The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-26
that struck IRE to the proud little

be snamed by los Americanos. Give me
the education and clothes that bef1t my
| birth. Paris Is the heart Of the world.
will 60 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 a letter
Of credit that must have staggered the
proprietress.
ut was while Dolores was in Paris
that came to know her father. l got
interested In a scheme for buying
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
Hardness came over to visit me the
summer that Dolores returned. She
and pleasant as life had always been,
it took on a 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 multitude, and saying Marchese
was right to predict for her brilliant
career-if only she would stretch forth
her hands and pluck the laurel.
Am l enthusiastic? Well, the fault
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} lily pardoned, and you will better under
stand how Philip fell in love. saw
it from the first and warned him. But
he stayed-the witchery of her beauty
was upon him.
AT first don't think he was alto
gether happy in it 1 suppose it is in
evltable that we cannot escape from
1 the standard Of comparison to which
we are reared. You see, If one has al.
ways thought Of life as a mill pond
where one may paddle about at will
D it must be startling to suddenly find
. ones self launched on a boundless ses
: with the wind filling every stitch OF
canvas and the bow pointing to undls
covered countries. 1t was like thu
with Philip; Dolores enthralled every
i sense with her beauty and fierce love
but he could not reconcile her with hi
traditions.
!. God knows how two young and fool
- ish creatures would have tangled thu
:. threads of, life and love, but that Fat
- came in and ended the matter In a wa!
that would have been melodramati,
enough anywhere else but on the Ri
Grande.
e Zone day-it was a perfect day, I re
" member, and the prairies were like al
azure carpet of bluebells-we, Dolore
= and her father, and Philip and 1, ha
4 been riding far, going to distant par
4 of the ranch to pick Out some cattl
a for shipping. Toward evening tn
weather, which had been so fine, grey
n white heat Quivered and there SCENE
a suppressed excitement in the yer
air.
1--WE had come rather Unexpected
upon the bunch of cattle that we wer
I seeking. and the cowboys looked grav
for the sultry weather presaged til
"a storm, and they were trying to roun
n up the cattle for fear Of stamped
Sometimes you know, cattle becom
"a hysterical at the coming Of storm
IN and break away, flying anywhere ava
a. from their causeless and senseless te
ror, trampling down everything In the
ID path.
it ut was only too obvious that we ha
at exposed ourselves to this danger Thel
eds was nowhere to 60, and the only cham
& was in keeping the herd quiet, az ca
often be done by the knowledge Of b
Nv man presence. Presently there was
n deep and .ominons roar, the trembllr
st herd lifted their heads and listened,
re bull beloved wild and fierce, we fe
70 | rather than saw the tremor that RI
~. through the cattle, binding flash
or lightning tore the heavens In two, II
p" thunder pealed and crashed, and t
no stampede had begun.
of ely, fly for your lives!" was Il
re- hoarse cry, and 1 had only time to s
Ter that the herd had broken in the dire
ay ton Of Hardness and Dolores.
he Together. side by side, they rode b
in fore the maddened cattle, Dolores wi
err her face pale as death. By and
Philips horse stumbled, the first si
SIS of failing strength in mustang; a
.es other stumble, and Dolores drew fro
ia her breast little revolver her faith
III. had given her; another STUMBLE
ur herd was gaining on them-and s
lid fired; the horse and rider came doy
ey together.
en- "she flung herself off her own hor
RI and pulled Philip, dazed and stunne
ed behind the animal, and crouched ov
ell him while the herd swept by. '
err found them thus Dolores was unhu
ng, but HARNESS. head had been struck
fill a hoof as the cattle went over ther
he and when we carried him back to t
ou hacienda 1t looked as If he had col
/ a to the end Of the chapter, and that
'ou love story was to be brief after all.
OF Dolores grief and despair we
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