Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-30
CHAPTER x-tcontinued.)

whey looked at Hen with the reserve
o. :he idealist for h vulgarian. He
mad his old feeling of doubt when he
encountered men of action; the in
drawing indecision, at time, made him
revlle himself as a weakling.
Aurelie! Aurelie, with her hurt pride,
her love that was a tragedy. her wild
beating of life against her bars. Not
yet had she more than dimly grasped
her fanle-not more than that, east
and west, last Sunday, some 20, 900, 900
blowsy breakfast feeders had propped
the supplement up against. the sugar
urn, and over their coffee and chops,
had scrutinized her full sheet present.
ment-that careless Egyptian face up
turned, h leaves and blossoms in her
slender n throat-scrutinized,
grunted; read the lead" of the story,
grounted again and turned to another
roll and the pink un" to scan the
football scores.
But off somewhere, the gilded world
had called her. The letters she got by
hundreds, the congratulations and in
Quiries, curious and kindly, envious
n i~ngratiating, warned her. A New
York manufacturer wanted to use her
race on his tooth powder boxes-that
was h worst she knew of. And John
Ltndstrom, In a rage, had seized most
of her mail and burned it and forbid
den her intercourse with the town. She
had gone about in a dream, some in
effable he~artsickness. which Harlan
had left with her-she fought 1t rebel
iously with pride n anger and sullen
silences. When h made one trip to
town she tossed her small head along
High street, conscious hat every
household fastened to the windows to
see her. There goes Aurelie Linds-
trom-the first time she's been out since
it happened!"
cit" was spoken of the best families
as n would speak Of a surgal opera
ton. But ever her former schoolmates
didn't banter her-she went past them
with hardly more than a nod and they
fell back to discuss her status, her
looks, her possibilities-she couldn't be
as handsome as Vawter's silly picture
a her.
Wiley lounged into Miss Vance's Of
nee 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. MIR.
Curran sighed, looking at Janet's firm
pen scratching its way across a dis
trict requisition paper. Poor little
girl" he said, I'm desperately sorry"
Miss Vance's cool gray eyes lifted.
"Why?"
oh. I don't know. Only I'm begin
ming to think as Harlan did-the whole
thing is horribly vulgar. l never knew
Aurelie much before-but she's been at
the shop. 1--we met her'-ne looked
away frowning at his own tremor-.she
hasn't an idea Of what to do-and there
were six proposals Of marriage in Sat
urday's mail"
Miss anc scratched m: 81 should
think much good might come of it.
AS for %vulgarity, 1t couldn't be much
worse than her surroundings before. l
hope something comes of it for her."
I'm afraid it'll spoil her"
to accept it impractically."
why, the whole towns laughing at
her. And here the McFetridge boys
with their ridiculous scheme
'Why?"
Wiley subsidized. Janet was always
squelching him. WELL" he Illuminated.
FOR a week she made the old town
famous-it figured in a 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 say the motor
iety to Rome was shocking, and the
Shakespeare club ought to pass resolu-
lions deploring the whole business"
Probably they will. They deplored
my election also. If Aurelie can go
and do anything that otherwise she'd
never had the remotest chance of do
ing, ] approve. Miss Conway said she
was Il very bright child in the eighth
grade. And she certainly has appealed
to your sentimental SELF"
the whole thing hit me-" The little
girl is q deal like myself. I fancy. A
soul In bonds. I was, Janet-you re-
MEMBER" He raised his hand to the
October hills. 81 had to go off foot free
and wander and see it all. Something
beyond all this. Aurelie's suddenly
awakened. too, out of her bitterness
sighed. IT can understand all that,
Janet. My world was gilded splendid
ly-and It is yet. you know. I can't get
rs It true-these proposals Of mar
riage h gets?" pursued Miss Vance
1mpersonally.
her, indeed. But she's a sturdy little
soul with a terrible simplicity and di-
r%ectness. Wants to be somebody
wants to be somebody! God bless the
kid can understand"
Wants to be somebody" Janet
watched him shrewdly. And you?
going to run for congress"
"Janet!"
II had luncheon with Governor Del
roy up in Des Moines last week. Now.
please-please-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
life!"
"Ne,ther did Delroy until he rebelled
up there in the North" She rose and
came swiftly to him. wiley, Tve been
all over the county in my school work,
and all over the district at the insti-
tutes, and I say the time has come!
You don't know the restlessness against
Congressman Hall and this old regime.
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