The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-10-30
The
Husbands of
II Edith
= By GEORGE BARR MGUTCHfON
Copyright b, Dodd. Mead & Go.
By GEORGE BARR M'GUTCHfON
Copyright. b, Dodd. Mead & Go.
Continued from last week

Yes; that would have committed me,
don't you see. I've been tentatively
engaged more than dozen times, but
never quite up to the girls father
Now, I don't mind telling you that I've
changed my mind about Katherine
She's a jolly good sort, but she's not
just my sort. 1 thought she was, but
we'll. you know how it Is yourself. The
hearts a id queer organ. Mine has
gone back to Constance in the last two
days. You are her brother-in-law, and
you're a good fellow through and
through. want your help. I've got
money to burn, and the family's got
position In the States. can take care
Of her as she should be taken care of.
No little old six room fat for her But,
Of course, you understand, can't quite
carry the thing through with Kath
crime still feeling herself attached, as
1t were The thing to decide Is this:
How best can l let Katherine down
easily and take on Connie without put
ting myself In a rather hazardous po-
sitionf I'm a gentleman, you see, and
l can't do anything downright rotten
1t wouldn't do. I'm sure In her heart
Connie cares for me. could make her
understand me better If had half the
chance. But a fellow can't get near
her nowadays. Don't you think you
are carrying the family link too far?
Now, what l want to ask of you as
friend Is this: Will you put in good
word for me every chance you get?
I'll square myself with Katherine all
right. OF course, you'll understand,
don't want to actually break with
Katherine until Pm reasonably sure OF
Constance. I'm guest Of the Rodney
family. you see. 1t would be down
right indecent of me. No, sir; I'm not
that sort shouldn't think Of ending
it all with katherine so long as we
are both guests Of her father. I'd wait
until the end of next week"
Brock had listened In utter amaze
ment to the opening portion of this In
genuous proposal. AS the fiexile youth
progressed Amusement gave place to In
digna ton and then to disgust. Brooks
brow grew dark; the impulse to pull
his countryman's nose was hard to
overcome. Never in all his life had
he listened to such frankly cold
blooded argument as that put forth by
the insuferable Knickerbocker In the
end the big New Yorker saw only the
laughable side Of the little New York
ers plight After all. he was harm
less egoist, from whom no girl could
expect much In the way Of recompense
It mattered little who the girl Of the
moment might be, she could not hope
to or even seek to hold his perambula
tory affections. Hes a single exam
pie Of great New York class" reflect
ed Brock 1.-The futile, ~priggish rich!
There are thousands like him In my
dear New Observation-Disclosures iHyer-
tebrate, sybaritic sons of idleness, col
lege bred and underbred little beasts
who can buy and then cast off at their
pleasure. They have no means of
knowing how to fall in love with a
good girl They have not been trained
to 1t. tits not for their scrambled In
tellects to discriminate between the
chorus girl brand Of attack and the
subtle wooing Of gentlewoman. They
can't analyZe; they can't feel! And
this fnsipid. egotistical little bounder
is actually sitting there and asking
ME to help him with the girl I love!
Good Lord, what next?' He surveyed
the eager Ulstervelt in the most irri-
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-
proachabIe. It was excruciatingly
funny!
''Oh. l say, old man., cried Freddie
when the disconcerting laugh came.
don't laugh. It's no joke"
Pom my soul, Ulstervelt,' apollo
gtzed Brock, with magnanimous
smile. Il haven't said it was a joke.
YOU
Then what are You laughing at?
Something you heard yesterday" with
fne scorn. Brock stared hard at the
flushed beyish face of the other. 1t
was weak and yet as hard as brass,
hard with the oyerbearing confidence
OF the spoiled. child of wealth.
See here, Ulsteryelt,,. he said, with
sudden coldness, you're asking my
help. That's no way to get It."
81 beg pardon. l don't mean to be
rude" apoIogized Freddie. But, /
say, old man. I'll make 1t worth your
while My fathers got stacks OF coin.
and he's power In New York. Odell-.
Carney's right. American architects
can't design good hencoops What we
want In New York is rafting good
up to,date Engllshman or two to show
EN- a few things. They're lot OF