Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07


amid the velvet and silver Of the patlor
car and saw only remotely those who
slept all night in the cramped corners
Of the ordinary coaches. Her cousins
were not native; they were, indeed,
only translated Philadelphians who had
gone west in search Of health-at least
Mrs. Barnett was there for that rea-
son. Her husband made the change
for love Of his wife.
A certain percentage Of the towns
people and the members Of the special
circle In which the Barnstts moved
were health seekers, and Ann was
deeply relieved to hnd that all the COM
forts Of an eastern home were to be
enjoyed in the big graystone houses
on Rampant avenue. Indeed. the Bar
netts lived quite as they would have
done in Seabright or Lenox. They had
dozen horses, suitable assortment
OF vehicles, saddles and brides and
were enthusiasts concerning polo and
golf. Their neighbors and friends were
unfailingly ecstatic in praise Of the eli
mate and the views and seemed illog-
ically anxious to placate the prejudices
Of this naughty, pale faced. scarlet
Tipped young girl, who looked with
calm eyes upon the great peak gloom
ing to the westward. They formed, in
fact, colony Of alien health seekers,
busted with pleasures, set distinctly
apart from the toilers and the traders
Of the place.
Ann was puzzled and bit bored by
their insistence on winning her admi-
ration Of the mountains and, being nat
urally perverse. withheld the express
sions OF pleasure she might otherwise
have uttered, for she was profoundly
moved by what she saw.
II never did understand that GIRL"
said Donnelly Barnett to his wife one
night after drive into the great Bear
canyon. "She has everything to make
her happy. and vet she goes about tor
pid as an oyster. What's the matter
with herr"
Jeanette sighed. "That's her moth
er's blood. She's like her mother In a
hundred ways. Louis Is exactly like
his father. remember when he came
back from his first and only trip to the
west. was only child, but I recall
his enthusiasm. he was lovable fell
| low, but never could stand Alicia.
She was positively stony. I have hopes
Of Ann. Her hand Is strong and warm
| human. in fact. Don't you think her
Indifference poser
" wish it were No, it's genuine"
"She needs to be shaken up by q
good, hot love affair. Some man will
come M
'1Thats what I've been saying, but
the man don't come. She's twenty six .
Elbow awful"
'Thats the part don't understand
about Ann. She has money, is hand
some, and vet here she is quite Olsen
gagged, If we except her affair with
Peabody, which Adney writes Is quite
as tepid as any Of AIMS other affairs
"Well, now, I'll tell you. She's come
to the right place to have men ride up
and demand attention. If she doesn't
have at least an offer week 1t will not
be my fault. Pm going to invite all the
young fellows home to dinner while
| Bhe,s here. Now watch things bile -
Barnett, nominally mining broker,
was, in fact, president Of the polo club
! secretary of the Sage Grass Golf asso-
ciation-in short. financial nurse to ey-
| cry collection Of amiable sports in the
town. He knew all 1.-THE best fellows
In the state and now became more pop
| ular than ever. The young men accept.
ed his dinner Invitations with graft.
tude, and each and all paid prompt and
undisguised court to 'the proud eastern
beauty" as one young fellow called
her. But they soon acknowledged fail
ure, Her reserve led to sense of in
Jury and was reported to be arrogance
They were seldom fattered by The
| slightest unbending OH her part.
| However, several of these young fel
lows turned out on acquaintance to b.
socially related to some Of her friend.
In Boston and New York and In tina
way won a certain acceptance whicl
no mere civil engineer from Omaha o.
professor from st. Louis could hope tt
attain. They We're met on the conven
| ttonal plane. and they got no further
at any time.
| Meanwhile Ann was really troubled
about Louis. He was eating less ant
less each day, and his sleep was bro
ken, and at the end of the first weel
| he fell in state of collapse The excite
ment, the late hours, the contact witt
now types and. above al, the attempI