The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-05-16
CHAPTER /.

The Young Lady From 7hliadelpnIa.
Miss Enid Maitland vas a highly
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
ot Academus where with old Plato
she had walked" incidentally during
her completion of the exhaustive cur
riculum of that justly famous institu-
ton she had acquired at least a DOW
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 tunes
IN the anise-scented trail of the West
Chester Hunt! Exciting tennis and
leisurely golf had engaged her atten-
ton on the courts and greens OF the
Merton Cricket club. She had bufeted
"Old Oceans gray and melancholy
waste" on the beach at Cape May and
at Atlantic City.
Spiritually she was a devoted men,
her of the Episcopal church. OF the
variety that abhors the word Protes-
anti 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
ard 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 Maitlands over
looking Rittenhouse Square had
been the scene OF her debut Ii
all the refined and decorous gaities oil
Philadelphia manifestations society
she had participated. She had ever
looked upon money standardized New
York in its delirium of extravaganza
at least in so far as a sedate and well
born Philadelphia family could coun
tenance such golden madness. During
the year she had ranged like con
ouerer-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 I'M
fortunate parts of the United States
which lay without
In all this she had remained frank
free, unspoiled young woman. Life
was full of zest for her, and she en-
joyed it with the most un-Pennsylva
MAN enthusiasm.
The second summer after her com
ing out found her in Colorado. Robert
Maitland was one of the big men oil
the west. He hady departed from Phil
adelphia at an early age and had set
tied in Colorado while 1t was still III
the formative period. There he hao
grown up with the state. The <Phil
adelphia Maitlands could never under
stand it or explain it. Bob Maitland
must have been, they argued, rever
sion. to an ancient type, throwbacl
to some robber baron long anteceden1
to William Penn. And the speculation
was true. The blood Of some lawless
adventurer of the past, discreetly for
got by the conservative section of the
family, bubbled in his veins unchecked
by the repressive atmosphere of hi:
home and Immediate environment
He had thoroughly identified him
self with his new surroundings and
had plunged into all the activities O
the west. During one period of hi:
life he had actually served as sheriff
of one of the border counties. and.