The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-06-24
THE
MIR. KENT
GEORGE Fl. DORIAN co.. 1916 Copyright.

Dotner TO bring them all in the XII
chen. UDless-' she stopped, pu
put her arms akiElbo and started
at v as If to suggest that will
his assistance she might manage
Never mind! AS you say the,
can roost," Kent hastily protested
lest she takes him seriously anC
bring not only the chickens but per
haps the cow, a donkey and the
family goat into the house-hould.
Another crash of thunder and
flash of light so close as to be sim
u~ltaneous caused her to throw her
arms above her head as if to protect
it. Ivan did not so much as raise
his eyes. His imperturhabi;ity ex
asperated her.
II tell YOU" she exclaimed, point.
ing a declamatory finger at Ivan,
"he's not natural! Sometimes he
doesn't answer when a body speaks
to him. Something uncanny about
him, and-and l don't like it,"
There is something wrong with
him." Kent checked her. HE can't
hear. Deaf as an adder, or a bad
mans conscience"
Her look Of incredulity, her sniff,
were equivalent to disputing her
employers word. He thought best
to explain.
Listen" he said, II don't want
you to dislike him. He can't help
it. When he was a young man he
had spinal meningitis. 1t left him
deaf. Before that he was a tutor Of
languages. He taught me all I know,
so l shall always keep him. He can
tell what you say to him only by
watching your lips-lip reading we
call it in English. 1 want you and
everyone else to be kind to him, be-
cause he's sensitive. Stop picking
at him, and be kind"
She shook her head d%oubtfully;
but won over by natural sympathy
said, "Too bad! Who'd have thought
it! l see how it is. l had a dog with
three legs. Four he had until he
had an accident with a scythe.
Couldn't pull a cart to market after
that. My man wanted to kill it. /
told him dogs were like men be-
cause nobody wants to lose his leg
or his tail if he can help it. And no
body wanted a threelegged dog, and
he loved me, so I kept him. I'm
ausec' ups ;himr ri '1Sli hecobhis
sorry I aver scolded that Ivan. He's
your three legged dog and you keep
him because he loves you"
Kent tried to discourage her
limberness ot tongue by picking up
a book; but she talked increasingly
while heapfng more fagots around
the backlog and busting the ashes
from the grata Her voice, raised
to a snap. brought him back from
a reverie.
You've lot heard . uurd I saidI"
she declared. vastly annoyed
Eth? What's that?" no lined h1s
eyes and r:aca;sd her win = su1Io
that was rare winning.
"a man came from Marken," she
repeated, intent on impressing him
with prodigious news. Pierre La
Franz. it was. and says there might
be a revolution over there that will
shake the world! Shake the world,
Pierre said"
Kent could not restrain a laugh.
Don't you bother about the
world" he said, soothingly. Marx
ems standing army might give the
Pope's Swiss guard tussle, but
Humph! II Marker went to war the
world would probably never hear
OF it-iet alone shake. Why, Mar
ken's 80 small it's a secret"
AS he proceeded, she Redeemed
with indignation, tried to speak, and
then, waggtng her head at the OBJ
tuseness ot a man who could not be-
lieve that the two-by-four kingdom,
neighbaring on Steinweg. and re-
garded with awe by every peasant
within forty miles, was not Of world
vile importance, retired to her kit
dan. She slammed tho door with a
f.nal expression d disgust; but
Kent was already thoughtfully re-
calling what she had said of that
inconsDicnous, but completely In
dependent Kingdom called Marker,
a kingdom 20 small that on a mar of
Europe II would be but a tiny pink
spot; : kingdom SO small that no
one had ever taken the trouble to
upset II
HIS face became grave and he en-
mitted q disgruntled, "Humph!!"
John Rhodes was again intruding
on his peace OF mind, and could not
- phi asidus maIKon threatening
revolt! That meant that the loan OF
five million dollars that Rhodes had
extended TO His Majesty Karl II,
king OF Marken. might prove worth
less And Konf bad ~n<. xha nr~ct;