The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

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o. a'milton u knew her better he
in. i,n ia think that he had
-. Inv slcatccn at their first meet
hf',snel hf' his Judgment as u
lmpDld Saa world. Young ladies' OF
tut DanlJ not possibly be con
'O" several years standing to
',Us o. magazines. An unusual ,.s,
l'u, ,r,s abhorrent to him. That
:, Tae MARRY an older woman. none, one,
~ Who had gained her pupiic
n ~ ~ which he had not gained
y vos doubly distasteful by
y oa his difference to the conven-
y :, IS she had tlirted with him.
nar j madness would have
,sI ,u into thin air, but she kept
arms length, ostensiply tooH
,"asly. 81 and the boy proposed.
Election of him was a I', ,nn'ler :"
(.summate skill that Hamilton
raallze the keenness OF ms
kuuneut till he was swinging
:, oyer the prairics. she had
n him that her work claimed
~. eba must renounce those
responsibilities that made the
s. N other women.
sd all happened seven years
.he meantime he had adjusted
tppolntment to the new life OF
To say that he had fallen
with the situation would be to
|eseat him. but the role Of lone
nnneher loyalty wed d to the
of his first love was not with
I'm to Peter. How long his
ar would have survived the
propinQulty TO a woman of Jul
hlneys compelling personality,
hing, being equal, it would be
10 hazard Il guess. The conf
Julith from the convent In
the perspective into which
tas retreating. With the vivid
loman in the foreground, the
Slred writer of verse dwindled
10 reminiscence. But the rev.
kor the usual, that made up the
kng motive for so much Of Ham,
conduct, presented barriers
h of which his previous guam
Caring Miss Colebrooke's sen.
shrank to insignIficance. He
parry a woman older than him
swallow the grimace of 1t,
DO conceivable system of argu-
3ould he persuade himself to
into a family like that of the
s-the girl herself. for all her
aud rare woinanliness, II quar-
ian; her father the synonym
guy, her brother Il cattle thief.
Peter went east he had expect
Ld Kitty Worn by the pursuit
tts, haunted by the phantom of
resigned to the slings and ar
remorseful spinsterhoOd. An
regret, or, at least, resignation
U with remembrance, was the
he anticipated ut the hands of
But alas for sanctuaries built
te wounded pride! He found
Pe pivot OF an adoring coterie,
tazlnes flowing with the milk
)ey of her verse and she look
eser, If possible. than when he
known her.
fn and hardship Of the prairie
lsted the blunder of their ages.
|0nditiOns had overdrawn his
perhaps Il decade; she retained
! 1t would be rude to estimate.
|eting of him was radiant, her
panoplled In words that
flose to inspiration. A woman
pye scented warning instantly,
fiihs and the curled and per-
phrase being suspicious cronies
10 rouse those lightly slum-
Fatchdogs. the feminine wits.
fr only turned the other cheek.
gram recalled him to the ranch
Lehted a final leave taking with
Feorooke. He made his adieus
and they We're frankly re-
Miss Colebrooke's reply min
(row In parting from an old
IL ~
l'h JOY In having found him.
er' a masterpiece of phrase
presented to Peter the one
ny fact that she would not be
he renewal Of his suit. In
ner letter he made no allow
ule fact that the lady had
lle art OF saying things and
IVY and regret at their meet
parting might have been rem
VI !he printed passion that
p'p,illhent u n feature of maga-
her letters-the like of them
,ser M seen outside printed vol
e''ers that had achieved the
vi classics-culmlnated iii
'l'' Judith had given him that
announcing that unexpected
u ueclded to join the Wetmore
would be glad to see him Mt
"au llown at her bidding Jul
Nhat she would least have
i,.' was that Miss Colebrooke
Seu her visitor as il his break
(,,ns ",'oss the desert had been
|lna,'., e Oh an afternoon call. II