The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-03-12

O. smile that had in It trace of the
sardOniC.
The career of Farbish had been an
interesting one in its own peculiar and
unadmirabIe fashion With no adyan
tages Of upbringing, he had neverthe
less so cultivated the niceties Of social
usage that his one flaw was a too
great perfection He was letter-per
| feet where one TO the manor born
might have Slurred some detail.
He was witty, handsome in his sat.
urnine way. and had powerful friends
in the world Of fashion and finance
That re rendered services to his
plutOcratic patrons, other than the
rcparae of his dinner talk, was thing
vaguely limited In club gossip, and
! that these services were not to his
credit had more than once been con.
| jectured
When Horton had begun his cru.
SADIE against various abuses, he had
cast suspicious eye on all matters
| through which he could trace the trail
OF William Farbish, and now, when
| Farbish saw Horton, he eyed him with
an enigmatical expression, half-quiz,
ZiCal and half-maleYolent.
After Adrienne and Samson had dis
appeared, he rejoined his companion,
q stout, middle-aged gentleman Of
tlorid complexion, whose cheviot cut
away and repOseful waistc0at covered
a liberal embonpoiut Farhish took
his cigar from his lips, and studied
its ascending smoke through lids half,
closed and thoughtful
Singular" he unused; very singu.
lar"
whats singular" impatiently de-
handed his companion. Finish, or
don't start"
That mountaineer came up here
as George Lescott's protege." went
on Farbish, rehectively "He came
fresh from the feud belt. and landed
promptly in the police court. Now.
in less than year, he's pairing off
with Adrienne Lescott--who. every
one supposed, meant to marry Wilfred
Horton. This little party tonight is,
to put it quite mildly, bit uncon-
ventional."
The stout gentleman said nothing,
and the other questioned, musingly:
by the way, Bradburn, has the
Kenmore Shooting club requested Will
fred Horizons resignation YETI"
Not yet. We are going to. He's
not congenial, since his hand is raised
against every man who owns more
than two dollars" The speaker owned
several million times that sum. This
meeting at an out-of.the-way place
had been arranged for the purpose
of discussing ways and means of curb
ing Wilfreds crusades.
We'll, don't do it."
why the devil shouldn't We? We
don't want anarchists in the Ken
more"
After awhile. they sat silent, Farbish
smiling over the plot he had just de-
vised, and the other man putting with
a puzzled expression at his cigar.
That's all there is to it," summar.
lied Mr. Farbish, succinctly, IF We
can get these two men, South and
Horton, together down there at the
shooting lodge, under the proper condi-
lions, they'll do the rest themselves, I
think. III take care of South. Now
it's up to you to have Horton there
at the same time"
How do you know these men have
not already met-and amicably?" de-
manded Mr.. Bradburn.
Il happen to know it, quite by
chance. 1t is my business to know
things-quite by chance"
Il s.
Indian summer came again to
Misery, Haunting woodland banners Of
crimson and scarlet orange, but to
Sally the season brought only heart
achy remembrances of last autumn,
when Samson had softened his stoi-
cism as the haze had softened the hori-
Zon. He had sent her few brief let
ters-not written, but plainly printed.
He selected short words-as much
like the primer as possible, for no
other messages could she read. There
were times in plenty when he wished
to pour out to her torrents of feeling,
nd it was such feeling as would have
carried comfort to her lonely little
heart. He wished to tell frankly of
what a good friend he had made, and
how this friendship made him more
able to realize that other feeling
his love for Sally. There was in his
mind no suSpici0n-as yet-that these
two girls might ever stand in conflict
as to the right of-way. But the letters
he wished to write were not the sort
he cared to have read to the girl by
the angelist-doctor or the district
school teacher. and alone she could
have made nothing of them However,
Il love you" are easy words-and those
he always included.
Tho Widow hilIar hod hpan ai1in Or