The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-18

ly susceptible. made so by his solitary
life In the mountains, and - be seated
close beside this maid OF the valley
stirred his blood TO the danger point
1t was only by an effort of the will
thnt he kept in touch with the conver-
sation.
II hadn't the least thought Of seeing
you here" said Virginia. How did
you happen tu Gomez"
"Rcdneld t"lopIoned me at the mill.
and came at once haven't been
here since May and Just thsught I'd
take II hair day OIL Luckily my un-
dersmdy WAS with me. ,cft him 'on
the job"
lie did not tell her that size was the
principal reason for This sudden de-
scent upon Elk Lodge. aud no one but
Redfield knew the killing ride he had
taken in order to be IN ut the begin
ming Of the dinner. The girls face
aud voice. especially her voice. had
been with him night and day as lac
went aEOut his solitary duties. Her
life problem had come to hli his mind
to a disturbing degtcc, und he was
eager to know more OF her aud Of her
struggle against the vice and yu.
purity Of the Forks
How is your mothcr5' be asked a
few minutes later
mot at all well Mr. Ecdheld ia 10
take the doctor back with us tomor
row" The ecstasy died out Of her
face. and 'ne flexible lips dropped with
troubled musiug ~ am ufmid she
suffers more than She viii admit"
"She needs u rest and change She
should get away from her seut at that
cash register ana return to the open
nir A touch Of camp nfe would help
her She sticks too close to her work "
81 know she does, but she won't let
me relieve her, even for an hour II
isn't because she doesn't trust me
she says its because she doesn't want
me sitting there-so-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 ass ia like to
do. | really think II mother wishes
TO sell she could do so now to much
better advantage"
I've no doubt Of IT, Really. Pm
not being funny, Miss Wetherford,
when ] say you've done something
heroic. It's no easy thing to 20 into
II place like that and make II hab.
liable Il shows immense courage and
self reliance on your part It's pre-
cisely the kind Of work this whole
country needs.
His praise, sincere and generous. re.
paid her for all she had gone through.
Ii was n great pleasure to hear her
small self praised for courage and self
reliance by one whose daily work was
heroic. All things consplred to make
a conquest of her heart, for the ranger
bore himself with grace and dealt with
his silver dcf.ly. His face. seen from
the side, was older and sterner than
she had thought IT, but it was very at.
tractive in line
Redheld appealed 10 the ranger.
Ross, you're all sorts Of Il reactonary.
What do you say to this? Senator
Bridges is opposed TO all federal inter
ference with state forests and state
game"
The forcster's eyes nc up. But are
they state forests and state game?
What makes them so? They are lands
which the whole people purchased and
which the whole people defended"
"Heah. heah" cheered Enderby.
Bridges brisiled with anger and went
of into long haranguc on state rights
and the dangers of Capitalization, to
which Enderhy replied "Bosh! The
whole trouble with your bully gov
ernment is it's lack of cohesion. If
had my way I'd wipe out the senate.
You're such blooming asses over here
You don't know enough TO keep real.
~ big man in your presidential chair
This fussing about every four years Is
plain rot. Here's Roosevelt gets in
the midst Of a lot of the finest kind Of
reforms. you know. ana directly you
20 and turn him out. Then If you get
bad man you've TO wait four years
til you can fetch him II whuck. Why
not arrange It so you can pitch your
president out the minute he goes
wrong? | say your old rag OF a con
stltution Is II ball and chain on your
national leg. England is immeasura
bly, better OF SO far as that goes"
Ross turned to Virginia, leaving the
political discussion to 20 on over his
head. 81 was back in the old island
couple OF years ago, aud you've No
idea how small it seemed 10 me. 1t
surely is a right little, tight little
island couldn't help wondering
whether the men IN parliament were
as important as they seemed to think
they were and whether England Is not
really an empty shell Of empire, II
memory Of what 1t once was
couldn't settle down there some way.
was homeslck for the mountains in
a month But what scared me most
was the naunor nOnulatlOn Of the old
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