The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-09-19

lueol3 truth1ul 9tosys SD hayo r.
sxpiain. you know. There's sbound. q
" 4 skept1c 81 two. ny dear Coz
stance.r
'But there's aoxbury.r sHs protest
IA, her fAce clouding nevertheless.
He VIII ~ everything right"
The world Will say be Ii . gullible,
fool said he gently. And the world
always laughs At. not with. q fool.
Alas. my dear sister. It's i very deep
POOL we're n. BE leaned closer and
allowed : quaint. half b~antering. who'll
" difident smile ia. cross his face.
'I-I'm afraid that you are the only
being on earth who can make the story
thoroughly plausible Z. s8ss
Up she demanded quickly. Their
eyes met, and the wonder. suddenly
left hers. She blushed f~uriously.
NONSENSE" she said and abruptly
left him to take q seat beside Rather
Inc Rodney. He found small comfort
IN the whisperings and t~Itterings that
came willy nilly to his burning ears
from the corner OF the compartment
He had q d~isquieting impression that
they were discussing him. It was
forced in upon him that being a broth
er-in-law is not an enviable occupa-
tion.
"WotT' be asked almost hercely aft
o. the insistent Freddie had thrice re-
peated 4 question.
IT say. will you have q cigarette2 p
half shouted Freddie. e~xasperated.
"Oh! No. thanks. The train makes
such q beastly racket. don't q know"
They told me at the Bristol you
were deaf. but Oh..i say. old man.
I'm sorry. Which ear is it?''
The q next to YOU replied Brock.
recovering from his confusion. Il hear
perfectly well with the other one"
Yes" drawled Freddie. with 4 wink.
80 I've Observed After Z reflective
silence the young man ventured the In
teresting conclusion. She's 4 stunning
girl. all right" Brock looked politely
askance. by Jove. I'm glad she isn't
my sister-in-laww
II suppose I'm expected to ask Why
frieidly.
Certainly. Because II she was /.
couldn't. Do you get the pointY' He
crossed his legs and looked insupporta-
bly, sure Of himself.
They reached Munich late In the AFT
srnoon and went at once to the Hotel
vier Jahretzeiten. where they were to
ind the Odell-C arneys.
MI. Odell-C Carney was 4 middle aged
Englishman Of the extremely unini.
tiative type, BE was tall and narrow
and distant. far beyond what Il com
monty accepted ~ >blase. Indeed. he
especially slow OF. speech. even for
an Englishman. quite O II It were an
everlasting question with him whether
It was worth while to speak at all.
One had the feeling when listening 70
Mr. Odell-C Carney that he wal being
faYored beyond words. n, took him 90
long. 70 say anything that II one were
but Incidentally bright he could finish
ths sentencs mentally sons sltttBsAAtmes
IN advance OF the speaker and thus be
prepared to properly appreciate that
which otherwise might have puzzled
him considerably. 1t could mot be said.
however. that Mr.. OdeIl-C Carney was
He was merely the effec-
tuaI result of delay. Perhaps It In safe
to agree with those who knew him
best; they maintained that Odeli-Car-
ney was q pose. nothing lore.
His wife was quite the opposite in
nearly every particular except height
and angularity. She was bony and
red faced and opinionated. A few
sallow years, with q rapid, PREDICATE
nobleman had brought her. In widow
hood. to a fine sense Of appreciation Of
the slow going though ttresomely m
practical men Of the Odell-C Carney
type. It mattered little that be made
poor Investment Of the. money she had
.sequestered from his lordship. He had
kept her in the foreground by associat-
ing himself with every big venture that
the financial smart set. Not
w~ithstanding the fact that be never
was known to have any money. be Vas
looked upon as q 6nAnc1eF Of the high
ct order. which u saying q great deal
In these ~unfeeling days Of pounds and
EAH ~ 49, $50 E&EL - % - FeH
shillings. III,
OF course Mrs. Odell-C Carney was
dressed 10 all rangy. long limbed Eng
lishwomen are prone ITO dreSs-after Z
model peculiarly not her own. She
looked ridiculously unsracsful along
side the smart. chic Amerjcan women.
and yet not one Of them but would
have given her boots to b able 10 array
herself q one Of these. sIharesw as NO
denying the fact that MA O1sll-CaI.
pey was q regular tiptopper.s as MI.
Rodney was only too eager to say.
She had the cir Of 4 born lsader-that
10 to ny. abe could be gracious whom
occasion demanded. without being pAts
ronixing.
In due course OF time the MedcEofn
andsEisls Fowler were pressntS6
Distinguished couple. TkfSs1YkncttGH
Wa necessarily delayed until OdelI-
Carney had time to 20 intD the deenils
of Z particularly annoying TRANSPORTATION
the. afternoon. Heswas tallins IT, 1toss
II to his friend Rodney ~ ~ conrse
everything vac ~ 6tnnG6t1Yk sS2nt1agb