Arizona republican., 1909-06-10
1 LOVERS LEAP &
 Ry TS1zer Gme,sou R>owue X

r EFT to herself that afternoon she had taken
 novel and had wandered over the stony ground, A< with its clumps of spruce and pine, its ragged lodges and huge boulders the deep narrow ravine of Lovers Leap And there luled by the soft voices of the forest, she had lain upon thick carpet of pine needles until the setting sun rested even upon the bare hills
 At length, however, she her feet and picked up the book at her side As she did so there dropped from between its leaves letter-or rather part of letter, for the first pages missing Stopping she picked up from its resting place and about to replace it between the pages of the book when her name caught her eye.
 Unconsciousy and quite naturally she glanced at the words that preceded and followed
 "-the way in which Barbara Ladd has treated Bob Remington l feel that have no great desire to meet her Women who will torture for the pleasure of watching him squirm and open his soul just what lies therein child looks at the works of watch do not appeal But other matters will bring me- and if it will inconvenience you to put next to else dinner will consent to the ordeal of sitting by her. But do not hold it forth as an inducement.
 Sincerely yours,
 GORDON STEELE"
 There was postscript, but she did not read it; for she had awakened suddenly the fact that the letter intended for other eyes than hers; and bright flush flashed quickly across the delicate whteness of her cheek She replaced the letter between the leaves of the book and, with flashing eyes and surgng heart turned to retrace her steps to the Lodge
 She Steele dinner that night He bent his head in conventional acknowledgement of their introduction and seated himself beside her at the table. And, throughout the meal they chatted calmly facley upon triraes and commonpaces each yelling feelings each burying under flood of conversational nothings that about which each would have liked to speak
 For he gazed the proudly poised head, with its wealth of goden-brown hair the dark, honest eyes and the sensitive mouth he somehow other found it diff fcult believe that which his cold judgment had told him And in her. the temptation to tell him what she knew and what she thought great-veIy great At house-party which includes one married couple and engaged couples, it would that remaining guests must perorce, make up their minds to be much in each others company But somehow other, Steele found himself bafed in every attempt to bring about tete-a-tete with this girl who had become to bm a most tantazng enigma. For underneath the gay rail- lery of her wit he continually caught gimpses of a tender seriousness keen of fair play and quick sympathy He felt confounded puzzled by these in- consistencies between the he had made up his mind to dislike and the woman he was finding so charming reHs Her cleverness in keeping up friendly attitude toward him in the presence of the others, and yet evad ing situations in which they would be left alone to- gether aroused his admiration By the end of the third day. Steele found himself thinking of very little else except possible and impossible for her evident antpathy toward him.
 Then to his surprise, the following afternoon, when their hostess suggested for them horseback to the Fes she acquiesced gracefully; and he, oo fell at with the plan, assuring himself that here an excellent opportunity study her. As they cantered down the woodland avenue Steele refined in his huge black and rode slightly in the The girl was mounted on beautiful clean-mbed chestnut that, with arching neck danced daintly down the drive. With head held proudly and cheeks flushed she sat erect upon her mount her 1.-the body swayng with every movement of the animal beneath her. Q