Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-11-11

TO look upon JlmSy $ visits as
A w pleasant breaks in the monot-
0ny of her existence, however,
she had obtained glimpses of his inner
self, flashes of the prOfundity of his
mind, an inkling of his elevation Of
sentiment that escaped him. in spite
of himself, quite unconsciously. Her
woman's keen perception had OWNED
a spirituality that was buried purpose
ly by speech and copduct This had
interested her and given her food for
thought but she could find no salts
factory explanation. The clew to the
mystery, which, truth to tell, interest
ed her but mildly. had come to her
first on the evening of her husbands
attack on Captain Williams In the lit
tie Harlem fiat, when, after he had
let fall and smashed the cup, he had
remarked a little ruefully that he had
let slip everything he had ever had In
his life that was worth while. The
confirmation of her deduction that his
unrequited love for herself had been
the death of ambition and accounted
for his aimless, lonely existence, which
she had been inclined to reject as alb
surd, was obtained on that momentous
night just before her husband extin-
guished utterly and forever the few
embers OF love for him that still were
live. After he had told her the story
OF his life In his quaint, everyday
speech and her heart had gone out to
him In that burst OF irrepressible SYM
patty the CONSERVATION this had caused
him had uncovered his secret as In a
book, for In that moment she had seen
beyond the mere start OF timid mod
esty.
Later, after the shock Of Brooks ac-
ton had ceased to obsess her and he
had receded further and further to-
ward memory, she had set free her
imprisoned inclinatiOns. Once more
her rejuvenated fancy had taken wing
to the heights Of the ideal and roman
tic. Somehow 1t had come to asso-
ciate Jimsy with its excursions. Pos
SCISSOR Of his secret, she had set herself,
while Disgusting her task with cum
ming, to the dangerous study of the
heart that had held It so long inviolate.
The knowledge that he loved her with
such steadfast intensity rekindled love
on the dead ashes her husband had
left behind, and for the very reason
that Jimsy betrayed his sentiments In
nothing, held unswervingly to the line
Of conduct toward her he had followed
ever since she had refused to take seri-
0usly his offer of marriage, this love
had grown stronger fiercer, until It
had filled her life. She saw that she
had passed happiness by. She exalted
Jimsy's secret passion until in her
imagining he became the incarnation
Of nobleness, Of desire, of all mortal
joys.
She brought a heap OF blueberries To
him and poured them into bis Joined
hcnds and they seated themselves on
a rock to eat them and to rest
'This Is the most enjoyable picnic
I've had in years" she said gayly. "Ii
was quite an inspiration Of yours &c
run up to visit us Why don't you
come often instead Of spending your
week ends in the hot city, You ought
TO take a vacation and stay here for g
few weeks"
"rd like to awfully," he told her
hut the fact is I'm too busy TO think
Of getting away. Williams is piling a
whole lot OF work and responsibility on
me these days. Williams. you know
isn't what you'd call an easy boss. II
he raises a mans salary he sees to Il
that he gets his moneys worth. he
simply won't be bothered. even with
matters that amt precisely details"