Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-08-15

NaoSle chapman was cOWman
daughter, very pretty, very fearful and
full of resentment as she stood in the
doorway of her ranch house home.
You are just mad at NE, Charley
Farrell" she cried, cause went rid
ing with Mr.. Mcintyre
Il don't just trust these tenderfeet
who come browsing around in store
clothes he replied. for I've seen too
many OF that kind of cattle, and |
think too much of you TO give anyone
chance to play low-down mean tricks
on you"
Jealous, amt your" she ieered.
mo. not jealous" he said. low and
Quiet-like. only. love you"
love you, l love you.'" she
Knocked. 81 don't believe you love
thing on earth except yourself and
that brute OF pony you ride"
Considering that her love for Niger
was fully as great as his own. the re-
mark showed that she was becoming
quite unreasonable, and the man
smiled
"Of course love Mig" he said, land
SO do you
She stared unwinkingly at the dis
tant mountains. Still, love you bet
ter than anything else in the world,
Mollie. i"
Jim Norman told me the same thing
only yesterday" she said, with side
glance at his troubled face.
IF / catch that coyote proving
around here" he growled, 'Ill attend
Jealous" she laughed.
Realizing that he was getting the
worst OF it, as men always will in such
encounters, and also feeling his hot
temper rising. he left her abruptly.
Presently, as she worked, voice
nom nearby window startled her.
May come in, Miss Mollie?" II
said.
why, Mr.. Mcintyre, where did you
come from?"
Same old place." laconically.
And what brought you here?" inno-
GENTLY.
Same old thing-no-I mean-er-
the same"
Your horse?" ignoring his meaning
glances.
We'll. rode the pony, of course" he
laughed. las | am much too lazy TO
walk. However, | did not come TO see
the horse" with a suggestive accent on
the see"
Want to see dad?" Gathering the
dishes she was washing
Saw him on the way over"
Maybe you want to see Mr.. Farrell?
Hes down"
Charley? Oh, he is down at the
MIA with No
came 10 see YOU" leaning In at the
window and trying to take her hand.
"Me?" with brazen effort to APP
pear surprised. What for?"
"oh. just want to see you-you-
know II"
Unsophisticated girl that she was,
womanly intuition told her that some
thing was lacking, and all the anger
and resentment she had felt while
quarreling with Farrell fiared up blind
ingly. From the corner of her eye she
could see Mcintyre pulling at his long,
blonde mustache, while he smiled COM
placently, and his air of easy self-as-
surance added fuel to her rage She
had felt the fascination of his genial
personality, still il might be as Charley
had said. She turned on him in blind.
unreasoning fury.
You just want to see me-" she
stormed. We'll, look at me, with your
big, green eyes, Chase Mcintyre, and
what do you see? Think I'm a fool?
Do you think you can come here, where
people don't know anything about the
world. and make fun Of us? Do you
think we can't see through your store
clothes and boiled shirts, and-and-"
"Mollie, Mollie" he kept interiect-
ing. while she ragged, What in the
world do you mean? Surely, | have
never done anything to deserve this,
have !, Miss Mollie9"
She was. however, deaf to all he said.
weeping stormj'y q. corner Of the
room. where she Lad crowded herself
beyond his reach.
what have / ever done to cause you
to talk so 10 me?"
Jim Noman says"
well. what does that exemplihca-
ton q reptiiian cunning have to say
Of ne?"
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