The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-05-17
auce and Gander

.r. ,rauble with you. Richard"
now stepmother. rs that you
..rk Tor the right sort OF girl.
.. not always associated with
.ruA. There are plenty or
and charming heiresses who
Yer seen the interior of any
,.- .audy Fifth avenue palaces
... sou Jared so badly. But
.t. aayer had the luck TO meet
rl shrugged his shoulders mood.
SD ;hc advent of his father
mother the subject Of the
d. his making a wealthy al
L.r been pressed on him more
~. tam ever.
Ac continued, 81 have pick
.1 Vile for you. All you Will
.u viii be TO 30 In and win
~n, .sn't in society, and she
uigg OF admirers dangling
H.r lccaus" she's too sensible
I ly, OF thing. and, may say,
uc isn't one Of those flashy
.hl attract men in the multi
Md e didn't believe that you
.I genuinely in love with her.
.r help you TO meet her. But,
.s.rt YOU were made for each
h.hard, and | want you to
t~"
"wh.r her name?" asked Jocelyn
"agv raycnant."
Erv.r heard Of her." he groaned.
Shea g0ud.looker?"
'Su,'- q nice, pretty. sensible Amer.
riri" said his stepmother. And
worth couple of millions
DDS not dollars. OF course. you
,af lyard Of her. for she lives
secluded life. and has no use for
.iHus and follies. And | must tell
Richard, that she Is little dis
stone. by the experiences she has
N0,ll have 10 show her you
her for herself and not for her
or,y"
Well where Is this paragon to be
pm. jocclyn demanded.
She's staying at Atlantic City
her companion. Miss Constance
.n-ar thr Charlevoix. | had a let.
igom her yesterday. for she and
ere sohOG'mates and are still good
IDS, and | have promised that
] come down ana bring you with
But Of course have no intention
accompanying you, Richard; ] want
zoo go alone. Now. pack your suit
gp down. and fall head over
I'D love with her. And don't fall
love with the companion instead"
Ia" FIRST part of this injunction
'En ".oycd readily enough. As TO
probability OF the second or third,
Was -rcptical. His experiences IN
ear,h for bride wig should re-
3" 10" waning fortunes of the Joce.
had been bitter ones; still, when
called he would not shrink from
owing her. And so. on the follow.
day. he found himself installed at
laf."voiN and gazing out Of his
""" moodily at the melancholy Oc-
or soa.
season was over, the hotel
empty and, even had Joceiyn
'D '' Atlantic City with no Interior
.'.'e 1t would have been difficult,
"0H' cHurlishness. TO have avoided
mug ne acquaintance Of the two
.,S hey sat at the table adjacent
aug own They met on the deserted
walk; before the week was end.
.' 'hr"c were fast friends. Joce.
| '.o'" 10 his stepmother:
b..l,Vc that | could love either
[ "'A, They are evidently we'll cd
women, and either would adorn
| '.'".th Manor. But shall follow
ar heircss."
ava as the days passed he found the
.".uons Of the bluc.eyed. brown.
.'' Nary Davenant increasingly NJ
hey spent many n pleasant
'@"thcr, Miss Grice Watching
N'""ing interest of the one in the
.' win evident sympathy. Miss
|, ''' was not pretty. but still an ami
' ana attractive girl.
anu then occurred an incident which
,"H',ely upset Lord Jocelyn's men
aI equilibrium.
was trivial affair, and yet II
|"ehed In him dormant suspicious
[, ''caIIed other and sadder circum-
'','S IN which he had found himself
f., '''im OF feminine duplicity. En-
'he hotel late one evening. he
I ,.,ed The two ladies' strolling to-
ueir apartment little ahead Of
=" They had not observed him. or
. ,uu'h Miss Grice stopped.
boo.,y shoe is coming unfastened,"
/ r,''h heard her say.
.omptly Mary Davenant bent down
In ner knees and tied 1t for her.
hos Neiyh went to bed and meditated
IN long time before sleep came to
b. H. On the following day no wrote
us stepmother:
k,a,u' Uiu You that had come to like
ho =, pavenant, as I thought her to
tba, aa I have long suspected
hbo que que was not wholly ignorant of
AtI,u .!ect | had in view in coming to
tba, wv City And I have discovered
Mis- alck has been played upon me.
havo paVenant and Constance Grice
'uahged places. Tho compauion