Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-12

must know how 1t Will be now, when the dream has come true It's no small thing for your best dream to come true"
 Dear me! haven't we been senti- mental and philosophic? I'm never like this. at home, assure you. I've really been thoughtful9'
 From up the canyon came the sound of pufing locomotive that presently steamed by them with its three dingy little coaches, and, after stop for water and the throwing of switch, pushed back to connect with the Shep- Ter car.
 The others of the party crowded out on to the rear platform as Percival helped Miss Milbrey up the steps. Uncle Peter had evidently been chat ting with Shepler, for as they came out the old man was saying: "'Get action is my motto. Do things. Don't frit- ter. Be something and be it good and hard. Get action early and often"
 Shepler nodded. But men like us are apt to. be unreasonable with the young. We expect them to have their own vigor and our wisdom, and the inflrmities of neither"
 The good-bys were hastily said, and the little train rattled down the can yon. Miss Milbrey stood in the door of the car, and Perciyal watched her while the glistening rails that seemed to be pushing her away narrowed in perspective. She stood motionless and inscrutable to the last, but still look ing steadily toward him-almost wist- fully. it seemed to him once.
 We'll" he said, cheerfully, to Uncle Peter.
 You know, son, don't like to cuss, but except one or two of them folks Id sooner live in the middle kittle of hell than in the place that turns 'em out. They rile. me-that talk about people in the humber walks of life Of course am humble, but then, son, if you come right down to it, as the feller said, ain't so damned humber!
 CHAPTER VI.
 THE ARGoNAUTs RETURN TO THE
 RISING SUN.
 It was mid October. The two saddle horses and team for carriage use had been shipped ahead. In the private car the Zines parry was beginning its own journey eastward. From the rear plat form they had watched the tall figure of Uncle Peter Zines standing in the bright autumn sun, aloof from the band of kerchief-waving friends, the droop of his head and shoulders show ing the dejection he felt at seeing them go. He had resisted all entreaties to accompany them.
 His last injunction to Percival had been to marry early,
 q know your stock and I know you," he said; "and you got no call to be rangin' them pastures without a brand. You never was meant fur maverick. Only don't let the first woman that comes ridin' herd get her iron on you. No man knows much about the crit ters, of course, but I've noticed few things in my time. You pick one that's full-chested, that's got fairish- sized nose, and that likes cats. The full chest means she's healthy, the nose means she ain't flnicky, and likin' cats means she's kind and honest and unselfish. Ever notice some women when cats around? They pretend to like 'em and say Nice kitty!' but you can see they're viewin 'em with bitter hate and suspicion. If they have to stroke 'em they do it plenty gingerly and you can see 'em shudderin' inside like. It means they're catty them selves. But when one grabs a cat up as if she was goin' to eat 1t and cud- dles 1t in her neck and talks baby-talk to it, you play her fur bein sound and true. Pass up the others, son."
 As the train started he swung him. self of with a sad little Be good to yourself!"
 Thank the Lord we're under way at last!" cried Percival, fervently, when the group at the station had been shut from view.
 Isn't it just heavenly" exclaimed his sister. ''Think of having all of New York you want-beIng at home there-and not having to look forward to this desolation of a place."
 Mrs. Zines was neither depressed nor elated. She was maintaining that calm level of submission to fate which had been her lifelong habit. The jour- ney and the new life were to be under taken because they formed for her the line of least resistance along which all energy must flow. Had her children elected to camp for the remainder of their days in the center of the desert of Gobi, she would have faced that life with as little sense of personal con- eern and with no more misgivings.
 Down out of the maze of hills the train wound; and then by easy grades after two days of travel down of the great plateau 10 where the plains of Nebraska lay away to far horizon in brown pillows of vithered grass.
 Then came the crossing of the sullen, sluggish Missouri, that highway of an earlier day to the great northwest; and after that the better wooded and bet ter settled lands of Iowa and Illinois.
 Now we're getting where Christians i've" said Percival. with warm appre- .iaiion.
 Why. Percivsl.- exclaimed his moth- sr. reprovingly. do you mean to say here aren't any Christians in Mon. tana City? How you talk! There are