Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-04-24

Ihan Girl" Or some other of the pan-
derlng to his modern age, which nc
longer able to exult in the rapine OF
cues, takes it's lusts to the orchestra
as Well as art.
SO, l reckon I'll keep on working
Aurelle was saying. Some day I'll
puy a farm for Papa John and lots OF
things. They've offered me a contract
LOT next season that scare me when ]
think OF the old hungry days-those
Gays When 1 vas just Old Michigan's
girl, With no name Or anything"
They had read of Aurelie's salary. II
and his caterwauling Rome News made
IN three months. Back home people
Stralghtly refused to believe ANYTHING
of the sort.
The after-theater feeders were leav-
ing, sWlshing n waddling away with
sidelong glances at this colorful black
eyed girl who sat between the imper-
eager one. Harlan had beckoned for
the waiter and ordered a cab.
It's 1 O'clock" he said, land you
ought to be at your hotel. Aurelie,"
She shrugged as if about to rebel
then was silent. Some Die habit of ODE
dience to him held her. Wiley guessed
it. He would have sat all night watch
30 S-S III IA IIc It,
sented Harlan's tone. When she had
arisen and was busy with her wraps
each man leveled a challenge at the
other. Then, to Harlan's lips a resolute
smile came. II old you she would
come" he murmured.
Aurelie was approaching. Never had
she looked so humanity beautiful as an
der the garish lights of the cafe vesti.
bule-never so quick with feeling, sc
true with life. Her world had not
spoiled her-had not touched the gen
erous simplicity in her. When they
We're in the cab, whirling away to he1
hotel, she reached from her furs and
patted Curran's hand with a happy lit
tie sigh.
81 do think dreams come true! Away
down-river [ remember putting hya-
cinths in my hair and staring down
river in the water. / thought I was
pretty! And that came true! Just the
gray cypress woods, and the lilies float
ing to the sea, and the hooking birds
singing; and the Indian women catch
ing shrimps on a stick, and Captain
cling for buried treasure! But Uncle
Mich a we'd GO off sometimes and
see all the lands and states and coun-
tries. Oh, something very wonderful
must be up in those lands and states
and countries! And that came true:
The land o. joy! Well find it some
you and mel"
Find it," he cried, "Aurelie, it's
here!"
you understand" she answered, and
settled back on the cushions with an
other luxuriant sigh.
The two men left her at the hotel
She had a curious, shy, studied. sweet
ness for them both in her parting that
Ioff than Ci1nrf DC thu No1N ro+f1ol ou,o,
to the railroad station through the
dreary after-midnight streets. Once,
passing a corner lamp. Curran saw
Harlan's face turned to him calm, hard
victorious.
The elder man could MOI repress his
cry;
She's Observation-Disclosures good."
II know. Because she loved me after
all. That held her good through all
this life-the notoriety and glitter-be-
cause she loves me, Wiley!"
The other man could not answer. His
cry now was to his own heart. He
seemed battling to evade some ineffa-
Harlan-always to Harlan life brought
the best without price, without strug-
gle. He would say no more. When
they were in the smoking room Of the
Pullman they again were silent; and
when Harlan had gone to his berth,
Curran went forward through the train
seeking an open platform. He wanted
must have air. He found an Enclosed
vestible and sat staring out at the
night, the black Of the prairie mid
lands, with a off the silken veil of
the city flung luminous against the
sky:
boy-he loves her. after all. And all
in everything" He could not grasp
his ems of fatherhood, tender. mystic,
encompassing. for Harlan. Yet always
1t had been so-this friendship that he
had held SO beautiful, SO true. Then
Aurelie had come to lay a finger
laughlingly against this faith. To
dazzle him, to enrapture him-to bring
able rebellion to his own.
"Eh, well-those children" He
arose. signing. Its for me to play the
man at last! God bless them! 1 love
EN- both and neither could understand
how or why. And I can't ether"
He went back defying his rebellion,
stumbling to grasp his old loyalty. that
made the long years sweeter. 1t was
hard to define his struggle. A faint
smile came to his lips at the suggestion
that he loved-nothing like that was
a part Of him, he had said long ago.
"Td tell Janet" he muttered, III
she'd understandable she wouldn't.
Yet Janet-Janet knows me-and un-
sad smile came again. "Janet-after
all, she's nearest-and dearest. But.
somehow. 1t took Aurelie to awaken
mel"
CHAPTER XXI
NEMESIS.
From that night Curran weat about