The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-30

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dAsh Robert lpitIrr,s lngsllfd,
laughed sji5 what jfil Dlu 81 con.
eeiSels III INDIGENOUS b6isterous-
ness: Y Il & 4 az 81
How little you know Of the bone
ard aineN Of this. country. steve, no
exclaimed presently. hobart Maitland
GOULD not comprebend how. II irritated
hiss stately brother to be called
Steve" Nobody eyer spoke Of him
5butsas Stephen Maitland sBut Lord,
/ Issdon't blame you,s continued the
Hesterner. 5.;Any man whose vision ID
haired by q foothlif couldn't be e1.
| pected 10 know much q the main
! range and what's lbeyenH.F ii
There Isn't any danger Of my fall
Ing in love with anybody said Enid
at last, with all the confidence OF two
triumphant social seasons. Il think /
must be immune even to dukes" she
said gatly. atj sss;a a..
4 referred to worthy young Amer.
leans Of" began her iatkerfwho, TO
tido him. Justice. was 50 satisfied with
his own position that no foreign title
dazzled him in the loast degree,i :. !.
"Rittenhouse Square, cut In Rob.
ert Maitland with amused sarcasm.
WELL, Enid, you seem 70 have run
the gamut of the east pretty thor
oughly: come out and spend the sum-
mer with me in Colorado. My Denver
house Is open to you; we have q ranch
amid the foothills, or II you are game,
We can break away FROM civilization
entirely and find some unexplored, ;un..
known canon In the heart, of the noun.
talns and camp there. Well get back
to nature, which seems to be- 4ppps.
sible, in philadelphia, and yon. viii. see
things and learn things that you will
never see or learn anywhere else. It'll.
do you. good, too; from what l hear,
you have been gping the pace and
those cheeks OF yours arc a little too
pale for 80 splendid girl; you look
too tired under the eyes for youth and
beauty ls5i t.Ss - 81
II believe j am not very IT.. said
the girl, and II father will permit,
"Of course, OF course" said Stephen
Maitland. .you are your own mistress
anyway, and having no mother"
Ends mother had died in; her In.
fancy-!.I suppose that l could not In,
terfere> or object II ! wished TO, but
NO marrying or giving In marriage,
Remember that" &
Nonsense, father" answered tho
young woman lightly. II am not anx,
ious to assume the bonds Of wed,
lock-" ID. -
well, that settles It." said Robert
Maitland. rWell give you "a royal
good time. | must run up to New
York and Boston for, few days, but
shall be back in week and can
pick you up then" T
What Is the house in Denver; is 4,
er-may' ask, provided with all mod,
ern couvenfences and" began the
elder Maitland nervously. Ia
Robert Maitland laughed. +
What do you take us for, Steve;
do you ever read the western news
papers?" s-f i, !
Fl confess that I have not given
much thought to-. the west since. I
studied geography and-the Philadel.
phia papers have been thought SUN.
Client for the family since"
Good Lord,'' exclaimed Maitland.
''The house cost half a. million dol.
lars, ifsyou must know It and IL there
10 anything that modern science can
contribute to comfort and luxury that
isn't In It, don't know what It Is.
Shall 1t be the house in Denver. or
the ranch. or q, real camp In tho
wilds, EnId7" y q; 50 =
First the house in Denver. said
Enid. land then the ranch and then
the mountains" a: .
"Righto; that shall be the pro.
gram" Hz.s =
Will my daughters life be perfect.
ly safe from the cowboys, Indians and
.desperadoes?'
quite SAFE" answered Robert, with
deep gravity. THE cowboys no longer
shoot up the city and 1t has been years
since the Indians have held up even
. trolley car: The only real desperate
In my acquaintance Is the mildest gen.
tie old stage driver In the west"
Do you keep up an acquaintance
with men Of that class still?" asked
his brother In great surprise. y,
you know I was sheriff In Dor
der county for number OF years
and" a....-414s y,Gls K
bat you must surely have With
drawn from all such society now"
"Out west,' said Robert Maitland.
when We know a man and like. him,
when we have slept by him on the
plains, ridden with him through the
mountains. fought with him against
some border terror. some bad man
thlrsting to kill, we don't forget, him,
We don't cut his acquaintance, and It
doesn't make any difference whether
the one or the other OF us Ia rich or