The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-29

an impression OIL keeping hefSelI alive
only by force of that wanderfut fight
ing vitality Of hers, lay almost at
a Clergyman in westments. There
were the De Guenthers; Mr.. De
Guenther only a little more precise
than his every day habit was. Mrs.
De GueHther crying a little. softly
ami turtiveiy.
As for Allan Harrington, he lay Just
as she had seen him that other time,
white and moveless. seeming scarcely
conscious except by an effort. Only
She noticed a slight contraction, as of
pain, between his brows.
'phy'is has come" nacset ,M.cs
Harrington. Nov it viii, be--all
right. You must marry him quickly
quickly, do you hear Phyllis? ON,
people Will never will-do- what [
want them to"
"Yes-yes. indeed. dear" said
Phyllis, taking her hands sootii;t.iy.
We re gong 10 athena 10 IL right
away. Were going to attend to it
away.See. everything is ready.
1t occurred to her that Mrs. Har-
rington was not half as correct in
her playing Of the part Of a dying
woman as she would have seen to it
that anyon else as also, that
things did not seem legal without the
w%olfhound. Then she was shocked
at herself for such Observation-Disclosures.
The thing to do was to keep poor Mrs.
Harrington Quoted. SO she beck
oned the Clergyman and the De
Guenthers nearer, and herself sped
the marrying of herself TO Allan Har-
rington.
. When you are being married
to a Crusader on a tomb, the easiest
way is to kneel down by him. Phyllis
registered this fact in her mind quite
blankly, as something which might
be of use to remember i'll future.
. The marrying too an N
necessarily !VIS Time, IL seemed 10
her. 1t did not seem as if she were
being married at all. 1t all seemed
to concern somebody else. When it
came TO the putting on of the we'd
ding ring, she found herself, very
naturally. guiding Alian's relaxed
fingers to hold it III its successive
places, and finally slip it on the we'd
ding finger. And somehow having to do
that checked the chilly awe she had
before Of Allan Harrington. 1t made
her feel quite simply sorry for him,
as If he were one of her poor little
boys in trouble. And when it was
all over she bent pitifully before she
thought, and kissed one white, cold
cheek. He seemed so tragically help
less, yet more alive, in some way,
since she had touched his hand to
guide it. Then, as her lips brushed
his cheek, she recoiled and colored
a little. She had felt that slight
roughness which a mans cheek. how
ever close shayen, always has-the
man-feel. It made her realize un-
reasonably that it was a man she had
married, after all, not a stone image
nor a sick childr-a live man! With
the thought, or rather. instinct, came
a swift terror Of what she had done.
and a swift impulse t rise. She
rr,ne t01S ,,ro a, r:..~ e~o~, -
when a hand on her shoulder, and
the clergyman's voice in her ear,
checked her.
Not yet" he murmured almost
inaudibly. "Stay as you are till--tlll
Mrs. Harrington is wheeled from the
room"
Phyllis understood, She remained
as she was. her body a shield before
Allan Harrington's eyes, her hand
just withdrawing from his shoulder,
till she heard the closing Of the door,
and a sigh as Of relaxed tension from
the three people around her. Then she
rose. Allan lay still with closed eye
lids. 1t seemed to her that he had
flushed, If ever so family. at the
touch Of her lips on his cheek. She
laid his hand on the coverlet with her
w roughened. hinged one. and fol-
lowed the others out, into the room
where the dead woman had been
taken. leaving him with his attend
ant. n4.-.s...
The rest Of the evening Phyllis
went about in q queer-keyed, almost
light hearted frame Of mind. 1t was
only the reaction from the long ex-
pected terror that was over now, but
It felt ~indecorous. It was Just as well,
however. Some ones head had to be
kept. The servants were upset, Of
course, and there were many arrange
ments to be made. She and Mr.. De-
Guenther worked steadily together,
telephoning. ordering, guiding,
Strengthening u all the tangles.
There war q wedding, she
thought. where the bride did 50 much
Of the work. She evcn rnvnenohornd