Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-17

knuckle down to you. the way your Eng
lish peasants do If you think you can
come out here in the west and treat men
like dogs, you'll find yourself nightly mis-
taken, that's all!
The men exchanged chances This vol
canic outburst amazed Salisbury. but the
major enjoyed it. 1t was excellent school
ing for his friend.
We'll. work for me. Mr.. Ramsey. Sam
knuckles down to me most questions.
l hope 1 know how to treat my men. I'm
| trying to live up to tradition. anyway
you'll admit it is a tradition says
| Salisbury, glad of chance to side away.
He cared nothing for the youth. but felt
! something was due his partner. The major
| laughed.
Now get into my cart. and we'll go out
| to the farm and look things over" he said,
and Arthur ciambered in.
9! can't blame you very much" the
| major continued after they were well set
tied. I've been trying lately to get into
| harmonious relations with my employees,
and I think I'm succeeding. I have a
father and grandfather in shirt sleeves to
| start from and to refer back to. but Sauis-
| bury hasn't. He means well, but he can't
| always hold himself in. He means to be
democratic but his blood betrays him.
Arthur soon lost the keen edge of bis
| grievance under the kindly chat of the
| major.
The farm lay on either side of small
stream which ran among the buttes and
| green mesas of the foothills Out to the
left the kingly peak looked benignantly
across the lesser heights that thrust their
ambitious heads in the light. Cattle Dere
feeding among the smooth, straw-colored
or sage green hills. A cluster of farm
| buildings stood against abrupt, cedar
| splotched bluff, out of which stream
| flowed and shortly fell into large basin.
The irrigation ditch pleased and in
terested Arthur for it was the finest piece
of work he had yet seen. 1t ran around
the edge of the valley. discharging at its
gates streams of water like veins which
| wherein II
| ing among young plants
| :FH put you in charge of a team, /
think" the major said, after talking with
the foreman, big, red-haired man. who
looked at Arthur with his head thrown
back and one eye shut.
Well now you're safe" said the major,
as he got into his buggy, 80 I'll leave
| YOU
Arthur knew and liked the foreman's
family at once They were familiar types
AT supper he told them of his plans, and
how he came to be out there and they
came to feel a certain proprietorship in
him at once.
well. I'm glad you've come" said Mrs.
Richards. after their acquaintanceship had
followed in day or two. You're like our
own folks back in Illinois,"
Arthur WINGED little at being classed
in with her folks. and changed the subject
One Sunday, a couple of weeks later,
just as he was putting on his old clothes to
go out and do his evenings chores, the ma
jor and a party of visitors driving
| u.
riage. little annoyed that these city peo-
pie should not have come when he had or
| his Sunday clothes.
The li.ajor greeted him pleasantly
Good evening, Ramsey. Just hitch the
horses. will you? 1 want to show the ladies
about little
Arthur tied the horses to a post, and
came back toward the major expecting
him to introduce the ladies. but the major
did not, and Mrs. Thayer did not wait for
an introduction, but said. with a peculiar
\ Well-worn infection:
Ramsey. I wish you'd stand between
me and the hcrses I'm as afraid as death
of horses and cows"
The Test laughed in musical uproar. hut
Arthur flushed hot. 1t was the tone En-
glish people in plays and stories used in
speaking to their butler, coachmau.
He helped her down, however with a
sullen sir, for his rebelliouS heart seemed
to fill his throat.
The party moved ahead in cloud of
laughter. The ladies were dainty as spring
flowers in their light, outdoor dresses. and
they seemed to light up the barnyard.
One of them made the most powerful i'm
preston upon Arthur. She was so dainty
and So bird-lke Her dress was quaint.
with puffed sleeves, and bands and edges
of light green, like an April flower. Her
narrow face was as swift as hight in its
volatile changes, and her little chin dip
ped occasionally into the deep Of her ruff
fled bosom, like swallow into water.
Every movement she made was strange
and sweet to
She cried out in admiration of every thing
ard cIapped her slender hands like Won
dering child. The others seemed to laugh
every time they looked at her, she was SO
entirely carried away by the strangeness
of the farm.
She admired the cows and the colts very
much, but shivered prettily when the bu
thrust his yellow and black n1uZzle through
the little window of his cell.
THE horrid thing! Isn't ne savage?'
Not at all He wants some meal, that's
all. said the major
The young girl skipped and danced and
: shook her perfumed dress a swallow
her wings. She was not vain; it nat
t ural in her Arthur looked at her witt
deep admiration and delight, though Mrs
+ Salisbury was talking to him.
il He liked Mrs. Salisbury at once though
naturally prejudiced against her. She hat
= | evidently been a very handsome woman
but some concealed pain had made her fac
:. thin and drawn, and one corner of he
mouth was set in a slight fold as if by
d touch of paralysis. Her profile was yer,
h beautiful, and her voice was that Of
e highly cultivated American.
e She seemed to be interested in Arthur
and she asked him few questions ana al
d her questions were intelligent