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b kingbrand had quite recovered his
self-possessions by this: time, and he
Il pulled Pluto; around 10 her right .e ...of
course. I should thinkthat would suR-
Il gest itself natural u to- anyone but u
hook worm like myself; Ifassure you I
shouldn't have made my hero il 4 story
guilty Of such aMkwardness, s Now.
!. how bout these stirrups2 they seem
to me to be too short, ~ too long, or
/. something al .t,igs;..s ga.ss;..n yef4
She looked at them critically: II
i think they are a. little too short. Shall
I hold Pluto while you. dis1nount to let
them DOWN. Try >;
"No, thank you; I think Icsaln1. manage
it from the deck" he replied, slipping
his feet from the stirrnp irons and adj
justing the straps to q more comforts
bic length. There, how is that?''
!. A.'That looks better. ~, Now, shall we
try a little gallop?" ..1.s.f.<@S54'ta
= IF you please. I'll do any thing you
tell me t." { 80. -,
they swept along the leyei road at an
easy canter, and ,Ringbr a Il proltlt by
Testers suggestions az well asshe could
in the. short intervals which his furtive
admiration other graceful canriage and
radiant. beauty spared him from q
consideration of his own shortcom-
ings The road led them finally
to the western brow 81 the, noun
tain. and they pulled ~ 81 tho
edge OF the cliff t. enjoy The view
Z spread out before them. val, "a; sss J
"Your surroundings are perpetual
inspiration, Miss Hester" said Ring
brand, feasting his eyes with the keen
appreciation of an artist upon themag-:
nificent panorama Of the mountains.
and valleys and forests stretching away
to the westward: >...,...ns ..,.ss
. II. am glad YOU" like. Tennessee" re-
piled the girl. with a touch Of pathos in
her voice. $50 many people--especial-
ly northerners-seem to think it an un.
profitable wilderness.
"Who could be so unappreciative as to
say that?'''
miss Bradfern, for one, She is from
Boston, and she visited friends in Dun
bar last summer. She was continually
pining for New England in general and
BOSTON in particular. I'm sure ] can't
understand how she will be able to live
here" ~..-.ee.~~ . - .s'.-.
'1s she coming. here to live?' ''.
''Yes; as the wife Gof. our rector In
Tregarthen. Il tell him he's setting =
bad example by going SO far from
home"
Then lpresume he isa southerner?"
"Heis; he's Georgian; but believe
he was educated in the north
cam to understand that you think
one ought not to marry out of his Sec
tion?''4 he asked, making the, rector's
case possible opportunity for ascer-
tanning his own standing. 4,a4- j.,
ooh! I wouldn't IT, says anything so
radical as. that she replied, strolsing
her horses name; '4only, it seems to
me, there are many reasons against it.
You don't understand-you can't un-
derstand-how much sectional feeling
there is in the south
81 know there used to be, but
thought it was q thing of the past,
. since the war; m ,.,y .ase ~.
cit is. in some senses, suppose, and
in others think it is as strong as ever.
My father fought for the south; and il
you could know: how strongly my sym
pathies are enlisted upon the side Of
some of the things which you think are
dead issues, there would he only one
word in your vocabulary thatwould fit
mean ugly little word OF five letters
II hope am broad enough not to APP
ply it, Miss Latimer. i think can put
myself in your place sufficiently to I'M
derstand that there may be many and
honest differences of opinion"
tits right kind of you to say that
especially as your side has the better of
the argument; though I'm not, SO sure
about that, either. It's one thing to
starve people into submission and quite
another to subjugate them" gag"
81 believe can appreciate . that, too"
Neither of them spoke again, for a
few moments, and then Hester called
his attention to a jutting crag project
ing far out from the ciiff-Iine at their
feet. "Do you see that point over yonder
to the right p she asked. IT, d
z Eyes; and l. was going tn ask you it
it has name.N sr' s.. 4stfss t..5 .zs
:, sit has, tits called TOMS Jump
It's not u very poetic name, and it could
= hardly be called a. Lovers Leap al~
though the story is dreadful enough" 4
'Tell me about it, :. ' u = -
''It's short and quite prosafc. Theirs
used to be..a moonshiner's still, sonae-
wherein this neigAborhoods and one Of
z tl1emen was young Tom ragin, the son
of the rnountainear the still.
One day the revenue rnen!weret trying to
arrest the party, and they chased young
Cragin out into this road He ran
down that way, and twq more officers
came. ont into the road ahead Of him.
When he saw he was surrounded, he
climbed ont to the point Of thatrTock
and flung himself down. ":.ssses g
Ringbrand hooked surprised. "Ididn't
know the penaltiesswere severe enough
to warrant, Q man in doing that" hs!
said. 49, ...-.,... -. - y :.
I'm not sure sure that hey are, = replied.
the girl,a though, q long term IL tina
penitentiary is hard enough after tho
free life Of the 1nountain. But in era
gins; case3l think there were. other
4hirps: t1lera ,waasn lu1in story of blOOd4