The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-15

90 Helmet" at the Broad Street
~ IN Philadelphia. 1t was a no.
event In America. Gafki came
civ from Berlin. and staged the
IN its every detail. as he had
In for the emperor at the Ma
tbeater on Inter den Linden.
(delphia society possessed the
4 street theater that night. A
[h,tiye tariff set by Gafki barred
any.
recall but few details Of the
Helmet" after the FIRST act.
HE curtain came down I went
the box OF the aged Mrs. Van
Henson to talk a n,tle with
Let Garrett. She and her faAh-
president of the Consolidated
railroads of Pennsylvania. were
10 sail for a winters visit with
m AMBASSADOR at London, and this
py only opportunity to present
al adieus. Mrs. Van Couver.
h Is a mere wisp OF woman,
the roads end. painfully cling.
moment longer to life. She sat
|orner of the box, a bit Of breath
ax covered with costly laces, iso-
by deafness. Margaret Garrett
nlone. but for this senile aunt.
welcomed graciously my arrival
E box.
pw do you do. Courtlandt." she
Then she waived a presentation
2 ancient aunt with a screening
santry. Aunt Van is absorbed in
erils OF Caesar; sit down by me-"
|at down, and touched at once on
motive OF my visit. II came" l
TO wish you favorable winds"
Se turned to me instantly. I'VE
hot going" she said.
lot going!" echoed. why not?"
De laughed a little. There Is q
in the way"
|necked the chair arm lightly with
finger. How little a thing"
] TO stay the sailing OF Semira-
Not so little thing" she answered
By fippant sally. IF you will look
bently at the first chair of the fifth
on the right OF the center aisle.
will see him. Is he, then, 30 little
Iug?'
looked a moment later with a ris-
interest. The man who sat in that
chair of the fifth row was never
title factor In any human equation.
was on this day n star DETECTING
orbits Of political leaders In his
|e, one playing at the Grachii-the
nmoner, sustained by the toiling
E, but he was not OF IL. He came
family older yet than Penn; one
Ierful under the first congress. but
'rward contentedly fallow through
generations, and now, by the me-
N OF this man, returning actively
lie.
he career OF this man was some
* OF a wonder to us all. Com
hiding by his birth a station Of the
hest order, he had of his own vo-
On become leader OF the people;
then, when he stood an authority
be reckoned with In the placing Of
eral patronage, he chose strangely
with a small spirit. We thought,
position Of q United States mar.
The men who usually got this
e were aspiring sheriffs. Why.
D. did this man. reared In kings
SEES, thus strangely wish It?
forgot on the instant Gafki and his
ONE Helmet" Here was indeed
Vs. The engagement of Margaret
nett! The big Englishmen would
haunt now our Ambassadors
SO In Park Lane. The tall girls
uny had arrived.
made the usual conventional
eehes, a bit highly colored, I fear
amer eulogistic. over-appreciative,
n with tropical platitudes.
ne heard me. like a sphinx calmly
Ine end. then she dropped a gull
ne knife on the dainty speeches.
very pretty, Courtlandt." she said.
you are giving tongue on the
ns trail. Mr.. Wood Is not at pres
intending to marry me. He Is alb
''hsly engaged In an effort to adj
&c his own fortunes, somewhat at
cost OF my fathers"
s'ammered my way back. and she
i on, covering thus unconscious.
ny confusion.
lear that father is not coming of
'e would wish in this contest with
WOOD. He laughed n little at the
Jung skirmish. somewhat like CAT
oaesar, sitting In his tent: but
VI me last month he has advanced
''ahdards, as Caesar always did
= ne was being cut to pieces. You
How much ! am Influenced by this
OF Gafki. Father has abandoned
winter in London. He must be
: :, happy II by being here he can
AL against Mr.. Wood. II is In
\ manner, Courtlandt, that the man
se end OF the nth row IL standing
he way
: was still deeply puzzled. How
= Une OF but moderate fortunes. q
y United States marshal, interrupt
seriously the plans OF an indus
Emperor like John A. Garrett. ]
w Tor further exclamation. Il did