Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-07-19
cOpyrighi, By LOthrOp Pabilshing Company.
CHAPTER v.-coxTmUED.


CHAPTER V.-CoNTINUEDs
She turned and smiled into his eyes
with utter frankness.
AT least you must be sure that
aike you; that am very friendly; that
4 want TO know you better, and want
you to know me better, You don't
know me at all, you know. You west
serners have anothsr way, Of accepting
people too readily. 1t may work no
harm among yourselves, but perhaps
seasterners are a BIT more perilous.
Sometimes, now, a very eastern per-
son doesn't even accept herself-him-
5self-very trustingly; she-he-hnds 1t
$50 hard to get acquainted with him
self"
The young man provided one Of
those silences of which few discern
ing men are instinctively capable, and
for which women thank them.
This road" she said. after a little
time of rapid walking, '1eads right up
ito the end of the world, doesn't it2
See, it ends squarely in the sum-"
They stopped where the turn had
opened to the west long vista Of gray
and purple hills far and high, They
stood on ridge of broken quartz and
.gneiss, thrown Up in a bygone age. To
their left a few dwarf Scotch hrs
threw shadows back toward the town.
The ball of red flre in the west was
half below the rim OF the distant peak.
II shall look forward to seeing you
and your mother and sister?-in
New York." she said, yhen they part
ed, land / am sure shall have more
to say when we're better known to
each other"
IF you were the one woman before,
If the thought of you was more than
the substance Of any other to me--yOu
must know how it 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 al home, assure You. I've
really been thoughtful"
From up the canyon came the sound
% a pufing locomotive that presently
STAINED by them with its three dingy
>1i'.le coaches, and. after a stop fol
wlter and the throwing Of a switch
p''shed back to connect with the shep
SCR car.
The Others. Of the party crowded oui
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 oui
the old man was saying: Get action
As my motto. Do things. Don't frit
ter Be something and be II good and
hard. Get action early and often,
Shepler nodded. "But men like N
are apt to be unreasonable with the
young. We expect them to have thelI
own vigor and our wisdom, and the
anfirmities of. neither"
The good-bys were hastily said, and
the little train ratified down the can
.yon. Miss Milbrey stood in the door
of the car, and Perciyal watched heI
while the glistening rails that seemed
to be pushing her away narrowed IN
perspective. Sne stood motionless anC
anscrutable to the last, but still look
ding steadily toward him almost visit
fully, it seemed to him once
We'll" he said, cheerfully, to Uncl,
Peter.
You know, son, don't like TO cuss
but except one or two Of them folks
4d sooner live in the middle kittle O
he'll than IN the place that turns EN-
out They rile me-that talk abou-
people In the humber walks OF life.
OF course am humble, but then, son
af you come right down to it, as thu
6eller said. amt so damned humblel.