New Ulm review., 1914-01-14

renee.
The event established Mary as the
arbiter in her own coterie. She mex,
decided that certain General Hast
ings would make an excellent sacrifice
on the altar Of justice-and to her own
financial profit. The old man was a
notorious roue, OF most unsavory rep
utation as Il destroyer OF innocence
1t was probable that he would easily
fall victim to the ingenious charms
OF Aggie. AZ for that precocious dam.
sell she would run no least risk of tls.
truction by the satyr.
General Hastings met Aggie III the
most casual way He was captivated
by her freshness aud beauty. her de.
murelIeSS. her ignorance OF all things
vicious. Straightway he set sil:tles
He showered every gallant attcntion
On the naive. bread and butter miss
and succeeded gratifyingly soon in
winning her he,lrt-to all appearance
But he gained nothing more. for the
coy creature abruptly developed most
effective powers Of resistance to ever,
Establishment that went beyond strict,
est propriety. His ardor cooled sud
denly when Harris served a summons
in suit for $4,000 damages for
breach of promise.
Even while this affair was still il.
the course of execution Mary found her
self engaged in Il direction that offered
at least the hope of attaining her great
desire-rerenge against Edward Gil
der This opportunity came in the
person OF his son, Dick. After much
contriving. she got an introduction to
that young man. Forthwith she show
ed herself so deliciously womanly. SO
intelligent. so daintily feminine. so
singularly beautiful that the young
man WAS enamOred almost at once
The fact thrilled Mary to the depths
OF her heart. for in this son of the MAJ,
whom she hated she saw the instru
ment of vengeance for which she had
so longed. Yet this one thing was so
vital to her that she said nothing Of
her purposes. not even to Aggie.
though that obSeryant person may
have possessed suspicious more or less
near the truth
1t was some such suspicion that lay
behind her speech as. in negligee. she
sat smoking il cigarette. while watch
ing Mary. wh" was adjusting her hat
before the mirror OF her dressing table
one pleasant spring morning.
"Doliin up Il whole lot. ;,in't you?"
Aggie remarked affably. with that lax.
ity Of language which characterized
her natural moods.
Il have Il very important engage.
ment with Dick Glider Mary replied
TRANQUILITY
mice hoy, ain't he?" Aggie yen,ur
ed insinuatingly
"Oh. | suppose So came the indif-
ferent answer from Mary as she titet,
the picture hat to an angle trihe
more jaunty
Il don't get you. Mary You never
used to look at the men The WAY you
acted when You first run round with
me. thought you sure was suf
fragette. And then you met this
young Gilder-and-good night. nur<t..r'
"Well?"
His old man sends you up for :,
stretch for something you didn't Ito.
and you take up with his son like
And yet you don't understand..'
There was scorn for such gross stupid.
ity in the musical voice.
Aggie choked Il little from the cigar.
cite smoke as She gave Il gasp when
suspicion Of the truth suddenly dawn
ed on her slow intelligence.
'Hully gee,' Her voice came in II
treble shrek Of apprehension. "I'n
wiser
''Rnt you must understand this.
Mary went on. with an authoritative
note in her voice whatever may be
between young Glider and me is to be
strictly my own affair 1T has ahso
!utely nothing to do with the rest of
you or with our schemes for money
making. And. what is more Agnes. |
want to know what YOU meant by
talking in the public street yesterday
with Il common pickpocket''
Aggie's childlike face changed swift
~ its expression from sly eagerness
to sullenneSs
You know perfectly well. Mary rnr-
ner," she cried indignantly. that
only said Il few words in passin' to
my brother Jim. And he ain't no COM
mon pickpocket. Hully gee! He's the
best dip in the business
''But' you must not be seen speak king
with him." Mary directed. with a GER
tain air Of command now become ha-
bituHl to her among the members of
her clique. My cousin. Miss Agnes
Lynch. must he very careful as to her
associates
He just stopped me to say it's been
the best year he ever had" she ex-
planned. with OstentatiOuS vanity
"How can that be when the dead
line now is John street,"
'"The dead liner AgSie scoffed
why. Him takes lunch every day in
the Wall street Delmonico's And only
yesterday he went down to police