Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-12-20

OF MS ASSISTANT, Was constantly seen
with her on Ihe streets. at tns opera. /
the play. He showed, In short. that
he found her society wholly agreeable
upon every possible occasion. II this
was in bad tasts. il many or most, in
the usual guess. put 1t at the point of
improperly. John Rawn gave himself
no concern The Rawn aristocracy be-
gan in him. He founded it. was its
Charlemagne, its William the Conqner-
or, as ruthless, as regardless of others.
as selfish. as megalomaniac as the best
of kings Here, therefore. were two
aristocratsl They ran well in couple
1t is not to be supposed that girl
so shrewd as Virginia Delaware could
fail to realize the full import Of all
this. She let the sings and arrows
fall upon the buckler of her perfect
dignity and her perfect beauty, but she
felt their impact She was perfectly
in hand. knew perfectly well her mind,
knew perfectly we'll the price she must
pay. She let matters take their course
knowing that they were advancing
safely and surely in one direction, that
which she desired. She was more
| skilled in human nature than her en-
ployer. saw deeper into mans heart
than he had ever looked into a WON
an'si
And then. at last. the life schedule
Of Virginia Delaware was verified. At
last. the inevitable happened.
On one Of these many trips to New
aYa
In her apartments at the hotel for
most Of the afternoon. In the evening
before the dinner hour. she was sum
moned to meet Mr.. Rawn in one of
tho hotel plrloys. At once she noted
his suppressed excitement. He scarce
could walt urtil they we're alone. In
far corner OF the room, before ex
planning to her the cause.
Il don't like to say this, Miss Della
ware he began, but I've got to do
it,"
What do you mean. Mr. Rawn?''
she replied In her usual low and clear
tones
There's been talk"
Talk? About what?"
us"
About US? What can you mean.
Mr. Rawn?" she asked
The world is so confoundedly
small. my dear girl. that 1t seems ey-
erything you do is known by every
body else. OF course. a man like my
self is In the public eye; but we've
always minded our business. and 1t
1sf tn aT-
business beyond that"
You disturb me, Mr.. Rawn. What
has happened?"
But now. tonight. now-just a
little while ago-I met this fellow Ack-
err an-you know him-big man in
the company-used to be general traf-
iic manager down in st. Louis. on the
old railroad where | began-well, he
was drunk and he talked"
What could he say"
He got me by the coat collar ana
proceeded to tell me how much--how
much-well, to tell the truth, he con
nected your name and mine II he
wasn't drunk-and a director-Pd go
down there yet and smash his face for
! D.,
or course men don't mind such things
so much. But when it comes to you
why. my dear girl"
The truth has already been stated
regarding John Rawn: that. batra-
chan. halfdormant for almost half
a century. and then putting into bust
ness what energy most men put into
love and sex, he had passed a life OF
singular innocence, or ignorance. as
to womankind, He had never counte-
nanced much gossip about women. be-
cause he had little interest In the
topic The grande passion marks
most OF us for its own now and again.
or Is to be feared now and again; but
the granGe passion had passed by John
Rawn. He was now approaching fifty
years OF age Married he had been.
and divorced: but he had not yet been
In love
He now spoke to his like his mate
in the hunt, of the opposite sex, a
young woman who at that very mo
ment was as beautiful a creature as
might have been found on all Man
haitian a woman known In all Man
haitian now as the mysterious LADY
OF the Iightnings," the goddess OF the
stock certificates OF one Of the most
mammoth American corporations a
creature over whom Manhattan'a most
critical libertines were crazed--and
helpless; moreover. woman who. out
az all those in the great carayanseral
at that moment might as we'll as any
have been chosen as the very type OF
gentle breeding and OF gentle woman
hood alike. But she had not yet been
in love
u don't understand. MT. Rawn." re-
peated she slowly What possible
ground could Mr. Alderman have had?