The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-07-31
CHAPTER III.


The days which followed fulfilled
all Mrs. Harrington's prophecies SO
far as faiety was concerned. one
round of pleasure succeeded another.
The days were filled with picnics
rides and the evenings with mery max
ings OF all descriptions at all the
houses in the region rcElnd about HAWK
valley. There we're NOT wanting many
young officers and. others who were
eager to teach the sweet young strang-
er from the east to ride. Horses espe'
cially trained and gentled for her use
were brought IS offerings at her
shrine. and fuowers from near and war
were sent to her, The Harrington chill
dren were in danger OF becoming
chronic dyspeptics on the surplus OF
the CONNECTIONS with which she was
constantly supplied; and there was no
opportuityq for her TO become lonely
or morbid as the summer days sped
by in a round Of pleasure.
Yet thryugh-it all Jean moved, lovely
and serene as q summer morning,
"She acts as ii sho had been III
society for years" complained Eleanor
to her husband. Nothing moves her
out OF hs- quiet dignity. She doesn't
sush or tecoma enth siastic nj any
body. The sky and flowers and the
children please her more than all the
adulation she receives. One would al
most Judge her engaged or married al
ready. l wonder if t. a be there Is
a sweetheart t home we don't know
about. / must write and ask mamma.
I can't make it out. I thought Cap
tain Hawthorne would surely make an
impression, he has such charming NAH
ner, and is SO d~eferent:al TO women;
but she looked at him today with that
sweet far away expression exactly as
she might have looked ut her grand
father. Dt course it made him desper-
ately determined to get mar attention
but she never seemed to know or care.
One " cid almost Thur il was a
studied pose to get as many at her
feet as possible, ii didn't Know
Jean better"
"DId you ever thing .Stl"t perhaps
her thoughts ele fifth thai %scoundrei
Holt::' her husband asked.
wonder where the deuce he is. .
"Nonsense!" said his wife IS
.She never mentions him. She II
gotten all about him. / think 81
extremely annoyed at our Mako so
much Of his bringing her home
well, don't you be too sure. Won
der where the deuce he is. III he will
ing TO bet he's up to sumo mischief"
Don't worry" said his wife. I'm
only too glad he's taken himself away.
1 hope he'll keep hidden until Jean is
safely home againf so we won't be
annoyed"
81 hope he'll come back and let US
see what he's up to-" growled her nus
band as she left the room.
at-l one dy shortly before
lean was to return to her father's
house, Hclt crme back.
With him appeard Scathlin, Tdi'g
tat ) town daily. siIa by side XIII the
younged a on one of Hollis horses;
looking older, with a sheeptnsh ex-
preston and a shift eye that failed to
meet mems gaze. 1t was rumored
tha.. Holt had found him with a brok-
en- led, nursed him into strength again
ard brought him home. Those who
knew Satchlin felt that Hollis power
over him was more than that of graft
tude.
It happened that Jean was riding
with the Captain n morning when
they came down to the post office to-
gether, and the glad smile with which
she greeted Holt was followed by a
frightened expression as she recog-
nized Scathlin. Her escort was so as
Stonished at having to lift his hat to
Holt that he fails to notice her star
lied glance.
Nj one could have told ty Hollis
grave how that he was raeetiug the
ii Of all the eass;a to him. Oily the
~ In his eyes tod Of his joy IN
seeing her once more. aid reasured
the girl as she glanced from Scathlin
back to his own face. It was Captain
aHawthorne's annoyed drawl that re-
called her to present out OF the
whifl OF JOY that TIC ht OF Holt
brought.
Where in the world did y0a ever
meet that scoundrel that 10 should
presume to speastto your
A flush of indignation rose to her
cheeks, her chin tilted Just the slight
est bit hapghtily and her ewes held
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