The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-09-04

ing Brooks ~misfurtuues she was nap.
ping or reading ~ sending out Tor cool
drinks. With all the seldshness OF
a duiful wife she was content 70 shift
responsibilities npon that ever conven-
lent and usefu! creature-a detached
sister.
BROCK sent kilograms for her from
cities along the way-Ulm. Munich,
Salzburg and others-all meant FOR the
real ROxbury in London, but sent to
q fictitious being In Great Russell
street, the same having been agreed
upon by at least two Of the conspira-
tors 1t mattered little that she re-
peated herself m~onotonously In regard
TO the state Of health of herself and
Tootles. Roxbury would doubtless Ell.
Joy the protracted happiness brought
ON by these dispatches. even though
altogether until they reached him In
a bunch the next day. He may also
have been gratiied to hear from MI
mich that Roxbury was perfectly love
ly. She said In the course Of her
longest dispatch that she was SO glad
that the baby was getting to iiko her
father more and moro As The. 'ia!
wore on.
At n station Brock narrowly ,~rap
ed missing the train. He swung HIN.
self aboard as the cars rolling out
of the sheds. AS he sank, hot and et.
hausted, into the seat opposite Ats VIII.
and her sister the former looked ~
from her book, yawnipg ">~ 20 aaist
ly, and asked:
"Are you enjoying your Su.D-H~n ~.
Roxbury?"
Immensely" he exclaimed ~ not
until he had searched for ans es~sht
Comics truant gaze. "AreI>> w.
he asked of Miss Fowler, hi zee
dancing. She smiled e~ncouragtnGp
II think you are such n nice nsa@ TO
have about" commented Mrs. Nm
croft, this time yawEing freep I'd
stretching her fine young arms IL 80
luxury of home contentmept.
Brock went to bed early In Vlsnaa
that night, tired but happy, caring lot
what the morrow brought forth 20
long as 1t continued - provide stro
with a sister-in-iaw and q wife Sho
was devoted-to another man,
CHAPTER v.
The Cistsn. Cousins.
THE end Of the week found
Brock quite thoroughly domes-
ticated-to use an expression
supplied by his new s~ister-in-
law. True, he had gone through some
trying ordcals and had lost not a little
Of his sense Of locality, but he was
rapidly recovering Ii as the pathway
became easier and less obscure. At
first he was irritatingly remiss in an
swering to the name of Medcroft: but.
20 Justify the stupidity, it is only nee
essary to say that he had fallen into
a condition which scarcely permitted
him TO know his own name, much less
that of another. He was under the
spell. Wherefore ii did not matter ut
all what name he went by. He would
have answered as readily to one as the
other.
He blandly ignored kilograms and
letters addressed to Roxbury Medcroft.
and once he sat like a lump, with ev-
cry enc staring ut him, when the chair
man Of the architects convention ask.
ed If Mr.. Medcroft had anything to
say on the subject under discussion.
He was forced. in some confusion. to
attribute his hecdlcssness to q lifelong
defect In hearing. Thereafter 1T was
his punishment to have his name and
fragments OF conversation hurled about
in tones so stentorian that he blushed
for very shame. In the Bristol, in the
Ring. in the Lichtenstein gal
lcry, In the g~ardens-no matter where
he went-if he were to be accosted by
any Of the genial architects 1t was al
ways IN a voice that attracted atten-
ton. He could have heard them II
they had been a block away. 1t be-
came a habit with him to instinctively
lift his hand to his ear when one Of
them hove in sight, having seen him
first.
That's what ! get for being a liar
he lamented dolefully. Constance had
Just whispered her condolences. do
you think they'll consider it odd that
you don't shout ut me too?"
"You might explain that you can tell
what | am saying by looking at my
she said. He was immensely re-
Considerable difficulty had to be over
come at the Bristol in the matter Of
Without going into details
Brock resignedly took the only room
left in the crowded hotel, a 6 by 10
cubby hole on the top floor overlooking
the airshaft. He had to go down one
fight for his morning tub. and he nev-
err got it because he refused to stand
in line and await his turn. Mrs. Med
croft had the choicest room in the ho-
tel, looking down upon the beautiful
Karntner-R Ring. Constance proposed,
in The goodness of her heart, to give
to Brock her WI ROOM. adjoining
that Of her sister. provided Edith
would take her in to sleep with her.
Edith was perfectly willing. but inter
posed the sage conclusion that gossip
ping menials might not appreciate a
preference so unique.
Roxbury Medcroft's sky parlor ad-
Joined the elevator shaft. The head