The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-04-16

divorce proceedings and his affairs
with women OF the underworld.
= presume 3 know who Benham
curran,s voice came IN a whisper.
'"He lies. All. God, it's not soI''
came to see. Il came to save her. and
Iyou--to amuse yourselfr"
The older man stared at him. His
shand came from HIS pocket. 81 came
TO give her this. Her little rosary"
Harlan's eyes were on, It. 1t had lain
upon her Deck an those nights OF his
summer love with her. Her name"
chorus girI--and coupled with joe
Benham's! It's hsrribIet"
It's a Aliet' -. .... .n.
Harlan sat back cody. His gray
eyes beckoned the waiter. ''I'il see
He was writing on a tab. Then, to
send for her. To meet US here after
the performance @t.... ......
Curran watched him silently. Har-
Ian had become the man. The touch
OF the Viking In bis blend strength
which Wiley HAD always admired, was
up, young. triumphing, prfmaIiy ruth.
less: Cnrran would not have dared
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manding that she come. He was col
scious now Of fighting against an OBJ
session Of the younger mans victor
t~iousness. He wsr1d stop short of the
gamblers chance, the stalking Of his
all on his confidence In his power.
And In IL minutes the boy came back.
She had written nothing. she had
merely teId him she would come.
Then they waited an into1erable hour,
talking vainly On matters of the town,
politics. and business, law and news
Ipapering. Wiley ndgeted; Harlan was
imperturbahly serene. The cafe filled
with a crush or after theater feeders,
the hum and InOtioR became liveller az
midnight drew on. And then, when
they were stin trying to entertain each
other with commonplace and con-
strained confidence, none Of that old
JOY OF intercourse between them. there
was a stir bshiMa their table and Aure-
lie was there.
They were beth on their feet Her
amazement was delightful. She had. a
hand to each OF tffem, crying out dis
traction; h was provoked at them why
hadn't they come like gentlemen to
await her at tho stage door instead of
sending for herr She felt as IL she has
been arrested. Harlan looked at Wiley,
but he had cerneI
Already the cafe people were leok-
ing at them. Aurelie was colorful.
aglow with srnaaI poses and careless
graces; she smiled tpgenuOusly on them
with phrases OF her barbar0us French
which, n had net been slow to learn,
added to her distinction. !
I'm alone. / declined everybody for
you'll" And for their lives neither mar
knew at which she was l~ooking-it
must be both.
You had az engagement, Aurelie7''
Wiley asked her.
"Oh, Just a little one-not enough to
matter, like the Paris lady's babyl I'll
make them all wait-for you. You
know these chappy chaps I've got &C.
quainted with don't bother me much"
Wiley looked Gt Harlan. Plainly Joe
Benhan's millions and motors hadn't
dazzIed k1irelie.
It's 1ins 70 see you-aH." She per
and "aintsss vhsa she fslt III" then,
"Just dne. I 91& feel hurt because
Enone OF my old fyfends ever Iosked me
UP in Chicago. And me q real lady
nowl Mr.. Levy says they're going "a
reorganiza b New York production
and give me n chance on broadway
little old New TeTS where Ada Norman
ana ! nearly starved to d~eath"-she
picked an olive frSa the dish: "oh. tell
me how IL Uncle Michigan and the
baby?"
Harlan didn't knew. 'FIne!" retorted
Wiley. And Knuto says there were
never so many rabbits UP on Eagle
Point. He's waiting for you to come
back. and he's training old Nellie's pups
to trail EN-"
She was filled with laughter. She
had a pup that couid beat Nellie's!
Yes, sir! And how is your old shop
Mr.. Curran, and Aunt Abby and heI
Banbury tarts; and which drunk
printer ave you got now-Jim Minis OF
the Dutch one?' She played her part
before her schosl-day lover: not fol
worlds would she have noticed his silent
st~ubbornness. DO you-all really want
me to come back and play In the tir
opera house? How big and grand II
used to seem! I never went except
way up in the gallery with Knute. and
I used to see you boys-Mr. Curran In
q front seat, for he didn't have to pay
anything; and Harlan always there
with some Of the high school girls"
She sighed demurely. That was be-
fore I went to school"
"AureIie," put in Harlan gravely
you've not changed a Bit"
I'm not going 20 change I'm not
gone greatly on these cities. When al
these uanagers ana stage directors gel
on their high horse with me I say: oh
you 20 to the deviI-you don't impresl
me q bit!' And then they threaten t.
discharge me or something, and I say;
GO ahead-I can go back to Rome, La.
and play In the Elm opera house, Her
McFetridge Is going to buy It for mel
You ever hear from Hen McFet'
ridge2"
"The twins wrote me from San Fran.
cisco. They've made money again, oui
Of mineral water this time"