Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-29
UoU never heard Of Pangborn?

xToIr never heard OF Pangborn2i
That's because YOU haven't lived
in the Gunnison country.
Pau9horn was man who got
there He made speciality OF u, one
n,irht say. When he went prospect ne
he always found something. When %
"pst in machinery" something Wof'h
while always repaid mis- eXperiml NJ.
lie KENT down 30 the state legislature
twice and could have gone 10 N"sh-
inpton II he had said the word. But it I
was impossible to CT the man out
of Colorado. He needed the Rockies.
AND so close was his association with
these eternal hills that IL is more than
likely he labored under the impression
.hat the Rockies also needed him.
uut while Pangb0rn k w a treDer-
sous lot about crude ore and the sci-
entifc methods OF extracting the valu-
ahle metals from e., while he was the
habitne Of 6esolate wind-swept soh-
tuaes and had seen the mountains IN
an their moods; while he could ten
man with the soul Of miner IN hlm
from a man with any other kind OF .
soul. there vas enc thing which Pang
born knew next 30 nothing about, and
that was women. He held chivairoUi
attitude toward al women. but he wa
really acquainted with none
When Pangborn was asked TO Dan
ner at the Brown palace by Lermonc
OF Ourav. and there met MiAicent LEI
mond. the daughter OF his friend, n
leieved that he had met the woma
of his vision, and he told her 50 b'
fore he left her
Never was such wooing.
Paneborn was giant in size,
wthe and lear, rs q mountain lion. 4
had the sharp grey-blue eyes Of Il
born marksman; his cleaning tee
were large and strong. He iaugh'
with pusto. though his voice in spea
ing was gentle. lie had a faculty
saving exactly what he thought qu
regardless of consequences. and the L
erance TO listen TO anyOne's oPini
without excitement.
Millicsnt Lermond was tall &
with sort of golden skin. tral
imaginative face, eyes which harbol
infinite dreams. and TO which IL
more than possible some Spanish
cestor might have contributed: an
pride and energy which sugges
courage and high-breeding with ev
movement.
Jo Pangborn paid her open &C
from the moment of their meeting.
ardent was he that il would have b
easy for Miss Lermond 10 have
taken him for an habitual courtie
il had not bsen for an ingenious
barrassment about him. Moreo
her father frankly chaffed her.
you've roped maverick, Nj
said he. ''Pangborn's never haS
much as a lariat about him be
But you've roped him hard and fas
~Rreaking him would be daI
olls undertaking, wouldn't it2" a
Millicent, archE. "The buster "
get the worst Of it--don't you
SOP"
Victor Lermoud looked his J
some and glowing daughter over
a non-parontal eye.
, 81 don't think you would have
trouble" he said.
Without doubt Miss Lermond '
have passed the matter by If sh
been allowed to DO So But
were roses and violets awaitin
every morning when she wen
breakfast; books and bon-bon
minded her of Pangborn's presel
noon; his newly-purchased hors'
trap stood before the door a
hour of the afternoon driving,
the evening the Lermonds were
ed To join Pangborn at WI
might afford the entertainme
the town.
If Pangborn had harbored c
much as an inward doubt of "
Ailiceat Lermond, she nigh
refused him; for she was irrits
his arregsncs, aid by his igr
Of things without his own ?
sxnsgisrcs4 Hut &a eptextai