Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-04-15
Why He Came
Back
Pob's Letter Brought Him
in with Rush

Noou eFchius, MT. MouIOe, the
girl said. cordially. When did you
get back from Chicago?"
This afternoon said the young
man. Three hours late Thought
was never going to get here We
We're delayed at every station"
Wasn't it rather sudden. your COM
ing back? thought you were to be
away all winter"
80 did L.
WIN you be in New York long?"
That depends he said IF things
go wrong, / shall take the 11:25 back
tonight. If motif it were possible
that they would go well with mel
should stay over Sunday"
oh, you business men," she
laughed How hard you work to
make the women believe you are wear
ing yourselves out
We've been having great fun plan
ming our winter doings lately" she
went on. 1T seemed queer not to
have you here to help us"
You miss me?'
They all do. | know Louise said it
seemed as if we'd have to give up the
german because you weren't here"
what did you say?'
Il said | thought Mr. Fuller could
do it,"
"Oh Who's this Fuller?"
He's cousin OF the Osbornes. He
came from Detroit, and is great addi-
ton to our circle. Why, he's the most
gifted man | ever saw-musical, ar
tistic and literary and the best organ
izer / know
That sort of man never amounts
to anything. Jack of all trades and
master of none"
"Oh, no, indeed He's made a great
success of his business, too | wish
you could meet him; l know you'd like
him. He's taken some splendid group
pictures of the crowd
IF there's anything 1 hate it's a
man who goes around swapping people
in awkward positions and uncomforta-
BILE places and then shows them to
everybody
81 don't think it's very kind of you
to talk that way"
What way?"
you know perfectly we'll"
"Oh, come now. I'll be good I'm
so worried l don't realize what 1 say,
l suppose. Please forgive me-"
I'm so sorry you're worried" she
said. softening. WAS the letter as
bad as that?'
1T was bad enough to bring me
back here when l got it, and now l
find it was so very bad that it will
send me away again tonight"
How mysteriousl 1t sounds like
novel"
What do you call a novel? A man,
a girl and another man? l guess I'm
one of the characters them
"A girls at the bottom of it?' she
asked II didn't mean to pry."
Il want you to pry. You see tits
such confoundedly new experience. 1
don't know just how toto get out of
It,"
"Oh, but you want to-get out of it ?"
No, no, l don't mean that. Bob's
letter bowled me over so completely
that was half crazy. never knew
II cared before And now it's too
late. l was awfully stupid not to re-
alize it, but a man gets so used to
girls he forgets it's dangerous. You
know"
Yes, of course. Sort of hardened.
Immune in way"
Now you're making fun of me-
Honest, | don't mean anything like
that. | am feeling far from conceited
and everything say you twist to
sound as if were. I'm very humble"
Poor man, l should think you'd
be so accustomed to girls you wouldn't
mind me-"
"Don'tl"I
Don't you want to be leased p
mot when I'm in dead earnest 1t
hurts"
Mr.. Fuller says a man is never
dead in earnest who makes conf
dant of a girl
'Mr. Fuller doesn't know what he
is talking about. I'm in earnest and
you've got to listen to me-"
Really"
Yes; really. | suppose your mill
lionaire friend would say a man is
never cross when he's in love, wouldn't
hep"
my what?H
Your millionaire friend"
s'Who?"
This brilliant Fuller"
He isn't millionaire"
"Ob, yes, he is. He's everything.
Bob praised him, too"
The man who wrote you? What
did he say about Mr. Fuller?"
THE whole letter was about him"
Il hope nothings wrong. What's
the trouble?"
Il don't mean to make you anxious.
forgot for the moment. 1t was on
Fuller's account | came east
Il thought you said you didn't know
him."