The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-28

When she Eugle blew for the nfte
oon program TO begin Harrington wa
beside his wife, his work done, read
TO enjoy the best part Of things witt
out any more resuonsibilit, Bl
Eleanor, knowing well his mood
Thought it unwise to tell him about tn
flowers for the present. IL was to
tate now to change, and James woui'
simply be furious 1t was best to
until another time when she needed
60 convince him of something else.
The children had finished their EN-
tertainment in the morning, and thu
remainder of the program was to bt
by She men,
When the first set OF riders came
out in lire there was one among theil
number whom the crowd did not al
first recognize; a man with bright
curly hair and fine bearing. dressed
in white fiaDnels and riding Il jot
black, long limbed horse. Everywhere
among the seats could be heard the
murmur: Who is heY" but no one
answered.
Harrington raised his held glass
and looked; then dropped his hand
with AN exclamation of dismay,
Eleanor, watching her husbands face,
reached for the glass, looked a mo-
ment, then she toe dropped the glass
IN her lap and gave her attention to
controlling her countenance, No one
mnat suspect wha, o bitter drop in the
days cup OF pleasure th!s was to
them
Harrington SAT, grimly rejecting
that he might have prevented this pos.
sibiiity IL he had framed the entrance
qualifications Alright; but Holt had
been away indefinitely when The tour
nament was planned and he had not
thought of him, Now il was o. late
TO do a thing; and there were reasons
that made ii unwise for him to show
d~ispleasure or unfriendAiness To Holt.
lest suspicion Of a worse character fall
npen himself,
For the remainder of the afternoon
life To Eleanor Harrington became a
matter of self control. Now and then
h managed to glance fprtively at
her husband and wonder why he had
not flown into a rage. but she was
wise enough to say nothing, knowing
that Az he did nor there mus Inc "A
reason Nevertheless she mentally re-
solved 10 give her young sister such a
piece of her mind on their return
home NJ would not easily be forgot
ten, and for The first time since the
date OF jeans early departure had
been set, she vas r~eeonciled TO 1t,
What made matters SO very much
worse was that Jasper Holt looked dis
a%raetingly handsome in those unaecus-
toned white fiannels, wearing Thorn
as though he had grown up in them,
and sitting his mouat like a young
sod. There wasn't a man of the whole
hne who seemed so thoughly u part
Vt his horse as Holt, and every line of
his head and body. every controlled,
>-s.y :1TS- SsssSst That aS ;naae Was
beautiful. OF course Jean was taken
with his looks. Girls were such fools;
ahai 70. girls who had no worldly
vision.
Up on the Erandstand a group of
girls looked and exclaimed and whis,
pered eagerly together: DO you sup.
pose Jean knew all the time he was
going to sntari Do you suppose maybe
shes In love with him?& Really?
Wouldn't that be exciting? Bnt OF
course it couldn't ever amount to any. |
thing but a little romance! And she
Rocks so innocent, ! don't believe she
knew, after ALL And so they specu-
lated.
Jean had known him the first mo-
ment he appeared upon the scene and
her heart stood still, as Il this were
ahe moment for which she had waited
all her life. He was here, ard how
splendid he looked! The rough flan-
mel shirt and corduroys In which she
was accustomed to see him were be.
coming, but he fairly took her breath
away in his new costume, Thera
wasn't . man among them, no matter
what he wOre, who could match him
= % looks Her heart swsllad with Joy
aseisaath his rosea. This was her Ii !
snsoInpn o rejoice. Tomorrow she was
s0ipg away, End she might not see
him any more, but today 1t was right
that she should have this beautiful
aiEnt 81 him TO carry away with her.
- - watched, her eyes shining and
e checks Glowing warmly.
VA no question 1t any time
0nt that he eas the rider Of them al.
HIS horse Skinned the hurdles al
Though they had been mere imaeinary
Hines and f1cw over the highest lar
like swallow ID the ali. He sat
The llark creature With casa and grace
aud ron the start all eyes were al.
llcNtnsshis eyery moys, The crowd "a,
N pke5adice and anIr
sAn1a4ys md sat Al absorbed adrafrtio1
~ ~ skfll and c0urxse.
Aay aIiknew him q dasing rider,
- ntlen women held their breath s.
- kfm ~ teassag t1rDukh the afr.et
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