The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-07-09

SIOOuV were OeO1rOU6 20 Know 0OW t00y
should address ar earl, and were told
that they might call him what they
liked " long as they didn't call him
anything above Tom HawkeswOrth.
Hawkesworth, judged by certain at
tributes, was just the man a woman
would admire. There was a natural
air Of dominating force about him. He
was u silent man. 1t Is the man who
is always expressing opinions who does
not get credit for depth, eve II he has
1t. He who never talks Is supposed to
be always thinking. Great generals
have usually been reticent men.
When the party was made up it was
supposed that the women would re-
main in camp while the men went out
to hunt, but they had not been In the
woods long before 1t was proposed that
the girls 20 out with the men to shoot
moose They were in camp costume,
which favored the plan. and there were
plenty Of guns. So the four girls went
with the men n morning Oh a hunt
ing tramp, and 1t was understood that
each girl should he assigned a pro-
tector. Fred Winston made the as
signments and deputed Hawkesworth
to be the guardian of Miss Hunting.
ton. On reaching a certain spring
where numerous tracks indicated that
animals came for water the party scat
tered, the several couples going in diff
ferent directions for game, 1t being
agreed that they should meet later at
the spring.
As HawkeswOrth and Miss Hunting
formed the guide that she wished to
shoot Il moose and for him to give way
to her. He responded that there vas
no lease why she should nOt do SO
provided a oos gave them an oppor-
tunity. In time, hearing a breaking of
branches, he notified his charge to be
ready to fire, and a little later when
they stepped out into the open space q
large buck moose was seen feeding a
few hundred yards from them.
wait till he exposes his flank" said
the guide.
He had scarcely spoken the words
before the animal turned.
"Fire!' said the guide.
Miss Huntington fred, but instead Of
hitting the moose behind the fOreshOul-
der she inflicted an Irritating wound in
a nonvital part. The animal, enraged,
charged upon them.
Even q skillful hunter may vince at
seeing a wild animal coming down on
him to crush him. Miss Huntington's
legs gave way under her, and she
dropped on her knees. Hawkesworth
dropped beside her, but on one knee
instead Of two, and leveled his rife at
the 0 0 Miss Huntington had no
doubt that she would be trampled by
the Infatuated animal. There was q
crack beside her, and the moose drop
ped, pIunging forward at the same
time till his O was within Q dozen
feet Of them.
Then Miss Huntington completed her
collapse by falling in a faint. When
she anne to herself she was in Hawkes.
wOrth's arms and he was looking down
into her face with an expression that
filed her with rapture.
II she was to be won by an exhibi-
ton Of the masterfulness of man there
could be nothing more effective than
what had taken place. When the two
Joined the others nothing was said
about the adventure except that they
had bagged a fine specimen of the in.
habitants Of the woods. But it was
not long before Fred Winston told his
brother that Mildred Huntington had
fallen before the test to which she had
been subjected. 1t was no news to
Alec. He had seen Immediately after
the hunting party that he had been
s%upplanted. But he did not know that
his betrothed's heart had been taken
away from him by love instead of
her desire for a title.
The party did not long hang together.
Alec Winston and his fancee were EVIL
IDENTIFY at odds, and this threw a dam
per on the whole party. As Don Al a
sufhciency Of game had been shot the
tents were struck. When they took
their departure H~awkesworth remained
| behind.
On the way Miss Huntington made 1t
known to the other girls that her en-
gagement to Alec Winston was broken.
When asked the she replied that
he had offered to release her and she
had accepted the offer. OF course the
announcement was made to the men
by Alec, who sympathized with him,
though the girls were not disposed to
| blame Mildred. In their hearts they felt
that an earl was worth more than a
commoner any day, and they were not
sure but that they would have acted
likewise under similar circumstances.
1t was supposed that the Earl Of Bin.
gleton was poverty stricken, but Miss
Huntington was rich. The match, II
she succeeded In capturing him, would
be q good me-.
That Miss Huntington had captured
the prize became evident during the
winter from the fact that cards were
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