never went
there now
No. He ana Philip have Joined ON
new club in Shaftesbury avenue-I'he
Veterans ] think it is called"
Some, low, mixed up kind of place.
Old Radcliffe must be out OF his
sellses!"
He likes it. SO he tells me, becaus
people don't come and bother him
there"
II should think not indeed. l wouldn't
set foot In such a place"
he goes there most evenings. and
Uncle Rad to be out late these foggy
nights"
You ought to mako an effort and
stop it. Luke"
II have made many efforts. sir Bat.
as a matter OF fact. I had made up
my min to make a Anal one tonight.
Uncle Fad ought to go abroad. and I
thought l would try to impress this on
Philip. He can't be q bad man."
oh! can't he?" was Colonel Harris
muttered comment.
al any rate, II I have no Influence
he has,. and he must exert it and get
Uncle Rae down to Algeciras or any
Where he likes SO long as it Is well
SOUTH
Luke paused awhile. his face flushed
with this expression OF determination
which have caused his pride
many a bitter pang. Then he resumed
more quietly:
It's rather humiliating. isn't it. to
go to that man as a suppliant?"
Don't go as a suopliant, my boy.
You mus insist on your uncle being
properly looked after"
Colonel Harris thought all thas sort
of thing so easy. One always does
before n has had q genuine tussle
with the unpleasant realities of life; to
the good country squire with an as
sured position, an assured income. as
sured influence. 1t seemed very easy
indeed to insist. He himself never had
to insist; things occurred round him
and at his word. al it were. of them
selves.
But Louisa. knowing how matters
stood. made no suggestion. She knew
that Luke would do his best. but that
that best was Of little avail now. as
Philip de Mountford arranged SO 1t
would all come about.
Friends and we'll wishers could but
pray that the intruder was not a bad
man.. and that he had his uncle's health
at heart.
She gave the signal t o go. saying
simply.
I'VE mustn't be late for dinner.
father. U we?"
Ard h rose to go. held back by the
hand. by L.uke's fervent insistence.
He could nc accustom himself to
part from her. as he often had to do.
1t seemed absurd, but undeniable. He
wa supremacy happy in her company,
and snatched as much OF it as ever he
could: but the wrench was always aw-
full and Louisa-subtly comprehensive
was conscious OF the terrible pain
which She gave him at every parting.
She felt the repercussion OF 1t in all
her nerves, although her sound com
mon sense condemned the sensation as
unreal.
Tonight the feeling was even strong
err than 1t had ever been before. At
first suggestion that 1t was time to go,
an elusive current passed from him to
her. He had been holding her hand.
and his had been cool and only slight
~ on the CULVER from time to time
when her own fingers pressed more
markedly against his. But now. all al
once 1t seemed az IL a sudden current
OF a had penetrated his veins: his
hand almost scorched her own. and
though visibiy it did not move. Yet she
felt h pulses throbbing and trembling
beneath the flesh. The look of misery
in his face made her own heart ache
though she tried to smile with easy
gaiety.
Tomorrow we go to the Temple