The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-16

tnat shall be ready to serve In about Az
nour' and get out a box OF those SALTY
biscuits. Set the small table In the din.
mg-room out 10 front Of the door. with
TWO chairs and be ready to serve a lady
1es, Mr.. Felix" Charles showed No
surprise though he had never received
sucn an order since we had been at Alas
tair- - @''@'
picked up cap. and left the house.
As 1 did 50 l noticed that Miss Graham
naa stopped walking and was gathering
snens- Half way to her. and she was
sun absorbed In the shells. which ar.
quite unusually beautiful here: three
quarters OF the way. and she was stil
piAylng with them l had almost reached
ner' and was raising my cap to sneak
before she turned and saw M A fu.b
OF surprise rose to her cheeks.
Good afternoon
GOOD afternoon. Mr. Hermit. Am
poaching on your preservesY
nor In the least make you free
mere was light in her blue ave.
which l discovered that I remembered
Dur found her ridine-habit new ana
wonderfully progressing. / was takfnr
s'oek OF It when she interrupted me.
LETT my horse tied back IN IN.
WOODS, Haven't you ever seen a riding
habit befores"
Yes ! beg your pardon. but It's so
very becoming .
again the quick flush. and an instaut'r /,
i1ok az the sand Then she laughed and '
snook ner riding-crop playfully at me. e
beware, Mr. Hermit. Any man might ! Il
say thing Ike that. but EXPECT other
things from you That's one Of the peu- a
eiues OF your position you must be dif- b
ierenr look for the favor OF romance
and adventure at AIastair." She LAUGHED
at my puzzled face. shall / 10 bacE t
home again p 2
NO l will try to remember. Did you
come to see the sunset from the clIfTs
les My aunt has a headache and Ia
mas stayed In bed all day. I brfbed our G
"siscr to save me a little supper ana y
seno II up TO my room at O'Clock. 30 yc
you see. I'm free Of the club and din pe
ner- She spoke impulsively. as I i'm
agined she might do many tbIurz .nd 70
glanced at me whimsicaIly to see Of wbst
was thinking. She had some n .bs o.
artiessness Of a child playing trusnt az
from school. Il do hate stupid convsr- M
IONS such as chaperons." she added. aez-
pecially In summer
We walked past my cottage wh,.h "a
Mss Graham looked at with much curf- me-
SHY, asking me a hundred questions An
loout it-how ! had discovered IL WIN
had bought it. how 1t was fashioned in IN
ide- and how I did my MARKETING
oio ner had the same butcher they had .
I the club. "Au -.
"0hl" she said. II half bonsd vo,, and
wed BY hunting and fishing. bpf 80 bar
ose you'd rather indulge In ocasIons1 eve
eefsteakss Infs
I'd rather live that wav" ss,d a,,,,. ron
naries, my man. wouldn't like that ne "
as very cultivated palate.y me
When we came to the TOP Of the elf shil
felt Ike another Balboa discovering tbe a
acihc- In front Of us lay the entrance boat
tne river the sloping away Of the yell,
ines to the low. level fields of rneadou- we'd
ass, and the distant background Of fba a9ai
mes. Here and there the fields were the
tied with beach marshmaIIow. windfaIl. real.
licateiy pink; along the sedev bank. ~
ew clumps Of cat-tails. their brown nen- stop
ms stih Ike so much bronze. At a liz past
ianding-stage. where the river had turn
iiowed out harbor in the bank. rode wrea
cat-Doaf, the sail tightly furled. the "y
st rocking gently with the tide. A. yanc
looked flock Of sand-snjpe rose from IL. I
tai rank grasses beyond the river and back
cad themselves Ike q sail against the pictu
stern sky. Nature never looked 40 an to N
uteIy peaceful. Barb
Look said heron. red-le1vad II
ite-bodied, rose from the sedges ana to At
'ped his way up the stream He called selde
his mate, low, plaintIve cry. ssY
It Is beautiful said the rirl. ~ here
7 wonder that you love TT ~
Look said the suns Kaleidoscope AZ 20
changing the pale yelIows deepan- Real
the pinks turning to reds, to oranges vour
brilliant, blazing colds. Again n Iookir
led and softened; red and yelIo,y hate
e saffron, orange the color Of coral. he n
again. and tie whole west was gold annes
With a purple border. and then as the 4 IN
PIE gained and the gold sank we could os,te
the army Of pines siihoutted against Yonr
dropping fire. IT.
They come, the armies Gomez / cried Mis-
the spears, see the crested horse. "a,
see the banners IN the reartg tool
turned and her eyes were shining. n
ing IN the beauty Of the scene. Their az lei
we're silent for a time, until the hlaza III ~
softened and the battle dropped to n her
ionlous peaf4 .~rh
found 8 qr1 for her and stretched would
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