The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-08

called by virtue of his ONO ,,
sonr 70 Cheyenne, and his sister Ne1'
torgot her role Of chaperone al lars !
anS notored 1oyously with her o.u
"na," cherry. For more than rhei
niles lies between washington
Wvominx. and the freedom OF the ra. e .
steals into ones blood. and rouse s nv
primitive instincts emery W. he CO.
have shone at Washington ou. nc
,o,Sad nerfectly with the primitis
| values. .dy
| .,a into the body and soul OF Lazy
| s.ansdaIe there crept, too, this strahse'
| insidious spirit of the open: rs. 20
r,vthical. inexplicable influence
~ nantheistic mystery to H. PEI
soma, mingling with the very 1o.c ,.s, u
nature. until the minor Things OF IL
life such as Lady Scaredale naa M 80 -
n London, Paris and Washine on,
n ~ simply nothing in the genera
.ohema of things There remained only
~ Grandeur of tho open where on
might do Just as he wanted 10 ac'o'O
ing to the primitive values. ,, :.
31f univ one never had to go oack'
che had said one day. when KIN ;ala
ha., ridden with her along the rinse y,
sapdstone buttes and they had pausea
,ook At sudden open belt of green
oIatt hv a low. yellowish creek:
~ isn't the going back" klncaln
onsw.red slowly. 1T is the gong
back-alone. or snoLen
| again. There was no. neeo' IN nc
| silence he read greater coniessioi,
than mere words could nave saio' any
She dreaded his eyes: lnrousn har
through they searched her READ nN'
thoupbts. and left her unmasked' WITH
out poise or balance, until she was
| ocnscious of a wild. unreasonable long
mo to mt everything behind her, 'he
old artificial life with her mother ara
sisters the poor. pitiful 6rief money
moon when age and creeping gray
death had seemed to steal over iiea
and choke all the sunlight out Oh NE
nut IL all away, and stand by th''
mans side, only knowing love.
Who he was she did not know, MOI
lcare about All her life she had beer
taught to Judge a man by his pedigree
and name. The man himself counted
| for little. Even MCGOWAN. with al
his crude roughness. had been re-
lief.
One day she had come home from :
ride with Kincaid and found Mel
waiting for her on the little Verands
| of the onc-story ranch house. keenly
| kindly the other woman blue eyer
had looked at her, looked at the ngh
in her eyes, and the rose hush on ne
face, as Il lIlCdlu lillVd HNi 49, tt'
pony. When they were alone sh'
said:
Tom doesn't stand ghost OF
chance. does he, dearo' And as Lad!
Scarsdale was Silent: why don't yo'
tell him so? 1t would ease up matter
| a little
How"
Just because Harry Kincaid ism
the boy to butt into another man
game" retorted Mrs. Wickes, coolly
! These boys up here play square del
in love as well as other things. They r
not your Continental pred You can
give Harry fair show until you W
fred Tom "
MCGOWAN came back from Cheyenne
that night And the following morn
ing the red automobile took the roat
for Sunset station that the colonel
might catch the noon train FOR Ohia
ma
Handing on the veranda. with ne
eyes red and swollen from crying
Nell turned a glowing proud face o.
the woman beside her
Isn't he game, thought" she eX
claimed Il knew he'd clear ont if yoN
once told him there was no show
I'm awfully sorry for linn. hut he'll
pull up all right, Toms game
Kincaid understood. too, Without h"
, telling him. He went to the station
with MCGOWAN. and when he came hacl
TO the ranch. she had gone for A ride
Nell said He knew where to find her
lust as he had known all the wa,
home that She would be waiting TO
, him And the letter he carried grew
heavier it seemed, with very mile H.
covered.
She was sitting at the base of a bi,
blasted pine on Devils Peak when
found her Near by grazed the blac
pony MCGOWAN had picked for her
her riding suit;with its short ankl