Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-09-23
HOPES DECISION
Young Girls Choice Between
Worthy Suitors Settled as
Eros Must Have Wished.
By JEAN DOUGLAS.

resentative member Of one 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
to gently break the awful news to
them. She relied upon their flial
devotion to make it easier for their
father by concealing all disappoint-
ment after the first shock was over (;
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 on a ranch far removed from
civilization And so, like
the Arabs who "folded their tents
and silently stole away" the Penn
brokes boarded the midnight train
for Las Vegas, n. NJ.
Three years later found them pros
pering on a cattle ranch fifteen miles
west of that flourishing town, and
like the majority of fasteners who
remain beyond the great divide long
enough to appreciate the magnificent
life assumes when lived
beneath cloudless skies, the small
state of Rhode Island no longer APP
Dealed to them.
Arthur had assumed his share Of
the responsibilities, displaying I'M
usual abilities for boy of twenty
me. Mr.. Pembroke made him SUI
1erintendent of the ranch, and he
Don won the admiration of cow
,oys. Under the tutorship of Red
Jones, an expert in the art of "bron-
.ho busting" he learned to manage
he most fractions ccw pony that ever
'awed the air.
Hope became the idol of the ranch,
on the rarified air. She de-
eloped into a perfect specimen of
ovc.y, healthy girlhood. The Penn
'roEc ranch became the mecca to
which every pilgrim in search of
,ood, wholesome fun came. Every
weekend found the house taxed to
Is fullest capacity in order to accom-
nodate the guests from Las Vegas.
Hope was musician of unusual
lbility, and the large living room
became the scene of many a dance
md "song-fest."
Numbered among Hopes admirers
vas Arnold Stuart, who owned the
adjoining ranch. He was an admir-
able character in every respect, and, !
IN addition to this, extremely good I
looking. Several times each week he |
rode to the Pembrokcs' to accompany |
Hope on her rides over the mesa,
to an extinct volcano ten
miles to the west, or 10 the Indian |
village, where the Pucblos lived ,
heir lazy, aimloss life. Hope was
he good angel of this little settle
nent, frequently supplying them
with food and medical aid, having
enlisted the services of the family
physician.
Mi. Pembroke announced at the |
dining table one evening that Heath |
the son of his old room |
mate at Yale, had graduated the pre-
yious June, and his father desired to
have him visit his friend and expert |
ance a taste Of ranch life, and that
he was leaving Boston the following
week foy Las Vegas, Mrs. Penn |
broke and Hope Immediately started
great preparations for the entertain
nent Of their guest, and when Heath
Rothwell had been at the ranch
fortnight he pronounced it "the most
enchanting spot on Gods footstool."