Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-06-04
copyright 1910. 1911. By Harper Brother

sfsehaps yoa are right. Let US hav
- unplsasantness and no gossip about
To sffaif BY ell means. consent
then Conversing in a friendly man.
neE. they followed the rest Of the party
Ktfk ignored Ramon's scowl as he
rsqnssted the pleasure Of seeing Chi
Quita's program. then pretended not to
notcs her start Of surprise. After a
frightened look at Der father she timid.
" extended the card to him. and be
wrote his name upon It.
As he finished he found Mrs. Cort.
landt regarding him.
"Wnl you dance with me7' he in.
ouired.
"Yes. I saved the fourth and the
TENTH Az he filled In the allotted
spaces she said In a low voice: "You
are the boldest person! Did Mr.. Cara.
vel give you leave to DO that or
"Of course. Thank you" He made
bis way cut Of the press that had gath
cred and toward the open air.
Runnels bounced upon him just out
side.
"well. we'll. quick! Did you make it
"Numbef nine"
Good! I was gnawing my finger
nails. Whew! I'm glad that il over.
New pull yourself together and don't
fcsgst you have the arst dance with
Afs. Runnels. There goes the music |
FIN Nh - ft1o<N IN AanonW
Anthony found his friends wife bub-
blan6 With excitement aud scarcely able
% eantatn herself.
"Oh. III mover i've through 1t. I
know" che cried, % soon as they were
onk upoa the Door. Elbow can you be
- calmfs
sFm not. I'm % panicky az you are. .
"And she. poor little thing! She
seems fsightened to death"
~6at-tsDt che beautiful?"
Now end then her eyes strayed to
KtFt WITH Q look that made bis blood
mere quicker. 1t boded we'll for the
snso6ss Of hls paaHs and filed him with
q 6secA Aot Sladness. But how the
0emsnts draGgsd!
esneFal AlfArss enteeed the room
saI61 b1s e comment. Then. az liz
ososts1 - ravd. 0aravel. with smile
$50 haAdshake . round Of applause
beeee faith. Tue members Of tho CON-
nfbaloa sought them both out. and con.
SrAt1lAtione were exchanged. At last
IL. Gasavel boom was launched In
earnsfse.
Mn. CostiaHdt expressed desire to
~ ouk the fourth dance.
20 Jour engagement to Miss Cara
vel p broksn7" she began. when she
ana Kirk had seated Themselves IN two
q the big rockers that lined the porch.
''An smashed to pieces. running gear
heokda. steering knuckle bent. gasoline
tart punctured. l need q tow"
s. MI. 0aravel ted me not an hour
eoe thet q soea as he explained his
wsbss shs consented to marry Ramon
wi1hout q protest.
= refusal; would have meant the
dsdfh Of the old man's chances. I pre-
su1na she acted quite dutifuily."
sYO. II the had refused Ramon, I
doabt Il We could have saved her IA
tie. A. Il b. tho general withdraws
ed leaves the deld clear, the two
yoang people arc reunited. quite as IL
20 had never appeared. and you
ny Ear Kirk, now what about your
soA. ! don't count I never have
counted anything. you know. Is II true
thaS CARMEL b practically electedr'
General Alfarss couldn't very well
stsD In after b had publicly stepped
ont, could he9 That would be tri6e
too tfeachereus. He'd lose his sup
port ard our people could then have
IN excuse 10 take hand"
II think you worked It cleverly. Mrs.
CoEtiandt." Kirk said. ..Of course /
had no chance to win against per-
son Of your diplomatic gifts. had my
nerve to Try.
"Yes. You Gee, II meant more to me
than to you or to her. With you two
Il u but . romance. forgotten in a
Aight.
Suppose don't choose to accept
what Il pleasss people to hand me?"
my dear Kirk!' She smiled. You
will have 70 in this case. There is
nothing else to do"
He shook his head. ~ hoped we
could BE- friends. Mrs. Cortlandt, but it
seems No can't be-"
At this she broke out imperiously.
her eyes flashing.
"You can't afford to break with me. {"
Indeed! Why do you think that?"
Listen! I've shown you what can
do In q few months. In a year you
can be a great success. You want to
become a big man like your father.
Well. Runnels will be out Of the way
soo1. Blakeley amounts to nothing.
You win be- the superintendent"
$50! That's not merely rumor
about Blakeley7 Runnels is fred. eh?'
Yes
III Z choose not to give up CHIC
Miss 6aravsl. then whati 1t means
The eod OF me here. u that 1T"
III you 'chooseY Why. you have no
choice whatever In the matter. It Is
practically closed You can do moth
lue lattho,lgh. II you really intend to
mAko trouble, shall walk inside when
] lshvs asd iaform the old gentle
man. u which case he will probably
sso1 ~ fiji home 1t once. and take
very 0bel care 70 give you no further
epp0ssaniu. Ramon b only too anxi-
oaD b many hAr. As to this being the
end u Jon bsre. we'll. really don't
80 ho1 Il could b otherwise"
sAnd Il don't nkree you will tell
NJ. 0ayavd that I'm going to make