Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-16

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aIsa.a ana hands when Berrie hurisS,.i u's iass|
entered Some tourists are so.ll re.
she announced in an e4ri,p,, .Oa'As 4
party Of i've or six. neo5,e MI .oae al
among them. is just coming do woman
slope Now. who do you suHnos' ooNa ths|
beE 1t would be just onr sae n.e, y eap
should turn = out to be some s oos !. ! y
He OWNED at once the roos.
dismay. The visit of woman man To- !. ,. ae'
moment would not merely ON ens y thls|
them both. it would tortura uarfassl q
What is TO be dohe?'' he osI,as oefrle
to aiertness. fousei|
Nothing; ali we can do l.
pat and act as IL we belonga,, sand|
Very well" he'replied. moyine -.
ly toward the door. Here's r.s ~ sun
can be of some service. an leie
cellent white liar" "A eI-l
The beat OF hoofs upon ,ba -,
drew bis attention to the CO., T'use|
which the keen eyes of the pir,
detected as 1t came over the ridge to -
east. The party consisted Of tva uel
ana two women and three pack bo,s
completely outfittcd for the trail
one OF the women. spurrin,
horse to the front. rode serepelv ;. Del
where Wayland stood and called y pn. !"
Good morning. Are you the ranss'., ~.
No; I'm only the guard. The rena.
has gone down the trail
He perceived at once that the sD..,
er was an alien like himself for ,aa =
wore tan colored riding boots T.
vided skirt Of expensive cloth and :
jaunty, wide trimmed sombrero e.
looked indeed precisely like tba no.
inc Of the prevalent western drama
Her sleeves, rolled to the elbow A.,
closed shapely brown arms. and -.
neck. bare to her bosom. was pouan.
sun smit, but she was so round ebaat
ed. so childishly charming. thar tha
most critical observer could find NJ
fault with her makeup.
One Of the men rode up. ~Hello
Norcross. What are you doing owe,
hereT'
The youth smiled blandIy. ~Good
morning. Mr. Belden. I'm serving NV
apprenticeship. I'm in the service
now"
THE mischief you areF' exclaimed
the other. Where's Tonyyn
Gone for bis mail. He'll return soou
What are you doing over here, may /
askT'
I'm here as guide to Mr. Moore.
Mr.. Moore, this is NOrcross, one Of
McFarlane's men. Mr.. Moore IS con.
nected with the tie camp operations OF
the railway"
Moore was a tall. thin man with A
gray beard and keen blue eyes
Where's McFarlane2 We were 10
meet him here. Didn't be come over
with you?"
1--WE started together, but the horses
got away, and he was obliged to 20
back after them. He also is likely to
turn up SOON"
II am frightfully hungry" interrupt
ed the girl. Cant you hand me out
hunk of bread and meat? We've been
riding since daylight"
Berrie suddenly appeared az the door.
Sure thing" she called out Slide
down and come in"
Moore removed his hat and bowed.
Good morning. Miss McFarlane.
didn't know you were here. You know
my daughter SionaT'
Berrie nodded coIdly. I've met her"
He indicated the other woman. And
Mrs. Belden, Of course, you know"
Mrs. Belden, the fourth member Of
the party, a middle aged, rather habby
person, just being eased down from
her horse, turned on Berrie with bat
terry Of questions. Good Lord. Ber
rie McFarlane, what are you doing over
in this forsaken hole? Where's your
dad? And where is Tonyi If CHI
had known you was over here he'd
have come too"
Berrie retained her self possession
Come I'm and get some coffee, and
we'll straighten things out"
Apparently Mrs. Belden did not
know that Cliff and Berrie had quar-
relied, for she treated the girl with ma
.ernal familiarity. She was a good M
.ured, well intentioned old sloven, but
/ most renowned tattleT. and the girl
cared her more than she feared any
,ther woman 10 the valley. She bad
always avoided her. but she showed
of this dislike at the moment
Wayland drew the younger womans
Intention by saying. Its plain tnat
'ou, like myself. do not belong TO these
,arts, Miss Moore"
"What makes you think soF she
brightly queried.
"Your costume is too appropriate
Haven't you noticed that the women
Who i've out here carefully avoid con
'enlent and artistic dressl Now your
utft is precisely what they shou'o
year and don't"
This amused her 81 know, but tney
N say they have to wear out ther
sunday go to meeting clothes, where's
can rig out proper I'm glad you
Ike my rig"
At the moment be was bent on draw
ng the girls attention from Berrle'
ut as she went on be came to IKE
- Cl,.. ....s.a. tfHs.. l.A,ff hatnnfY here.