The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-08

IhatS all TlSut, oe'1o |
relieved apparently. Il WILL taAe 'ou
out west and Introduce you TO sone
real men and
"If 7 thought it possible 1nterposeu
Mr., Stephen Maitland In MS mus
austere and dignified manner en"e
NV daughter" with perceptlDle eh-
phasis on the my as II ne anu noI
tbe daughter were the principal being
under consideration, "shoulo e'eA
far forget what belongs to ner staeion
in life and her family as to allo" hei
affections to become engaged py any
ono who. from his birth and upprlns-
;np in the er-oh-unlicensed atuos-
nhere of the western country Wouio
he persona non grata to dlgnined So
ciety of this ancient city and
.Nonsense. interrupted the young
err brother bluntly. you nave ii'ea
here wrapped up In yourselves anu
! YOUR dinky little town so long en0e
| mental asphyxiat1on is threatening
you"
IT will thank you. Robert" said ms
| brother with something approaching
the manner In which he would nave
repeiled a blasphemy, mot to REFER "
Philadelphia as-er-Wnat was SsoA
most extraordinary word?''
".Dinky,' If my recollection serves.
"Ah. precisely. am not sure as
+o the meaning of the term. but
conceive IT to be something opprobrl-
} GUS. You can say what you like ABOUT
me and mine, but of Philadelphia, no.
"Oh. the towns right enough, re-
turned his brother, not at all 1m-
pressed. "Tm talking about people
now. There are just as fine men anu
women in the west as in New YORK OF
, Philadelphia"
, at am sure you don't mean TO De
( offensive, Robert, but really the asso-
: citation of ideas In your mention OF US
with that common and vulgar new
! York is er-un-pleasant," fairly shuo'
d dered the elder Maitland.
q "I'm only urging you to recognize
z the quality of the western people.
{ dare say they are OF inner type than
:. the average here.
a "From your standpoint, no doupt'
!. continued his brother severely ane
somewhat YEARLY as II the matter
!, were not worth all this argument. Al
that want of them Is that they sta.
= in the west where they belong and no
+ strive to mingle with the east; tner'
n is a barrier between us ana then
which it Is not well to cross TO PEI
NIT any intermixtures OF er-rac'
Or"
= .The people out there are white
e Steve" interrupted his brother SAL
y donically. 'I wasn't contemplating H
Producing Enid here to Chinese
e. negroes, or Indians. Or
tn Don't you see." said Mr. stepne
Is Maitland, stubbornly waving asia
'e- th;s sarcastic and irrelevent con
re ment from your very conversatlo
u, the vast gulf that there Is betWee
Won and me? Although you had ever
ed advantage in life that birth can CIV
OIL YOU. we are-I mean you nave change
10, so greatly" he had quickly adde
IN, loathe to offend.
But he mistook the light In d
brothers eyes: 1t was twinkle, not
flash. Robert Maitland laughe
laughed with what his brother co
ceived to- be indecorous boisterou
ness.
How little you know of the Dol
and sinew of this country, Steve
exclaimed presently. Robert Ma1tial
could not comprehend how 1t 1rr1tat
his stately brother to be call
steve" Nobody ever spoke OF h'
but as Stephen Maitland. But Lol
I don't blame you,'' continued t
westerner ANY man whose vision
barred by q foothill couldn't be
pected to know much Of the ma
range and what's beyond.
..There isn't any danger Of my Il
Ii ing In love with anybody" said III
IL at last. with all the confidence OF t
IlB triumphant social seasons. i th1n]
VII must be immune even to dukes,
- said gaily.
~ 81 referred to worthy young Am
= leans Of" began her father who,
MTn do him justice, was so satisfied W
'Ah' his own position that no foreign Il
dazzled him In the least degree.
|gssN "Rittenhouse Square," cut in R
sSH ert Maitland with amused sarca'
SB9I We'll, Enid, you seem to have
NAH the gamut of the east pretty tt
Hg|H oughly; come out and spend the 81
AHfH mer with me in Colorado. My Den
NED house is open to you; we have ra
fll.E. amid the foothills, or If you are 60
AATt we can break away from clvilizat
Eui entirely and find some unexplored,
known canon in the heart of the me-
u- tains and camp there. Well get b
AWIl to nature, which seems to be I'M
NHIM sible in Philadelphia, and you will
Itfll things and learn things that you
! never see or learn anywhere else.
= do you good, too: from what | b
you have been going the pace
those cheeks OF yours are little
pale for SO splendid girl; you
too tired under the eyes for youth
beauty"