Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-06-20

actly-tO lose a future peerage all of
II sunderland he has no private for
tune. either"
Poor beggar.'
tween the cousins until Lord Rad
clyffe himself urned Luke and the 9TH
ers out of the house"
And now Philip de Mountford has
been murdered"
And the police will seek him whom
the crime benefits"
1T certainly looks very suspicious"
"A real cause celebre. Won't it be
exciting?"
Something to read about in ones
morning papers,
II shall try and get reserved seats
for the trial. l hate a crush, don't
you?"
will they hang him. do YOU hink".
IF ne is found guilty-English JUS
tice Is no respecter of persons"
How AWFUL
And tittle-tattle, senseless talk, in
sane remarks, We're waited on the
grimy wings of the fog. They pene-
trated everywhere, in the Hobbies of
the theaters. the boudoir of madame
and the smoking room Of my lord.
They penetrated to the magnificent re-
ception rooms of the Danish legation
and Louisa heard the remarks ever
before she knew the full details of the
story. Louisa had q we'll trained on
tralto voice n had been asked to
Just as she stood in an outer room Sc
Letting her music, she heard a group
of idlers-men m women-talking
over the mysterious murder in the ak
icab.
They had at first been unconscious
of her presence. She had her back
toward them, turning over the leaves
of her song. Suddenly there was a
hush in the conversation; one of the
ch~atterboxes must have pointed her out
to the others.
Whereupon Louisa, serene and smil-
ing. a roll of music in her hand, Joined
the merry group.
Please" she said. don't stop. L
v heard nothing yet. And of course
i ant to know
One of the men laughed and the la
dies murmured silly nothings.
OH" said some e 1T mayn't be
true. Such lots of wild rumors get
about"
What asked Louisa placidly.
"mayn't be true? Some one said just
now that Philip de Mountford has been
murdered"
Well" murmured one OF the ladies
they say it was Mr.. de Mountford; but
they can't be sure, can they"
The group was d~issolving; almost. it
seemed. as if it had vanished into thin
air. When Louisa first heard then
talking there We're about a dozen men
and women. a brilliant throng of gaily
plumaged birds; now the ladies remem-
bered that they wanted to hear the
latest infant prodigy who had been en-
gagged to entertain the guests at the
post-dinner reception tonight. and the
men too, feeling uncomfortable and
awkward, made good their escape.
People-the pleasure-loving people Of
today--have no use for latent tragedy.
Excitement, yes; and drama; but only
from the secure distance of a private
seat an an Old Bailey trial. The muir
der of Philip de Mountford could be
with quite an amount of en-
joyment between a dinner party and a
ball supper. but not in Louisa Harris
presence. BY Cad! too much of a good
thing you know.
Within a very few minutes Louisa
found herself almost alone, just the one
or two near her to- whom she had di-
rectly spoken and-fortunately-Colo-
mel Harris in the doorway, come to look
for his daughter.
The infant with the VIOLIN" he said
as soon as he caught sight of Louisa.
lis just finishing his piece, Door little
rat! You promised you would sing
next, Lou. What songs have you got?"
Il was just making a selection when
you came, father. What would you like
me 10 sing Z.
With an unexpressed sigh of relief
the last two of the original group of
gossips dwindled away into the recep-
tion room beyond, congratulating them
selves on having successfully engi-
neered their exit.
"Dooced awkward. don't you know,
Miss Harris asking questions"
II suppose she doesn't realiZe--"
"She will soon enough"
She ought to have broken off her en-
gagement long ago.
isn't it awful? Poor thing"
Louisa, left alone with her father,
could allow her nerves to cas- their
hide from him the painful CULVER of her
lips, or the anxious frown across her
brow.
do you know she asked. "anything
about this awful business, father?'
There's a lot of gossip he replied:
his voice was not only gruff but hoarse,
which showed that he was strangely
moved.
But" she insisted. some truth in
the gossip"
They say Philip de Mountford has
been murdered"
WHO says SOP"
some people have come on from the
theaters. and men from the clubs. The
streets are full of it-and evening pa
pers have brought out midnight edi-
lions which are selling like hot cakes."
.And do they say that Luke has
killed Philip de Mountford?"
"No'-with some hesitation-"they
don't say that"
But they hint at it,"
Newspaper t~ittle-tattle."
How much is actual fact?"
II understand" he explained, that
at 9 o'clock or thereabouts. two men
in evening dress hailed a passing taxi
cab just outside the Lyric heater ir
S~haftesbury venue n told the chauf-
| feur to drive to Hyde Park corner, just
nv the RATINGS OF the Green Park. The