Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-25
SUSAN'S LUCKY SHOT.

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1T was very pretty prospect that
confronted Miss Susan Cation
. Brown. The scattering white
knes among the trees in the valley.
h blue hills beyond with their fringes
pine trees, the clear sky that was
Ik.,h q novelty to the girl from the
rsat manufacturing town-it was all
t.shI and fresh and so delightfully."-
lal. Miss Susan GaltOn Brown look
b hack on the peaceful prospect for a
IEgering moment or two and then
trsssed ahead up the mountain road.
Sire certainly was an unusual figure.
tx that quiet neighborhood. Attired
clOse-ftting suit Of gray with a
s.g1t walking skirt and a wide-brim-
I'D gray felt hat that concealed her
tsiutiful hair, she might at a distance
-aTe. for the skirt-have been taken
Il an extremely handsome boy. Her
nl would have carried out the i'm
htecIou NAtAt was SuCu an uucUu-
Eained swing to it. But her high
aets were not boys boots and her
hlds were neatly gloved. Miss Su-
81 GaltOn Brown carried something
1ief her arm. 1t was light maga-
ne rife, the gift of an adorlng father.
iG she could shoot and fish and swim
tld run. and do il all in q way that
* that adoring fathers critical ap-
;n7al She had minor talents. Of
eErse-an education rounded OFF in a
FISHING school, a pleasing smatter:ng
music taste for art that was only
SoHd 10 her taste for nature. But all
Use were quite dwarfed in her dad
fTs opinion by those manlier attri-
;1teS that he so assiduously cultivated.
Ne was his companion on long hunt
u and fishing trips ard an ideal COM
Hn.On at that.
!! Is needless to say that quiet Elm
Feod looked upon this accomplished
g1lg woman with a very doubtful
slplession. She was a little too ad-
Vinced-that was the term they used
-is Elmwood's old-fashioned ideas OF
aaldenly modesty. The mothers OF
Anwood held her up as an example
the baneful coming woman. and the
s's Of Elm wood thought her dreadfully
SAQ-and secretly envied her. As
~ the men-well, there were but few
q them in Elmwood whose op.nior
Fas worth recording, and OF these i
hefe handful dared to express an hon
- opinion in the face of the universa
l'ninine condemnation. or these in
e4pendent souls 1t must be admitted
cAi John Cortwright stood first an(
igemost.
Il Hiss Susan Cation Brown knew Of
le uniayOrable light in which hel
''0itskirtan her Teddy hat had placed
's'-and there is no doubt she die
he matter failed to worry her in til,
'ast. She had come down to Elm
""a TO stay month with her nader
slAt-her dead mothers only sister
'ao lived in the big white mans. .oI
y Aa!n street, just beyond the Bap
H meeting house 1t was this fOnC
sant. who had invited Jack Cortwrigh
CALL and although this was par
oeuiaF youth. with high ideals o
senanhood, he called again and again
enc again. What was strange abou
too. was that Mack hailed from tn
a't- and from guritan surrounding
= mat Yet " h all this discree
N'lsng up he certainly was fascin
S'ed with the wild Western hoyden
4ney all said that Jack Cortwrigh
vas a rising young man. Boston capi
oAsts had sent him-fresh from col
Fse-to the Western town to look af
y Their interests in certain undevel
Hso coal-mining property that lay
.N miles north Of Elmwood. An
'ick had taken of his coat. meta
S1'ncally. and gone TO work to de
.sOp It. There was plenty of cap
= behind him, and he had built
AWAY branch to the mine. and start
- bank in Elwood, of which he wa
slpOrary cashier. and stirred the III
~"n into making certain improve
:. fs That had long been discussed
snort Jack Cartwright was recol
u even by those who didn't al
Eve OF his revolutionary tactics I
ae liveliest factor of progress tn
~ little hamlet had ever known.
Pss Susan Cation Brown had poo
mat bright October afternoon
didn't rouse a solitary rabbi
1ss Ger all. 1t was the tramp sh
her than the game. Sti
q q shot at something