The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-01-29
ence; at most, in pity.

Of himself, with the arrogant, We
pardonable sureness Of a man VIII,
has wrested success from hi
world. Now, that arrogance wa,
a garment hanging in rags abou
him, as he stood, a man rejected
and thrust out the gate. The dane
ing girl would have none Of him
She would not have him, nor his
gifts, nor his feet upon hel
threshold. She had Withdrawn
herself like an empress offended
The sun was low. It's leve1
rays shot across the vacant room
and into the room beyond. Sure.
~ something glittered there! The
golden ray had found some echo.
ing brightness not a part Of va
cant walls. What it a thing for
gotten? Prompted by the vague
relief of any action, Noel walked
across The dusty floor.
The French doll, Anitra, sat on
the mantel shelf in all her finery,
with a perpetual smile on hel.
bisqnc lips and her bisque arms
/. extended straight before her.
Even his doll was abandoned as
contaminated That was Noel s
first bitter thought. To bitter
ness, succeeded anger; to anger
SLOW, overwhelming grief. He
turned away and leaned against
the uncurtaincd window frame,
seeing not the dingy houses on
the opposite side Of the street,
but a white villa set in gardens
above blue sea-a villa that was
empty. Empty as never before,
since the dream that was a hope
no longer dwell there
Down in the limousine, Milo
Valdez smoked innumerable
cigarcts gazing at the afternoon
sky and frctting with the passage
OF each moment. Evidently Dom
David had found the beauty at
home, he unused. Being himself
i'll love with at least three ladies
simultaneously, Milo was all sym
pathy and interest; but also he
watched with growing anxiety
the approach Of the hour for sail
ing. His every instinct reveltea
against the indelicacy of going in
after Noel, yet, time pressed, and
for people in love time does not
exist.
He watched the door; he paced
the sidewalk, looking frequently
at his watch as the moments
passed. He would wait until the
last possible moment, to wait
longer than that, he decided.
would be to fail in duty.
His delicacy and sympathy all
most detained him too long. He
had not counted upon the delay
caused by his receiving no answer
10 his ring or knock. When he
finally resolved upon opening the
door OF the apartment, he had no
Tine for observation of the room
ne entered.
Dom David" he cried with
"the boat sails in As
minutes. We must drive fast. I
beg of you to hasten
Noel turned from the window.
lifting heavy eyes to the agitated
face OF the young man. The reti-
,ence of years snapped.
Milo" he said, "Nilc, she
shall be my wife, or no one. She
mas gone. Mus I leave her, in
suit herf
Milo Valdez stood still, paline
before the situation his Latin
luickness graspd. His gaze trav-
slled about the stripped room and
returned to the much loved face
of the other man. For once, his
Fluent speech was stilled.
She had some reason to be Of
Tended with me- Noel spoke
again, his eyes turned towards the
doll. II came today to remove
that offense. / have not found
her. If go, not having done SO.
with no explanation before / can
come again, where may she not
have gonei What may she not
dot She can be traced now,
without doubt. Traced within a
Few days! But later9"
Dom David, the boat sails in
IS minutes 1"
There will be another boat I,
retorted Noel harshly. aShan j.
Trade my happiness for the differ
ence between two liners time of
sailingi"
Milo Valdez gasped.
Dom David. !"
/ have decided. Go make the
arrangements; we sail next
week.
But
That will do, Valdez"
And orr countrv ~, o,;nd NIL.