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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-11

concerning the unconventional procliv-
tiles of the women of her race and
family, enough to impress her so seri-
ously that on an exaggerated impulse
she had come to one of her character
istic decisions.
That decision was to break the un
savory record at the first justifable
opportunity, and the opportunity came
in the shape of Quarrier-as though
wedlock were actually the sanctuary
which an alarmed nation pretends IT
to be!
Now. approaching the threshold Of n
third and hast season and having put
away her almost meaningless mourn
Ing, thera hadNstolen into her sense Of
;ecuritS something irksome in the
promise she had made to give Quarter
definite answer before winter.
Perhaps it had been the lack of In
terest In the people at Shotover, per
| haps mental review of her ancestors
capricious records, perhaps a charac
teristic impulse ~lat had directed {
telegram to Quarter after midnigh
confab with Grace Ferrall.
However it may have been, she haC
summoned him. And now he was OF
his way to get his answer, the bes
whip, the most eagerly discussed anC
| one of the wealthiest unmarried mel
in America.
! Lingering irresolutely, considering
with idle eyes the shadows lengthen
ing across the sun shot moorland, tn
sound of Siward's even voice arouset
her from a meditation, bordering OF
lassitude.
She answered vaguely. He spok
again, all the agreeable, gentle, hu
klorous charm dominant once more, re
leasing her from the growing tension
Of her own thoughts, absolving he
from the duty of immediate decision.
Il feel curiously lazy" she SAID
perhaps from our long drive" Sh
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-11

story. Which particular actress 1t was
she could not remember, but some men
who had dlned too freely had made the
wager, and this boy sitting beside her
had accepted 1t and won 1t by bring
ing into the sacred precincts of the
PATRONS club q foolish girl disguised
in a mans evening dress.
That was bad enough. That some
body promptly discovered 1t was worse.
but worst of all was the publicity, the
clubs name smirched, the young man
expelled from one of the best two
clubs in the metropolis.
To read of such things in the col
umns Of daily paper had meant little
to her except to repel her. To hear 1t
mentioned among people of her own
sort had left her injurious and indif-
ferent, but now she saw 1t in new
light, with the young man who had
figured in it seated beside her. Did
such men as he-such attractive. we'll
bred, amusing men as he-do that sort
Of thing?
'Is that the kind of man you are,
Mr.. SlwardT' she said impulsively.
1T appears that was. don't
know what am or may be-"
''T'he pity Of It'll" she said, still sway
ed by impulse ''Why did you do
didn't you know-realize what you
were doing-bringing dlscredit on your
| own clubY
Il was In no condition to know, Miss
Landis."
The crude brutality of the express
sion might merely have hurt or dis
gusted her had she been less intel
| ligent, nor, as it was, did she fully
understand why he chose to use it I'M
less that he meant 1t in self punish
ment.
ITS rather shamefulT' she said
hotly.
YES" he assented; Its a bad be-
ginning"
"A beginning! Do you mean to 20
on?"
He did not reply. His head was
partly turned from her. She sat silent
for awhile. The dog had returned to
lie at Siward's feet, his brown eyes
tireiessly watching the man he had
chosen for his friend, and the man.
without turning his eyes. dropped one
hand on the dogs head, caressing the
silky ears.
Some sentimentalist had once said
that no man who cared for animals
could be wholly bad Inexperience In
ciined her TO believe it. Then, too she
had that inclination for overlookins
ofenses committed. against precept
which appears to be one of those edi
flying human traits peculiar to neither
sex and common to both. Besides, hel
knowledge Of such matters was a.
vague as her mind was healthy anC
body wholesome. Men who dfned in
cautiously were not remarkable fo
their rarity. The actress habit, bein,
incomprehensible to her. meant moth
Ing and she said innocently: 'It is no
for such things that we drop men, MI
Siward. You know that, of course"
For what do YOU drop menY'
For falsehood, deception. any dis
honesty"
and you don't drop a man whei
you read in the papers that one Of tn
best two clubs in town has expelle,
r him."
, She gave him troubled glance. and
) naively, "But you are still a membe
of the other, are. you not?' Then, haro
] ening 1T was common. common
r thoroughly disgracefta and incomprt
hensiblef' And with every word u
5 tered insensibly warming in her hear
E toward him whom she was chaster
ing; IT was not even bad. 1t wa
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-11

will ride. sail. golf-anything to kill
the eternal enemy. You know the ma
jority of the people here or coming.
don't your
'Who are they?'
She began, 1.-THE Leroy MortimersT
"Oh, yes"
Lord Alderdene and Captain Vouch-
er and the Page twins and Marion?"
Eyes"
"Rena Bonnesdel, the Tassel girl,
Agatha Caithness, Mrs. vendennlng-
all sorts, all SETS" And. with an eff
fort, ''If I'm to drive l should like to-
to know what time 1t u.s."
He Informed her. and she. too indo-
lent to pretend surprise and finding
reproach easier. told him that he had
40 business to permit her to forget
His smiling serenity under the re-
buke aroused in her slight resent
ment, as though he had taken some
thing for granted.
Besides, she had grown uneasy. She
had wired Quarter, saying she would
meet him and drive him over. He bad
| replied at once, naming his train. He
was an exact man and expected
method and precision in others, She
didn't exactly know how it might af-
feet him If his reasonable demand was
unsatisfied. She did not know him
very we'll yet
And. thinking of him now. she again
made up her mind to give him the
answer which he now had every rea-
son to expect from her. This decision
| appeared to lubricate her conscience.
| 1t ran more smoothly now, emitting
fewer creaks.
"You say that you know Mr.. Quar-
rier?" she began thoughtfully.
"Not WELL"
81 hope YOU will like him. Mr.. 81
ward
81 do not think he likes me, Miss
Lands. He has reasons not to-"
She looked up. suddenly remember
ing: "Oh-since that scrapef What
has Mr.. Quarter to do She did moi
finish the sentence. A troubled silence
followed. She was trying to remembei
the something she had paiG
small attention to at the time; some
thing so foreign to her, so distant from
her comprehension, that 1t had no
touched her closely enough for her t.
remember exactly what this younl
man might have done to forfeit thu
good will of Howard Quarter.
She looked at Siward. 1t was i'm
possible that anything very bad coul(
come from such man. And, pursuing
her reasoning aloud: cit couldn't hav,
been very awful" she argued; "some
thing foolish about an actress. was /
not? And that could not concern Mi
Quarter"
81 thought you did know; though
you remembered : while you wer
driving me over from the station-tha
I was dropped from my club
She flushed up. "0h, but what hat
Mr. Quarter to do with that?"
Gle is a governor of that club"
''You mean that Mr., Quarter ha,
you-droppedY
'What else could be do? A man VIII
Is idiot enough to risk making his owl
! club notorious must take the consC
! Quehces, ana theS say tooN 11dt llsh
, Therefore Mr. Quarter, Major Be
wether-all the coverings did thei
duty. IL naturally concluded that n
governor Of the PATRONS club feel
very kindly toward me-"
Miss Lands sat very still her sma
head bent, flush still Frightening he
fair face.
, She recalled few of the detail
J now-the seandal--something Of Ii
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-11

seated he rself
on the turf.
Talk to me,
Mr.. Siward, in
that lazy way
of yours"
What he had
to yproved in
C o n S e q u e n t
enough, an ir-
relevant sugges-
ton concerning
the training OF
field dogs. The
conversation
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-11

Talk TO me, Mr.. 81 conversation
acdrd" veered again to-
ward the mystery of heredity.
do you mean, Mr.. Siward. that
heredity is an excuse for moral weak
nessY she asked.
Il don't know. Those inheriting
nothing Of evil say 1t is no excuse"
sit is no excuse"
"You speak with authority" he said.
with more than you are aware Of"
she murmured, not meaning to say 1t.
She stood up impulsively, her fresh
face turned to the distant house, her
rounded young figure poised In relief
against the sky.
Inherited or not, idleness, procras-
tination, are my besetting sins. Can't
you suggest the remedy, Mr.. Siward?"
But they are only the thieves Of
Time, and we kin the poor old gentle
man."
'Leagued assassins," she repeated
pensively.
Her gown had caught on the cliff
briers. He knelt to release it, she
looking down, noting an ugly tear in
the fabric.
Payment for my iniquities-the first
| installment," she said, still looking
down over his shoulder and watching
| his efforts to release her. Thank you.
| Mr.. Siward. think we ought to
start, don't your"
He Strengthened up, smiling. await
ing her further pleasure. Her pleasure
being capricious, she seated herself
again, saying: What / meant to say
was this: Evils that spring from he
redity are no excuse for misconduct in
/ people of our sort. Environment, not
heredity, counts. And it's our bust.
ness, who have every chance In the
world. to make good"
He looked down. amused at the
piquant incongruity of voice and YER
nacular.
'sWhat time is It'll" she asked irrele
vanity.
He glanced at his watch. She turn
ed her eyes toward the level sun, con
scious and little conscience stricken
that 1t was too late for her to drive t.
Black Fells Crossing unless she start
ed at once.
1t grew stiller. The wind went dowI
with the sun.
Doubtless he had forgotten to tel
her the time. She had almost forgot
ten that she had asked him. With thu
silence of sunset languor, the indo
lence Of content, crept over her. Sh'
saw him close his watch with the alb
sentminded air which she already as
sociated with him, and she let tn,
question go from sheer Discrimination
for the effort of repetition-let the pro
jected drive go-acquiescent, conten
that matters shape themselves withou
any interference from her. The sens,
of ease, of physical we'll being invade,
her with an agreeable relaxation a
though tension somewhere had slack
ened.
The conversation drifted illogically
Sometimes he stirred her to amuse
ment, even a hushed laughter. Some
times she smilingly agreed with hi
views. Sometimes she let them 6
uncriticised or, intent on her owi
ideas, shook her small head in amuse
disapproval.
The stiffness over all, the deepenin
mellow light, the blessed Incidence o
the young world and their few year
, in it-youth-that was perhaps the Ike
to it all, after all.
Tomorrow" she unused aloud, knee
Graded In her clasped fingers-''tomoi
row they'll shoot, with great circun
stance and fuss, few native Woo
cock-there's no flight yet from th
; | north--a few grouse, fewer snipe.
stray duck or two. Others viii driv
motor cars over bad roads. Other
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
Runaway Accident.

While driving on Chestnut avenue
Wednesday evening Contractor crowdsr's
horse got beyond his control and made =
vicious run for . couple Of blocks. In
passing the Amos fats at the corner Of
Main and Chestnut the animal had vssrsd
close to the curb and ran over . baby
carriage in which the thrse-ysar old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank D. Voor-
hies was sitting.
1t was at frst thought that the little
one had met with fatal injuries. but Dr..
Moody found on examination that she had
escaped with fractured bone Of ono leg
and some severe eontusions..
Tho doctor reduced tho fracture and
eased tho injuries so that the parents
were able to leave yesterday for their
future home in Arkansas.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28

Every bgussssapsr should plan % at
tend The fell Domestic ssisnss Sh0H
Course. March et51s.
w.B Lssa isit ,his rsss f5r Ger
maris. Wy5- ard ia q couple Of es1ss
Mrs. Love u.n fa''1s him 70 ihH Big
Horn Basir They ssgssi is make al
least yssrs sssg.
it qn cave Tsr money 20 rsnsmbtr
ihat ,1s 7rss bsl: o. Ire taH o. 1909 eiI
b. da.Hlgs1i ss March L. ANsr hs.
data a m7nlh'v penalty Of one and 5rs-
7sarisr psr cent vil be- added
As an lad cation Of The growing pgga-
isrtE q rrtzst5- grown ssb5s. vie may
msnusu tfs fact that . v. esfrsl's Jis-
irsss ts lhts year double its yo,1rs i
was fer the corresponding pets5 lssi
year and The valleys growing Of gard
en- ssgds is i1st in ts infancy.
c. c. Carleton arrived Saturday from
his h5fns i1 Plant City. Fla, snd will
spend coma time hare getting things IN
sbsps for the esHi1R esntalsgps season
Growers who shipped through oHu,
Bros. last year will be pssssd TO know
that Hr. carislsn again has charge Of
their business in the Arkansas Valley.
3. U. Dye and Mrs. Dye left Hos
Springs. Rrs.. tWo weeks ago and are
making tour Of the south. They we're
in The national capital last week taking
in the sights. having previously visited
Memphis. Nashville. Chattanooga and
Atlanta, making side trips to the battle
fields ard other historic spots about these
southern cities. They will return by the
way Of New York city. getting home
about April first.
a number Of ofeisizsns are cutting down a
portion or all Of tbe fine cottonwood trees
which surround their premises. In some
cases elms have been planted to replace
The trees removed. This cutting down Of
shade trees IS something that ought to be
done with great deliberation- and when
in doubt always leave The trees stand.
Ne are not sure but that the city council
IS granting too many permits 70 remove
fine shade trees Of twenty years growth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28

FL. HHassr spsa. aosiay n Denver
on bus.nsss sssassiss with the iassfp5f-
ast5n q ts5 5ihsSf Dry Goods & Gro
esfY Co ahisl vii. hereafter conduct
slis business Of The HI6ksr stores. The
company ls i-s5rFs with = capital u
s25.OsJ. sri its principal place q bgsi-
nsss Is Rocky Ford, F. n. HIfssr is
president, Andrew HslbsrE. viss- prasl-
dent and Geo. a. Thsraisn. secretary
treasurer gf tss raN company. Mt iiIa
Hssr hss taken a lssss of gss main f1sf
Bl bis ] q @. p bHf5i1E. South Main
street., ard ss s5ca as some necessary
charges are made Eilf r15ss his sissz e
Dr. Egoss e ,hs rev location.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
Card Of Thanks.

Ts our neiEhbors. friends and the
Knights Of Pythias We extend 5ur heart
felt thanks fer their sympathy and as.
sistsnce during The fatal illness and death
Of cur wife and mother. Mrs. (. J. Tip
ten.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
aisreaaigs chaaxss.

With tsa g=s Q, TIC wsss ths dfm Of
Pfss & La1ss wi. 30 dissolved ard the
business q sh.s popular dry goods store
Niil hereafter Be son5sstsI under Jhs
name q J. a. Ffiss. ms change ba'
rasiEss The ss14issons whisA have pre-
vailed ior several years. ss Mr. lanes
has been s.r.gai'g a silent partner since
assuming The Fssinsssgfshig To W..
Prize is due tts successful business con-
spsgss in fssssl years and tie fac. thai
he Is row 10 abss'sts ssnirol wi.i Cor
;siniy no' in!1rr 'hs business he has ss-
tabishsd
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28

R.w. Watson lst fer Ffssns. csIii-
Tuesday.
AFs. Elmsr 81. Yssag Of Lamar s
visiting Mrs. u. w. Lance.
bIrs. o. Z. Hossirs was he Esgsg q
bsr parents in Fowler lass week.
hfrs. Alma 70. cbruBsy entertained
las Every Tuesday Reading Club was
held on Saturday with Hfs tssi w..
Tedd.
7. Y. NsrtbsrB. msnsFgr af the Rocky
Ford base ball team tn 1907. lpi, On
Tsesdsy for ys.t 10 H.s s'l home IN
Pr5yijerse. Ky.
After sw5 year sssrss in sEt,ss Dr.
". L Misdlsssn. he 5s's5sstn. has re-.
ssissd his diploma and as soon as he re-
saisas tho necessary appliances will hang
s5t HE sh.Hgls as an 5pasian.
The postal inspector made enc of hts
|uhsEpssta5 visits % tho Rsssy Ford gfiiso
On Tuesday. As usual careful check
/ ing ur shswss bal affairs IN ho Rocky
/ Ford Office are quite saGsiastary and
. Postmaster Lance was congratulated up
on The excellent showing.
Sens farmers via attended the Short
Course use most emphatic language in
ssnsurinr those Of their is,l5a-fsrrsrs
who did 40, attend this valuable series 5'
mssunns. The man who makes tfe
greatest mistake In regard 70 szrisJliufsl
/ education is he who IS 50 confident Of his
own methods that he can learn nothing
by an interchange Of IDEAS with brother
farmers, saying nothing abssi The wealth
/ Of expert ard highly valuable iuisrmati51
which was furnished b. the Agricultural
College faculty without cost
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28

to operate our factories either at loss or
at an snrsasonably small profit and
therefore. prefer. II necessary. to work =
smaller acreage Of bssts. even though
some Of our factories must remain idle.
than to further encourage the growing Of
bssts regardless Of sugar content.
We wish to express 70 you our sincere
thanks for your effort In trying to har-
monte the different intsrssss.
Yours respectfully,
FR. WHITTIER, Manager.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
AN INTERESTING THEME.
DISCUSSED by Woman's Club q
w. 6. T. U. Members.


The auditorium Of the Methodist church
was filled on Friday night last to listen "a
the joint debate by Representatives oi
the Woman's Club and thew. c. 7. U. on
the question. Resolved. That Our Pre-
sent Immigration Laws are q Menace "a
the Country" Mrs. Nanny. president Of
the W. G. 7. U. presided.
The affirmative was ably presented by
Mssdsmss W. D. Lewis. W. L. jackson
and W. D. Mcpherson. and the negative
was given strong defense BY Mssdsmss
A.LKsllogg. Augusta Klinsisl.sr, and SIS.
Bailey. The marking Of the judges show.
cd very slight difference between the
points scored BY the two sides. but the
victory was awarded to the negative pre-
ssntsd by tho W. c. T. U. ladies'. The
judges were. Judge Minor. n. W. Lance
and W. c. Steele. While the judges were
in conference Miss Sallie Frys gave an
entertaining and appropriate reading.
Tho forensic program was interspersed
with music, including vocal duet by
Mesdames Davenport and Hardey: vocal
solos by Mrs. g. NJ. Hall. J. E. Dunbar
and Leroy B. Elser. and a plano d1at by
Mrs. }. r. Cunningham and Miss Thee.
SaTkisy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28


Mrs. J. H. Price is visiting friends In
Denver this week.
DR.. Roberts this week moved TO 4ll
South 18th.
The o. D. T. club met on Tuesday with
Mrs. w. E. Fenton.
Art Black ard viii Young left for Twin
Falls. Idaho, on Tuesday.
Cheek Bros. are making good progress
On their fine block on South Main.
The En,re Nous club were entertained
this week by Miss Mamie Coleman.
Mrs. Geo. c. Maxwell was hostess oI
tho aftarnoon Whis: club en- Thursday.
Mrs. {. n. Atsbefy visited friends IN
la Jan's MsadsT and Tuesdsy Of this
yecD
EumpIrsJ 3est who has been living in
the country during the winter. this week
meys3 70 lilo town residence.
City Attorney BeaIl lsi, on Tuesday
for 5gs.Hess TIP 70 polRtl IN Missouri.
Hen b, lbssnt a week OF ten days.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
OBITUARIES.
sENE aARtsaM.

On tho goth inst Hrs. Carl Garrison
departed this life, after lingering Illness
si'h e5nfgmpti5n. Declared wss "a
years Of sCe ard leaves g husband and
tNa sma'l children 20 mourn her dsmits,
The rrrnsiHs were taken TO Atlantic,
Iowa. iof irtsrment
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
Thanss Matrlmoulai.

On Monday last Harry L. Swink. the
popular pnepristor Of the South Main
strest billiard hall. and Miss Jessie Big
gart. charming young lady who has re-
Gently n'sde her home 10 this CITY took .
trip 70 Ia Junta and in the presence Of .
few friends were jcinsd In wsdloek BY
Rev. Bloom. The happy couple will
make their home In Rocky Ford.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28
Glen V Rysn.
c e. Douglass.
j. X. Crowley.
Commits

Rsgatt.uE l5u above rss1'5t.o1s Col.
Lssshart. chairman Of ths btsinsss meas
committee. yesterday received 'hs fsl-
lowing communication frsm Manager
wistzsf. which Is practically an ultima
Bon from ths knsfissn Beet Sugar Co :
FoeET FoHz. Coo. Feb. rs. 1908.
Itwss a. LosEHAHr. Chairman Of the
Committee Of Business Men Represent
ing ths Various Localities Of The Ark
ansas Valley:
We learn through TIE publication Of
the enclosed resolution that the beet
growers. al a meeting held az Rocky
Ford On The 22ud inst. refused 70 accept
the scale Of prices based on sugar con-
tant q besss recommended By yog gem
usnsn. ard saw fit n esasurs yo8 fer
your action IN the matter. We regret ex-
ese5inaly that committee composed Of
such leading business men Of the valley
should unnecessarily be subjsst to such
eansure whsu thsy were acting az the
solisitst51 Of u5s beat growers them
salves.
The idsa sf a scale price wa Suggested
b. your c1Hnmitfas and roi b. The sugar
companies. and although The prices suE-
Fssisd are in cur I5dEemsnt very hEh,
we rsverths'sss az your sarnsst solieita-
Ucn agreed 70 recommend their adop on.
hopna thereby % bu1z 70 an end the IN
pleasant differences between the sugar
companies and ths beet growers.
In view Of the feet that the growers
have refused to accept TIE scale Of prices
suggested. there seems ig be uoihiuE left
for Us to 90 but 10 return to cur original
ioOB proposition. We cannot continue
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-02-28

HaueksmeKeIvey are not content with
an extensive psrtonsl property sslo bus
mess in o.ero county bot have reached
0us 70 Bent county.
Ths os8o County Teachers Assozia
ton Will meet in Ia Junta neEt Friday
March 2. Superintendent. Bellies. presl-
dent Of the .assssiati5n snn5uness that .
splendid program has been arranged.