Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-09

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bent upon discussing matters of no in
tereSt to u.s." she said, $50 We'll leave
you to fight it out alone. I'm sure
you'll all agree with Hugh in the end.
Like General Grant, he's a very OBJ
stinate man."
No sooner were they seated in the
big living DON than Mrs. Enderby be-
gan to relate comical stories of her
household. Her cats had fits and ran
up he wall. Her dogs were forever
getting quilted by reason of foolish
attacks upon porcupines, or else they
came home so reminiscent of skunks
that they all but smothered the cook.
invariably they return from encoun-
ters of this kind just as we are sitting
at dinner" she explained. Further
more, Enderby's bitches are habitually
getting clogged and OVERLOOKING the
lawn and filling the cellar. and he
stands in terror of his cowboys. When
| think of all these irruptions and dis
fractions England'S order and routine
seem heavenly. But Charley finds all
this amusing. more's the pity, and
leaves me to set things in order. Most
ludicrous of all to me is his habitual
claim that the ranch is paying. | tell
him there's an error in his bookkeep-
Ing somewhere, but he assures me that
his receipts exceeded his expenditures
last year, which is quite too incredible.
You've no idea how high wages are
and how little we raise"
ooh, yes, l have" laughed Mrs. Red
field. "And my cat had a fit too. Hugh
says it's the high altitude. l tell him
it's melancholia."
Cavanagh showed himself. 81 hear
so much laughter I'm coming in. We're
all so insufferably political out here,
and, besides, l came to see the ladies,
and l a stay only a few minutes
longer"
You're not going back tonignt?' ex-
claimed his hostess.
q" must be on my own precinct by
daylight" he replied. 'The supervisor
has an eye on me-"
Mrs. Redfield explained to Lee Vir-
ginia, "He rode fifty miles over the
mOuntains'-
Thirty" corrected Ross. "But what
does that matter when Pm in the com
pany Of such charming ladies?" he
added CALAMITY.
and now he's going to ride all the
way back tonight"
"Think of that" gasped Mrs. Ender-
by. "And no mOOn!'
How can you find your way?" asked
Mrs. Bridges, to whom this was a NOR
tally dangerous journey.
"Oh, it's quite simple! If you don't
bump against a tree or fall into the
creek you may be quite sure you're on
the TRAIL" laughed Ross.
Mrs. Redfield knew the true reason
for his coming and was not at all
pleased, 'for with all Lees personal
CHARM" she said to her husband, "she
is socially beneath Ross Cavanagh even
in a state where social barriers are
few"
"COme out on the ~veranda," suggest
ed Cavanagh, "and I'll show you the
hills l must. climb"
Lee accepted ~innocently, but as the
young people left the DON Mrs. En-
derby looked at her hostess with sig
nificant glance. "There's the lady Ross
rode down to meet. Who is she?"
"Her mother is that dreadful old
creature that keeps the Wetherford no.
tel in Roaring Fork"
"No!" exclaimed Mrs. Enderby.
Eyes; Lee Virginia is Lie Wether-
ford's daughter"
"But the girl is charming"
II cannot understand it. Hugh came
home a week or so ago full of her
praise And at this point her voice
dropped lower, and the other drew
closer.