Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-07-27

birth. Paris Is the heart OF the world.
will 90 there And her father, who /
had never thwarted her in her life. /
made the journey with her, and left !
her in a famous pension with letter
Of credit that must have staggered the |
proprietress.
1T was while Dolores was In Paris |
that came to know her father. l got
Interested in a scheme for buying a
large ranch on the Rio Grande, so
went over to America, and fell in love
with the life. and spent two or three
years, mostly at their hacienda. 1t
was the merest coincidence that Philip
Hartness came over to visit me the
summer that Dolores returned. She
was already there when he arrived,
and pleasant as life had always been,
1t took on new charm from her pres
ence.
"She would ride with us. all the
strong, quick, joyous young life flaming
in her cheeks, or at night she would
sing her grand. pure, rich voice ring
ing out on the clear air. and we would
sit in the dark fancying how such dra-
matte fire and passion could sway and
hold a multitude and saying Marchese
was right to predict for her a brilliant
career-if only she would stretch forth
her hands and pluck the laurel.
Am l enthusiastic? Well, the fault
is rare enough in these days to be cas-
lily pardoned, and you will better under
stand how Philip fell in love- l saw
1t from the first and warned him. But
he stayed-the witchery of her beauty
was upon him.
AT first l don't think he was alto
gether happy in It. l suppose it Is in
evltable that we cannot escape from
the standard of comparison to which
we are reared. You see, If one has al
ways thought Of life US a mill pond,
where one may paddle about at viii,
1t must be startling to suddenly find
ones self launched on a boundless sea
with the wind filling every stitch of
canvas and the bow pointing to undis-
covered countries. 1t was like that
with Philip; Dolores enthralled every
sense with her beauty and fierce love-
but he could not reconcile her with his
traditions.
God knows how two young and fool
ish creatures would have tangled the
threads Of life and love, but that FATE
came in and ended the matter In way
that would have been melodramatic
enough anywhere else but on the Rio
Grande.
"One day-it was perfect day, I re-
member, and the pralries were like an
azure carpet of bluebells-we, Dolores
and her father, and Philip and 1, had
been riding far, going to a distant part
Of the ranch to pick out some cattle
for shipping. Toward evening the
weather, which had been so fine, grew
suddenly hot and oppressive. The
white heat quivered and there seemed
suppressed excitement in the very
air.
1--WE had come rather unexpectedly
upon the bunch of cattle that we were
seeking, and the cowboys looked grave
for the sultry weather presaged the
storm, and they were trying to round
up the cattle for fear of stampede
Sometimes, you know, cattle become
hysterical at the coming of a storm
and break away, flying anywhere away
from their causeless and senseless ter
ror, trampllng down everything in theii
path.
ut was only too obvious that we haC
exposed ourselves to this danger. Their,
: was nowhere to go, and the only chanc,
was in keeping the herd quiet, az car
often be done by the knowledge of hu
man presence. Presently there was ,
deep and ominous roar, the tremblin;
herd lifted their heads and listened,
bull beloved wild and fierce, we fel
rather than saw the tremor that RAJ
through the cattle, a binding flash O
thunder pealed and crashed, and tn,
stampede had begun.
; Fly, fly for your lives" was tn,
hoarse cry, and l had only time to Sc.
: that the herd had broken in the direc
ton of Hardness and Dolores.
, Together, side by side, they rode be
fore the maddened cattle, Dolores witt
= her face pale as death. BY and b,
Philips horse stumbled, the first sig
, of failing strength in a mustang; an
other stumble, and Dolores drew iron
her breast a little revolver her fathe
had given her; another stumble-th
herd was gaining on them-and sh
! fired; the horse and rider came dow
together.
"She flung herself Off her own hors
= and pulled Philip, dazed and stunned
! behind the animal. and crouched owe
! him while the herd swept by. w
= found them thus. Dolores was unhurt
, but HARNESS. head had been struck b.
! hoof as the cattle went over them
e and when we carried him back to tn
j hacienda it looked as If he had com
a to the end of the chapter, and that hi
i love story was to be brief after all.
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