The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-20
The Coming
OF Hope
By MAY BELLvILLE BROWN

Nhot ot1 q - aNoSNA1aht vi a. AAos
flower pilgrims. The t~hree-volume
~genealogy on the library shelf. which
showed the effects of frequent use,
established the fact, as we'll as the let
tiers and relics that, in the division
and redivision of household goods.
Rad fallen to her branch of the fam
lily.
She proudly ore the badges of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, of the Colonial Danes, and of
the Mayfiower Descendants. and sat in
the councils of these orders. Her por-
trait had been painted in the fashion
of the Puritan Hope W~inslow, and she
had e Colonial room fitted up in her
home.
1t was in this room that she was
sitting now, on an uncertain, spider
legged stool, her eyes a bluer blue, as
she reasoned with the young man
opposite.
Il think you are very provoking
she exclaimed, 'and quite lacking in
the right kind of pride. You know
that your name was originally Alden,
and that you could establish your line
through the original Alden family"
"Of course" admitted the young
man good naturedly; but my father
and grandfather were John Eden, and
their example is a good one for me
to emulate in all things, since both
left the world better for having livse
in it."
But you miss my meaning" per-
sisted Hope tapping the floor with
her foot. 1T would really be adding
honor to their memory to establish
such ancestry through them
How was John Alden any better
than John Elden?" queried the young
man a trife Indignantly. What does
history have to say of him more i'm
portant than the fact hat he was so
thick-headed that poor little Priscilla
had to propose to him? / don't think
that the little crippled ones down at
NHN u iAOiiO NOulu ICNtIt lily
fathers memory any more if 1 were
to tell them that his ancestor came
over in the Mayfower."
Hope coquettishly fenced his indig-
nation. Yes, John-I wish you would
become eligible to attend the Costume
Ball of u New England Society, so
that you might dance the minuet with
me-and-ohi eve so many others"
Thank you," said John, still grim
ly; you know l love to dance with
you, Hope; but l only wear knee trou-
sers when | golf and since l left the
football team | have given up long
hair, l might as we'll tell you, Hope,
that our New England Society seems
a make-believe to me, when almost
all Of your members we're porn in the
Mississippi valley, and all of them live
here. Your duty is to be doing some
thing to build up the west. rather
than"
THAT will do, Mr.. Eden" glared
Hope, rising to her feet. Fortunate
~ your opinion is a matter of indif-
ference to me. SO further enlargement
upon the topic is unnecessary. And
you will please excuse me now. as
| have some committee work for the
New England Society this afternoon
I've lone it," %soliloquized the
young man deiectedly, as he strobe
down street. Made a fool of myself
as usual, and now Hope is angry
clear through. This will mean that
Thurby with his Declaration of indie
pendence record will have a clear
field. l wish that the memory of the
Puritan Fathers was in Halifax, or
that l could keep my blasted tenn
pert
And because of these circumstances,
the business of the North Star Mill
ing company, the presidency and man
agment of which had fallen by inherit
ance into John Elden's hands. receiv-
ed ~redoubled attention from him:
while the forthcoming costume ball
vi II ~NCW Gi6idAu oOIiclS OtCdLit
the apparent aim of Hope Winslow's
axistance.
But as she viewed herself in the
mirror on the night of the ball, array
ed as a gray-gowned, white-capped
Puritan maiden. she gave a little sigh
for the John Alden of her dream.
The sigh, however, was a fieeting
enc, and she raised her head a trif1e,
as she defiantly delivered the rather
analogous remark at her image: Il
shall never forgive him, anyway"
Then she ran down stairs where
her aunt, in the finery of a Martha
Washington dame, was beaming upon
Thurby, who as a Continental officer,
was to act as their escort.