The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-03-11
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specialized product OF the far east.
say far, viewing Colorado as a point
of departure, not as identifying her
with the orient. The classic shades
of Bryn Mawr had been the Groves
OF Academus where with old Plato
she had walked" incidentally during
her completion Of the exhaustive cur
riculum Of that justly famous institu-
tionfshe had acquired at least bow
ing acquaintance with other masters
Of the mind.
Nor had the physical in her educa-
ton been sacrificed to the mental. In
her at least the mems sana and the
corpore sano were alike in evidence.
She had ridden to hounds many times
on the anise-scented trail OF the West
Chester Hunt! Exciting tennis and
leisurely golf had engaged her atten-
ton on the courts and green's of the
Merton Cricket club. She had buffeted
"OId Oceans gray and melancholy
waste" on the beach at Cape May and
at Atlantic City.
| Spiritually she was devoted men,
Der of the Episcopal church, of the
variety that abhors the word "Protes-
ant" In connection Herewith. Alto
gether she reflected great credit upon
her pastors and masters spiritual and
temporal and her up-bringing in the
three departments of life left little to
be desired.
| Upon her graduation she had been
at once received and acclaimed by the
! Assembly Set" of Philadelphia, to
which indeed she belonged unques-
! toned by right Of birth and position
| and there was no other power under
heaven by which she could have eff
fected entrance therein, at least
/ that Is what the outs thought
! of that most exclusive circle The
| old home Of the Mattlands over
looking Rittenhouse Square had
been the scene of her debut In
| all the refined and decorous gaities OF
Philadelphia's ultra-fastidious society
she had participated. She had even
looked upon money standardized New
York In its delirium of extravaganza
at least in SO far "a sedate and we'll
born Philadelphia family could coun
tenance such golden madness. During
the year she had ranged like a con
querer-pardon the masculine appella
| tion-between Palm Beach In the
south and Bar Harbor in the north
Philadelphia was proud Of her, and
she was not unknown in those un
fortunate parts of the United States
which lay without.
In all this she had remained frank
free, unspoiled young woman. ~IiTs
was full of zest for her, and She en-
joyed it with most un-Pennsylva
MAN enthusiasm.
-lI~--he second summer after her com
ing out found her In Colorado. Rober
Maitland was one of the big men o
the west. He had departed from Phil
adelphia at an early age and had set
tied In Colorado while 1t was still II
the formative period. There he ha'
grown up with the state. The Phil
/ adelphia Maitlands could never under
stand 1t or explain it. Bob MAITLAND
must have been, they argued, rever
| sion to an ancient type, a throwbacl
| to some robber baron long anteceden
to William Penn. And the speculation
was true The blood of some Iawles
adventurer of the past, discreetly fol
/ got by the conservative section of tn
| family, dubbed in his veins unchecke
by the repressive atmosphere of hi
| home and immediate environment.
| He had thoroughly Identified hin
self with his new surroundings an
Il II, int oil hn n
the west. During one period of hi
life he had actually served as sheri
OF one of the border counties, and !
was a rapid bad man" indeed, VIII
enjoyed any advantage over him whe
1t came to drawing his gun" HI
] skill and daring had been unique:
toned, he had made a nan for hin
\ | self which still abides, especially
! the mountains where things yet r,
NAMED almost as primitive as the
had been from the beginning.
His fame had been accompanied b
fortune, too; the cattle upon a tho
sand hills were his, the treasures {
- mines OF fabulous richness were {
his. command He lived in Denver
one, of the greatest of the bonan7
palaces on the hills of that city, col
fronting the snow-capped mountai
= range For the rest he held stock
all sorts of corporations, was d
rector In numerous concerns and {
on-the reader can supply the usu
catalogue, they are all alike He ia
married late In life and was the faith,
of two little girls and boy, the oil
- est sixteen and the youngest ten.
vi Going east, which he did not low
, on an infrequent business trip,
had renewed his acquaintance wit
his brother and the one eve lamb
his brothers flock, to-wit, the afor
mentioned Enid He had been struc
as everybody was, by the splend
. personality OF the girl and had strive
earnestly to disabuse her mind of Il
ii prevalent idea that there was nothir
much worth while On the contine
beyond the Allegheny except scener
What you need, Enid, is rtd
across the plains, sight OF real mou
tains, beside which these little foe
hills In Pennsylvania that people ba<
here make SO much Of wouldn't I
noticed. You want to get some of tt
spirited, glorious freedom Of the we
into your conservative straight-iace
little body"
Tn my day, Robert" reprovfngly r
marked his brother, Ends fathe
freedom was the last thing a your