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

was a rapid bad man" indeed, who
enjoyed any advantage over him when
it came to drawing his gun" His
skill and daring had been unques-
toned, he had made name for him
self which still abides, especially in
the mountains where things yet re-
NAMED almost as primitive as they
had been from the beginning. W
His fame had been accompanied by
fortune, too; the cattle upon thou
sand hills were his, the treasures of
mines of fabulous richness were at
his command He lived in Denver in
one of the greatest of the bonanza
! palaces on the hills of that city, con-
| fronting the snow-capped mountain
range For the rest he held stock in
all sorts of corporations, was di-
rector in numerous concerns and SO
on-the reader can supply the usual
| catalogue, they are all alike. He had
married late in life and was the father
of two little girls and a boy, the old
est sixteen and the youngest ten.
Going east, which he did not love,
on an infrequent business trip, he
had renewed his acquaintance with
his brother and the one eve lamb OF
his brothers flock, to-wit, the afore-
mentioned Enid. He had been struck,
as everybody was, by the splendid
personality of the girl and had striven
| earnestly to disabuse her mind of the
prevalent idea that there was nothing
much worth while on the continent
beyond the Allegheny except scenery.
What you need, Enid, is ride
| across the plains, a sight of real noun
/ tains, beside which these little foot
| hills in Pennsylvania that people back
here make so much of wouldn't be
noticed. You want to get some of the
spirited, glorious freedom of the west
| into your conservative straight-laced
little body"
In my day, Robert" reprovingly re-
marked his brother, Ends father,
freedom was the last thing young
lady gently born and delicately
/ nurtured would have coveted"
"Your day is passed, Steve re-
| turned the younger Maitland with
i shocking carelessness. Freedom is
what every woman desires now, espe-
cially when she is married. You are
not in love with anybody, are you.
Enid?' go
with not a SOUL" frankly replied
| the girl, greatly amused at the col
loquy between the two men, who,
though mothered by the same woman.
| were as dissimilar as-what shall
say. the east is from the west? Let
it go at that.
4 That's all right" said her uncle,
/ relieved apparently. Il will take you
out west and introduce you to some
| real men and"
IF / thought it possible" interposed
| Mr.. Stephen Maitland in his most
austere and dignifed manner, that
my daughter" with perceptible en-
| phasis on the my" as If he and not
| the daughter were the principal being
under consideration, should ever so
| far forget what belongs to her station
In life and her family as to allow her
affections to become engaged by any
one who, from his birth and upbring-
] ing in the northumberland atmos-
phere OF the western country WOULD
be persona non grata to dignified So
Eclety OF this ancient city and"
Nonsense" interrupted the young
err brother bluntly. You have lived
here wrapped up in yourselves and
your dinky little town so long that
mental asphyxiation is threatening
Eyou.'
II will thank you, Robert" said his
brother with something approaching
the manner in which he would have
propelled a. blasphemy, mot to refer to
Philadelphia as-er-what was your
most extraordinary word?"
"'Dinky,' if my recollection serves"
".Ah, precisely. | am not sure as
to the meaning of the term, but /