The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-02-12

was of his own choosing True.
thero vas no fishing worth talking
about, 40 golf. nor TEAMS. NOT even
society. but there sas much rugged
scenery. and that made his ram.
blea with hia camera vel reward
hssn. AFTER three hard years OF en-
shuaiantic work Ia bis ehosen pre-.
feanion ~ civil engineering.
Photography was his fad. and ne
took pictures Of all the indulgent
country people. % their homsn and
of their rather Wild surroundings
lls even took a pictaro Of spruee.
meat. a pietarsaaus bus soinc~hat
anlnYitinE walled estate in a cove In
tie wooda, from which. however. he
waa warned EwaY By siockiiy
built. soarfAoed young man of
about sa. nho rude forth from u on
aplendid horse
who are thoaa people ne Spruce
naontY~ be asked Old Man Wi,her'
bee. wlth whom he and his rood
wife Chaynroa saa boarding
Search me- eal5 Old Man With
ssbee. They've lived thar three
years. but nobody kao~s much
about EN-. Thara Jncge blankhay-
en-. = retired lawyer from somewhaT
do1n East. bis son bud. and a
yoang LADY. MaMa sophY. They
MAY be ali right. but they don I
miaKic No. they don't mlngie.
Why aru thaY 20 retiring
asked the young anginear.
We'll. they probably have rea'
son,- aaid Old Man Wiiherbee. or
aculafly. They behave 10 blame
queer that the reasons maybe ain I
o. the moat admirable
Hat Their must have money, Ia
i've a. thor do. suggested the
guest
some says an the giri has. said
tho old man. but WHISTLER the judge
AZ. can't say. They 1o's that the
kifi aint no relation To 'em. an why
she stays there at all Is tufe q
problem 10 me. No one Amt ever
had q ehanesf TO ask her. becase
she's seldom seen outside The
gFounda. AMI then With Only the
ledge or his oneivii son. She's
mighty pretty. but she don't look
happy. Like aa not. she's queer.
Too.
This ooniured up In chsynrod's
mind the llveiieAt interest 10 Miss
/ suphy, and he developed quite a
psnchant toE loisefiaz near Spruce
mont. to set. II possible. a view Of
thu attractive young hermi; Of the
woods
Resting one day beneath a tree
beside the dirt road that led 20 the
secluded stronghold Of the Blank
hAsen'a ChaynFod vas destined 10
I meet adventure
lie heard ecfeams--a w0mAn'a
From the direction Of Sprncemout
came running a arr. beautiful oven
I ia her frenzy. A short distance be-.
bind rode the young rlfflan. Bud. IN
pursuit. lanhinE hls horse with a
rawhide whip and shouting curses
What possessed him 10 do 30 Chayn.
rod does not know. but he was
seized with the camera instinct and
snapped the shameful scene "a the
pursued and pursuer we're close 90
him.
stop hsr'- cried the brutal bud
There waa 90 need 20 stop the fair
T fugitive. Exhausted. she threw her.
self. painting. into the civil cnsi.
neor's arms. and. Of course. tainted
away.
I bud Diankenhaven throw hlmaelf
of his horse and rushed up. whip
Ia hand 10 seize the gtrl Chaynrod
stopped him with a hard smash 10
the Jaw. lie didn't rise. hut CROPPED
! family ~ he eaeayed 20 riHo 20 his
feet. Chaynrod did n brilliant
thing lie threw the girl across the
/ pommel. lesped Into the saddle. and
was or with her before his buriy
opponent recovered himself.
The Blaskhavena did not come
after Miss Sophy II Il well they
didn't A iynchinR party that went
to Sprucemont found that they had
decampcd n they ever come back
they will have to face half dozen
/ indictments for various offcnses
against the personal liberty OF Miss
/ Sophia Rupert. hetfesa and ward.
and against the peace of the com.
m0uwoalth Attached 20 one Of the
documents as an exhibit Ia very
crodiiable amateur photograph OF n
fair maiden being pursued by an
angry ruffian ON horseback.
II seems that Miss sophy had
been detained at spucemont with
the alternative OF marrying young
Bud biankhaven or never getting
back To the world.
or course Chaynrod married her.
Sure he did
Wear BROOKS Hats. 1891 second
Avenue. go
Klein. the shoemaker. 2i7 James