Charlevoix county herald., 1912-02-03
CHAPTER x.-continued.

Dan altered his indoient pose and
sat forward But | am thinking OF
getting married." he said
~ hope it's to the right girl, Dan,"
And with young assurance Blair an
swered: 1T will be if ! marry her.
| know what l want all right"
al hope she knows what she wants
Dan"
"HCw do you mean?
"You or your money. You have the
larnedest handicap, my boy"
Blair flushed I'll get to hate the
whole thing" he said ferociously. III
meets me Observation-Disclosures
-fgures-dividends deeds
its too much" he said suddenly,
with resentment. It's too much for
rne. Why. sometimes ! feel hun
dred years old. and like a hunk OF
gold.
Ruggles, in answer to this, said:
why that reminds me OF what
man remarked about your father once.
1t was the same English chap your IA
ther bought the claim of. Speaking
of Blair, he said to me: You know
there's all kinds of metal bars. ana
when you cut into them some is bull
lion and some's coated with alum
snun. and there's others that when
you cut down, cut a clean yellow all
along the line If, as you say, you
Ceel like hunk Of metal. 1t amt bad
IL IL is that kind"
ITS got to stop coming in between
me and the woman | marry. all right
though" Dan did not pursue his sub
ject further, for his feelings about the
duchess were too unreal 20 give hin
the sincere heartiness with which h'
would have liked to answer Rugsles.
He went over to the window. and
with his hands in his pockets, stoo(
looking out at the fog. Ruggles, a
the table, opened the cover OF tn
book OF "Mandalay" and took out tn
four checks made out to Lady Galore.
and which he had forgotten. He hun
riedly thrust them into his pocket.
Come away. Dannie," he said cheer
fully. lets do something wild. | fec
ND 10 do most anything with this miS
cradle fog down On me. II it had an
nerve it would take some form o
shape. so a man could choke it back.
Ruggles blew his nose violently.
There's nothing TO dc" said Da
in bored tone
why don't you see who your teit
gram is from?" Buggles asked.
proved to be a suggestion from Go
don Galorey that Dan should mec
him ut five O'Clock at the club.
What will you do, Rug?"
Sleep" said the Westerner seren
ly; I'm nearly as happy in Londo
as / am in Philadelphia. It's for
o'clock now and can't sleep MOI
than tour hours anyway. Let's haN
a real wild time, Dannie."
Dan looked at him doubtfully, bl
RuggIes' eyes were keen.
. What kind of time do yt
, mean ga r.. ..,, tho e,,s,v cir, for d,
ner-for supper after the theater."
Lefty Lane? She wouldn't 60"
why not?"
She is awfully delicate; 1t Is q
she can do to keep her contracts"
lie knows that. Ruggles though
Lets ask her and see" He We
over 20 the table and drew out Il
paper. Come on and write ana al
her to 90 out with US to supper"
See here. Rug. what's this for?"
What's strange In It? She is fro
our state, and II you don't hustle al
ask her I am going to ask her I
alone"
Dan was puzzled as he sat down
che table. rejecting that II was p'
fectly possible that old Ruggles h
fallen n prey to the charms of
actress. She wouldn't come. of cour:
He wrote formal invitation witho
thinking very much OF what he SO
u how, folded and addressed his no
What did you say?" Ruggles ask
eagerly.