The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-28

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He suffered terribly as he imagined
these grim things and a dozen times
al attacked by reporters who became
SO incensed as they wrote their stories
OF his villainy that they strove to stab
him with their lead pencils: a hun
Sred times was set upon by furnishing
villagers who wished to pick his ribs
with fang-like teeth; a thousand times
found himself stark and shivering be
fore the bar Of justice In a chilly
stretch of space, where the specters OF
all worthy Joneses of the past con
fronted him with slim, accusing I'm
gers. pointed straight at his terror
stricken stomach.
The dreams we're not true night
mares. though. for at the supreme in.
slant of each period of peril a white
angel hoated to him, rescuing him
from that which threatened him. And
this white angel. graceful. ~large-eyed
smiling and benefcent vas always
Josie Richards. As soon 10 she had
rescued him each time, he spoke his
speech to her. and she wept on his
shoulder.
The result of such q night OF agony
was. naturally. that they slept later
In the morning than was the Jonesville
custom. When half past eight arrived
and they had not appeared, the wife
OF the proprietor sent him upstairs to
see II they had not decamped without
paying for their rooms. or IL. per-
chance. they had not come there SUI
cidally inclined.
She crept up behind her lisge lord
fearfully, and peeped across his shout
der as he opened each unlocked door
In turn. Finding that they were but
peacefully asleep. she was both
shocked at such unheard-of Incidence,
and cheated at the lack of tragedy, so
she snorted, "Scandalous!" as she
crashed down each step.
She was q very solid woman, widely
built. Wallace had noticed that the
night before when he had peeped In
through the door. Had she been aware
of that terrific episode, she would have
screamed for the village constable and
had him locked up In the calaboose.
Broadway had his high triumphant
moment when 1t became apparent that
Wallace would Of necessity 60 to the
village barber shop. Having come
away In fight from Mrs. Gerard with
out bags or luggage Of whatever kind.
he had ne razor with him.
MY whiskers are so whitish that
they will not begin to show until the
afternoon!" Broadway exulted. by
that time Rankin viii De here with
bags"
I'll wait for him. l won't see any"
You'll be sure to see the judges
daughter. All the Jonesville girls that
work at the gum factory get up at six
o'clock. The idle. aristocratic class,
like Clara. stay in bed till seven"
We'll, where is II. then? ?" said Wal
lace in an evil temper.
What? The village barber shop?
Next door" Broadway wrung his
hand. "G,..e.by old chap; good-by.
Ill"
"Just give my love to Broadway"
Wallace begged.
jackson Jones grew sober In an In
slant. Il don't expect I'll see much
of 1t for q while"
1T must be permanent" said Wal
lace. 1T has lasted through the long
est night the world has ever known"
The day already was we'll under way
Mt tho Inn On foatrru YNctn hAA hAon
at her managerial desk not less than
an hour and probably an hour and q
half when Wallace started for the bar
Der shop.
1t was . very trying morning for the
girl. The events of the night before
had much upset her, and her sleep had
been a. much disturbed as Broadway's,
although. perhaps. less physically
painful.
She had been terribly in earnest in
everything which she had said to him
about his duty to the village which had
made him rich. his duty to the family
whose name he bore. his duty to him
self; she had been intensely worried.
still was intensely worried, lest all
which she had said might 90 for
naught. failing to impress him perma.
nently.
He had doubtless meant well when
he left her. but would that good inten.
ton stand the test OF Wallace's ridi-
cule (she felt certain Wallace would
oppose her plan) and his own contem'
plation Of the future for q night?
She had = hazy notion Of what the
life of idle rich youth in New York
must be, but imagined that 1t must
attract with vivid power. and she could
guess that J~onesville did not. Would
he hold frm In the determination
which she felt sure he had formed?
When the Judge came in he found
aer wondering and worrying as she
waited for some papers she had sent a
clerk to get. Already she had ALMOST
dnished the statement Of Affairs which
: -. rad Hroniasd to rive RrQAdHAx.