Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-08-12

ed hair, when she had - ~
and then l remembered o ne h
nasning changes when the -,
mischief had danced in h P q
eyes. She was just bundle =, - =
to whom a new man was si.,', ~ M
sport Yet l envied Islin ~,
strength Of my heart wbi.h "9 u
strangely Inconsistent l had ,,.. @
Charles had foreseen the ..osI ..
had made things tight abon, - s'''a
moreover, he had built : A.. ~ c',s
ing-room, which was also the A.. = y
to take the chill out of the ,,ns,al S.ull
ening air. Ordinarily, / worIs I,' ~ y
glad to get in and change into . IA. ..'s
and stand In front Of the e.. %
comfortable, but now was !. =.
OF sorts as though the eot,.-. laa
a house of cards and had snSa.., ma -
bled down about my head
Poor Charles He was -,
the rawness of my temper. TS,1
sooner closed the door than 7 -,
him to get into his ollskins 80
McCullom's with an order 10 M -4
my horse at the back door IN
Yes, Mr.. Felix" said Cb.,,..
going to be bad night, sir, .sii,,
pardon"
I'm going to the Peuu,,
Charles" | answered. "and / A.,
II the heavens fall on the wars
Yes. sir, very good, sir" snso
departed, wondering, doubtless !,
strange new master he had to,,l +
knew what l thought of the P,,r-:,
l changed into my storm -
heavy riding breeches, with a ~
jacket that buttoned up to nv -
put the locket in a little paxt,s,..,
and placed 1t in an inside POCKET Ir!1
less Miss Graham valued that sr,r
oval trinket with her monorr,- -,
on the outside and her loyer suz,,
inside, and she should not hsy, IA
until the storm passed to learn IL. ,
had not lost 1t. 1t would %
for her to be disturbed for a fsv ~
then / would end 1t.
Charles came back and said ts,, v
would be around at S. | had svu~
silent state, and then sank inro -,
thought before the fire. Coufou,s }
for being such a simple, gullibls ta
who had scarcely laid eyes on a Won,
before at Alastair That was the n,
BILE with the affair. In town IN
have been prepared, properly gyya y
breast-plated, but here she had CON. II
on me in my own natural wiIdenes \
my own simple beach, in my Ship d /.
dreams, where everything was y d,
and open as the sea.
Charles eyed me nskance as vUl
my oilskin hat about my ears and nj
ed upon Nero Even the poor beast q,
have looked at me suspiciously, for d
was no night for riding on any iu1
errand. must be the bearer Of tii,1
figure stepped out of rough-audus
BILE story. Had I only known how u
night was TO carry me far aied, d
how that ride be the first swift gallop !
to a strange and swirling enterprise
The pines shot their water into l
face as / galloped along the narrow r,i
The sandy footing gave now and ,ri
and had to let Neros instinct save I
fiom foundering in the bogs which y
heavy rain was making of the cOunip
The night was black as pitch; the VII
risen to a hurricane, screeched thruna
the forest In a thousand varied roisl
each more harsh and ominous than y
last. Several times, riding out from I
middle of the road, wet branches dhTs
by the gale flung themselves asains I
and almost thudded me from my nz
l crouched low, bending forward for q
ty and that l might peer into the u1T
blackness of the road. Several In
Nero stumbled and | almost pitched N
his head.
The lights at the gate of the club V
out; they were evidently not ezped7
visitors. / rode Nero to the stables I
him with a groom, and STROBE into \
clubs main hall. must have prssaa
a sorry spectacle; my tisht-ouaaa
leather jacket, my riding-breeche' Y
boots, all soaked and running with Ei4
my hair and face dripping when y
off my oilskin hat that buckled unda
chin. !,
Take my name to Miss Grahan
said to the clerk at the desk, and d y
ognized me and sent a buttons %
her.
Miss Graham is in the sun-pana
the porch to the right of the main-p,
reported the buttons. land says sns Il
see you there"