The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-07-08
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TIE RANCHMAN'S DAUGHTER.


Wen. this has been one II the most
disgusting chapters oi accidents ju All ms
experience, { dr-t by rail snd then by stage
coach until her, We ale TOM day, behind
our appointed time iu reaching home
Tear. luu, that tonight viii br ihr must
di,agreeablr Of all tor. ui ,surse. the ye.
hi,le, vii have returned "a the ranch from
prarirylle and Ne aiii BE- cui1pelici ta
spend thr night there, probably At the BIZ
bonanza h,,telry aud ssll.,.a ,,,siibiaeI
and one uf the TOUCHES; iu the State II
We Do uo, hnd a bTsvl in prusrs~, when
We reach it, | will be s-recahIy surprised
Il Is there principally that Moreo had made
h. reputation n a bad man Likely a.
nos ii I.omax reaches there, as was prcvi.
ously arranged, he aud Calls;ra have al
ready met, and Ierhar> settled the 4aes-
ton Of ,he teremansh,p Aud the
ranchman smiled a. be finished speaking,
Insoluntarily the girl at has side shrank
from him. aad there was 4 note Of alarm
in her voice as she cried. oh father how
can you speak 80 iishuyt
The ranchu,an Looked hand at her BE-
fore asking, grayely, Stella. Is Noreo
Calis,ra anything To you.
.Moreo Calis,ra she said With egFl.
inc lip, father. yuu surprise uic'
Then, i John l0maX anything to
you,
Has he net done you service she
asked, her ewes falling before hry father /,
searching lcok
YES. he has aud hi. courage and al
dress in stopping anl handling ,ho>e der
llish horses j. what irs, drew me % him
and caused me to offer him thc foreman
ship. You should have ,evn h,n- Stella
| could noi have loBg It better be usy bess
days Your peFsaading uie to take hun
with me for tha, drive Was alm,el ike
special Providence What sish the ID
effects Of that injury | sustained l4., ycaI.
aud the fact thar am ngt A. y,.,n,- .,
once was, 1 N lpsing nsy s'iP ,i,-htY.
A. the boys say. The desire a. zsr, rd Il
the Mexican la, been gr,Sin-, ra ,ae i-r
some time past, but have ht-ila5r,i ul,.Tc
on account 81 what would lsobsb.y hap
pen to his SUCCESSOR than Tor anN lhiug else
| knew the chances would be against said
ueoessor drawing his FIRST month salary
However, explained al this 10 l4omax,
and with the same smile on his face that
was there when he stopped the runaway
a smile that haunts me. somehow he
said be would risk H. If he aud Moreo
have been pilted agains, each ihrr Do
Dot fear the result, n far a. I.rnaN a.
concerned BY the way, his nanie i the
only thing object to. Strange that a.
far a. it gees, il should be the same as thst
other 5 YOn say you first met bin, in
London. Ii may be that they ate ID the
same stock. Ii | knew il, d have uoJh
ifg more TO do with him
why, father the idea Of your ob.
jecting 10 a man for - iimsy aud ~ far
fetched reason. Ii Is not ike your true
self In fact, you are never like yourself
when you get on this unfortunate subject.
Unfortunate, replied the rauchman.
1T il unfortunate that ! should remem-
Der that that man did ms brother a great
wrong and almost murdered him
.Oh, no, father: not murder Was it
not proven at the time that he acted in
self defense? And did not the girl have
4 right to marry whom she chose She
was never engaged to Uncle Frank
4 painful pause ensued before the father
spoke again. and dark cloud gathered ON
his brow
What is the meaning of this new at
litude of yours, Stella?' he asked, severe
". How long is it since you began to
defend this man who stole the love Of your
uncle sweetheart, and 'aiterward shot
him when reproached for his baseness p
From what source have you derived So
much new information on the subject
Formerly with you, as with me, blood was
thicker than water, and when our honor
or interest was at stake you did not pause
TO weigh nice points as to the cause, but
simply saw the effect Have You forgot
ten the old family motto, Evil for evil,
good for good love answers love, blood
calls for bIood?' If | had known this
would be the result | would have run all
risks and kept you at home. To hear you
talk, one would suppose You had been lis
tening to arguments from the other side
Forgive me, father, dear, she said
IF | appeal from your less noble to your
nobler nature; from your passion to your
judgment have not forgotten the words
you have just repeated, but | remember
them only with regret. They were bad
enough in the old border days; now We
should cultivate gentler spirit. Surely,
it is nobler to forgive than to injure.
Nurse has told me that Mr.. Talbot did all
brave man could do to avoid difficulty
with Uncle Frank; and | have heard you
say that uncle at last eornered him SO that
he was forced to defend himself Besides,