The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-07-19

whole truth that they left that part
which was unreyealed apparently un-
worthy OF mention. There was a code
of morals on that ranch compared with
which the rigid rules of a Shaker set
Element would be a travesty. and the
cowboy who once forgot or neglected
them related his forgetfulness there
after i'm the employ of another man
than Richard Maxwell.
The interior of the house where Isle
had passed all these years was lavish
| ~ eXtravagant. Nothing was left TO be
desired. Abyssnias greatest king
could not have provided happier val
ley for new Rasselas. with the excep-
tion that there was no DinarbiS with
whom to share its joys. The entire
place. inside and outside, presented the
spectacle of the abode of a man who
had regulated his whole life TO the full
fllment Of one idea and had succeeded.
Seventeen years had not. i'm single
particular. witnessed the avoidance of
one of the multtudinous cares render
ed necessary for the fulhllment of a
theory such as his. utterly impractic-
able IN its conception and scientifically
/ impossible of completion, and yet Isle
| Maxwell had arrived at the age Of Is
without once imagining that woman is
a necessary quantity in existence and
in the perpetuatiOn of mankind.
Nature had in some ways conspired
with Richard Maxwell, for she had not
FASTENED her work Of development.
Neither had she retarded it, but she
had done for Lisle what she rarely
does for woman. Muscular develop
ment had kept pace with feminine
growth, so that as yet there was moth
ing about the figure OF Richard Max
wells son to suggest that he was
not what he appeared to be. The sun
had Drowned his naturally olive tinted
skin so that the rich, red blood be-
meath could only suggest its presence
by imparting a deeper tinge, and his
coarse, dark hair, through which glis
tened a faint suggestion of FURNISHED
"copper" was kept half shorn, so that it
fell in wavy and rebellious masses be-
meath the broad brim of his Texas
sombrero. She had given his brilliant
eyes a certain boldness Of expression
which does not belong TO women. and
there was a pose about his head which
had nothing suggestive Of the feminine
about it. The loose garments in which
he was costumed were certainly and
yet imperceptibly different from those
of his companions, due in every in
stance 10 suggestions from the father,
who never forgot nor neglected any
thing that had To 40 with his purposes.
LiSle'S voice was a rich cOntralto,
rather soft for a man, to be sure, but
sufficiently strong nevertheless. In q
drawing room, issuing from the throat
of a society belle, it would not have
been out of place. There was really
nothing masculine about it, yet it was
heavy enough for youth Of Is. Craig
Thompson described it perfectly when
he said that it was kinder cooling, like
n girls"
Craig's interview with the ranch
owner had been short, and when he
came away after it was over he was
no better Informed concerning what
the outcome Of Isles disobedience
/
The only change that had taken place
in the appearance of Richard Maxwell
since that night II years ago when he
had called upon his lawyer with the
baby in his arms can be summed up in
the white hair and the bronZed skin
which time and exposure had impart-
ed. In all other respects he was the
same. He and Thompson were known
to each other During the time that
Maxwell had spent in Nevada they had
often met, so that no Introduction was
necessary.
How are you, MAXWELL" was
Thompson's greeting when they met,
and they shook hands cordially.
"Glad to see you, Thompson" was
the rejoinder. THE boys are getting
the stock in rather earlier than usual
this year are they notP'
~ little. There's more Of il to get
in. I've got three or four thousand ex-
ira You must have as many"
"More, l think"
81 see you've brought your kid along
with you this time" said Thompson,
ramming home wad of tobacco with
which he was replenishing his pipe.
"Fine lad that. Maxwell"
He did not look up as he made the re-
mark. If he had, he would not have
seen the slightest alteration in the ex-
preston OF his companion. But Max
well did not Immediately answer.
When he did. it was TO ask question.
"He has arrived. them he asked
quietly.
Eyes; about an hour or two ago.
met him out on the ridge while ! was
chasing n steer that would have given
me a deuce of a run if it hadn't been
for young Isles rope. He said he
wasn't coming TO the round up, but
had to have some help to get that crit
ter in, so / persuaded him to come
along. Then he volunteered to ride
out to n distant bunch of mine. and
that's where he Is now, l reckon.
wish | had kid like him."
eff you see him before / do, will you
send him 10 me?" said Maxwell
ac,ro I eov MAXWELL bava Won