Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-10-21

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have good old-time talk while do
my hair"
He stared at her. speechless. She
had on kimono Of soft pink sill. en-
broidered with gold flowers. In one
hnnd she held . silver-backed hair
brush.
"Where are your manners1' she re-
proved. and she went to set two chairs
before the full-length, mirror on the
wall opposite the bathroom. passage.
Come. don't want to have to shout
to you over there. Sit down and be-
have" st8 *
He started to obey. and blushed as
his stockinged feet appeared from un.
der the edge Of his robe. But she had
perched on one Of the chairs and was
studying herself in the mirror.
He seated himself in the chair close
beside her. She handed him the hair
brush and put up both hands to her
head. The loose sleeves of her kimo-
no slipped down. barring her dimpled
white arms. He stared. fascinated. at
them and at her shapely fingers. which
were nimbly drawing the pins from
her hair. Soon the thick coils began
to sag. @
She shook her head. All the glossy
brown locks came tumbling down
about her slender shoulders. She
turned sideways, with her back to
him. and, clasping the hairpins in her
lap. sat waiting. He gazed in won
dering admiration at the wealth OF rip
ping hair and the shapely little head
from which 1t flowed down.
"Why don't you begin1" she impa-
tiently demanded. you'll never 1n-
lsh unless you start"
"Start?"
Brushing. stupid!"
"You-do you mean you wish me to
TO brush your hair1''
"Oh, no; I'm merely sitting here for
you to look at" she bantered. Don't
be goose"
She caught the brush from him and
made half dozen vigorous strokes,
each time running her free hand under
the brown maze. He took the brush
from her backward-stretched hand.
and asked in deep low tone: 'Am
I to hold 1t that way with my hand1' .
"How else can you do 1t right7" she
replied.
He cautiously took q. full stroke
from her forehead back across her
dainty head and down the ripping
mass Of hair. His smile was now that
Of a man completely lost In bllssful In.
to1ication. 81
that's better" she said: "only still
harder. Don't be afraid. I'm not
paper doll-There, that's the way.
New I can settle down and talk. First
of all. I'm going to tell you the bad
news and get through with It,"
sYes7' he asked. inhaling the deli.
cious fragrance Of her hair.
you're not listening. and it's very
important. 1t has made me dreadfully
cross at Charlie"
He stInened at the name. instantly
otentive. THAT fellow1 What about
him7 Has he-1"
Yes. But that's not the trouble.
the bank has been making fuss.
1t can wait. The horrid thing. u mat
about those bonds you lost. They
claim that you have q lot Of money In
Chicago bank"
sYes. What Of 1T"
THAT proves what I told Charlie.
OF course you don't reallze-you can't
realize"
.Realize what1" he asked, pausins
in the midst Of a long brush stroke.
why, about the boads."
You mean the bonds lost By y0ur
brothefr
ACharlie knows some one who has
found out oil about them. Ii must
have been a detective. He found the
key Of the safe deposit vault in your
pocket" i
I'm my pocket7" !
Charlie snid the man said the key
was found In your pocket. and-Oh, j
forgot. He said It was oil secret yet.
But Of course you're my brother, and
you ought to know: and you won't tell
will you7" + ~
"Why should II Pleaxe 60 on. I
fail to understand about the key. But
how about 1t? II It was a detective
that found the key. he must hnve dis
covered where It belonged and found
the missing bonds.