The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-09-03
Ross-H HuntressCompany
Cor.West and Grove SITS.
Rutland. Vermont.

How am TO know whether 4
would be presumingT' she asked.
"Bnt was going TO say
'When rudely interrupted" She wa.
trying to make 1t easy for him TO say
whatever he wished.
that these troubles OF mine ART
really personal have committed nc
crime and am not fleeing from JUS,
tice."
She laughed and urged her horse
into gallop for last stretch of road
near the park limits.
How uninteresting! We expect a
Montana ranchman to have a spectac.
ular past"
"But not to carry II. hope, to Wash
ington. On the range | might become
a lawless bandit In the interest of pic
turesqueness, but here
Here In the world Of frock coated
statesmen nothing really interesting is
to be expected"
She walked her horse again. 1t oc.
CURED to her that he might wish an
assurance OF silence from her What
she had seen would make capital bit
Of gossip. to say nothing OF being ma
terial for the newspapers. and her con
science as she reflected grew uneasy ut
the thought Of shielding him. She
knew that her father and mother and,
even more strictly. her brother would
close their doors on a man whose enc
mics followed him over seas and lay In
wait for him In peaceful park. but
here she tested him. A man Of breed
ing would not ask protection Of a wo
man on whom he had no claim. and II
was certainly not for her to establish
an understanding with him In so
strange and grave a matter
ut must be fun having ranch with
cattle on a thousand hills | always
wished my father would go In for a
western place, but he can't travel 40
far from home. Our ranch IL In vir.
ginla"
You have Virginia farm7 That Is
very interesting"
"Yes; at Storm Springs. It's really
beautiful down there" she said simply
1t was on his tongue TO tell her that
he. too. owned bit Of Virginia soil,
but he had just established himself as
y Montana ranchman. and II seemed
Bat not TO multiply his places Of resi-
dence, He had. moreover forgotten
the name Of the county In which his
preserve lay. He said. with truth:
II know nothing Of Virginia or the
south. but have viewed the landscape
from Arlington and some day ! hope
to go adventuring In the Virginia
hills"
Then you should not overlook our
valley. am sure there must be ad
ventures waiting for somebody down
there. You can tell our place by the
spring lamb on the hillside. There's y
huge Inn that offers the hong distance
telephone and market reports and golf
links and very good horses, and lots Of
people stop there as = matter Of course
In their flight between Florida and
Newport They 40 up and down the
coast like the mercury In a thernome.
ter--up when It's warm. down when
IT'S cold. There's the secret OF our
mercurial temperament"
A passing automobile frightened her
horse. and he watched her perfect cool
ness In Quietlng the animal with rein
and voice.
Hes Just up from the farm and
doesn't like town very much But he
shail go home again soon," she said AZ
they rode on.
"oh, you go down TO shepherd those
spring lambs" he exclaimed. with mis-.
giving In his heart He bad followed
her acro~s the sea. and now she was
about TO take flight again.
lie dlmly understood ns be- left her
10 a gay mood at the Claiborne house
that she had sought 10 make him for
get the lurking figure iD the park thick,
ri and the dgrt deed thwarted there.
II was her way Of conveying 10 him
her dismissal Of the incident aud II
Implied greater Kindness than any
pledge of secrees lie rode away with
gravc eyes. aud new hope fllled bis /