Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-15

Galorey took his pipe our or MS
mouth
| eft depends on how far Dan has
gone on with her. To be frank with
you, Mr.. Ruggles, it is case of emo
tion on the part Of the woman. She
is really in love with Dan. Gad!" ex-
claimed the nobleman. II have been
on the point of turning the whole
brood out of doors these last days. 1t
was like imprisoning a mountain
breeze in a charnel house-a woman
with her scars and her experience and
that boy-I don't know where you've
kept him or how you kept him as he
is, but he Is as clear as water. I
have talked to him and know"
Nothing in Ruggles' expression had
changed until now. His eyes glowed.
Dams all right" he said softly.
Don't you worry! He's all right.
guess his father knew what he was
doing, and I'll bet the whole thing was
Just what he sent him over here for!
Old Dan Blair wasn't worth a cop
per when the boy was born, and yet
he had ideas about everything and he
seemed to know more in that old gray
head of his than a whole library of
books. Dams all right"
"My dear man, said the noble
man, that is just where you Amer1-
cans are wrong. You comfort your
self with your eternal Dams all right,
and you won't see the truth. You
| won't breathe the word scandal and
yet you are thick enough in them, God
knows. You won't admit them, but
they are there. Now be honest and
look at the truth, will you? You are
man of common sense. Dan Blair is
not all right. He is in an Internally
dangerous position. The Duchess of
Breakwater will marry him. It is
what she has wanted to do for years,
| but she has not found a man rich
enough, and she will marry this boy
offhand."
'Well," said the Westerner slowly,
IF he loves her and if he marries
her
"Marries her!" exclaimed the noble
man. ''There you are again! Do you
think marriage makes it any better?
Why, if she went off to the Continent
with him for six weeks and then set
! him free that would be preferable
to marrying her. My dear man, he
said, leaning over the table where
Ruggles sat, eff I had a boy l would
rather have him marry Lefty Lane of
the Gaiety. Now you know what I
mean"
Ruggles' face, which had hardened.
relaxed.
"I RIVE sosn t1at lady," he ex-
csaime'l witt. satisfaction; Il have
scen her several times
t1alorey sank back into his chair
and neither man spoke for few Sec
| ohds. Turning it all over in his slow
rnind, Ruggies remembered Dams alb
sorption in the last few days. so
| there are three women in the nest"
he concluded thoughtfully, and Gordon
Galorey repeated:
10, not three. What do you
| mean?"
"5'our wife"-Ruggles held up one
| dng er and Galorey interrupted him to
| murmur:
"I'll take care of Edith
"The Duchess of Breakwater you
think won't talk of money!"
mo, don't count on it. She is aim
ing at ten million pounds"
Ruggles was holding up his second
finger.
We'll, 1 guess Dan has gone out to
take care Of her today"
Dan and Ruggles had seen "Manda-
| lay from a box, from the pit and from
the stalls. On the table lay book
of the opera. While talking with
Galorey, Ruggles had unconsciously
arranged the checks on top of the IL
bretto of "Mandalay."
I'll take care of Miss Lane" Rug
giles said at length.
| HIS lordship echoed, ''Miss Lane"
and cooked up in surprise. What Hiss
Lane, for Gods sake"
Miss Lefty Lane at the Gaiety,"
Ruggles answered.
| why, she isn't In the question, my
dear man."
"You put her there just now your
SELF
"Bosh!" Galorey exclaimed impa-
tiently, 81 spoke of her as being the
limit, the last thing on the line"
NO." corrected the other, 'you put
the Duchess CT Breakwater as the
limit"
Galorey smiled frankly. "You are
right, my dear chap" he accepted,
land I stand by it,
| A page boy knocked at the door and
| came in holding out on salver card
for Mr.. Ruggles, and at the Interrupt
ton Galorey rose and invited Ruggles
to go out with him that night to o.
dene. Lady Galorey will be de-
| lighted"
But Ruggles shook his head. "The
boy is coming back here tonight" and