The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-04
CHAPTER XIX.
O al ARoI1T TT

NOT ALL ABOUT IT.
So1caisl Harms sent in his card to Sir
anollaS ryder. He had driven over
rom me angha in a hansom-hold-
ing CaAlcabs in even more whole heart
ed abhorrence than before. He inoIir-
go at once 1t Sir Thomas was In his
private sanctum, and il SO whether he
might see him. -
Curlously enough the chief, usually
qu na 1hacoassibl to the casual visitor
ceiyed his brotherinlaw Immediately
Hello. Will" he aid by way of
greeting. the way Englishmen have of
saying that they are pleased to see one
| another. 80
Hello responded Colonel Harris in
the same eloquent tone.
n the two old bows shook hands
Sir Thomas then resumed his official
chalr behind his huge desk and mo-
t!oned his brotherinlaw to an arm chair
close by.
Have a cigar" said the host.
rejoined the other.
The box was handed across. a Ha-
vana selected.
Ihe cigars were lighted. and
for quite three minutes the two
men smoked in Hence. One
OF them had come here to
md out how much of his daughters
happiness lay in jeopardy; the other
knew what was in the balance. the
DANGER to his niece's happiness, the
terrible abyss Of misery which yawned
at her feet.
But both sat there and enjoyed their
cigars. They We're dressed with scrup-
ulous care, in the uniform prescribed
by. the world in which they lived as
being suitable for gentlemen of their
position and of their age; frock coats
and dark gray trousers, immaculate
collar, and tie with pearl pin. Both
wore q seal ring on the little finger Of
the left hand, n a watch chain ofear-
ly Victorian design. They might be
twins but for their faces. Convention
a put a livery on them which they
would on no account have discarded.
But the faces were very different.
Colonel Harris carried his so years as
easily as If they had been 40. There
We're not many lines on his round.
chubby face, with it's red cheeks and
round, child like eyes. The heavy cav
airy mustache, once auburn, now al
most white, hid the expression of the
mouth, but n felt, judging by the
eyes and the smooth forehead, which
continued very far now onto the back
OF his head, that If one were allowed
q peep below that w~alrus-like face
adornment one would see a mouth that
was kind n non too firm, the mouth
Of a man who had led other men per-
haps, but who had invariably been led
by his woma folk.
NOW Sir Thomas Ryder was-or
rather is, for he is still In perfect
health and full vigor-a very different
type OF man. You have no doubt seen
him about town-for he takes a consti-
tutional in the park every day on his
way to his work, and he goes to most
first nights at the theaters-and if SO
you will have admired the keen, sharp
face, the closely set eyes. the mobile
mouth free from mustache or beard:
the face Is furrowed all over, especially
round the eyes. yet he does not look
old. That is because Of the burrows:
they form a wonderful network round
his eyes, giving them an expression OF
perpetual keen amusement. The hair
is pale In color-not white, but faded
and scanty. Sir Thomas wears It
carefully brushed across the top Of his
head, with a parting on the left side.
He has a trick when he Is thinking
deeply, Of passing has hand-which is
white, slender Inc tapering-over that
scanty covering of what, but for it.
would be a bald Uranium.
Some people said that Sir Thomas
Ryder was a a without any senti-
ment; others that he was a slave to
red tape; but no one denied the uncon-
vertible fact that he was the right man
In the right place.
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