The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-03-16

an excuse 10 20 on dHedu by another
trail"
THAT much Of what he told your
father and me-when we were having
the scrap-was true. He said you
went on ahead"
- didn't go TO Atropia, as he ex-
pected me to- she continued calmly.
81 took the old Haversack trail across
the mountain to Greaser siding. I
knew that the Copah train would stop
there on the side-track. When l got
as far a. the Haversack | thought I
heard somebody following me. l was
scared and didn't know what to do. l
was afraid my copying Of the deed had
been discovered and that the original
would be taken away from me, so I
hurried to hide the real deed. The
old Haversack tunnel seemed to be a
good place. but while I was In there
Barney began 10 bark, and | looked
out and saw that the noise ! had heard
had been made by a stray COW from
one Of the f0othill ranches. So I re-
mounted and rode on to catch the
train to Copah. At Greaser siding I
tried 70 make Barney lead the pony
home, and Barney tried his best to do
It. But Winkie wanted TO Craze, and
| had 10 go off and leave them when
the train came. That's all, l think;
except that 7 had 10 walt two days a,
my cousins in Copah before / could
get the deed back from the record.
ora nn3ca TEny -~r z-.etr- -
about It,"
ut isn't quite all" / amended. You
haven't told me how you happened to
come back with Beasley and his
posse"
THAT IA just a coincidence. I
reached Atropia on the early morning
train and met Mr.. Beasley and his
men just as they were starting I'D the
mountain. Cousin Buddy Fuller had
told me how he had te~legraphed to
Angels for Mr.. Beasley, and / was
scared to death. OF course. because I
knew what 1t meant. SO I borrowed
the Haggertys' pony and came along
with the posse"
There was silence for a little time:
such silence as the Gathering and
laundering Of the carpenters and
steam-ftters permitted. Then I said:
And when you got here, the first
thing did was to call you Mrs. Bull
lerton'. l don't blame you for not be-
Ing able TO forgive me, Jeanne. girl;
honestly. l don't"
1T vas worse than a crime" she
averred solemnly; 1T was a blunder.
What made you do itT'
Partly because / was a jealous
fool but mostly because I was sore
Inc sorry and disappointed. / thought
Fullerton had beaten me TO it,
NO" she said quite sober,y: 1T
was Miss Randle who beat you to It,"
/ gasped. There were tremendous
possibilities In hat cool answer OF
hers: prodigious possibilities.
But say / burst out; didn't I
tell you that Lisette had pushed me
overheard long sgor'
Il know. She was sensible enough
10 see that you and she couldn't live
on nothing a year. But now that you
are rich, or are going TO be I'm
sure you are not going TO be less gen.
erOus than she was. What II she did
take your ring Of In a moment Of dis
-couragernent. and knowing that you
couldn't buy her hatsi You can be
very sure she Eut 1t on again as soon
az your back was turned"
There we we're; m sooner over one
hurdle before another and q higher
n must jump up. / groaned and
thrust my hands into my pockets. A
paper rustled and / drew 1t out. II
was the telegram Buddy Fuller had
handed me, still unread. / opened 1t
half absently, holding 1t down so that
the glow Of the nearest fare fell upon
the writing. Then ! gave a little yelp,
swallowed hard two or three times
and nearly choked doing 1t, and read
the thing again. After all Of which I
said, az calmly as ! could:
But, In spite Of all that / had told
you about Lisette, you asked me once
TO kiss you"
Isis II quite nice of you to re-
mind me Of IT. she inquired reproach-
fully.
1T wouldn't be-in ordinary cir
curnstances; 1t would be beastly. But,
listen. Jeanne; haven't you been mad
clear through, sometimes, In reading
"a story. to have n coincidence runs In
on you when you knew perfectly well
that the thing couldn't possibly have
happened 80 pat In the nick Of timer"
II suppose | have; yes"
"Well, don't ever let II disturb you
again. Because the real thing Is q lot
more wonderful and unbelievable, you
know. Listen to this it's a wire from
my cousin. Percy; the one who sent
me put into the wide. wide world to
look for Il girl, "A horse and u dog, and
who Is the only human being outside
OF Colorado who knows where l am
likely to be reached by telegraph. He
is In Boston, and this Is what he says:
.UecaIled home when we reached
Honolulu, outbound. Lisette and I
were married today. Congratulate
u.s."
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