Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-21

our own ~arlstocracy was when they
drove you Americans u of the Brit
ish empire. Your American aristo-
Gratis are at least harmless"
Before l leave l shall tell my
guests who you are"
Il prefer that you should not. but II
you do don't do so till the last moment
Of their stay here. BY the bye. how
comes it that your cousin. Miss De
Witt. reats me with so much more
consideration than the rest?"
"She comes of a family that was
prominent in America when there were
few such in the land. Any one of
these persons whom l have brought
out here could hive bought any one of
her ancestors many times over. They
were rich for those days, but not for
now. Their claim to their position was
their refinement. Such claims nova
days are based on the possession OF
wealth. My cousin had doubtless de-
! tected in you beneath your sombrero
and wooden shirt something akin TIC
herself. But even II she has not lone
so she would scorn to remain under
your roof without treating you with
ordinary ~politeness."
"Have you given her my incogf"
Il have not"
A canter over Mr.. Coleman's domain
was arranged. and 1t was necessary
that he should conduct them. The
young men and women paired off, rid
ing IN couples. Miss Dewitt, seeing
Mr.. Coleman riding alone, spurred her
horse beside him with the apparent
pretense of asking him questions about
his ranch and other matters pertaining
to the country. The act was noticed
by the others.
IL wonder said a lady In a low
tone TO her companion, how Miss De-
Witt. who is SO refined, can demean
herself by associating with that Irish
man."
"Pat isn't bad" replied the other.
Hes a bit rough, but you wouldn't
expect a ranchman to be a silk stock
ing
I'm told that a number of younger
/ bOlS Vi DI1lISn SChliCAiCA 4 Ch6o6t0
in ranching."
Miss De Vine. who was riding near
and heard this dialogue, informed tbs
speakers that she was of Irish extrac-
ton and there was a great difference
between the classes in Ireland. The
gentry there did not usually come to
America. Her grandfather had emf
grated, but that was because he had
lost his estates and could not main
tain the position his family had occu-
pied for many centuries.
Some of the party who were obsery-
ing Miss Dewitt and Patrick Coleman
we're puzzled, noticing that when in
her company he seemed to lose much
Of his b-rusqueness. Indeed, occasional
ly his bearing toward her would be
that of a gentleman, though somewhat
a%ntiquated. One of the men declared
that IL he did not know better he
might suppose him to be an Irish gen
tleman of the old school.
Before the party finished the rounds
of the ranch and drew up at the ranch
house Miss Dewitt had received a
great deal of information as to the
methods pertaining to sheep raising,
especially the precautions necessary to
preserve the sheep from the biz
yards. On reaching the porch before
which the party ~dismounted Mr.. Cole
man threw himself from his horse and
handed Miss Dewitt down from hers
in a n that was noticed by the
rest of the party. He seemed to have
been born for such purpose.
From that time during the visit of
the New Workers at the Coleman ranch
Miss Dewitt received and accepted
marked attention from the ranchman
and with the women of the party lost
caste considerably by doing SO.
The party remained together for two
weeks, during which those who wished
to hunt hunted. those who wished tC
fish fished and those who preferred to
do nothing lounged. During all this
time Patrick Coleman and Miss De-
Witt saw more md more of each 9TH
er, and the ladies, ~despairing of the
l~atter's disposition to degrade herself
by accepting the attention of so ordi-
nary a person as the rancher, left her
to her own sweet will. AS the fort
night drew to an end it began to look
as though the two were going to make
a match.
On the day of the departure all the
guests had entered the coach except
Miss De Vine. who was about to do SO.
Coleman stood with his sombrero in
his hand. while MacKnight stood be-
side him.
II think said the latter to the par
ty, that | owe it to you to tell you
that you have been the guests of two
instead of one. My friend here is Pat
rick Coleman, the son of an Irish peer,
the Earl of Eringough. He desired
to see something Of u best American
society and proposed that l should