The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-11-04
CHAPTER I.
Through the Green Cord.

e6oOk on a klndller aspect anu LIS
n urt "Hello!" was followed by
,lNientler tones, as he heard the
Xoice of the girl he loved, over
"What is it, Avioe?' he said,
Nor her speech showed anxiety.
"Uncle Rowly,-he hasn't
Nome home yet.
"He hasn't? Well, hope he'll
r. urn up soon. / want to e
Ilim. l was coming up this even
Ming"
aCome now" said Ayice;
come now, and dine here. | am
30 anxious about uncle"
"Why, Avice, don't worry. He
rs all right, of course.
II emo he isn't. feel a PRESENT.
Hnent something has happened to
al Inn. He never was so late as this
Noefore, unless we knew whore he
Mas De come right M, won't
You, judge"
u Certainly I will; I'm very
Hslad to. But I'm sure your fears
Nlre groundless. What about Mrs.
M3lack? Is she alarmcd?'
" "No, Eleanor laughs at me-"
N "Then | think you needn't dis
,Eurb yourself. Surely She
eyes, | know what your e
cNsoing to say, but she isn't a bit
aHonder of Uncle Rowly than | am.
rMdood-by."
III Avice hung up the receiver
rkvith a little snap. She was will
@Meng that Mrs. Black should marry
,Rler uncle, but she did hate to be
oMselegated to second place in the
Hlousehold. Already the hand
I&ome widow was asserting her SUI
bremacy, and while Avice
Acknowledged the justice of it, it
r4 lurt her pride a little,
I've asked Judge Holt to din
Rler,' she said, as she returned to
Rler post at the window.
rs Mrs. Black glanced up from
rHEhe evening paper she was read
and mlirmured an indistinct
@cquiescence.
B., 1t was late June, yet the city
bone of the Trowbridges was
S1ill occupied by the family. AS
I@aAvice often said, the big town
d house was cooler than most sum
i.ner resorts, with their small
lisooms and lack of shade. Here,
1 he linen-swathed furniture, the
! vhite-draped chndeliers and pic
1 ures, the rugless floors, all con-
libuted to an effect of GOODNESS
I'D comfort.
Avice, herself, in her pretty
b white gown, fluttered from n
sTwindow to another, looking out
her uncle.
! Mrs. Black, why do you sup
pose Uncle Rowly doesn't come?
4 He said he would be home early,
i and it's after 6 o'clock nowv'
II don't know Avice, I'm sure.
T Do be quiet! You fluster around
l $50, you make me nervous"
{ \ SsI / III nervous myself, Eleanor.
1 I'm afraid something has hap
! pened to uncle. Do you suppose
4 he has had stroke, or anything?o
"Nonesense, child, Of course,
not. He has been detained at the
office for something"
mo he hasn't; | telephoned
there and the office is closed"
"Then he has gone somewhere
else.o
] .But he said he would be home
by S.
"a Well, he isn't. Now, don't
worry that can do no good"
But Avice did worry. She con.
tinued to fit about, dividing hel
attention between the clock anc
the window.
The girl had been an orphan
from childhood, and Rowland
TroWbridge had been almost a,
a father to her. Avice loved hin
and watched over him as a daugh
ter at least, that had been tn
case until lately. A few week
since, Mr.. Trowbridge had sue
cumbed to the rather flori
charms Of Mrs. Black, his house
keeper, and told Ayice lie woal
marry her in a month.
Though greatly surprised an
not greatly pleased, Ayice had a,
cepted the situation and treate
the housekeeper with the sam
pleasant courtesy she had alwa,
shown her. The two got along
o. the phrase is, though the
INJURIES were not in many way