The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-12-18

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or west, some how, these best homes
opened to him; everything good came
W1thou effort, without cost. Yet he
would have been surprised to believe he
was anything else but q democrat-a
young man of h easy, f~ull-lived. toll
Grant American democracy-the sort OF
Fellow who calls on ones daughters,
and whom ones daughters marry when
ne has made enough in the business or
become q junior partner of the firm.
East or west. he was the same clean
clear-mtnded chap OF family and
money. To get on in the world meant
no particular struggle; merely common
sense and industry, and cultivating the
right sort of people, n taking easy
advantage Of the opportunities that
ones position gives one. His father
was that sort Of man exactly. All the
county accented him as a type Of the
sturdy democratizing citizen; and Har-
Ian looked out on the people reciprocal
ly,-brown, kind, true hearted people,
unconscious. unafraid, u~nindebted, their
wallets filled. He remembered once
travelling with Elsie Dickinson, and the
grocer's daughter had been ashamed of
a country uncle who took out a paper
shoe box Of lunch and ate fried chicken
and pickles on the seat Of the coach.
Harlan had desented Elsie's feeling.
He had no country relations, but he felt
a stout kinshtp with all this prosy.
common. wholesome living. They were
his acme people. these Midlanders. the
BEST Of Americans. Certainly he was
q democrat. as his father was, without
struggle, without cost. without having
TO soil his hands at anything. or as
sumo obligation. II one had accused
MIN OF class-consciousness he would not
have aiken n seriously.
His father and mother had no COM
ment when he appeared dressed for
dinner. Mrs. Van Hart smiled: It was
such a ukeable following Of the Judges
habits. The affair Of last night had
been put by; they had had 1t out after
the party. and Harlan had listened in
silence Their hopes of him. their pride
IN him.: all they had built and lived and
not throw 1t away. He had listened.
then he had arisen INC said simply:
Mother. I'm going back to school to-
morrow. Can't you trust me In this
affair Aurelie Lindstrom-as you can
In everything7"
And the mother had answered nro,,a.
ly, Yes"
Tonight at dinner he felt his ather's
kindly eyes on him; his mothers affec-
t1onate welcome was unchanged. The
matter was not mentioned again. He
knew 1t would not be. Yes, thew trust
60 h1m-so Loyalty, SO splendidiy, they
trusted him! They placed on him the
unspoken but inescapable heritage thew
mad received. He would wrong it in no
way. Mrs. Van Hart had summed a
up to the Judge alone last night. "Har-
AN would not marry an impossible girl
any more than you would, dearSor
our rather. or your fathers father. It
was one OF those chivalrous madnesses
Of youth; and the girl is pretty. / was
SO sorry for her! And this ridiculous
newspaper prize winning! 1t was mer-
cltul!y fortunate after all. IF anything
Sould cut Harlan to the quick It would
pc cheapness and vulgarity and no
uy An might blind
MIN to her social tneptitude-but this
beauty prize notwithstanding could
nave been better to break the bows
romance. Indeed. we got OFT
OF It with amusing ease"
Ihe judge had sighed. He had. It
seemed d1scovered in this son some of
the inner steel that the mother nos
sessed clothed in her gracious authori-
ty. He had been aware Of HarIan's
quesuon1ngs for a year or SO in mat
tiers that did not come clearly In the
view; Of a mind grasping with
dogged slowness but merctless tenacitv
at altered standards.
He stopped now to banter his "a,
over the soup, trying to assume their
o!d fraternity of common views. what
did Harlan expect to live on next year
he hung his single out?
Perhaps I'll follow Billy Lees OK
ample" badgered Harlan. Specialize
ma and HUSTLE.
sembling. A Van Hart having to
hustle" was unthinkable. The fndea
went on: BY sleeping on the office
n taking your meals at the
Gem-Chlcago style-as 1t advertises-
you can probably pull through ana pay
for your gas and janitor."
I'm going to give Harlan his frat
case" Mrs. Van Hart smiled "Ha
can go before the county board and
argue for the Sinsinawa. creek diver
sion. Taylor says we could sell our
nortn ~ II the creek was damned
Mother, that's q matter Of no,,+.c.
and not law" ~
The judge looked curtously at the son
Inc assurance Of q mar was in him.
Harlan went on: There's q lot Of
grumbling over the road CONTRACTS
tanner gets U of the board with
Dan Boydston chairman. And now tha
farmers are saying that the county is
going to spend thousands Of lila to
divert the creek just at the point where
1t won't do anybody any good excent
Ianner and Cal Rice and Dickinson
and-well-us, you know"
The farmers?" the Judges gentle
tSAAA N
"Old Jake Vance waa saying. And
Wiley" 49,
His father frowned. The mothers
amused smile came. The News editor
was an impossible person who was
to be seen carrying his exchanges from
the postoffice, in shirt sleeves and q
derby hal much too small for his head.
Wiley says it's a great scheme Of
Thad's to get the county to protect his
property from the spring floods and the
county pays him for doing iii"
h judge waa plainly annoyed.
Your friend. Wiley Curran. seems
affairs"
II and Mr. Tanner arc ALWAYS after
each other. But that's why I said the
creek diversion will be a matter Of
politics. There's sur to be a howl
raised about 1t. dad"
The judge selected a cigar. The mo-
tner nodded covertly to him.
Harlan. dear, you admit the creek
ought to be diverted"
Why, yes. And it'll be a rood thing
TOT US. mother. TIN put all our north
tract on the market drained"
The judges frown came again.
That has nothing to do with it.
my boy. The natural bed Of
tho Craok &c