Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24


were softer, his manner more gentle. and IN
his ewes there hld dtWncd soft light OF
federation and hcuiyuitv which became HIM
strangely
GLADYS. who had core on from Lakewood,
WAS with him constantly. and vat he'd these
changes in her father with tlm1d wonder. lie
h4d never been one to contdc in his children,
and it required some Icad ustmcnt OF her re-
lttions with him t"accrpt the quiet appeal OF
his c,cs and the sympathy AMI apprc iation
hat she found in his newly legottcn tender
ness. In Cortland too she saw 4 great
change and it surprised her 10 discover the
rcsolrtc unohtrt1Sivc way in which he met
his responsibilities. Jeff and Camilla, aware
81 their anomalous position, had decided TO
leave the hotel and g. back t. Mesa City
- soon as General Bent grew better. It
was Cortland who prevailed on them I" re-
main.
"Wc'rc al one family now, Jeff, he said
firmly. "onc and indivisblc. Gladys and
are of n mind on that and Father wishes it
81. Your claim on him comes before ours.
We don't forget that-Wc don't want to for
get it.
Ie;f. unable to reply, only graspcd him by
the hand. And then with Larry 5 help. the
two ot them plunged into the business OF
Strengthening out the tlnglc i'll the Generals
affairs and Icff's. 1t was 4 matter Of mo-
ncnt with Cortland to give the Saguarhe
Shortlnc proper schedule at once. and 50
lv his diSpcnsation on MAY -. rs Jeff had
boosted thc thought OF il now, trains were
running from Pueblo 10 Suguayhc. The
Denver 4 Western too restored its old schcd
ulc from Kinney and the Sagrache Develop
ment Company resumed its business by
really developing.
In the absence OF his two sons. Camilla
and GLADYS sat With the old man. reading
or talking to him as the fancy seized him to
have them DO. He liked to lie on a couch at
the window and look out toward the noun
tains beyond which left interests lay, while
Camilla told him of her husbands early
struggles in the valley. He questioned her
eagerly often repeating to himself, when she
told him of the Wat h Us Grow" sign, Of
the failure of Mesa City and Of its rciuvena-
ton.
~Perhaps. after all. the old man would
sigh. perhaps it did him no harm. 1t makes
me very happy, Child" He didn't say
what made him happy; but Camilla knew.
THEN came a dav when the General was
pronounced out OF all danger, and capa-
ble of resuning a small share OF his old re-
sponsbilities. On that day new articles of
partnership were drawn for the firm OF Bent
& Company, into which Jeff Wray was now
admitted. The Lone Tree mine and the
Saguache Smelter figured in the transaction.
Mrs. Cheyne who had wise corner in her
pretty head. refused to accept the money
that had been advanced to jeff Wray, and
now insisted on bonds OF the Development
Company and stock in the Shortline. Law
renee Berkely, whose peace had been made
with Curtis lanney. now became the West
ern representative of the Amalganated Re
duction Company, with Pete Alulrennan as
actual head OF the Mesa City plant.
1t was from General Rent that all the
plans cnanatcd. and Curtis Janney without
difficulty succeeded in arranging matters in
New York. He took sardonc pleasure in
reminding the General that he had once sug
gested the ACCESSIBILITY of using Jeff S talents
for the benefit Of their company, and ac-
cepted these plans as a Slight tribute to his
own wisdom.
General Bent wanted to go to Mesa City
to see the mine: but it was thought best by
the doctors to send him East to a lower alti
tude and so. about the middle of June, Cort-
land took him to New York, leaving Jeff and
Camilla to stay for awhile at Mesa City.
where Camilla could watch the building of
Glen Irwin. She could not find it in her
heart to give up the Wcst-not altogether.
Later on they would spend their summers
,,rt Of