Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-06-09


"Ihank you for coming to tell US,
Mr.. Crowfeet." said Phoebe as the
man rode away.
The next appearance of Phoebe En-.
cry In this story is six years later.
She is eighteen years old. and nature
has endowed her with face and fig
ure singularly attractive. Strong anu
beautiful characters are often made
SO as much 10y environment as by he
redity. rhoebes experience as child
and her own inherent strength had de.
veloped her into Il very different per
son from the average girl of eighteen
The mob. disappointed in finding her
father and drunken with liquor. had re
turned and forced his wife and chill.
dren out of their home by burning il.
But he had been saved to them, and
as soon as he could safely communl-
cate with them he had done So Then
the real murderer of Armstrong turned
up. and committee of citizens had
gone to Emery and invited him to re-
turn to them. But he declined.
Emery established himself in one of
those rapidly growing western towns
which throw off their childhood with
in few years aud become cities.
There his children were educated and
became accustomed to city ways and
manners. Phoebe became an accom-
plished girl and when she was nine
teen years Old was the acknowledged
belle of her social circle.
One evening ut ball Miss Emery
was standing In the center of group
of young men who We're wing with
one another TO engage her for the
dances. Happening to glance toward
the entrance, she saw man enter ana
stand looking as If attracted by curios-
lily, but too retiring to join the gay
throng. She saw In the man who
shrank from elbowing his way throu. b
the immediately dressed young PEI
pie assembled for the dan, e Sheriff
Jack Winslow. Before her flashed
picture of his stalwart figure riding
over the plain to warn her father of
his danger at the risk of his own life.
He had changed but little. she had
budded from childhood to womanhoud
Even II at the time he had come to
her former home he had not been pre-
occupied with his warning she was
then too young for him to have noticed
her, and now changed as she was. he
would not, in any event, have recog-
uhed in her the little girl of half Il
dozen years ago. Phoebe knew him
the moment her eyes rested upon him.
The German cotillion was introduced
that evening for the first time in the
assembly. Jack Wlns!ow. though he
had danced in barns. did not consider
himself sufficiently polished to take
part in society dane. Indeed his coat
was not II spiketail, nor did he wear
low cut white vest So he concluded
to sit out" the cotilion by himself
Various figures We're dan ed. and
finally one was introduced wherein
lady was seated by herself IN the
middle of the room. holding hand
mirror. The young men, one by one
were brought up behind her. She
looked ut their reflections in the mir
ror, and when the one she wished TO
dance with appeared she chose hiEl
for her partner.
When 1t came Phoebe Emery's turl
to take the chair one Ian after an
other was led up behind her. but she
seemed disposed to be very particular
as TO the man she would dance with.
All the young men most prominent In
n social point of view were taken up,
and all were rejected. Then the less
desirable newcomers and generally
unknown men were tried. to meet a
like fate. At last every man who was
dancing the cotillion had been led up
and Sent back to his seat
Naturally the episode by this time
excited attention. What did II mean?
That the lady desired to snub the man.
or had not the right man been found:
The leader, having exhausted those
who were in the cotillon, now turned
his attention to the few loiterers who
were not. They were all known except
Jack Winslow. Every man IN the room
except himself was taken up and re
jected. Finally. amid excited chatter.
the leader approached the last man
Jack saw the eyes of every one turned
upon him.
Go away" he said. red as beet.
81 don't know the lady"
Come" replied the leader. Every
man must ~ tried
Jack was dragged unwilingly be- |
hind the chair In which Phoebe was
sitting. He was about to turn away |
when she arose from her chair. put
one hand on his shoulder and sailed |
away amid burst of applause.
The interest excited was short lived |
except for one person. That person
was Jack Winslow. After dancing n
few minutes the couple seated them
selves. and Jack said
"Will you kindly explain this I'M
usual attention with which you have |
honored me?"
mot till ! have 'hOnored' you with |
another. ] wish you TO be my escort to |
my home"
And them
"You will understand it all"
"Let us go at once"
81 am ready"
Later the two assembled the steps of