Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-12-26
HER DIsLoYAL BROTHER.

ey lawrsnes Alfred Clay.
Copyright. 1913. by the Mcclure News-
paper Syndicate.
!ne town Of Somers had decided on GER
sa s public improvements that called for
1Ivlces OF . civil engineer. and young
city by his firm.
on the street. 49, o~ e"'
xo % l sss isssG ssa, day s1.. he /; Az .,,, the name
no ~ me third day he saw her at tho
S S,,s.sn IN company With = youth ne
'1 On the was fa,,l her brother;
eran sns I tSs a. day e. he eat on the inn
TOOK e chair and saiuted With:
ma Ms.i' what do you thing Of us. old
He va q lad OF about Il. He had tho
tiwell-head. and he had it bad. He had
~ ~s. Ieturned from Chicago after q stay
blase. sA~ 40 1eas ana aookeo
= think It a rather nice town." was
me sY rsply y%r to his question.
ne hal met three or four youths like the
one nefore him-a baby In Innocence, but
"!asRlas n to BE- thousht : men n sin;
"Yes?" sA ~ -
=. Af Ssy you eoinE Into society while hsrsr'
ana ! Euess you've got tho rhino to back
LADY .ily you think you'd! iike To- know just
turn"
...ePerhsp. I have my .eha.s."
err 10 romaItic."0
~ :hall can upon you when I want
he : |! said III the snsinesr
command" 'a 'A- n . u %
xoung MI. Delray wes indeed romantic,
put when he discovered the fact the next
Day after his talk with the youth. no was
By his friends 20 . steady young man
who would likely turn out an old bachelor.
tIe was ct the postofacs when that young
n 'ss! came NJ ana be had . so'd look .s
Romance begins With admiraton. M.
Oelray admired. Romance turns 70 love
time: The leneth may 30 - minute. q
ok weeks. Whatever Il was 70 b In this
case. the young man could not wait. 70
However. he vent 81 resiisinx that h So {fsstSs;
was sealed. Seeing 2 young lady In the
postoffice twice doesn't always arouse ro-
but there might have been. and probably
was, some peculiar influence surrounding
tho SOmers office. Tho name was supplied
La n. next day when tho stided youth called
.:Yon must pardon me. Cd man. but I
Name e Ash!ey-Hob Ashley."
II have taken . strong liking to you.
and ! want to make your stay pleasant.
y can't be pleasant unless you have 20
e's no.
"And you can't got into society very
we'll unless you are romantic. mean the
e, ,es's s.n q it the ssos yeSn x,t Rse sRs old II so iesl; e
10 III. Il av &c. ssai 81: too % so;is bsd that .
But I am replied the engineer:
..Rut the other day you seemed to
make Il ana a. BIT ss. ss.'s @9 nina les, niP ss% ha "a
myself chuck fun Of romance" -,
That's bully! That makes Il e. n.y.. ~ ~
another week IL youli put yourself In my
banda"
Il am inclined to do 10. but"
into soh |: YSn Sna a.u1 pos %s mot e .s ssi y er.
Of one particular young lady. and when
that 10 done society. win admit you. It
Must I stop : runaway horse and save
:Ja:s leave i si to me. Permit M. to
quaint. The engineer couldn't quite size
If the name Of the boy was Ashley. then
the name Of his sister was the same. An
inquiry or two brought h Information
that the Ashleys were among the aristo-
H~shiey-hadn't his eyes beheld her1
The public Improvement ct Ashley was
. canal from the river to . valley . mile
away TO draw of the extra water IN nood
slm small IL island dns Ssa and on on I'll snis 1fhisDe eneineer
had his Office In 9 cough shanty: He kept
Z boat to ferry himself to and fro. From
~, N. in.sa down M t aSSl pond sas FL Ts.r s.' Was s %e,s
fishing there. and boats were out almost
e. Yoyyn NY. Bob Ashley hadn't been seen by
the engineer for four day.. He had been
scheming and coaxing and arguing with
his sister Claire. He wanted to 90 1shing,
a aeS he s. .an aa 8 r ssr e g sn sI9 sSe ds e nsd
pestertns!: exclaimed the lister It last:
and the persistent Bob had won his
AZ , o'clock in the afternoon the engt-
neer sat before an open window In his
Z; sn. g t. efi'e e e. him : r E beat Rsssse az Tis f.
sister. h was looking the other way.
but he wasn't. He looked young Delray
IN b eye and gave him : wink and :
what did Boh's wink ana nod mean1 II
he had anything to communicate why
didn't he call QUIT
The engineer wasn't mystined over o
ana reached for. Il, and the skiff upset
He shouted ana his sister screamed. Fifty
people saw he accident but they were
Just about - seconds had passed when
the engineer was In hio oktft and pulling
to the rescue.
Don't faint. sis!" edmoniehed Bob -
III rot An arm around hin niatAp To MN.
"::But-but We shall b d-drownsd.. she