The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-09-26

There are thousands like him In my
dear New York-conscienceless. inver-
tebrate. sybaritic M Of idleness. col
lege bred and underlined little beasts
who can buy and then east nf at their
pleasure. They have no means pf
knowing how to fall In love with 4
good girl They have NOT been trained
to II. It IL not for their scrambled In
~tellects to Discriminate between the
chorus girl brand 1T attack and the
subtle wooing Of a gpntiewoman Tlle,
cant analyzp: they can't feel. II
this insipid. egotisticai little bnundtr
is actually sitting there and asking
me to help him with the girl love.
Good Lord. what next?" He surveyed
the eager UlsterveIt In the most irrf
tating manner. finally laughing out
right in his face. The very thought Of
him as Comics accepted lover! She.
the adorable. the splendid. the unap-
proachable! II. was excruciatingiy
funny!
"Oh. | say. old man." cried Freddie
when the disconcerting laugh came.
don't laugh! It's no joke"
"'Pon my soul. Ulstervelt," apollo
gized Brock, with a magnanimous
smile. II haven't said it was a joke.
YOU
Then what are you laughing att
Something you heard yesterday with
fine scorn. Brock stared hard at the
flushed boyish face Of the other. It
was weak and yet as hard as brass,
hard with the overbearing confidence
Of the spoiled child of wealth.
"See here. Ulstervelt," he said, with
sudden GOODNESS, you're asking my
help. That's no way to get It"
II beg pardon. l don't mean to be
rude" apologized Freddie. But. 1
say, old man, I'll make 1t worth your
while. My fathers got stacks of coin.
and he's a power in New York. Odell-
Carney's right. American architects
can't design good hencoops. What we
want in New York is a rafting good
up to date Englishman or two to show
'em a few things. They're a lot Of
muckers over there. take It from me
By. Jove. Roxbury. you don't know
how I'd appreciate your friendship in
this matter. 1t will simplify things
immensely. You'll speak q good word
for me when the time comes. now.
won't your"
you want me to do you q good
turn" said Brock slowly. He found
himself grinning with a malicious joy.
IAN right, I'll see to it that Miss Rod
ney doesn't marry you. my boy. I'll
attend to her."
"Just a minute" interrupted Freddie
quickly. Don't be too hasty about
that. I want to be sure Of Constance
first"
II see I was just about to add that
I'll give Constance a strong hint that
one Of the most gallant young sparks
in New York is likely to propose to her
before the end Of the week. That
will
"Hsavsnsg. exclaimed Freddie in dr.
INST "You needn't do that. tvs A.
ready proposed to her 6ve or six
times"
"And she-she is undecided1" cried
Brock. his eyes ~darkening.
mo, hang it all. she's not undecid-
ed She's said no every time. That's
why I'm up a tree, 80 to speak"
"Oh!" was all that. Brock said OF
course she couldn't love a creature Of
Freddie's stamp! he gloated.
"'Gad. you're a lucky dog. Roxbury,"
went on Freddie enviously. money
isn't everything. You're married to
n Of the prettiest and most fascinat-
ing women in the world. She's 4 won
der. You can't blame mesfor wanting
your wife as a sisterin-law. Now.
can you? And that kid! You lucky
dog!"'
ITO be continued