Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-30

WI, WIN y. iauins evening glory they all
liohad said nothing about rcsuminf
his journey. aud Homie fcared that tho
brothers and father could not be az
readily made to appreciate the 'youf's
man from slissournhr as were tho
feminine members Of the household.
But they were. Jimpson met the
boys with n graceful, easy air. and
fell at once 10 talking about the
price Of cotton In way that dis.
armed any suspicion that might hayo
possessed thon. As the evening wore
away Jimpion talked about hunting
and fishing. IL was good In that local.
ny, 80 good that the man from st..
Louis reached the conclusion that he
would spend a week or two rambling
about the hills
"ltll be good for you" said LILO
Spencer, IAN wen board you cheap
IN stay said Jimpson. "and n I
like It III send to Little Rock for a
couple Of my friends to put IN their va.
cation here with mc.n
SO the outing was planned. Hcnnlo
was pleased She had grown TO like
the stranger Ia a fow hours that sio
had known him; Il was a queer sort Of
feeling she experienced. lilo was tho
llrst man she bad ever seen Who 40.
pcarcd to know how to talk. There
was something open aud pleasing In
bis face, too; any vny, tho simple
osark girl liked him She would havo
told him 30 II she had u chance. Iovei
shc didn't know what the word meant.
Jimpaon was tho only man fho had
ever seen that she cared a rap for.
She know NO much ns that. but no
moro.
Tho S. Louis young mnn was AZ the
Spencer cabin two weeks before he con.
cludcd that Il was time to send for bis
friends.
I'm stay two weeks longer" lac said.
"and III send down for Bowman and
Mcllenry.n
In the fortnight thnt no had spent
with the Spencer ho roamcd about tho
hills for good many miles around.
llcnnic went with him on most Of tho
excursions, until oue day Bob Spencer
said TO hers
Look here, NJ, seems TO mo that
you're doln a sight o raddln crbout
with Jimpson. You don't know nothin
crbout him"
"Nopc, returned the girl, but I'm
purt nigh suro hc's all right 10 I
over kgtohod him tryin to res, any Of
the boys Ia shoot him quioker'n light.
ming"
hothlng more was said, for that mo.
mont Jimp'on aud his Little Rock
friends rode up. Thcy seemed 20 DO
nice follows although somewhat
roughcr In manner and speech than tho
young man from st. Louis. Bob
Spencer shook his head and winici NJ
Homie when opportunity offered. lie
didn't take Jimpon's r. endorsements.
The girl had told Jimpson about tho
Spencer moonahlno operations. Sho
had told him the location Of ever still.
house In tho three counties. Girls In
Arkansas have die natural feminine IN.
stinct OF telling things they ought TO
keep 10 Themselves Climate and On.
vironmcnt cannot stop womnn's
tongue. There arc men who speak Of
tho iallacy OF tho talkatlyoncss Of wom.
On, but they arc only latter day knights
Jimpsan had a wonderfully valuable
collection Of facts after bis two weeks
stay. That Is tho reason lao sent for
his Little Rock friends. Ito needed
thcm. Tho next day after their arrival
the two got on their horses and rode
away from the Spencer cabin. They
said that they were going 20 Croom's
mill TO 10 n llttlo shooting. Homie
didn't believe it. Sho knew Of hall a
dozen stills Ia that direction, aud Il at
once flashed across her mind that tho
.throo strangers meant TO sCilo them aud
arrest the operatives,
Tho simple girl had talked with
Jimpsou tho night before, They sat
on log out Ia front Of tho Spencer
cabin, and the ~. Louis mnl. like any
other man would have done under like
circumstances, squeezed her hand.
This Is tho girl, mind you. who said
that she would not marry the best man
alive; but women. as all tho world
knows, nrn not to be held accountable
for what they do or say IL reminds
ono OF a woman who would not yield
TO the eutrentles OF man who wanted
kiss. ~ will not kiss any man." she
said. "but II | ever got ready TO oscu.
late masculine lips I will look you up"
"rhnt Is the same" said tho sage young
sutton. "as II you were 10 proclaim that
you would never fall OIL roof, but In
case you ever concluded such n thing
yon would select that roof over yon.
der
Such n tho Illustration Of the inabil.
lty Of tho feminine mental purpose.
This omrk girl had never seen real
man until Jlnpson came along, and
that Is why sho thought so much Of
him.
Ten minutes after tho young man
aud his friends rode away llennlo went
after them. She rode by another path
"a shorter one through tho woods
II would DO noon before they would
reach the mill II the plant near that
place was seized tho girl coniecturod
that the three men. whom she now
felt sure were revenue officers, would
] work bunls with tholr Drisauers taking