The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-08-23

THE GUIDE" 1.-THE HERRONS DANCE etc.
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others back. However, we are here
now. We shall start as soon as you
give the word Let me introduce my
self. I am Mr.. Thomas Allyn, one of
the belongings of BALCONIES rancho
Believe me they will all be glad to sac
you-Mrs. Glynn especially. She is the
only white woman there now"
Lois thanked him and asked:
| Where is the ranche?"
| Twenty miles due west, on the river.
We shall make it in two hours. We
left there this morning after breakfast.
The mules are good for a greater dis
lance in less time"
She, climbed into the ambulance TAX
ing her place on a rear seat. Allyn
climbed beside her and reaching over
grasped the reins and held them until
the Mexican had resumed his position.
With a crack of the whip they were
off. Thinking that she had been for
getful of a courtesy, Lois looked
around to bid goodbye to the oper-
ator. He was not in sight, doubtless
inside, sleepily listening to the INTERIM
Unable clicks of the railway orders 60
ing over the line.
For an hour she leaned back silent,
her eyes fixed on the wide country,
lulled by the easy swaying motion.
Her brain was busy with thoughts OF
the possibilities ahead of her. To what
was she going? What were they like,
these people who lived in an almost
tenantless land? Would she be happy
with them? Would she come to re-
greet even cherries, prosaic Graybor-
ough The man beside her was young,
handsome, gentle-mannered, well-bred
slender of form and clean-cut of fea-
ture. Evidently, gentleman born,
probably an aristocrat in his home
country. Were they all like that? She
was not at all timorous and she said
to herself that if she did not like the
land or its inhabitants, she could only
go away, back to that north which
seemed SO distant. The Mexican in
front, swinging his whip and keeping
his four mules alternately at trot and
at gallop, spoke often, but his vocabu-
larry was limited. He said only
"Caramba!" and "Carajo!" The soft
expletives did not jar upon her ear and
her companion apparently did not hear
them. He had been watching her out
| OF corner of his blue eye, mentally
apprising her beautiful face and figure.
the perfectly fitting travelling gown OF
brown, the neatly gloved hands. the
strongly shod little feet, which peeped
from under the edge of the gown, and
there were growing admiration and ap-
probation in him. He reflected that
the other fellows at the rancho would
envy him this ride when they came to
meet the girl and he intended to lie to
them at length that night about the
witty things he had said and the good
comrades they had become. BY way
of breaking the long silence he re-
marked quietly: I'm hungry"
She smiled in instant response and
half turned to him. He caught flash
of her red-hazel eye as she answered
demurely: so am I. How far is it to
the rancho
why" he replied, "you are on the
rancho now; this is BALCONIES land:
but the rancheria, the ranche-house is
ten miles away. 1t would be fourteen
miles from our house to our front gate
and four miles from our house to our
back gate, if We had any gates, but we
haven't. We will be there, however
in an hour Can you hold ont til]
| them"
ooh, yes" she answered, "and it
doesn't do any good to- think of being
hungry, does it? Tell me about the
rancho and it's people. That will pass
the time and will save me asking ques-
tions when + arrive"
"Glad to oblige, I'm sure" said AL
Ign. "You see it is this way: Glynn
came out here once, some years ago
shooting. He liked the country and
climate and believed there were posi-
bilities in the cattle industry. When
he reached England again he talked
West Texas to his friends until thew
begged him to expatriate himself fol-
good. He bought hundred Thousand
acres and built a rancho house and
sent to England for his wife and ba.
bies. He knew my father well and
was sent out with a, little capital tc
assist in stocking the rancho. I'm 3
younger son, you know, and haven't
anything except hope and broncho o.
two. All the rest of us are younger
sons sent out with little capitals tt
assist in stocking the rancho 81 Z I. /:
'Who are all the rest Of us 2 - Loi.
asked. .,-@-7,. 15~5x: s.4i%s =
"Oh, the other fellows, you know
| the other white men on the rancho
There's lot of them very gooc
chaps, taking them b. and large Some
| are older than I and some younger, but
we get along swim ingly. There's thu
Hon. Henry Lascelles, whom we cal
Harry and the Hon. g. 5Claybrough
the Hon. L. Louis Godwyn, the Hon
/. George Ralph Peyton, the Hon. I
( William Fontaine, the Hon. Rulsssel
B Ml.aude and Mr.. Royal Devenaux. N W.
| all live near the ranche-house and tt,