Middletown transcript., 1912-03-09

citation Of ideas in your mention of us
with that common and vulgar New
York is er-un-pleasant," fairly shud.
dered the elder Maitland.
I'm only urging you to recognize
the quality of the western people. /
dare say they are of finer type than
the average here"
From your standpoint, no doubt"
continued his brother severely and
somewhat wearily as If the matter
were not worth all this argument. "AIl
that want Of them is that they stay
In the west where they belong and not
strive to mingle with the east; there
Is a barrier between us and them
which it is not well to cross. To per-
NIT any intermixtures Of er-race
or"
THE people out there are white,
Steve" interrupted his brother sar-
donicslly. 81 wasn't contemplating In
PRODUCING Enid here to Chinese, or
negroes, or Indians, or"
Don't you see," said Mr.. Stephen
Maitland, stubbornly waving aside
this sarcastic and irrelevent COM
ment, from your very conversation
the vast gulf that there is between
you and me? Although you had every
advantage in life that birth can give
you, we are-I mean you have changed
SO greatly" he had quickly added,
loathe to offend.
But he mistook the light In his
brothers eyes; 1t was twinkle, not
fash. Robert Maitland laughed,
laughed with what his brother con-
ceived to be indecorous boisterous-
ness.
How little you know Of the bone
and sineW Of this country, Steve" he
exclaimed presently. Robert Maitland
could not comprehend how it irritated
his stately brother to be called
Steve" Nobody ever spoke OF him
but as Stephen Maitland. But Lord,
l don't blame you," continued the
westerner. ANY man whose vision is
barred by a foothill couldn't be ex-
pected to know much Of the main
range and what's beyoad."
"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 gaily.
Il referred to worthy young Amer
leans Of" began her father who, to
do him justice, was SO satisfied with
his own position that no foreign title
dazzled him in the least degree.
'Rittenhouse Square" cut in Rob
ert Maitland with amused sarcasm.
well, Enid, you seem to 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
tains and camp there. Wen get back
to nature, which seems to be impos-
sible in Philadelphia, and you will see
things and learn things that you will
never see or learn anywhere else. It'll
do you good, too; from what hear,
you have been going the pace, and
those cheeks of yours are little too
pale for so splendid girl; you look
too tired under the eyes for youth and
beauty"
I believe am not very flt," said
the girl, land If father will permit
e'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-'T suppose that l could not In
terfere or object II I wished to, but
no marrying OF giving in marriage.
Remember that"
Nonsense, father" answered the