The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-10-13

10 40 Il to ;eii this sos to keep the
family from being made a fool Of.
don't want to see the family just made
use OF and twisted around her finger
by somebody that's got no more heart
than 70 much ice. and Just as sure to
bring troubles In the long run as--as
Edith's mistake Il. Well. then. this is
the way II 10. I'll just tell you how it
looks to me and ses II It don't strike
you the same way"
Within the room, BibDs. much an.
noyed. tapped his ear with his pencil.
lie wished they wouldn't stand talking
near his door when he vas trying to
write. He had Just taken from his
trunk the manuscript Of . poem be-
gun the preceding Sunday afternoon.
and he had ONE ideas he wanted to
fx upon paper before they maliciously
seized the first opportunity to vanish.
for they were but gossamer. Bibbs
was pleased with the beginnings of his
poem, and II he could carry 1t through
he meant to dare greatly with it-he
would venture 1t upon an editor. For
he had his plan OF life now; his day
would be Of manual labor and think
ing-he could think OF his friend and
he could think in cadences for poems,
to the crashing Of the strong machines
and II his father turned him out OF
home and out OF the works, he would
work elsewhere and live elsewhere. His
father had the right, and 1t mattered
very little to Blbbs-he faced the pros
pect Of a working mans lodging house
without trepidation. He could and a
washstand to write upon. he thought;
and every evening when he left Mary
he would write 4 little; and he would
write on holidays and on Sundays-on
Sundays in the afternoon. In a lodging
house, at least. he wouldn't be inter.
rupted by his s~ister-in-law's choosing
the immediate vicinity Of his door for
conversations evidently important to
herself, but merely disturbing to him.
He frowned plaintively, wishing he
could think Of one polite way of asking
her to 60 away. But. as she went on.
be started violently dropping manu-
script and pencil upon the door.
X don't know whether you heard It.
mother Sheridan" she said, but this
old Vertrees house, next door, has
been sold on foreclosure, and all they
got out OF It was an agreement that
lets 'em live there q little longer. Ros.
coe told me. and he says he heard Mr..
Vertrecs has been up and down tho
streets more n two years, tryin' to get
c job he could call a position and
couldn't land It. You heard anything
about II, mother Sheridan"
wei. l did know they beer dom
their own homework a good whilu
back" said Mrs. Sheridan. And now
they're dom the cookin', too"
Sibyl sent forth a little litter with 8
sharp edge. II hope they find some.
thing to cook. She sold her piano
mighty quick after Jim died."
Bibbs Jumped up. He was trembling
from head to foot and he was dizzy
OF all the real things he could never
have dreamed in his dream the last
would have been what he heard now.
lie Felt that something incredible was
happening, and that he was powerless
TO stop II. 1t seemed to him that heavy
blows were fa!lin: upon his head aud
upon Mary's; it seemed to him that he
and Mary were being struck and beat.
en- physlcnlly-and that something
htdeous %impcnded. lie wanted to
shout to Sibyl to be silent. but he could
not; he could only stand, swallowing
and trembling.
What l think the whole family
ought to understand Is just this" salt
Stbyl, sharply. Those people were SC
hard up that this Miss Vertrees start
ed after Bibbs before they knew