The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-16
FOUND MISS WILDFIRE
BY ClARisSA MACkiE.

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est glimpse of her. but her face haunt
ed him for months afterwards. A.
agent for an eastern land company he
had stopped for night at her fathers
ranch In Montana. The girl had ap-
| peared shyly In the living room OF the
house and her father had caught her
sunbrowned little hand and drawn her
affectionately to him.
| Come Bess. | want you to meet the
man from New York who wants to
build sky scrapers on the SIDE OF
Money Mountain"
Bess Delorme had laughed merrily
and placed her hand for an instant
In Churchill's; with few words Of
encouragement concerning his venture
Hess had slipped away and he had
never seen her again.
But her face haunted him always
with its charm OF sweet expression
and the pretty curve OF cheek and
chin. The thick dark lashes that
shaded her soft black eyes. and the
curling tendrils Of her jetty hair. were
set In his memory like painted pic.
ture.
The next year he returned to find
her parents dead and the motherless
home broken up. Bess Delorme had
gone further west. someone said TO rel
atives in California. No one knew
definitely
SO Churchill nursed his secret love
and looked always for the face OF the
girl he haC seen but once. He became
Il travelling salesman and his business
took him over much western territory.
In every town or city he visited his
first inquiry was for someone by the
name Of Delorme, but so far he had
never found trace OF her.
1t was a cool sweet. night such as
California knows often. and Churchill
fingered on the steps Of his Los An
geles hotel wondering how to spend
the evening hours before bedtime.
lie lighted a cigar and wandered
down the street until he came to an
open air moving picture theater. He
paused before the gay posters outside
the entrance, studying tn, pictures OF
the western play Miss Wildfre."
Suddenly he bought ticket and went
inside.
He sat patiently through several
reels until finally there was flashed on
the white screen the title Of the next
play: Miss Wildtire, story Of love
and hate on the plains"
Churchill settled back In his seat
1t would be something to look on the
familiar country where Bess Delorme
lived.
At the very first scene his interest
was aroused. Surely there was the
Delorme ranch house. and the gir
dressed In corduroy skirt and flannel
shirt with broad brimmed hat on hel
dark curls was Bess Delorme herself
The play proceeded; cowboys rode
madly hither and thither; rival lover
appeared for the hand of the rancher',
daughter; the rancher was man who
was strange to Churchill and Best
was the only familiar face among the
characters. The characters came ant
went. made love. disagreed. hated eaci
other. fought and died-and Franl
Churchill saw only one face through
> It all.
When the play was over he wen
r dizzily around to the offica of the man
ager and asked questions.
Miss Wildflre-why that part Il
taken by Lillian Delorme. one OF th'
most popular players: let me see
, that's Goodenuf Aim. Miss Delorm
! is one Of the Goodenuf players. yol
, know. Sorry. that's all l know abou
) It. Write to the film company in Sal
. Francisco. they'll give you her ad
Dress"
Churchill thanked him and wen
away only to return and view th'
q Miss Wildfre" flm again.
When the doors were closed for tn,
I night he went to his hotel and studie,
}. the telephone directory.
a The Goodenuf Film company coul,
not be expected to be doing busines
ut midnight. therefore his long dis
tance call to San Francisco was uu
answered. He went to bed stirred b.
. thousand hopes and fears.
1T must be that I'm going to NEE
her again somewhere or ] wouldn'
have chanced ON that film tonigh
when my thoughts are full OF her." b.
told himself time and again during tn
sleepless night.
At nine o'clock the next morning b.
got the Goodenuf Film company b,
!. telephone and to his chagrin learne,
4 that Miss Delorme had left the com
y pany the week before and gone east
d Tier destination? Oh, New York,
suppose. they all 60 there" sighed hi
}, Informant as the interview was closed
. East" was indefnite-New Yorl
was q clew that Churchill clung 4
o 10 he finished his business In Lo
Angeles and prepared to leave to
d Chicago on his homeward trip
: And everywhere he went he kept hi
!. eyes wide open for some glimpse o
! his love and whenever he was In tn
J, vicinity Of moving picture show b