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


less. ca.sght a. green fash % hrr
crossing into h@r roola to arsssa. 4m
other blue flash as she weGk csx-.
dropped has eyeiids and crossed aeh
hands 10 aoze a little. an izras,sns
n unwasy Crusader He did zs@s
know it. but q Plan was sA.sut Is
rise vi and hit him. The bride ais
mother had left him as 3 parting
legacy had gone out to order "a s1rtas
Of blue beads. u bull pup, a house e.
motor. a banjo. and a rose gnrdeS-; SIS
she went she added u talking TYR
hin to the list: and he WAS To DC
planted in the very center OF every
thing.
Seems like a nice girl. wallis"
said Altar dreanily. And the discreet
Wallis said nothing (thoUgfi he
knew a good deal) about his mis-
tress's shopping list.
Eyes. Mr.. Allan" he conceded.
1t was Phyllis H~arrington's firm,
belief that Mr.. De Guenther could
iodttS piiy tuaIl6 any boNJ NiltLEd III
any time, or that II he couldn't his
wife could. So it was to him that
she went on her quest for the rose
garden. with its incidental! house The
rest of the items she thoIgnt she
could get for herself. It was nearly
the last of April. and she wanted a
well heated elderly mansion, prefer
ably Colonial, not too uuwielfiiy
large. witt as many rose trees around
1t as her discretionary powers would
stand. And she wanted is as near
and as soon as possible BY the help
of Mr.. De Guenther, amused eff
%ficient. Mrs. De Guenthey. efficient
but sentimental: and an agent who
was efficient merely. she got very
nearly what she wanted Money could
do a great deal more than q country
minister's daughter had ever had
way of imagining. BY its aid she
found it possible TO have Furniture
bought and placed inside a fortnight
even to a list of books set UP tx slid
Ing sectional cases. She had hope
to Ii those cases some day, one al
q time, and getting them az one fell
swoop seemed to her mere arrnga1stly
opuient than the purchase o. the
house and grounds-than even the,
big shiny victrola. She had haugft
that herself, before there was a fsot,ss
10 put II IN, COINS on the principle
that all men not professional znrss-
clans have a concealed passion fer
music that they can create them
selves by merely winding ua same
thing. And-to anticipate-sha found
that as far as Allan was esszcar1e sd
h was quite right.
But why do you take this gerry
radical step, my dear?" asked Mrs.
De Guenther gently, as she Helped
Phyllis choose furniture.
Il am going to try the only 94inE
AIlan.s mother seems to have omit
ted" said Phyllis dauntiessIy. "a
complete change or s1Irra..n
"oh. my dear" breathed Mrx. De
Guenther. 1T may help pocr Allan
more than we know. And lear sa-
gela did discuss moving often, but
she could ear to leave the
city house, where SO many OF her
dear ones have passed away"
well. non of my dear ones are
going to pass away there. said
Phyllis irreverently. unless Mrs.
Clancy wants to. I'm not even tax-
ing any servants but Wallis The
country house doesn't need any mars
t1aaE . cook. . c-hamberznzid, and
eutdoor nan Mira Clancy Is getting
them / told her I didn't caxa what
age or color she chose, but they had
70 be cheerful She VIII stay In the
city and keep the others straight an
something she calls board wagsa-
Tn starting absolutely freah.~
They were back at Mr1. De
Guentherfs house by the time Phyllis
Was done telling her plans. Phyllis
sitting Ia the Identical pluff7 easir
where b had made hex decision t.,
marry Allan. Mrs De Guenther
sprang from her own chair. and
came over and impulsiveiy Kissed
hef.
God bless you. dear." sha said.
4 believe It was Heaven thax I'm
spired Albert and myself to essocse
you 70 carry on poor AngeIa,s work.
Phyllis flushed indignantly.
I'm undoing q little OF il, I bone
she said ~passionately. .Is I can on,y
maxi that poor boy forget some OF
those dreadful years she SCENT cry
ing over him, I shan't have lived n
yaint.
Mrs. De Guenther Ioaxc.I q. p.-sa4a
earnsstly-s and. most unexpectedly
burst into a little tinkiiny q
MY Gear she said m-iscilievoassr
VIA about all the fine things
were going to do for yourself to maize
UP fer being tied to ps.or AiEans yos,
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