Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-01-22
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CHAPTER x-ccontinued.)
You guessed At, the first rattle" Hen
looked at Wiley with the pity of the
money 'getter for the dreamer, n
Wiley looked at Hen with the reserve
of the idealist for the vulgarian.i He
had his old feeling Of doubt when he
encountered men of action; the in
drawing indecision. at time, made him
revile himself as a weakling.
Aurelte! Aure!ie, with her hurt pride,
her love that was a tragedy. her wild
beating OF life against her bars. Not
yet had h more than dimly grasped
her fame-not more than that, east
and west, last Sunday, some 20, 000, 900
blowsy breakfast feeders had prppped
the supplement up against the sugar
had scrutinized her fun sheet present.
ment-that careless Egyptian face up
turned, the leaves and blossoms in her
hair, h simple gown %betraying4 her
slender rounded Observation-Disclosures.
grunted; read the lead" OF the story,
grounted again and turned to another
roll and h pink n to scan the
football scores.aas.5Ms .51ag5@ ae3
But off somewhere, the gilded world
had called her. The letters she got by
hundreds, the congratulations and in
Qu1ries, curious and kindly, %fenvious
and ingratiating, 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
Lindstrom, in a rage, had seized most
OF her mail and burned 1t and forbid
den her intercourse with the town. She
had gone about in a dream, some In
aeffable heartsickness, which Harlan
had left with ,her---she fought it rebel
1ously with pride and anger and sullen
silences. When she made one trip to
town she tossed her small head along
household fastened to the windows to
see her. There goes Aureliei Linds-
trom-thef first time she's been out since
1T happened!" @s i'3S''T
TT was spoken OF the best families
g one would speak of a surgal opera
ton. But even, her former schoollmates
didn't banter er-she went past them
with hardly more than a nod and they
rel1 back to discuss her status, her
looks, her possibflfties-she couldn't be
as handsome a Vawter's silly picture
made her. ...4 aassl-LE
Wiley lounged into Miss Vance's Of
nee IN the cou house the next morn
Ing after the arrival ofGthe twins, They
saw Aurelie go into Dickinson's store,
AS q O4uS0 Olk VI ll4kIlc, /,
Currantsighed, looking at Janet's firm
pen scratching Its way across a dis
tr1ct requisition paper. Poor little
GIRL he said, "Im desperately sorry"
Miss Vance's cool gray eyes lifted.
"Why?'" 1880 ~ -
Oh, i don't know. Only I'm begin
ming to think as Harlan did-the whole
thing is. horribly vulgar. I never knew
Aurelie much before-but she's been at
the shop. 1--we met her"-he looked
away |frowning at his own remor-'.sh
hasn't an, idea of what to do-and there
We're six proposals of. marriage in Sat
3surday's mail" a&& 3 a
Miss Vance scratched on: II should
think much good might come of it.
AS Tor .vulgarity, it couldn't be much
worse than her surroundings before. /
hope something comes of it for her"
I'm afraid it'll spoil her"
Not necessarily. Wiley, it's like you
TO- acceptstt ilnpractically."
why, the whole towns laughing at
her. And here the McFetridge boys
with their ridiculous scheme"
u s'Why?" ~ ~ 81
Wiley subsidized. Janet. was always
squelching him. 'sWell,,' he Illuminated,
for a week she made the old town
famous-it figured in a Chicago date
line six times, and the photographers
came n snapped Lindstrom's shack,
and the sSinsinawa bridge. and the
north side school where She used to
go and".-Wiley got, up. and sighed
"Well,-Amelia Parsons says the motor
siety gstoagRomeAGwaseshocking ,@andssthe
shakespeare club ought to pass resolu-
lions deploring the whole business" =
Probably they will. They deplored
my election also. II Anrelie can go
and do anything that otherwise she'd
never had the remotest chance of do
Il mo ~ a rnr0vya IL NH{1e - 3 81 -
was a very bright child in the eighth
grade. And she certainly has appealed
to our sentimental self"
Eth. Well" He shrugged. "Janet,
the whole thing hit me-" The little
girl is a deal like myself. I fancy. A
soul IN bonds. I was, Janet-you Are-
member?" He raised his hand to the
octoberShiNs.. a.Iahad to go of foot free
and wander and see it all. Something
beyond all this. Aurelie's suddenly
too, out fof sher bt~tterneas-
her love" he checked. himself and
stghed. Il can Understand all that,
n Ny world was gilded splendid
ly-4and II fssyet,9 you know. I can't get
It's It trueAthese proposals Of mar.
Rage b ,egets?" pursued Miss Vance
J~tmpefsonaHy. aElG X3ENF IE1TG + ~
rot! Even Aurelie lauRhs-and
tears EN- up! a lot OF people bother
j mel. indeed. But b sturdy little
soul with terrible simplicity and al
Fectness.S Wants to be rsornebody-
wants to be somebody! God bless The
kid 2 1understand!",9 g5S k9
Wants to be somebody" Janet
watched him 9shrewdly.a '.And you
Wiley, l toe Q at your word-yousre
SgotngStof run 5forscongfess.' ,BiS1
"Janet!"
II had LUNCHEON with Governor Del
roy up in Des Moines last week. New
please-please-this fs not for the
News, remember! I told him you had
) promised to lead his forlorn hope N2in
this district" S
Janet. I lever held an office in n,
life!" ~. NJ
"Neither did Dseir,o;y until he rebelled
the2North!" She rose and
came swiftly to him. Wiley, I'VE been
all over the county in my school work
and all over the district g. the insti-
tutes, and I say the time has come!
You don'tlknuw the srestlessness against
Congressman Hall and this old regime
sEEozaesaliNe tGfnrcefu12G nj is going IT.
seize the chance and ride on it to sue
Acessysand OH Wiley, I want II to be-
you'll" ~
! sYouslunehed With elroygEYo
'Yes. He was eager to know d
ryouwhe'd watched your editorials"
Wiley looked duizzicafly at her
stJanet lunchiug with Delroy, the grea'
new name IN the tunu1t Of the new