Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

NA"iS tOss'NtSN0 ASeAoSi w NSl' \
For a few days their influence had sue
ceeded in cheering her up, blu like any
stimulant, the effect was transitory.
Fhe used all her COMMON sense TO argue
herself out of what she felt was a silly
and ungrateful state of mind. She even
thought What splendid thing it would
he for her if Henry would beat her.
AS q child. she had always felt so much
better after AZ application of a certain
little whip that had been purchased.
ostenslbly. for use on her shetland
>ony. She had outgrown the pany, but
sometimes, She doubted if she had out
grown the whip.
This particular evening she read a
book OF adventure to the N The flat
ness of every day life overwhelmed her
as her imagination came back to earth.
Her glance falling on Henry, placidly
reading Il book. made her envy his
matter of f%actness, his freedom from
such moods as now possessed her. He
was perfectly satisfied. All he asked
or life was a pleasant HON and get
understand all the wild rebcilious
thoughts that raced through her mind.
AT this N a sigh came from the
depths of Henry's chair: He threw his
book down and there was a long 81
lence. as Isabel waited for him to
around the sid of his big winged chair
and looked at her. "Oh-have you fin
ished, too?" he asked. Where have
you been this evening? Nv been hav-
ing all sorts of experiences up in
Alaska
I've peer down in the South seats,
said Isabel with a flicker of a smile. II
wasn't a bit the sort of person one
would care to meet socially, but her
eyes sparkled.
Il nearly died of starvation and cold;
escaped being murdered several times
and had n hlIl1yy ftvo0 " r1an1n v.a1 vJn,rN,
That's the sort of life I'd like to lead
it's q mans life, l tell you"
Isabel stared at Henry in amazement.
His ann seemed to sweep aside the
conventional existence that they led as
II 1t were a cob web.
You know he said, ut was the am
bitlon of my life, as a boy, to go to sea.
Some of my ancestors were great row.
ers and l showed such tendencies OF
Following in their tracks that it was a
source of great anxiety to my mother.
I've always been afraid I'd break out
sometime. Funny though, how one set
ties down and gets over such things"
Isabel followed Henry's glance
around the room. Every book. every
picture, every piece of furniture bound
them Doth to a routine-it represented
q home that they had made and must
live In. He must work at an office
desk to keep them together under a
roof. Isabel must see that they were
KEPT busted and in rider.
i never supposed you were dis
didn't know that you aver felt tied
down and hampered and-and all that"
"Oh. I don't" Henry fastened to as
sure her. Il was just carried away by
hat yarn for the M l suppose
every man has such moments of long
ing for wild places and action. Prim-
eval instincts. but wholesome enough.
Now the feminine mind has far less
of the romantic element in it. I'm
surprised so many of US men stay in
captivity when
IF I'm all that's keeping you. Henry
Wysp, you may consider yourself free
this moment" lared Isabel. II don't
think 1 was cut out for a kumdrum ex-
istence. Talk about men being the more
romantic, why there isn't a nice, re-
spectacle. sheltered old married wom-
an in the world who doesn't long to do
all sorts of reckless. dare devil things.
The sweetest old lady 1 ever knew con-
fessed to me ono that 1t had always
been the ambition Of her life to be
shipwrecked on a desert isle with a
strange, good looking young man."
Which merely proves" said Henry,
that women are more sentimental, not
more romantic, than men. Now q man
could have a perfectly jolly time on a
desert isle without the heroine ele-
ment."
SD tnatS tne way you feel about
1T" exclaimed Isabel. IF you were on
a. desert isle-or any other exciting
place-you'd nave a better time if-if
I were not along.'
Now Isabel. there you go taking a
general statement to Yourself"
We'll. didn't you start this whole
thing by saying what a good time you
could have had If you could go gala
wanting our the world alone-up in
Alaska and all sorts of other places
If you weren't tied DOWN." demanded
Isabel.
II never said anything of the Sort"
denied Henry. IF you want to visit
some fool thing 1 said around like
that"