The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-06
The Story
of a Big
Man in q
Big Town

~ III u HiLJ, , u Sl luUCI Vi u[i-
self and OF her ineffable kindness.
And she kept the door open-evcn
tonight. though the sleet and fine snow
swept in upon her bare throat ald
arms. and her brown hair was strewn
with tiny white stars. His heart
lcaped as he turned and saw that she
vas there. waving her hand to him. as
II he did not know that the storm
touched her. When he had gone On,
Mary did as she always did-she went
into an unlit room across the hall from
that In which they had spent the eve
ming. md. looking from the window.
watched him until he was out OF sight.
The storm made that difficult tonight,
but she caught Il glimpse OF him under
the street lamp that stood between the
two houses. and saw that he turned to
look back again. Then. and not before
she looked at the upper windows Of
Eoscoe's house across tie street. They
were dark. Mary waited, but after q
little while she closed the front door
and returned to her window. A
moment later two Of the upper win
dows OF Roscoe's house flashed into
light and u hand lowered the shade OF
one Of them. Mary felt the cold then
1T was the third night she had seen
those windows lighted and that shade
lowered, just after Bibbs had gone.
A stricken George. muttering hoarsc-
ly. admitted him. and B!bbs became
aware Of a paroxysm within the house.
Terrible sounds came from the IL
brary: Sheridan cursing as never be
fore; his wife sobbing. her voice rising
to an agonized squeal OF protest upon
each Of a series Of muf1ed detonations
the outrageous humping Of a band
aged hand upon wood: then Quincy,
sharply inperious. Keep your hand
IN that sling! Keep your hand in
that sling, l say"
"Lookr George CAPPED. delighted to
play herald for SO important a tragedy;
and he renewed upon his face the
CHASTITY expression with which he had
first bcheld tho ruins his calamiteus
gesture laid before the eyes OF Bibbs.
Look ut a Ia midal statue"
Gazing down the hall, Blbbs saw
heroic wreckage. seemingly Byzantine
painted colossal fragments Of a shat
tered torso, appallingly human; and
gildei and silvercd heaps OF magnii-
ccace s.r~wn among ruinoGs palms
like the spoil OF q barbarians battle.
There had been q massacre in the
~ etc <Ia Mar Nal l,nar fp.,ln al Prov,
lis pedestal.
Tie lit at ole laalidal statue" said
George. Pow"
MY father
"Yessuh. Pow. he hit 'cr! An you
ma run tell me cit docteh quick s
kin te,efoam-she sho' you' pa goin'
bus a b~iood-vcssel. He amt tak1n' ca
tall row. Ho amt notntn' tall to
what he was while ago. You done
miss 1t, Mist D!bbs. Doctuh got him
all quiet down, to what he was. Pow!
he hit 'er! Yessuh." He took Bibbs'
graph form. "uere what come" he
said. Il pick 'er up when be done
stompin' on 'er. You read 'er, Mist
Blbbs-you' ma tell me tuhn 'er ovuh
to you soon'S you ome in"
Bibbs read the telegram quickly. II
was from New York and addressed to
Mrs. Sheridan.
Sure you will all approve step have
AXE Al was % uretched my health
would probably suffered severely Robert
and I were married his afternoon
thought best have quiet wedding abso-
lutely sure you Will understand wisdom
| OF step when you know Robert better an
happiest woman in world are leaving for
Florida will wire address when settled
will remain till spring love to Ill father
will like him too when he knows him TX
I do he Is just ideal
EDITH LANHORN.