The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-03-06
CHAPTER xi.
Becoming Acquainted,

CHAPTER xi.
Becoming Acquainted.
Once within the cool shadows Of the
living-room, Mrs. Herndon again be
thought herself to kiss her niece in Q
fresh glow Of welcome, while the lat,
efsSAmHenkt6rH tconvehient rocker and
bega9 eptbHsiastieallY expressing her
OF the Impressions. gathered during
her ltbdffHey!!u Suddenly the eltsf WON
an glancedH'abo6ut" and'seftlaimed
laughingly, why T had completely
f5fgotten:1 Yod fas9 Hot fygS saeeSSS,
room. oaCoheh 6M iNNeeffes Nafda;;
tits is my niece Phoebeispencer."' 'A
TIKI" girl thus iaddresssd .advanced'
a Elehder,n eracdf1i figeurre dressed IN
white, and iextahdad her yhah6 shyiy..
Miss Sbehcer ftfaspedh it lwIrhhiyy, 'hs,
eygs upon the flushed, wfnsome face2.i
"And' IL yhfI: MAZDA" Gfflisr' she
cried. n am 30 qdeifghteedh that yot
arc stfrfl here, AID that We are to BE-
together, Aunt ftytia iHasd writtendse
much about. you that f'feel as II VI.
must have known esSh'd other foii
years; Why, how 1yetfy you arstS y
'Naidas' SecReeekss' ,wieerns. burning and
her: eyes fell, bit she hsaa never. yef,
succeeded 81, conqpenng the blunt In
dependence Of her speech. NoobodS.
else ever says so.".she said. nneasily
Perhaps It's the light,
Miss SPENCER turned her about ~
as to face the Window Well, YOU
are" she announced, ,d~ecisively. "a
guess ! know; you've got magnificent
hair, and yog5 eyes are perfectly Won
derful You lust don't tx yourself. w
right; Aunt Lydia never DID have any.
taste In such things, but III, make
new girl out OF you. Let's go upstairs;
I'm simply dying to q our room, and
get some of--my-dresses-unpacked
They must !eek perfect rights BY ~,
They came, davn perhaps. An hou,
later. hand in hand, and chatterinl
like old friends. The shades Of early
evening, were Already, falling across
the valley. Herpdon had returned
home from his days work. and had
brought With him Rev. Howard .Wyn
koop for supper. Miss Spencer viewed
the young man With approval, and i'm
mediately became more than usually
vivacious ip recounting the incidents
OF her long Journey. together with her
early impressions Of the western. coun
try. Mr.. Wynkoop responded wttha ~
interest far from being assumed. Il
II have found 1t all sopstrapge %
unique, Mr.. Wynkoop." she explained;l
The country IL likes row world. tel
me, and the people do not seem at all |
like those Of the east, They lead such
a wild, untrammeled Hts EYerythinaj
about seems to exhale the spirit Of ro
nance don't you find 1t SOL" =.
He smiled at her enthusiasm. his
glance of updisguiseb admiration on
her face. IT certainly1eoall some such{
earlier conception" he admitted |
Those Just arriving from the environ 1
ment Of An older c%ivfffxation perceive
merely the pictnresaue elements; but
my later experiences have been q
cidedly. prosaics" 80: ID: f,"T ~: Il
why. Mr.. Wynkoopi how scoula
they bel; Your work ii heroic. II Il
perfectly grandt Why the NArysmel
I met seem to yield me q, broader. conf
ceptioA Of life and duty; they are. 30
brave. 81 modest. so active; Is+-iaj
Mr.. Mofat q member of your ohprchi:j
The minister cleared his thnodt, .haS3
cheeks reddening. "Mr. MoRat.r AID
no; not exactly. { Do sos ymsxh shiI
mine-owner. Jack Moffata". ~. j"e .'oJ
yes. I think 30; he told me thsj
owned q mine-the Golden Rule. thu
name was; the very choice, ID &ofdf1
would seem to indicate his religious
nature. You have the only church In
Glencaid. I understand. and I wonder
greatly he has w Joined you. But
perhaps he may be prejudiced against
your denomination. There Is so much
narrowness In religion. But l left
every prejudice east of the Missouri"
she declared. laughingly. every one
social and religious. I'm going to BE-
true westerner, from the top of my
head to the toe of my shoe. II Nj
Mcneil in your church," so IL.
The minister h~esitated. II really d.
not recall the name" he confessed, all
last. reluctantly. II scarcely think
can have ever met the gentleman"
CTo BE C~oNTINUED)
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