The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-01-11

silver china and glass in place, an,
casting admiring glances at the lady
who stood holding the little miniatur,
in her hand and asking questions witt
a gentle voice:
Your mother, you say? How dea
she is! And she died so long ago
m sweet and pitiful to have a-beau,
tiful g~irl-Inother like that"
She put out her hand to his In tn,
shelter OF the deep window, and the,
thought Henry did not see the look ant
touch that passed between them; bu
he diScreetly averted his eyes ant
smiled benignly at the salt cellars anc
the celery he was arranging Then he
hurried u to a florists next door ane
returned with a dozen white roses
which he arranged in a queer little
crystal pitcher. one OF the few articles
belonging to his mother that Gordon
possessed. 1t had never been used be.
fore. except to stand on the manteL.
1t was after they had finished theiI
delightful luncheon. and Henry had
cleared h table and left the room. tina,
Gordon remarked:
Il wonder what has become o.
George Hayne. Do you suppose he
means to try to make trouble?"
Celia's hands fluttered to her 9hroat
'ae 80 SCSl0AC w c<ii o9- She
said. I had forgotten him. How
terrible. He will do something. OF
course. He will do everything. He
will probably carry out all his threats.
How could L have forgotten, Perhaps
mamma is now in great distress. What
can we o h can / dor
She locke up at him helpIessly, and
his heart bounded at the taough, that
she was his TO protest as long as life
should last, and thai she already de-
pended upon him.
Don't be frightened" he soothe6
her. He cannot do anything very
dreadful, n il he tries wen soon 81
those letters is blackrnail. He IS sim
ply q big coward. who VIII run and hide
as soon as he is exposed He thought
you did not understand law. and 50
took advantage of you- I'm Ire 7 can
silence him"
~oh. do you think so2 BUT mamma
Poor mammal II Will kIl hsr. AMI
George will stop 81 nothing when he
IS crossed ! have known him too long
1t viii be terrible Il hs carries ont his
threat" Tears were II lar ayaA ggo1y
was IN her face
We must telephone yor @aoe1- a.
once and set he hear At rest Tna
We can ind o Just what ogg1e 10 u
done said Gordon s1e-aIEglv- II WIS
- - AZ S-A@eELAa--1= - 80 -S-. -
nave done It before
Celia,s face wl radiant at III
thought Of speaking 10 a@r -es1as
ON, how 6=alslE1HE WET Gaz-rt :
think Of that a@e0re4 waaE Perfectly
lear things sesep1uass ara
WIFE oas acco-I sa@y W=e u Tie
telephone ta5sa
Shall you call them nm OF zzam Epr
he ASKED.
YOU can and rae- / VIII, s1sa.
mamma said Her eyes zaEzEzg
with her joy IN Him I wau- .sza
to hear your voice again They CAN'T
help knowing yoa arg al right wgzsz
they lear your voice
For that ne gave her z gEsrcs v=-y
much worth having.
Just how do you RECOUNT Eo- the
fact that you didn't think I w4 al
right yesterday afternoong I have a
very realizing sense that yo1 didn't 1
used my voice 10 the best o. my aosI-
ity. but il did no good then
We'll, you see. that was different.
There were those Letters to be count
ed for. Mamma and Jeff don't know
anything o the letters
And what are you going to tell
them now2"
She drew her brows down a minute
n thought.
You'd better find put how much they
20 hAOWS Ac SQSSGSIsu- IL IAIS
George Hayne hasn't turned up yet,
perhaps you a walt until you can
write. or we might be able to 90 up to-
morrow and explain 1T ourselves"
"Oh. could we? How loveiyl"
Il think we could" said Gordon.
Tn sure / can make 1t possible. OF
course, o know a wedding Journey
isn't exactly in the program OF the
secret service, but I might be able
to work them for one. / surely can
in a few days il this Holman business
doesn't hold me up. I may be needed
for a illness I'll have to talk with
the chief first
you call them up, and just say some
thing pleasant-anything, you know
and then I'll speak to mamma"
She gave him the number and In q
few minutes a voice from New York
said, Hello"
,s ,aello," called Gordon. 7. this Nj.
is your new brotherinlaw How are
you all? Your mother recovered
from all the excitement and w~eariness?
THAT'S good. What's that?
been trying to phone us
IN Chicago? But we're not in Chi
cage; we changed III minds NJ came
to Washington instead. Yes. we're
In Washington-the Harris apart
ments. We have been very selfish not
to have communicated with you sooner.
At least l have. Celia hasn't had any
choice In the matter. I've kept her 90
busy. Yes, she's Very well and seems
70 look happy. She wants to speak for
herself. I'll try to arrange to bring her
up tomorrow for q little visit. I want
to zee you. too. We've q lot OF things
TO explain to you. . Here is<-elfa.
She wants to speak Il o
Celia, her eye shining. her lips