The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-09
CHAPTER VII.


CHAPTER VII.
TWO on THE vEaANDA.
~ EDFIELD met his young guest
~ in dinner coat, looking extreme
" urban, and presented his
= = friend and neighbor, Mr.. En-.
derby.
Bnderby turned out to be the owner
Of the voice with the English accent
which Lee Virginia had heard in the
hall, but he was very nice, and a mo-
ment later Mrs. ReddeId entered with
AIRS. Enderby, large lady with a
smiling face. Then a voice she knew
spoke from behind her: ~ don't need
q presentation. Miss wetherford and
1 have already met" ,
4 she turned to meet Ross Cavanngh,
the young ranger, a.,
"How did you get here?,n she asked
IN wonder,
: n rode across the bills It's not
:. -He, too, was in evening dress, and Us;
she stared at him in surprise he .langll
fngly protested ''Please don't scfiti-
nize this coat too closely. It's the,only
one I've owned for ten years. and this
isthe only house inswhich I'd dare to
wear it," ,aajs ~ NJ
\ One Of the guests was State Senator
Bridges, faImeglize elderly man
wearing badly fitting serge suit: He
was markedly western. So was his
wife, Who looked rather uneasy and
shot. a4a2 N't%t ~
virginia and Ross being the only
young folk at 7tlle table, were seated
together, and Enderhy remarked pri-
vately, ROSS, you're In luck"
II know am" he replied heartily.
he was, as Redfietd had said, high
" susceptible, made so lsr his solitary.
life in the mountains, and to be seated
close beside this maid If the valley
stirred his blood 10 he danger point.
It was only by IN effort Of the will
that he kept in touch with the CONVEX
sation,
4 Il hadn't the least thought Of seeing
you here" said Virginia. "How did
You happen to Gomez"
Red6eld telephoned me at the mill,
and I came at once. haven't been
here since May, and just. thought I'd
take q half day off. Luckily my I'M
derstudy was with me. / left him ON
the Job"
He did not tell her that she was the
principal reason for this sudden de-
scent upon Elk Lodge, and no one but
Redheld knew the killing ride he had
takenain order to be in at the begin
ming Of the dinner. The girls face
aud voice, especially her voice, had
been with him night and day as be
went about his solitary duties. Her
life problem had come to fill his mind
to disturbing degree, and he was
eager to know more Of her and Of her
struggle against the vice. and vul-
garlty of the Forks.
How is. your mother?" he asked a
few minutes later.
Not at all well. Mr.. Redfield is to
take the doctor back with us tomor.
rowF The ecstasy died ont of. her
face, and the flexible lips dropped with
troubled musing. II amsarraid, she
suffers more than she will admit. 'f. 15s
She needs rest and change. She
should get away from her seat at that
cash register and return to the open
air: A touch Of camp. life would help
her. she'sticks too close to her work"
Il know she does, but She won't let
me relieve her, even fUr an hour. II
isn't because she, doesn't trust me;
she says it's because size doesn't want
me sitting there publicly. She
doesn't oppose my housekeeping any
more
"You certainly have made the old
hotel into a place of miraculous neat
ness"
She flushed with pleasure. 81 have
done something, but not as I'd like to
do. really think If mother wishes
to sell she could do SO now to much
better advantage
eve no doubt Of It. Really, Tn
not being funny, Miss -wetherford,
when / shy you've done something
heroic. It's no easy thing to 60 into
\ place like that and make it hab.