The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-28
CHAPTER l.

ira Young Lady From Philadelphia.
Miss Enid Maitland was a highly
enecialized product of the far east. /
az far. viewing Colorado as a point
~ departure. not as identifying her
x,gfh the orient. The classic shades
~ Bryn Mawr had been the Groves
+ ~ Academus where with old Plato
she had walked" incidentally during
her completion Of the exhaustive cur
ricnlum of that justly famous institu-
don she had acquired at least a bow
snc acquaintance with other masters
OF the mind.
Nor had the physical in her educa-
( lion been sacrificed to the mental. In
her at least the mems sana and the
norpore sano were alike in evidence.
She had ridden to hounds many times
on the anise-scented trail Of the West
4 Chester Hunt! Exciting tennis and
iaisurely golf had engaged her atten-
ton on the courts and green's OF the
Merton Cricket club. She had butfeted
rOid Oceans gray and melancholy
waste" on the beach at Cape May and
at Atlantic City.
Spiritually she was devoted mem
her of the Episcopal church, OF the
variety that abhors the word "Protes-
anta in connection herewith. Alto
xether she reflected great credit upon
her pastors and masters spiritual and
temporal and her upbringing 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
and there was no other power under
heaven by which she could have ef-
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. In
all the refined and decorous gaities OF
Philadelphias manifestations society
she had participated. She had even
looked upon money standardized New
York in its delirium of extravaganza,
at least in so far as a sedate and we'll
born Philadelphia family could coun-
tenance such golden madness. During
the year she had ranged like a con-
querer-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
1 was full of zest for her, and she en-
ioyed It with the most un-Pennsylva-
nian enthusiasm.
The second summer after her COM
ing out found her in Colorado. Robert
Maitland was one of the big men CT
; the west. He had departed from Phil
adelphia at an early age and had set
tied In Colorado while it was still in
the formative period. There he had
grown up with the state. The Phil
adelphia Maitlands could never under
b stand 1t or explain it. Bob Maitland
4 must have been, they argued, rever-
y sion to an ancient type, throwback
d to some robber baron long antecedent
b TO William Penn. And the speculation
\, was true. The blood Of some lawless
4 adventurer of the past, discreetly for
h got by the conservative section of the
%n 2lvr htthh Cd IN nhnn nd
. BY the repressive atmosphere of his
i, home and immediate environment.
!. He had thoroughly identified him
:. SELF with his new surroundings and
mad plunged into all the activities Of
=, the west. During one period of his
life he had actually served as sheriff
y 0f one of the border counties, and it