Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-31

/ with laugh. You FIRST. then.
Marion"
| No D.Cksie. YOU"
| Never YOU first" So Marion.
! quite red and wretchedly nl at ease
walked into the ranchhouse first.
] Sinclair shone nowhere better than
as host When ne had placed his
/ guests comfortably ia the living room
ne told them the story OF the building
/ OF the house. Then he made a cicerone
/ a himself and explained with run
! ming comments. each feature OF his
| plan as De showed how II had been
! carried ont through the various rooms.
/ Surprised at the attractiveness OF
! things. uicksie found herself making
/ mental notes for her own use. and be-
! san asking questions Sinclair was
/ superb in answering. bat the DANCER
| Of admirrg things became az once ap-
| parent for when Dicksie exclaimed
/ over handsome bearskin. a rich dark
/ brown grizzly skin of unusual size. Sin
/ clair told the story OF the killing
l barred his tremendous forearm 10
| show where the polished claws had
! ripped him. and. disrecarding Dicksie's
] protests. insisted on sending the skin
! over 20 Crawling Stone ranch as a
! souvenir Of her visit
II live great deal alone over here
4 Dc said waving Dicksic's continued re
! fusal maCuiGCen'ly aside as he moved
/ INTO the next room. 1--we got a few
| good docs. and J hunt Just enough 20
/ Keep my hand iu with q rifle" Dicksie
/ quailed little at the smile that went
! with Che words. "The men al least
/ The KIND 7 miN with. don't care for
/ grizzly skins and Go enjoy anything
! you've got to- have sympathetic com
/ psuy-dou YOU know thatg" he asked
/ looking admiriugly az Dcksie. 1--WE
/ got another skin for you-a silver-tip."
he added Boo deep. gentle tones. .ad-
" dressing Marion TT has a fine head
| as fine as ever saw I'm the Smithson-
ian. 10 Us down al Medicine Bend now.
/ being dressed and mounted By the
! way. I've forrctren 90 ask YOU Miss
! Dicks.e. about Che high water How
/ Old You get through at tho rancho"
Dicksie. sitting ON the piano bench.
| looked up with resolution. "Bravelyt"
she exclaimed "Nr. McCloud came TO
our rescue with bags and mattresses
and 100 mon. and ho has put in re-
vetmcnt 900 feet long. on. we are
| regular river experts q. our house
now, Had you any trouble here. NJ.
! Sinclair"
No The Frcuchmau behaves pretty
| well in Tho rock We had 40 feet OF
! water how. XXX. ..... -. an -,
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low ,,,..s ,[, - ''..
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bic ct.t- .,I .. --
/ rser,rf,..,,...r, .t, ,,,
but tbat is ,r s,,,,, es NJ. ,-.'y
men ana ,,,.t l..-. 80
gs, st.--,4 -. ,,.t.,.
/ Wen Pm cl.s b.. .-,, --. -,
/ Try tbst ,,t..., ,-l.- r,t,,.Nt. "a, 80.
| 7 So,,., 500. ....t. -,..
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! ME- 49,, 49, 49, ~,
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| ,,,,,, a.. ,.,,.,..
a plaver ,rs-,o,, = ~, ,l,,,,,. -.
minutes win ,,-, ma. - -, -. -,
| c,I-.,. ,.,. '"u .i''''1
! nicksie's heart i-,,ra6 ..Do,.t -
| gone long Manic, % sl,, ,,~r,i,,..,, g.,
| uulsivelv "for ,o,, mon, ,f~ ct..,at-
/ we must eet b,ct tv Two 49,. ..
! And Dicksie rals MIN s,.,~,h -,
/ looked al tb,n, borb NIa~,or 80,
! comuosed nodded resee,,rtr,l,, .rE
| followed Sinclair ot, ~ 5or.-e ir',o ,,,,
/ sunshine
| For q few rriD,,+.e Di,r.t. e--o-..,
wildly On the psano .r SOM. bs1s Cor.
gotten air and ip "a favor ~ .v,it..
ment walked out ON ,he ,.o-,b 30 81,
where they were To her relief She
/ saw Marion sitting rear S{,clair ,,,.
| der the big tree i'm front ~ the hone
| where the horses stood Dicl,sia v-itb
her hands on her cirdle walked TO-.
| lornlv back and forth humned a tune
sat down in q rocking chair farned
| herself rose walked bscl, and fortb
again and reflected that she was ner.
fectly heIpless. and thar Sinclair MIGHT
| Kill Marion a hundred times before
she could reach her And tho tho,,obt
that Marion was perbaps wholly mn.