Yellowstone monitor., 1915-12-02

w dAu ~ hs ehap In the gala
nose glasses was your brothery" e''a
Never thought of that" P;u
claimed; although he had your nos eA'
he looked so different. But now ~
you've laid aside your cowboy riua; aa'
/ guess you could sit in his class es denl
at the bottom Of it,
Wilcox was uneasy. y was told
he observed, land l took the trons,
to get datty on the subject, that tbons
Sellimers-the. mother and danghta.
and the herd they drift with--is Of W.
highest pedigree Chicago can prodnaa
It sort Of jolts me to find out that ons
body we know is kin to the bunch
Wilfred laughed without bitterness
Don't let my kinship to Brotbn.
Edgerton disturb your ideal. Wo.a
so different that we parted witbon,
saying goodby. Miss Sellimer is tba
girl whose letters l was carrying ahou.
with me when l first saw Won Shs
refused me because | was as NOR ~
herself. So you see the whole buDch
Is out Of my class"
Wilfred moved uneasiIy. HAS r.
homa made their acquaintance, than, .,
1T looks like it, don't it?'
What looks like it," Wilfred asked
with sudden sharpness.
"Why. her going off with 'em to
spend the winter in high life"
But thought-but | came hero 70
see Lahomar' cried Wilfred. unable "a
conceal his disappointment. Il have
a good farm now not very far from
Okla homa City. and-well being alona
there year after year, a fellow gets to
imagining great many things Ha
stopped abruptly.
That's So" Wilcox agreed symna
thetically. 81 amt a-saying that II
Lahoma d been like me and Bill sbp
mightn't Of liked farming with Won
first class. But she was born as an
associate of high men and women, not
COWS and chickens. It's the big world
for her, and that's where she's gone"
There was silence. broken presently
by Bill. Pm glad you've come, surer
Presently the door opened, and the
Indian chief Red Feather glided into
the apartment with a grunt Of saluta.
ton. He spread his blanket in cor.
her and sat down. turning q stolid face
to the fire.
Don't pay no attention to him." re.
marked Wilcox, as If speaking of some
wild animal HE comes once a year
to see us. and he isn't troublesome II
you feeds and sleeps him and don't try
to lay your hand on him"
Bill Atkins rose. But always light
up when ne comes," he remarked,
reaching stiff1y for lantern Are
you hungry. Wilfred?' he asked
Wilfred declared that he was not in
the least hungry.
"I'm afraid you're disappointed. son."
observed Wilcox, filling his pipe anew
Wilfred turned to him with a frank
smile. ''Brick-it's just awful! It's
what comes from depending on some
thing you've TO right to consider
sure thing. l never thought of this
cove without Lahoma in it. How did
she get acquainted with Annabel-and
with my brother?"
1T come about, son. see at once
that the bunch Of 'em was from the
big world l come home and told Bill,
'Them's the people to tow Lahoma out
into life.' says l. So they invited her
to spend the winter with them. the Sel.
liners did, and show her city doings"
"Yes, but how did 1t come aboutf
Nothing more natural. goes over
to their tent and l tells them Of the
| curiosities and good points OF these
mountains and gets 'em to come on
sort of picnic to explore. So here they
comes, and they gets scattered, what
with Bill and Lahoma and me taking
different ways. They liked Lahoma
first time they see her, as matter OF
course. And so that Miss Sellimer she
gets separated from all the rest, ana
| l shows her dandy hiding place where
nobody couldn't find her, and shows
| her what good joke it would De 70
pretend to be lost. So | leaves heF
there to 60 to tell her crowd she dares
'em to find her. Are you listeningf
"Of course"
well, while she was setting lnele
waiting to be searched for OF suaoea
a great big Injun In a blanket anu
feathers and red paint jumps down pe,
side her and grabs her and picks NC.
up, and about as quick as she knew
anything she was gagged and Dounu
and being bore along through tne a.
| l reckon it was terrible moment :.
her. Now, there Is a crevice ID Tue ~
Of the mountain that NOBODY uoA
never explore because it's just .'as -,
in the rock that amt to be cllmpeu w w.
Of without ladder. So the lnJun Nm ~
ries her there and lets her down WA sa
a rope that it seems he must Vi n s
handy somewhere, and he puts ou' .a,n an'
there she is in holler in the moon'
not able to move or cry OUT ~ .m, uo
than if she'd been captured py 80
lar highwayman." ;. cor,.
Wilfred stared at Wilcox .,s,od ~
plete bewilderment Wilcox enust .art.
'"There was terrible time w.
ed Bill. rho