Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-08-27

time. sli@Ei. AZ almost indistinguish-
able trace Of another tongue in his
English
How am | to know whether it
would be presun.ing:" she asked.
But | WIS going To say
When rudely Interrupted She was
trying 10 ns;,..S. il easy for him to say
whatever se w-isl.eg.
that these troubles Of mine are
really personal have committed no
crime ana mn aot fleeing from jus
tice'
She ias:shp and urged her horse
into Il g:.iloIi 10 Il last stretch of road
near the I,ss.s iiissi.s
"IIou g!a:Vsx. ing. We expect
Montana raac!.Man TO have a speetac-
ular past
Btu IS. to carry il. hope. TO Wash
ingtoa. On t.le range | might become
a LAWYERS bandit IN the interest of pic
turesqueness. but here
Here Ia the world of frock coated
statesmen nothing really interesting is
to be expected
She walked her horse again. 1t oc-
Cured % her that he might wish an
assurance Of silence from her What
| she had seen would make d capital bit
| of gossip, to SHY nothing of being ma
| terial for the newspapers. and her con-
science as she reflected grew uneasy at
| 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 a peaceful park. but
here she tested him. A man of breed
ing would not ask protection of wo-
man on whom he had no claim, and it
was certainly not for her to establish
an understanding with him in so
| strange and grave matter.
1T must be fun having ranch With
cattle on a thousand hills | always
| wished my father would go in for
western place, but he can't travel SO
far from home. Our ranch is in yir-
| ginia,'
You have Virginia farm? That is
very interesting"
| Eyes: at Storm Springs. It's really
I
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
! Montana ranchman, and it seemed
/ best not to multiply his places of resi-
i dence He had. moreover. forgotten
! the name of the county in which his
preserve lay. He said. with truth:
IT know nothing of Virginia or the
south. but have viewed the landscape
from Arlington. and some day | hope
to go adyenturing in the Virginia
hills
{, Then you should not overlook our
valley | am sure there must be adj
| ventures waiting for somebody down
| there. You can tell our place by the
spring lamb ON the hillside. There's a
huge inn that offers the long distance
| telephone and market reports and golf
links and very good horses. and let's of
people stop there as a matter of course
in their flight between Florida and
Newport They go up and down the
coast like the mercury in thermome-
ter-up when it's warm. down when
it's cold. There's the secret of our
mercurial temperament"
passing automobile frightened her
horse and he watched her perfect cool.
ness in quieting the animal with rein
and voice.
"He's just up from the farm and
doesn't like town very much. But be
shall go home again soon" she said as
| they rode on.
"Oh. you go down to shepherd those
spring lambs!'' he exclaimed. with mis-
| giving in his heart He had followed
her across the sea, and now she was
about to take fight again
He dimly understood as he left her
in gay mood at the Claiborne house
that she had sought to make him for
get the lurking figure in the park thick
ct and the dark deed thwarted there.
It was her way Of conveying to him
her dismissal Of the incident and It
implied greater Kindness than any
pledge OF secrecy. He rode away with
grave eyes, and . new hope filled bis
heart.