The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-18
PENNY of TOP HILL R A
~ BELLE KANARIs MANDATES ~
"AMARtLLY of cLoTHEs-L,hE ALLEy.s
"NILDEW MANsE,' ETC,

$500 Aau ia ; A- ~ 49,
meant it.
~ want to dance with you I told
her. bat T don't want to do it here
Where can we goe' she asked.
II know a man in Chicago | said,
who has asked me to come to his place.
1T amt stylish enough for you. but
it's run right and respectable. 1t amt
very far from here. Reilly's. Know
lit?'
i've heard OF It. she said, but I've
never been there
,"of course she hadn't. I'd seen right
off she WIS Just a kid and hadn't been
around TO places.
VIII you go there with rae now?'
I asked her.
Yes sha said. I know you're ali
right
Maybe l wasn't feeling good when
I'd got her out of there and steered her
through he street. She was a little
mite of a thing, and young, but very
quiet; hey eyes iiad ii sal look.
w went to Reilly's. He was up
here in the hill country once for a a
~cation--the time you were out on the
coast. We fellows gave him some tlmey
and he liked it fine. Well. he told us
the place vas ours. The music was
great, n We started right out On the
floor. Say! I was feeling as fit and
stepping as lively as If l had had
1000, 600 drinks, but l hadn't had one.
There was no getting around it. That
little girl in her white dress had landed
me one right over the heart. She,
slipped into my arms as quick as She
had into my heart, too. 1 danced the
, way l felt-well. she was right with
me every time: the ~slicicst little STEP
per | ever saw. Not dance mad, like.
those professional kind; she let me
set the pace n she followed any lead.
reilly came up to US on the floor and,
offered to Introduce Us to folks. Il
asked him If he remembered the time
l gave him out west, and he said he
could never forget it and he was now
aiming to return it best he knew now.
rake it from Inc, l said, that / can
get right returns from you if you'll not
give any other fellow the chance to
butt in on these dances. TN IN. ne
said, and he let us alone.
We danced every time without
talking any. When it came closing
time. Reilly came up again said,
This is the hour we quit. but it don't
mean for my guests. Come mack in
this little room and have refreshments
on me.
II showed US into a little ring
around the-rosy Don with lights half
ID and asks: 'WhatIl you havee
Coffee / said quickly n warn
ingly, and the kid said: I'll have the
same
Reilly laughed-because / took cof-
rec, ! suppose We got it good and hot,
with sandwiches and pickles thrown
IN. Then we talked. Someway she got
me TO do most of the talking. She
wanted to hear all about ranches ard
cowboys and me. Her eyes got bright,
and she said it was better than movies,
and h wished she could see my coun-
try. ] told her she would, because J.
was going to take her there. She didn't
say anything to that. Pretty soon Reil-.
iy comes in and tells me he wants to
give us the best time he knows how,
all right, but were we planning 10 stay
TO breakfast? When I saw what time
it was, I took the hint and we got right.
up. l asked him what there was 20
pay, and he said if / tried to pay. I'd,
have to do it oyer mis- dead body. We
went out into the night, only twas
morning I asked her what her folks
would say.
Il have NO folks she said kind of
sad like.
Tina made me feel good.
- am glad af that , /. @tc.s ..;sr1
cause | want you all to mysels.'
l thought she must be work.
Ing. and I told her l was sorry 30 have
kept her up SO late because she'd: be,
too tired TO go to york. She said she.
was Of IL JOB, but was expecting
something soon.
Il am glad Of that, too I said.
She looked sort of surprised, so T.
know 10 been too sudden, but you See,
N was short with nae. | told her Id
be in Chicago another "a hours and,
would h help show me round | had:
never been on one OF the big boats and
Reilly had told me about a fine tour.
III take to some saint place. She knew
where he meant, though she had never
been there. She said folks who lived
In Chicago didn't go outside much,
left the trips for visitors. She prom
issd to meet me at the dock IN q few
hours.
She wouldn't let me go all the way
home with her. She said she had rea-
sons, and made me ave her on q
corner which she said was quite close
to where she lived. 1t was an awful
poor part of the city, and /
she didn't want me to know how hum,
Bile her N was. AS IL l cared for
that. It was SO near light I knew she
would be safe, but I stood there on.
guard for a few minutes after she left.
believe re, I was right on time at;
the dock. she can,e soon after Z
did. She mad IN d plain, dark suit,
neat, little shoes, and a hat down over
her eye like the girls in movies wear.
I'd passed a corne on the way to the
boat where they old flowers. Their
were some violets that looked like her.
l bought a big bunch and when I gave
them to her. she sort of gasped and
said no one "a ever bought flowers
Tor her before. I was glad to hear that.
asked her hadn't she ever had a fell
ow, and she said she hadn't j told
her I couldn't see why, unless it was
because she didn't want one. She
looked w at me sort OF shy md said
she might have had one most any
time, but that there had never been
+ one9Esne cared Tor before.
ITO be continued next week.
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