The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-29
HOPES DECISION
Young Girls Choice Between
Worthy SuitOF3 Settled as
Eros Must Have Wished.
BY JEAN DOUGLAS.

resentative member Of n of New
England's oldest families, and when
his large factory was reduced to
ashes, leaving him almost destitute,
he decided to take his family west,
invest the few thousands remaining
in a ranch and retrieve his lost for
tune. He had inherited the pride
of his ancestors and could not bear
to see another family occupying the
mansion while his had to live in a
small frame house which had been
built for the head gardener.
Mrs. Pembroke FASTENED to Bos-
ton, where her son Arthur and
daughter Hope were attending school
10 gently break the awful news to
them. She relied upon their flial
devotion to make it easier for their
father by c%oncealing all d%isappoint-
ment after the first shock was oyer
therefore she determined to apply the
current herself. After relating the
painful details, imagine her surprise
to find them delighted and enthusi-
astic over the fact that they were to
live or a ranch far removed from
cultured civilization And SO, like
the Arabs who ''foldcd their tents
and silently stole away" the Penn
brokes boarded the midnight train
for Las Vegas, N. NJ.
Three years later found them pros
pcring on a cattle ranch fifteen miles
west Of hat fourishing town, and
like he majority of e%asterners who
remain beyond the great divide long
enough to appreciate the magnificent
proportions life assumes when lived
beneath cloudless skies, the small
state of Rhode Island no longer ap-
pealed to them.
Arthur had assumed his share of
the responsibilities, displaying UNI
usual abilities for a boy of twenty
one. Mr.. Pembroke made him SUI
perintendent of the ranch, and he
soon won the admiration of cow
boys. Under the tutorship Of Red
Jones, an expert in the art of "bron-
enc busting" he learned to manage
the most fractions COW pony that evel
paved the air.
Hope became the idol of the ranch
thriving on the rarifed air. She de
veIoped into a perfect specimen o.
, lovely, healthy girlhood. The Penn
b broke ranch became the mecca t
= which every pilgrim in search o.
, good, wholesome fun came. Every
weekend found the house taxed t
E its fullest capacity in order to accom-
modatc the guests from Las Vegas
Hope was a musician Of unusua
ability, and the large living room
became the scene of many a dane
and "song-fest."
Numbered among Hopes admirar
was Arnold Stuart, who owned III
adjoining ranch. He was an admir-
o able character in every respect, and
. in addition to this, extremely goo.
looking. Several times each week h
rode to the Pembrokes' to accompan
o Hope on her rides over the mesa
sometimes to an extinct volcano te
e miles to the west, or to the India
village, where the Pueblos live
+ their lazy, aimless life. Hope wa
a the good angel Of this little settle
ment, frequently supplying ther
with food and medical aid, hayin
enlisted the services of the famll
) physician.
y Mf. Pembroke announced at tn
dining table one evening that Heat
e Rothwell, the son of his old room
mate at Yale, had graduated the prt
vious June, and his father desired t
have him visit his friend and exper
ence a taste of ranch life, and ths
h he was leaving Boston the followin
week for Las Vegas. Mrs. Pen
i broke and Hope Immediately starte
great preparations for the entertain
" ment of their guest, and when Heat
; Rothwell had been at the ranch
fortnight he pronounced it "the MOI
a. enchanting spot on Gods f%ootstool.
a Hope. with her originality and cle'
r. erness, completely captured his hear
making him her devoted serf frol
t. the moment he beheld her fran
n sympathetic face. He was an e.
a. tremely t%actful, entertaining maj
who Immediately attuned himself
his environment and slipped into h