The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-02-05
"Oh. yes; An very mad OF COMA
he found himself replying mechanical

he found himself replying mechanical
ly to Mrs. Harrigaa. He gave up Rae
as hopeless SO FAR a. coming to his
rescue was concerned. He began,
despite his repugnance, to watch Nora.
And all the while Mrs. H%arrigan al
talking and he was replying; and she
thought him charming, whereas he
had not formed any opinion of her At
all, Q later could remember 4 word
Of the conversation.
Teal" bawled the colonel. The verb
had Its distinct uses, and one general.
~ applied 1t to the ~colonel's outbursts
without being depressed by the feed.
ing Of inelegance.
There Is invariably some slight hes
itation in the selection of chairs
around a tea table in the open. Nora
scored the first point Of this singular
battle by Selling the padre IN n
side and her father on the other and
pulling them down on the bench. 1t
was adroit In two ways: it put Court
.landt at a safe distance and in noWise
offended the younger men. who could
find no for alarm In the close
proximity of her two fathers, the spir-
itual and the physical. A few mo
ments later Courtlandt saw : smile
Of malice part her lips, for he found
himself between Celeste and the II
evitable trump.
Touched" he murmursd, for he
was a thorough sportsman and appre-
ciated Z good point even when takea
by his opponent.
Il never saw anything like it." Wills
pered Mrs. Harrigan into the colonels
ear.
Saw WHAT" be asked.
Mr.. Courtlandt cant keep his syss
Oh Of Nora"
II say" The colonel adjusted hts
eye-glass, not that he expected to see
more clearly by doing 80. but because
habit had long since turned an affecta-
ton into a movement wholly mechan-
ical. We'll, who can blame him?
Cad! IL l were only twenty-five or
Whereabouts"
Mrs. Harrigan did not encourage
this regret. The colonel had never
been a rich man. On the other hand,
this Edward Courtlanot vas very rich;
he was young; and he had the entree
@ the best families in Europe, which
was greater In her eyes than either
youth or riches. Between sips Of tea
she builded a fine castle In Spain.
Abbott and the Barono carried their
cups and cakes over to the bench and
sat down On the grass, Tu~rkish-wise.
Both simultaneously offered their
from each. Abbott laughed and the
Barone smiled.
oh, daddy mine!" sighed Nora
drolly.
HUH"
Don't let mother see those shoes"
What's the matter with EN-? Ev-
esybody's wearing the same"
Yes. But | don't see how you man.
age to do 1t. One shoe string is vir-
gin white and the other is pagan
brown
I've got nine pairs Of shoes, and
yet there's always something the mat
ter" ruefully. Il never noticed when
l put them on. Besides, l wasn't
coming"
That's no defense. But rest easy.
I'll be as secret as the grave"
Nov, l for one would never have
noticed il you hadn't called my atten-
ton" said the padre. stealing q glance
at his own immaculate patent feathers.
"Ah, padre, that wife of mine has
eyes like a pilot-1sh. I'm in for It."
Borrow one from the colonel before
you go home suggested Albeit.
That's not half bad" gratefully.
Harrigan began to recount the trials
Of forgetfulness.
Slyly from the corns Of her eye
Nora looked at Courtlandt, who was
at that moment staring thoughtfully
into his tea cup and stirring the con-
tents industriously. His face a q
little thinner, but aside from that be
had changed scarcely at all; and then,
because these two years had left 30
little mark upon his face, a tinge OF
unreasonable anger ran over her. Men
have died and worms have eaten
them" she thought cynically. Perhaps
Tic Ill I've lACAl Wdo ~0u1uNAOAl-
" charged with electricity to convey
the impression across the intervening
space; for his eyes came up quickly,
but not quickly enough to catch her.
She dropped her glance to Abbott.
transferred 1t to the Barone, and final
" let It rest on her father face. Four
Landowner men she had never seen.
You never told me you knew Court
landt." said H~arrigan, speaking 70
Abbott.
lust happened that way. We went
to school together. When l wal little
they used to make me wear curls and
wide collars. Mays the time Court
landt walloped the school DULLES for
mussing me up. don't see him much
these days. Once In . while he walks
in. That's all. Always seems to know
where his friends are. but none ever
knows where he L."
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