Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-01-20
Published by special ARRANGEMENT with The
Chicago Tribune Byndicate)
IN TWO PARTs-PART ONE

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w this young Hartley Morel was the
w son OF his old time friend. he did
the obvious thing, asked him TO dinner
Young Morel was in the west to find out
whether he preferred to give his budding
architectural genius to the building OF
the future great western cities or settle
down back east and grow into a partner
ship in a certain staid old firm. A son
usually looks up fathers friends from
duty or expedience. and as usually finds
them reminiscential old bores from whom
he escapes as. soon as possible. Jasper
Hewlett was no old bore. He was q slen-
der, middle aged gentleman OF inteLi-
gence and humor as we'll as a man Of
wealth and experience. Young Morel
liked him immensely, was pleased to feel
that liking mutual, and the invitation
was most cordially given and accepted.
CHANGING to mention this engagement
to young Clark Turnbull, sharer Of his
own college days, and who had rather
had him in tow in San Francisco. that
young man Immediately took notice. "Oh.
do you know the Hewletts? Just got back
from abroad. didn't they?"
II guess they did. Why?"
II guess they went to escape a lot Of
comment and gossip. Mostly blown over
by now Have you met Miss Hewlett,
the lovely Rosalie?"
4No JNbs A2OALA 1llll ~
spite of the provocative adjective. What
was the gossip about?"
T~urnbull's pleased expression showed
that it was the sort hat is universally
delectable. We'll, nobody knows exactly
what happened, but fathers owe affair
and daughters love affair went on the
rocks simultaneously in q very romantic
and out-of-the ordinary way. Naturally
1t couldn't help but make a lot OF talk
hara11ca HamlafffG nrpffN nrnnainant an6
all that"
Sounds interesting" Morel admitted.
Tell me-
First place" the other proceeded,
pleased to spin the tale, among all his
interests Hewlett owns most of q big de-
partment store here, and, just like q
fairy story, what'd he do out fall in love
with a beautiful girl who worked there.
Seems she was a nice girl and he really
cared for her n was going to marry
her. They were engaged and everything"
And what did Miss Hewlett think of
that?" Morel asked. smiling.
you can guess. The girl was about
her own age. But, anyway, she was
sporting and took her up and was sweet
about it. And just about the same time
she announced her own engagement to a
young fellow from back east somewhere
-Rainey, / think the name was. Now
the queer part-Rosalie's iance proceeds
to fall in love with Jasper's fanceei Can
you beat that for q mixup? And she
with him. OF course nobody knows ex-
actly what happened, but the upshot OF
1t all was hat the two engagements
were broken, the Hewletts went abroad
and Rainey married the other girl"
Good lerdl" cried Morel. THAT was
a pretty bitter dose! Mr.. Hewlett seems
a fine grained sort of man to me. It
must have hurt him deeply"
And not SO pleasant for Miss Resale
to be Tilted for a shot girl, either, I'd
say. Though l suppose h broke the
engagement herself when she found out
how things were with them. She's prob
ably fathers daughter. But isn't that 9
situation2"
Pretty narrowing for the partici-
pants" Morel agreed. "HeWlett's SO fine
What's the girl like?"
Resale? Well, I've only met her once
or twice, but I've seen her around tow
a lot n Of course heard a lot Of talk
about her. Sumner as to looks. but
what's inside nobody knows. Maybe
Rainey found out"
How do you mean that?"
"Oh, he fell out Of love with her and
In with the other girl. This marrying
an heiress. anyway. is the bunk" he
added in the sage v~ernacular. "Girls
always spoiled. and what independence
has a fellow got? She can always tel
him where to head in"
Morel thought so, too. None Of it ir
mine, l can tell you'll But Rainey should
have lodged before instead of after"
Saved a lot OF trouble If he had. Still
If Rosalie gave you the eye, l can see
where 1T might turn you around twice
before you thought Of consequences"
Morel laughed. Anyway, the fair Rosa
lie doesn't wear her heart on her sleevt
for davis to peck at" young Turnbul
grinned. Pretty sure of herself. tina
young woman, I'd guess. You know She
one of the girls makes me think-eve.
hear this?" He chanted in a light tenor
your kiss a wine that has no dregs;
Your love a bird that seldom perches
And I must add your lyric legs
Two dancing birches.
But most OF all 1 love your pride,
Stubborn and selfish: hard inside"
-'Forget the rest. Gosh, is 1t that late
Make yourself pretty, Hart, and 60 ant
charm the heiress.'
Morel hadn't the slightest wish Il
charm the heiress. On the contrary
through some obscure and absurd infer
ence, for If that tangled affair had mad
him pity the father it should not max
him scorn the daughter Who was from
anything that appeared quite as limo
cent, he had conceived a sort Of snal
prejudice against Rosalie.
Hewlett's friend, Daniel Stockday, tn
banker. a desirable acquaintance, too, TO
a young man, was the only other guest
He sat opposite Hewlett, and Hartle
Morel had Rosalie vis-a-vis. She regard
ed him with indifference and he her wit
various resentments. He took it as a de
liberate display OF criminal instinct 70
her to have looks that made you cate,
your breath, gave you a punch In tn
heart, and sent your temperature up t
about a hundred and three. There is n
doubt, he thought. that the devil per
sonally supervises the construction c
this particular type of blonde. and. sur
missing that the Rainey affair had left
reckless scar on her vanity, he did nc
doubt that she was ripe for, whateve
mischief her architect might have hand,
Her short hair, colored appropriately fc
an heiress In the brightness Of new gol
pieces, glistened In a natural wave, an
though her skin was far from milk
white and there was no flashing red |
her cheeks, she was far from giving IN
impression of colorlessness.
Her eyes we're dark blue, no., not blu,
were they? Queer color, sort Of mike
amber and hazel, with dark brows an
lashes, and q glow Of vitality emanate
from her whole exquisite little body.
The advent Of a strange and certainl
personable young man failed to rouse |
her either curiosity or coquetry. Sh
was not too obviously bored with the pre-
ceedings. letting the men do the talkinl
Stockday was laxative, holding fort
lengthily on favorite subjects. occasion
ally i~nterrupting himself to launch some
what pOnderous ~gallantries at ''the your