Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-07-10

ANA trust you will permit me to
show my appreciation of your kindness
to my father by furthering this inten
ton.
Miss Knowles had traced Throckmor
ton to the sheep ranch where he was
employed, forming her own plan of
procedure on the way. He was nat
urally curious to know what DISPOSE
ton his father had made of his unen-
tailed property, but she told him that
she had not seen the will, which was
true literally, though not in spirit
The young English girl, used to coun-
try life, took readily to that on west
ern sheep ranch She had brought
with her funds from the Throckmorton
estate for young Sir Johns immediate
use. which made him financially indie
pendent. They rode together in the
country roundabout and visited many
places remarkable for beautiful and
curious scenery. Sir John was drawn
to her in this: She had acted the part
toward his father that he should have
acted himself. She made no attempt
o induce him to decide upon his re-
burn to settle to the life he had inher-
tied. Indeed, she sympathized with
him in his taste for the freer life of a
ranchman. She even suggested to him
that he might spend a part of his time
on his estate in England and part in
America. He would be able to buy
and stock ranch and could appoint a
manager for both properties with
whom to leave either when he should
wish to be absent from it.
A month passed, and neither Sir
John nor Miss Knowles made any
move to return to England They
were together constantly, for since her
coming he had thrown off the cowboy
and resumed the gentleman. Miss
Knowles was not beautiful, but In
country where woman stands almost
without other members of her sex she
seems beautiful, being placed in con-
trast with the rough men. But there
is something in character that will
win in the end where the most perfect
beauty will fail. Every day the young
man spent in the girls company he
was lifted out of his former self, and
every day while this change was going
on she felt more resigned to carrying
out her benefactor's dying wish
At last one day while they were rid
said to her:
eff you will marry me will go back
to England to remain there
At this Gladys became very serious.
81 heard,' she said to him. before
leaving England that your father had
the opinion that when you see her
we'll. you will find that he has made 1t
condition of your inheriting his I'M
entailed property that you shall marry
this woman"
"In that event III cut the whole
matter" cried Sir John. But father
couldn't deprive me of the landed
property, for it is entailed."
But you could do nothing with II
without an income from the other
property"
Sir John was disturbed He could
not urge. Gladys to marry mere COW
boy. And the prospect of keeping a
wife on his entailed property was not
encouraging.
"You may find the girl to your taste. y
said Gladys
"Not I. shall remain here. If 1
can't marry you I'll marry no one"
Gladys reasoned with him. remind
ing him that she had come to America
at his fathers request to induce him
to return to his duties in England. and
she would not relinquish her design.
why didn't father take it into his
head that should marry your" he
asked
"Your father loved me as his daugh-
ter You must remember that he did
not approve of your living"
"A disreputable life. No: don't
wonder that he should not have cared
to intlict so worthless chap OF you
But surely he provided for your"
He did"
| Gladys insisted on Sir Johns going
to England, learning how matters stood
and then making up his mind what
| his future course would be. Having
secured his promise to follow her. she
set out for the coast and sailed fol
home.
SO averse was the young man to go
| ing under the circumstances that he
might not have done so for long
while had not Gladys drawn him il
her wake. Not long after her depar
ture he began his journey eastward
with the intention of pressing his sui
in the hope that there might be enough
in his entailed property to induce he
to marry him. Upon reaching home
the first person he saw was Gladys.
II have returned to learn if it Il
possible for me to renew the offer
made you in America when sup
posed that l had inherited all my ia
theirs property"
Have you seen the will?" sh
asked
mo arrived only this evening
have not had time to see Mr.. Cloudy