The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-09-28
The Real Man
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BY FRANCIS LYNDE
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CHAPTER xxIiY.

CONVINCED by Verda BachkatdsTh
Telephone message IN the construction
camp that hs =s1i,i Ia no immesilatr
danger, Smith spsnt the h,@l Of the sf-
s.rnoon In the High i4ne Offices. krep.
ing la wire touch With Stillings, whom
he bad sent On sscrsi mixsion 10 Red
Butte, and With Williams at the dam
The High Line enterprises was on the
Rnres Ut the gods. II Williams conld
yuii through In time. II the rlysr.swstl'
ting storms should bold OF. " stanton
should delay his nnai raid past the
critical houe~-and there was now good
Seasoa 10 hope that sll Of these con-
&ingeneies were probabie--tns victory
was practically won.
Smith closed hts desk at dx O'Clock
Ind went across to the hotel To dress
. for dinner The day Of suspense was
practically ut On end and disaster sttll
held aloof was fairly outdistanced Ia
The race, a. II Assned Williams finai
report had been to tho effect that the
coacrete- pouring was completed. aud
the long strain Was on. Smith went
10 his rooms. and. as onee before and
1or similar reason. he laid bis dress
Clothes eut on the bed He made sure
that he would h. requlrsd to dine with
ferda HIGHLANDER. and he was strip,
Z, gsa s,k,sassE stsgsss Nv ,tt,sa Il ~ Va.
ahe door and Jbbey came Ia.
." "ffiud rigs. ~, r. said the blaze aa@,
with alaneo at the array On the bed.
"fse just ron NJ III tell You that sou
nceda't. vertia's dining With the
sstan'ons, and she wants me 10 Keep
you out Of sight un,ll afterwaryt ny
and by, when shcs footionse she
wants 10 see you In the mFExanlne,
isn't there some quiet little Joint
where W. two can 20 for hItel You
know tha town. and | don't"
Smith put his coat on, and together
shey eircled the square to frnsrati's,
Making table In the main cafe.
While they were Hivlng their dinner
order, s,arbuck came In and joined
Nhetn, aad Saith was glad. For rca-
sons which he could scarcely have do
tinei, he was relieved not 10 have 10
halk 10 Jihhey alone, and Starbuck
played third hand admirably, taking
lindly to tho sham black sheep, and
Milling him up, Ia quiet stra'ght'faced
humor with many and mnat marvel
bus tales OF thc earlier frontier.
Az the end nj the meal, while Jlh-
hey was stiil content 10 llnger. listen
Ing opensmouth.A to S'arhuce'5 ro-
hnancings. Smith excused himself and
returned 10 the hotrl lie had scarce
iy chosen his loung,ng chair IN u
quiet corner of the mex4ABsne before
Aiiss Richlander came 10 Join him,
II, has been long day. hasn't ~"
she began eycnly, YOU have been
busy with your dam. suppose, hut
II have had nothing a. do but ~
think, and that IL something that |
,don't often nllow myself 10 do, You
have gtn. far since ,hat night Is-t
May when you ,elcphoned me that you
would come M tn the house iatcr~~end
then hrnke your promise. Montague,
"rn way vuryrvr haze. h.
admitted
"you have, indeed You are to
tally iiFycrent man"
"ln whs, way, particularly
Elm every conceivable way. II one
rculd believe IN transmlsratian, one
would shy that you had changed souls
with some odd, hart hitting. rough.
riding ancestor. llayo your ambitions
changed tt~n9"
Il am mot sura now that had any
amhfjons in that other Ne
''Nh, yes. yeu had shr w"nt on
smoothly IN the Nthcr life rs you
cNll ". you wpula have hessn quite
willing tn MARRY q WOMAN who ca0lt
sSSNTr you 4 atnt social standing aE9
mency rnoagh 20 pat yoa ga feaitag
with athcy uien uf yaur capabilities,
You wouldn't la willing Ga ia that
now, would ieasips the s,nii'
mens out as you used ~ leave II out
shcaH"
NO. hardly ,hIaS should"
Her laugh WAS unsteady ,Nw aud
sweet. and only mildly detis.ve
"fca ar~ thtnktaa THAI Il Is ch&nSr
/ euyfptamcnt. wider horizons sna
III that. which has changed you. Mon
tague. hut I know better, II IS
wonan. sua. a. you may rerartsher
have met her~~-twier.~ Thea, VITA
fstnt glow u seitefal trv In the
saasutfcyus EYES How can you make
Yourself believe that she is prestyt'
lilo Shrugged one shoulder tn trkrr
ct the utter usrlessrcSs ~ discussion
tn thar direction.
''Sentimea, r be c0ev'ej- Il think
we aes~'n't g. into that, az this late
dsy yer'a II n a asis that neither
III va catered. ~ cared ~ entrr In
the days that arc gore, II say ths.
Ssarens RaSdwta has quite aayNatl.
ss'oasly en her part uaaSt s~A yru
NJ hylis'N~ Taught gss What love
ncsns that ought ~ rs enough,
Again she was laaghgas softly.
You ss~gn ~ have hNAdly farc't.
ten the C.d provprb about a woman
xSrrnty1 What have vog 70 exr~cs
yrn.n ms after etSSsnS sa.h an a,.miS-
seen "a thatr'
Smith pulled hmSef Icretaer sr,i
wte,d the arSnratss frtaly up>,a tts
Hneaexzicnshle fy~,sipS
~las ~ D,f. rH ,h.,s.s in q, 49,. -, a