Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-01-01

ly like to know what your idea OF
that invincible barrier is. Is it be-
cause my face is in the"rogues' gal
lery? Surely, you would not be
cruel!"
"She is far above us all, my friend"
continuing unruffled. Sometimes !
stand in absolute awe Of her"
"a marvel! If my recollection is
not at fault, many man has entered
the Villa Fanny, with view to court
ship, men beside whom l am as
Roland to. the lowest Saracen. You
never objected to them"
''They had money and position"
Magic talisman! And if l had
money and position?"
"My objections would be no less
strong"
Your code puzzles me- You would
welcome as a sCn-in-law a man who
stole openly the widows mite, while /,
who harass none, but the predatory
rich, must dwell in the outland? Rank
injustice!"
"You couldn't take care of her"
Eyes, l could. With but little effort
could make these two hands as hon.
est as the day is long"
81 have my doubts" smiling little.
Suppose, for the sake of an argu-
ment, suppose Fortune accepted me-"
Mrs. Chedsoye's good humor re-
turned She knew her daughter toler-
ably we'll; the child had horror Of
men. Poor Horace! Do you build
upon that?"
LESS, perhaps, than upon my own
bright invention My suit, then to be
brief, is rejected?"
"Emphatically. l have spoken"
"Oh. WE'LL the feminine prerogative
shall be mine, the last word. Good
night; dormi bene!" He bowed
grandly and turned toward his own
room.
He possessed that kind of mockery
which was the despair of those at
whom it was directed. They never
knew whether his mood was one OF
harmless fun or of deadly intent. And
rather than mistake the one quality
for the other, they generally pretend
/ ed to ignore. Mrs. Chedsoye, who
had a similar talent, was one Of the
/ few who felt along the wall as one
does in the dark, instinctively. To
night she recognized that there was
! no harmless fun but real desperate
ness behind the mask; and she had
held in her temper with firm hand
This was not the hour for a clash
! She shivered little; and for the frs
time in the six or seven years she haC
known him, she faced a fear of him
His great strength, his reckless cour
age, his subtle way of mastering mer
by appearing to be mastered by them
held her in the thrSll of a peculiar
! fascination which, in quiet periods
she looked upon as something deeper
! Marriage was not to her an ideal state
nor was there any man, living or dead
who had appealed to the physical side
! of her. But he was in the one SCI
what she was in the other; and while
! she herself would never have married
him, she ragged inwardly at the posi-
bility Of his wanting another woman
To her the social fabric which hold.
humanity together was merely a con
venience; the moral significance
touched neither her heart nor hel
mind. In her the primordial craving
for ease, for material comforts, pref
ty trinkets and gowns was stronges
developed. 1t was as if this sense hat
been handed down to her. untouched
by contact with progression, from the
remote ages, that time between the
fall of Roman civilization and where
modern civilization began. In shor
a beautiful barbarian, whose intellec
alone had advanced.
Fortune was asleep. The mother
went over to the bed and gently shool
the slim, round arm which lay upoI