Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-04-10

Yes He won't be back till to-nior-
row night. He don't need to hold auc-
tious. He's too well off. He's most
TOO old for the work anyhow. But be
hates to give mp. Everybody expects
him. and he likes meeting his old
friends"
She started. You were sayin: =
yes she murInured ~absently. Her
hanc fell from the horses neck. She
move away towards the house.
The next day she was not at home
for her music lesson. nor for n"r paint
ing lesson. nor yet for her rick-rack
lesson. The old mare, Molly. was gone
from the barn, and so was the black
horse. When Frank found fei that
noon she vas riding the black hose
homeward in ~leisurely fashion II was
dripping. trembling. and fiecked with
patches of foam He noticed that she
was white. Even her lips We're white.
Eut her eyes shOne triumphantly.
We had q grand time" she cried.
"a lovely time. 1t took four hours
harl work. but | broke him. He's as
tame a. old Molly now. 0. it was
splendid. but-but-" she lurchel a
little in the saddle. Frank sprang
down-put his arm around her. 81 think
he-he broke my arm a~bout-an-an
hour ago. He threw me. and fell
against"
"Cleo. my dear-my girl"
DR.. Eldridge was cutting the sleeve
from her arm when she regained cOn
seriousness.
"a dislocated shoulder" he declared.
Bad? Yes, it's bad, because 1t has
been SO long neglected."
When Harrowsby heard the story
his heart gave a queer leap of exulta-
ton, but his expression "a one of
dismay. He could hardly reconcile with
the opinions which had been forced
upon him that breaking wild horses
and having your arm jerked out in the
accomplishment Of this gentle pastime
was quite the most approved manne
Of becoming an ornament to society.
So, when Cleo was well enough to re-
sumo her interrupted career of culture
he betook himself one evening to the
abode of Mrs. McLelland. and to that
wise and %outspoken matron gravely
stated his doubts and the difficulty of
his position.
DO" echoed Mrs. McLelland. you'll
send her to a co~nvent-that's what
yn,,s1 do cHnf ,,- Iorrhfou to n
cOnvent-the only daughter | ever had
Eliza Louise. Do you know what
they done with her? They transmogri-
fled her. They made a lady Of her
yes. sir. a real lady"
So to a cODvent-a convent over in
Kansas-Cleopatra Harrowsby was
duly dispatched. Letters came from
her at intervals. These letters Har-
rowsby showed to every one in town.
The writing was laboriously symmetri-
cal, and wherever a word had been
misspelIed it had been carefully
scratched out AM n in which no or
biographical error could be detected
duly substituted. They were the mild
Coz niAN ia iSftSA IL IbSct
able and dutiful of letters. HarrOws-
by thought Of Mrs. McLelIand with n
glow of gratitude warming his breast.
One month pasSed-twO. There was to
be a cattle fair Of Importance In Kan
sas. H~arrowsby had injured his hand
in the door of a stock car. so sen.
Frank Stanley in his place. 1t was
only the matter Of q little horseback
riIe Of twenty miles out Of his way
for Stanley to go to see Cleo. He went.
That young lady. rushing into the re-
ception room. flung herself into his
arms IN a paroxysm of inconsistencies
broken lOOse-gone mad.
20, Frank. | can't stand 1t. fake
me away. The letters? You thought
of course you did. That was all for
pap. Unkind? Dear. no.. They are
kind enougb-buC they don't under.
stand. The barred doors. and the time
to walk out, and the time to stay in.
and the time to say your prayers-why.
l get wild!-wild, | want the ola farm
the good times we had there before
We came to live in town. And the
dOgs-the dear dogs! Aud the riding
and the corn shucking-and the
creek! o. l want the creek! The oak
tree with the seat-you put the seat up
there for me. Frank! And the berrying |
AMI the n~utting-and the wading
when your feet were hot and the water
was cool-O, can't stay here! Not if
| was to be ever such IN ornament to
society," can't can'tv
Just then the Superior came in. Her
gentle counsel. combined with Franks |
friendly advice. prevailed. At least
it seemed to prevail. but when. two
days later, Frank got home from the
cattle fair. he found the daughter Of
his host cuddling a young litter of pup
pies In the barn.
The darlings"' she cried. "No-pap
doesn't mind now. He did at first. He's
bought a new farm at Guide Rock. and
he's SO much interested in it he doesn't
mind much that I ran away"
Harrowsby vas interested in his new
farm-sO much so. indeed, that he went
nm fhoro moro f~rauuentlv than ono L