The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-09-18
Copyright BY Dodd. Mead { Go.

on warily, rs it from a man named
Hobart?"
mo. It's from Odell-C Carney. Ho-.
bart? | don't know anybody named
Hobart" CHow was he to know that
Hobart was the name that Medcroft
had chosen for correspondence pur-
posesO We're to meet the Odell-Car-
neys today in Munich. No time to be
lost. We've got to catch the 9 o'clock
train"
"Oh!' came in great relief from the
other side OF the door. Then In sud
den dismay: But l can't do it! The
idea Of getting up at an hour like this!"
what room is ROXbury ihT"
81 don't know" in very decided
tones. Inquire at the Office"
Alfred Rodney was a ~persevering
man. 1t is barely possible that he oc-
cupied a lower social plane than that
attained by his wife. but he was a
man of accomplishment. If not accom-
plishments. He always did what he
set out to do. Be 1t said in defense
Of this assertion he not only routed
out his entire protesting flock. but had
them at the st-Bahuhof In time to
catch the Orient express-luggage. ac-
cessories and all. Be 1t also said that
he was the only one In the party save
Constance and Tootles who took to
the situation amiably.
Dash the Odell-C arneys!" was what
Freddie Ulstervelt said as the train
drew out Of the station. Brock looked
up approvingly.
That's the first sensible thing I've
heard him say" he muttered, loud
enough to be heard by Miss Fowler.
81 say, who are the Odell-Carneys?
First I've heard Of 'em."
1.-THE Odell-C arneys? Oh, dear, have
you never heard Of them?" she cried
in surprise. He felt properly rebuked.
''They are very swell Londoners. 1t
Is said
'Then, good heavens, they'll know
I'm not Medcroft." he whispered in
| alarm.
mot at all, my dear Roxbury. That's
just where you're wrong. They don't
know Roxbury the first. I've gone
over it all with Edith. She's just crazy
to get into the Odell-Carney set. l re-
gret to say that they have failed to
notice the Medcrofts up to this time.
Secretly, Edith has ambitions. She
has gone to the lord mayors dinners
and to the Royal AntiQuarians and to
Sir John Brodney's and a lot of other
functions on the outer rim, but she's
never been able to break through the
crust and taste the real sweets of Lon
don society. My dear Roxbury, the
Odell- Carneys entertain the nobility
without conjunction. and they've been
known to hobnob with royalty. Mrs.
Odell-Carney was a Lady Somebody-or-
other before she married the second
time. She's terribly smart, Roxbury."
How, in the name Of heaven, do
they happen to be ~hObnObbing. as you
call it, with the ROdneys, may l ask?"
well, it seems that Odell-Carney Is
promoting q new South African mining
venture. L have 1t from Freddie u
stervelt that he's trying to sell some
thing like a million shares to Mr.. Rod
ney, who has loads Of money that came
from real mines In the far west. He'd
never be such a fool as to sink a mil
lion in South Africa. you know, but
he's Just clever enough to see the ad-
vantage Of keeping Odell- Carney in
tow. as 1t were. 1t means a great deal
to Mrs. Rodney, don't you know. Rox-
bury. to be able to say that she toured
with the Odell- Carneys. Freddie says
that Cousin Alfred Is talking in a very
diplomatic manner Of going to London
In August to look fully into the matter.
It is understood that the Rodneys are
to be the guests Of the Odell-Carneys
while in London. 1t won't be the sea-
son. of course. SO there won't be much
of a commotion in the smart set. 1t
is our dear Edith's desire to slip Into
| the charmed circle through the rift that
the Rodneys make. Do you compre-
hend?'
They were seated side by side In the
corner Of the compartment, his broad
back screening her as much as possible
from the persistent glances of Freddie
U~lstervelt, who was nobly striving to
conine his attentions to Katherine.
Brooks eyes were devouring her ex-
auisite face with q greediness that
might have caused her some uneasi-
ness II there had not been something
pleasantly agreeable in his way of do
ing II.
"Y~es-faintly." he replied after an
almost imperceptble conflict between
the senses of sight and hearing. "But
how does she intend to explain me
away? I'll be a dreadful skeleton In
her closet II II comes to that. When
she is obliged to produce the real Rox-