Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-11-21

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credit 20 myself for vhz; 6ld. Vol.
0oo vas abssnt. Ny hands acted on
a impulse aboye and beyond all ,ardy
Osotai guidance. For Just a flashing
lossa,t the gray nose Of ny car rose
before me. ~ In strenuous assault q,
mounted half way 10 the coping OF
ehe roadside wall. felt my seat dart
sway from beneath me. was conscious
q ny body In svift. unsupported
oo61al Night. and then-but II In idle
- attempt 70 act down the conglom
osote sensations Of that small fraction
- . second When / regainsd con
De1ousness. Queen Titania was kneei
eaG In the dust Of the lane beside me
"A vsry distressed and anxious Queer
15tania. WITH vide. startled eyes, ant
Qo1vsSfngly sympathetic lips--ant
about us were q half dozen or NOR.
q the yic!nal country folk.
Between that meeting IN mid Ma,
end this meeting on the old Bostor
Post Road In mid-September. ther'
hA1 been others. Of course: for Queer
11tania, whose everyday name. a.
have said. was Evelyn Grayson. wa
de niece and ward OF my neares
oslghbor. Mr.. Robert Cameron, a gen
tlsman recently come 10 reside oI
what for century and more had beef
known a. the old Townsbury Estate
extending for quite mile along tn
Connecticut shore OF Long Islam,
Sound in the neighborhood Of Green
V5ch.
The intervening four months he,
witnessed the gradual growth OF a
noAr an approach to Intimacy betweel
Cameron and myself as was possibl
o0nsidsring the manner OF man .ha
Cameron was. BY which Statement,
mean 10 imply naught to my neigh
bor's discredit. He was In all respect
ad0irable-a gentleman of education
asd culture. widely Travelled, OF exsl
- ideals and noble principles to whic
hs gave rigid adherence. Butt wa
about TO qualify this by describin
him - reserved and taciturn. feaI
though. to give q wrong impression
0o was scarcely that. There wer
moments. however. when he was unr.
0p0nsive. and he was never demonstri
tive. He had more poisc than an
mar ] know. He allowed you TO sc
just 20 much Of him. and no more. A
times he was almost stubbornly ret
cent. And yet. IN spite OF these qua
lties, which appeared 70 be cultivate
rather than inherent. he gave repeate
evidence Of nature at once SO sin
pie and kindly and sympathetic as I
command both confidence and are,
tlon.
To the progress Of my intimac
With Evelyn there had been no sue
tempeSamental impediment She wa
fouSiessIy outspoken. with a franknes
boep Of unspoiled innocence; barrel
ots wesks having elapsed between hs
sraduation from the tiny French col
voot Of Bainte Barbe near Paris an
or periIous encounter In shat col
tructed. treacberous. yet blessed HIT
Connscticus lane. And she possesse'