The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
CHAPTER x-6continued.)

a%HF LIZ = A"tSOlIluu0Q
You guessed it the first rattle" Hen
looked at Wiley with the pity of the.
money getter for the dreamer, n
Whey looked at Hen with the reserve
OF the idealist for the vulgarian. He
a his old feeling of doubt when he
encountered men of action; the in
drawing indecision, at time, made him
reVlie himself as a weakling.
Aurelie! Aurelie, with her hurt pride,
ner love that was a tragedy, her wild
beating of life against her bars. Not
yet a h more than dimly grasped
her eame-not more than that, east
and west, last Sunday, some 20, 000, 900
blowsy breakfast feeders had propped
the supplement up against the sugar
urn, and over their coffee and chops,
mad scrutinized her full sheet present
ment-that careless Egyptian face up
turned, h leaves Inc blossoms in her
hair, the simple gown betraying her
slender rounded throat-scrutinized.
grunted: e the lead" Of the story.
grounted again and urned to another
roll n the pink un" to scan the
football scores.
But off somewhere, the gilded world
a called her. The letters h got by
hundreds, the congratulations and in
quiries, curious and kindly, envious
n 1~ngratiating, warned her. A New
York manufacturer wanted to use her
face on his tooth powder boxes-that
was the worst she knew of. And John
L1ndstrom, in a rage, had seized most
of her mail and burned it and forbid
den her intercourse with the town. She
a gone about in a dream, some in
effable heartsickness, which Harlan
had left with her-she fought it rebel
lousy with pride Inc anger Inc sullen
sllences. When she made one trip to
town she tossed her small head along
Hipn CfronfN .p0rca{O,,e %lo{
household fastened to the windows to
see her. There goes Aurelie Linds-
trom-the first time she's beer out since
it hAppened!"
1T" was spoken Of the best families
as one would speak of a surgal opera
ton. But even her former schoolmates
didn't banter er-sh went past them
with hardly more tina a nod and they
1ell BACK to discuss her status, her
looks, her possibilities-she couldn't be
as handsome as Vawter's silly picture
made her.
Wiley lounged into Miss vance's Of
flee in the court house the next morn
Ing after the arrival Of the twins. They
saw Aurelie go into Dickinson's store,
her red dress a brave bit of flame. Mr..
Curran sighed, looking al Janet's firm
pen scratching its way across a dis
trict requisition paper. Poor little
girl" he said, I'm desperately sorry"
"Why?"
"Oh, 1 don't know. Only I'm begin
ming to think as Harlan did-the whole
thlng is horribly vulgar. I never knew
Aurelie much before-but she's been at
the shop. live met her"-he looked
away frowning at his own tremor-"she
hasn't an idea Of what to do-and there
We're six proposals of marriage in Sat
urday's mail"
Miss Vance scratched IN: II should
think much good might come Of it.
AS for ~yulgarity, it couldn't be much
worse h her surroundings before. ]
nope something m of it for her"
I'm afraid it'll spoil her"
Not necessarily. Wiley, it's like you
to accept it impractically."
Why, the whole towns laughing at
her. And here the McFetridge boys
with their ridiculous scheme"
"Why?"
squelching him. WELL" he ruminated,
for a week she made the old town
famous-it figured in q Chicago date
line six times, and the photographers
came and snapped Lindstrom's shack,
and the Sinsinawa bridge, and the
north side school where she used to
go and'-Wiley got up and sighed
well, Amelia Parsons says the motor
iety to Rome was shocking, and the
Shakespeare club ought to pass resolu-
tons deploring h whole business"
Probably they will. They deplored
my election also. If Aurelie can go
and do anything hat otherwise she'd
never had the remotest chance Of do
ing, 1 approve. Miss Conway sai she
was a very bright child in the eighth
grade. And she certainly has appealed
to your sentimental self"
Eth, well!" He shrugged. "Janet,
the whole thing hit me" The little
girl is a deal like myself. I fancy. A
SOU in bonds. I was, Janet-you re-
October hills. II a to go off foot free
and wander and see it all. Something
beyond all this. Aurelie's suddenly
awakened, too, out Of her bitterness
her love" he checked himself and
sighed. Il a understand all that,
ly-and 1t is yet, you know. I can't get
over it,"
Us it true-these proposals Of mar
rage she gets" pursued Miss Vance
tmpersonally.
her, indeed But she's a sturdy little
soul with a terrible simplicity and d.
rectness. Wants to be somebody
wants to be somebody! roc bless the
kid can understand"
Wants to be somebody" Janet
WdICleQ HiIn ana you
Wiley. I took you at your word-you're
going to run for congress-"
JANET"
II had luncheon with Governor Del
roy up in Des Moines asst week. Now.
please-p1ease-this is not for the
News, remember! I told him you had
promised to lead his forlorn hope in
this district"
Janet, I never held an office in my
hfei"
Neither did Delroy until he rebelled
up there in the North!" She rose and
came swiftly to him. wiley, I've been
all over the county in my school work,
and all over the district at the insti-
tutes, nd I say the time ha come!
You don't know the restlessness against
Congressman Hall and this old regime.
Some live forceful man is going to
seize the nance Inc ride on it to sue
cess, and oh. Wiley, I van it to be
you!"
you lunched with Delroy? You-dis-
cussed--me2"
Yes. He was eager to know OF
you-lle'd watched your editorials"
Wiley looked quizzically at her.
Janet lunching with Delroy, the great
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