The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-02-16
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slender body racked, worn with end
less enthusiasms, the burning, me-
meric eyes and the delicate mouth.
these she had known and valued T.
her father, and when the doctor sert-
ously advised the Rocky mountains shos
readily gave up her own plans, and
here and now she sat, rushing toward
the west to a town repulsive to her, All
place of emptiness and WEAKNESS, So,
cial desert, where no one lived but heess
cousins, the Barnetts, to whose hos-E:
pitable door they were bound as .yoy-
ayers on q wide sea to snug harDor.
Without that home as point OF ar
rival Ann Rupert would have been In
such uncertainty of mind as besets a
sailor on chartless sea. n X y s:s$
She was making this abhOrrent trip
In order that her brother might thrive
in his physical we'll being as well az IN
bis art. He had recently determined
on being an illustrator Of wild animal
books. "I'm going to study them 1t
flrst hand" he repeated often, the
way Melborn Foster has done. And
besides, want to illustrate fathef,ss
Journal" This journal, the record Of
trip into the west made by Philip Ru-4
pert before his marriage, had come to
be the most powerful influence In the
lads life. 1t was a worn little RED
book In which the father. had written
the daily happenings and Impressions
of his trip, and it's discovery by Louis
In box of old papers had quite trans
formed his Life. 1t had made him an
American, filing him with longing
for the ."Hesperian mountains. as
the father called the romantic land ne
had seen but once, but whose splendor@
lived with him throughout the remain
der of his short life. '-~.@2s 1.3..5'5s
As they sat at the table in the dining
car Ann again listened indulgently to
her brothers plans, and permitted him
to order the dinner and assume all the
manners of a grown man, honestly try
ing to conceal her own WEAKNESS OF
spirit, sincerely regretful Of her bitter
words on the ferry.
Louis was not weary. He eyed every
man who came in, avid to discover
some WESTERN lFdAl, oolAC wv "sAA~N 800
of inward difference between himself
and his companions, but could not
They were all quite commonplace busl-
ness men, well dressed, close clipped
and urbane of manner. Some Of them
were evidently statesmen going over TO
Philadelphia, or out to Chicago, and
they all ate long and with every evil
dence of enjoyment. Some Of the wo-s
men were young and pretty-students
returning to the west for their summer
vacations. 40 s., IS -s.s4
Once more in the privacy Of her state
room and looking out at the landscape
Keeling past, Ann sank back in her seat
wholly dismayed. "What in the world
can I do out there?' she asked herself
most poignantly. "!Of course they don't
play golf or tennis, and can't ride.
and, besides, whom could play With
Jeanette is not a bit athletic. And
again the small round of her interests
she had no gayeties-was borne IN
upon her. II shall die Of inactivity. @
Louis excused himself quite formally
and went back into the smoking COM
partment to. sit with the men, while
Ann, left alone, gave herself up to
close. half ironic study of the absurditx
Of her position. With dozen most de-
sirable invitations to distinguished Lon.
don homes, will, everything before her