La Junta tribune., 1915-11-27

3ur own artstocracy was when they
drove you Americans out Of the Brit.
iAh empire. Your American aristo
c-ais are st least harmless
Before ! leave ! shall tell ny
guessS who you are"
Il prefer that you should not. but II
700 do don't do so till the last moment
of their stay here. By the bye. how
comes II that your cousin. Miss DE-
Witt. treats me with 20 much more
csusideration than the rest?-
-Ehe comes OF family that was
prominent In America when there wers
few such In the land. Any one Of
these persons whom ! have brought
out here could have bought nny one OF
her ancestors many times over. They
we're 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 Ny cousin had doubtless de-
tected In you beneath your sombreru
and wcolen shirt something akin to
herselt But even II she has not done
20 she would scorn to remain under
your roof without treating you with
ordinary politeness."
Have you given her my incog?-
u have not"
A canier over Mr.. Coleman's domain
vas arranged. and II was necessary
that be should conduct them. The
young mcu and women paired Oh. rid.
ing IN couples Miss Dewitt, seeing
Mr.. Coleman riding alone. spurred her
horse beside him with the apparent
preiense Of asking him questions about
bis ranch and other matters pertaining
to the country. The act was noticed
BY the othera
Il wonder" said q lady In q low
tone to her companion. how Miss De
Witt. who Is 50 refined. can demean
herself by associating with that Irish
man"
.Pst isn't bad replied the other.
Hes a bit rough. but you wouldn't
expect a ranchman to be Q silk stock
ing
I'm told that n number OF younger
sons Of British gentlemen are engaged
In rsnchinS."
Mlss De Vine. who was riding near
and heard thi. dialogue. informed the
speakers that she was OF Irish extrac,
tson and there was q great difference
between the Classes In ireland The
gentry there did not usually come tc
America. Her grandfather had emil.
yrsicd. eui that was because be had
ic-, bis estates and could not main
tnin the position his family had cccu
pied for many centuries
some Of the party Who were ob-erv
ing Miss Dewitt and Patrick Coleman
scr. pu1zied. noticing that when In
hrr ccmiauy be seemed TO iose much
Of his bruxquen~sa. lndes-d occasional
ly his tearing toward her would b
that Of . grutleman- though somewhai
0atssasra one II the men dcclare,
that II be did not know b-ster b
might supT-s>~ him 20 he an lrtsh gep
ticr.zn Of the old school
B~;osr the Tarfy nnish-i the rounds
of the ranch and drew MP at the rsnct
sou>e Miss I~wn had r~ceiv~i 8
great deal o. information n TO ths
methods rcrtslrihs TO sheep rztsins
Especially the precautions per~<<ary q
prr>erve sb~ sh-cp from the blii
Yards ON rraehins the porch bcsorv
~hich the party dismounf-i Mr.. cose
man threw himself frum his bore and
handed Miss u<wIn down srom b~rI
10 q mznnsr that "a. posicSi by ~
r>s Of the party. lie s~~mcsi TO have
t-<n torn Zoe such purY---.
from tia, tine durins the visii o'
the New York.rs NJ the Coleman rancs
Miss p~wiu r~r~ivssi and scy~pse<
marked attention from the rsnchmaf
aud With the women os th~ parsy losi
caste ccosidcrsbly by doing 90.
The parry remained together for ~.
ve~ks. daring vhich fhs-- who wishs<
20 hunt hanf-i. 'bs>r who Wished q
a.h s.h~,s and tbo>- who prrferfri ID
DO poshin< ioun<~i Dsrfns all this
iim~ ratr.rk Coleman and Miss IL
WIN ssv more snd scfv of each 9th
er. and thu isdiss. d~sgeirtns os fb'
ta,,rr's di.s-s.itiou to degrade h~r~-ii
By scc~psin< the s'i~nsiou - - cnii
nsry . f~r.oa .. the rspch~r. iesi be'
20 h~s oun .~--; ~iIL As the soss
nish; drv~ fs m eoi 70 t-srn 20 laas
as shcush sh~ t-e ~er- sosn< 10 mak.
q ssssrhI
on sh~ dap of the drfsssufe al shs
sv~-ss lad estss~i the coach e1cey'
ubs ~ vtn-. ~to Vas st-cas 90 Do -
coirD.n stood With his somtsvev d
eis hand shis~ Mseknikhs sen-1 -
si6e htRL
4 shisk..- ali fh- latter 10 she ~
y. -tbss cse n TO pes % tss1 ~
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lussssl ce - ~ frswnd s<se b f1s
~ csop0sal ~ 80 ef a ls1sA peas
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. - ss0vsh1as e 81 ~ A0ssSraa
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