The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-05-13

be good for him. He was a it'll,
irritated at the length and shutup.
ness of the drive. though, as his co
had been swung defAy from the cell,
ing of the carriage. he was not Jared
But when Wallis and Arthur carried
the light pallet on which he lay
swiftly up a plank walk aid to the
door of a private car-why her Il
began tc occur to Allan Harrington
that something was happening. And
which rather surprised himself
he did not lift a supercilious ave-
brow and say in a soft. apathetic
voice. Very we-ell." Instead, he
turned his head towards the devoted
Wallis. who had helpded two con
ductors swing the cot from the CELL
ing, and was now waiting for the
storm to break. And what he said
to Wallis vas this:
What the deuce does this tom
foolery mean" AS he spoke he felt
the accumulated capacity for temper
Of the last seven years surging up
toward Wallis. and Arthur. and
Phyllis, and the carriage horses, and
everything else, down to the two CON
ductors. Wallis seemed rather re-
lieved than otherwise. Waiting for
a storm to break is rather wearing.
well, sir, Mrs. Harrington. she
thought. sir, that-that a little move
would do you good. And you didn't
want to be bothered, sir"
~"Bothered!" shouted Allan, not at
all like a bored and dying invalid.
Il should think 1 did, when a change
in my whole way of life is made,
WIKI gave you, or Mrs. HARRINGTON.
permission for this outrageous per-
Torrance! It's sheer, brutal. insult
ing idiocy!"
Nobody, sir-yes. sir" replied
Wallis meekly. Would you care for
a drink. sir-or anything?"
"No." Numbered Allan.
OR a FAM ventured Wallis, an
preaching near with thai article and
laying it on the coverlid. Allan's
hand snatched the fan angrily-and
before he thought he had hurled it
at Wallis! Weakly, it is true, for
it lighted ingloriously about five feet
away; but he had thrown it. with
a movement that must have put to
use the muscles of the long disused
upper arm. Wallis sat suddenly down
and caught his breath.
Mr.. Allan!" he said. do YOU
what you did then? You threw.
and you haven't been able to use
more than your forearm before. On
Mr.. Allan. you're getting better"
Allan himself lay in establishment
at his feat, INT forgot to be angry
for a moment. 81 certainly did," he
said.
And the way you lost your tenn
pert" went or Wallis enthusiastical-
lE. "Oh, Mr.. Allan, it was beautiful,
You haven't been more than to say
since the accident. It was so
like the a you used to throw hair
brushes
But at the mention of his lost tenn
per Allan remembered to lose it still
Surther. His old capacity for storm
-ng, a healthy lads young hot tenn
peredness, had been weakened by
Long disuse, but he did fairly well.
Secretly it was a pleasure to him to
ind that he was alive enough to care
happened, enough for anger. He
presently where he was
going.
Not more than two hours. ride.
'ir, I heard Mr.. De Guenther men
answered Wallis at once. "a
title place called Wallraven-quite
country, sir. I believe"
so the De G%uenthers are In 1t,
said Allan. What the dickens
1as this girl done to them. to hypno-
ize them so?"
But I've heard say it's a very
pretty place, sir" was all Wallis
youchsafed to this. The De Guenth-
ers were not the only people Phyllis
lad hypnotized.
He gave Allan other details as they
vent on. however. His clothes and
PERSONAL belongings were coming on
Immediately. There were two suit
perhaps he had noticed, in the
,ar with them. The young madam
was planning to stay all the sum-
ner, he believed. Mrs. Clancy had
been left behind to look after the
servants. and he understood
hat she had seen to the engagement
a fresh staff Of servants for the
country. And Allan, still awakened
by his fit Of temper. and fresh from
he monotony of his seven years Sc
found all the things Wallis
could tell him very interesting.
Phyllis's rose garden house had,
among other virtues, the charm Of
being near the little station; a new
little mission station which had ap-
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