The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-12-06

1Y them frGr1 the WY CleY ET2aJe'
each ar!ler aod { was piaiu thar an
inrenrioral ,.isrpspttr siGwn FER 'v''Vl,
call forth e. e IA : -
blows II tie Others.
Shortly After supper MP ansrasa satc
20 NE
wei, oarr., since y0u'va COME al
tie way cut ht.rs CO tak 1IIsiI1esa viii
Tie suppose We geC away from Cn'as'
gaIcors and have A 5Gvwow
sie led the way aur on 10 ctie veran
tah. rhrsw hergeit nrn a aoulmocx
1t A cigareCEa and sa1c
"Fire avaY'
T aat. prsparast IN exposition Ct -hf
.nut!1ciou az Gle crrperrY and oegau
az Tie beg1an1ng. hur aaI. noe prnces't
q! far before ale srGppet NE.
see aere, part. ate satG II mix
-lyra u Scnreh and cowboy 61alecc.
It q 10 shoc at alstness. 7 enrld IA
a3r A tarr toor that Away. Ny IA
trler and gaur tarher -1u thts ranch
rogacher 40 long a. ny father lived,
since when your father teagt the cart!s
Tow saY T1s1r father eft Ghe manage
uenE 10 you. What can 10 but RTE
saule ching III IA interfere wirh Fe.
Thts ended OUT BUSINESS talk, and It
WA n0c very long aeflre 7 brnaehe,i
another slh!ecc. aste't Miss Helen
Il abe intende.i To Hive on the ranch
'or the tI!CI1re IA IN the pasr
~Tog bee 7o1r botrnua dollar don't,
ale saltt Then her face cook On a
troubled exprAssf0r "a abe continued
''Sz1t what ean 10, Where can 60:
IN. IA aC 10 associate with ztris who
have been brought up "a girls I'm
a0rdIn but A crywhoyF-the adjective
lrecasttng The word cHwhog "a omitted
'Gtrls II my age world tTru The cold
storlder 60 ne All I'm 1t for ts Co
hohuob with punchers"
NJ father had been her adviser and
had Submitted plans for her arfn gin 2
up, but had not insisted on any 0t
chem Now she was beginning TO 70,
aIize the nec asafty Tor getting educated
and polished, and forri no difficulty
Fl persua6Eng her tN assent to A plan
I proposed. Il was simply 10 take her
sast with NE and place her a. boardfna
school
remained several weeks On the
ranch studying the estate 20 which
had fallen Joint heir with Helen Mac
AHsteg Then we started eas. togeth-
sr. and at the end Of the Journey she
became An inmate Of school the prta
cipal Of which I informed Of her an
.scedents and received the Iady's prom
Lac that she world treat Helen accord
.agiy.
There was no money income 10 our
Joint estate, so I paid Miss MacAlf4
TER. expenses from any funds that |
happened TO have On hand, keeping an
account Of the expenditures She ask
ed no Questions as 10 where the money
came from, nor did she ever inquire a.,
to the condition Of her property. she
wrote me frequently. at first address
ing me a4 Dear pard,' btt soon the
new Influences changed all This. and
waa addressed properly. The prfncfna
u the school considered her my warr
and sent mo reports of her progress. az
arring ne that ahe was getting on IA
rn0Ualy One Of The most difficult nj
her former habits 10 eradicate was thai
d using Dr0sane language, since Il wa;
liable 10 come out under impulse.
Helen MacAuster remained at IN.
academy two years, when / arrange,
for her transfer 10 a finishing school
where she remained another year. Dur
Ing her schOoldays never 4aw he-
She complained that | left her "for
Torn. she having no one but me 10 b
Interested In. At the end Of the thlrt
year Of her studies arranged that sh,
shonId visit lady whom | had inter
ested In her, and then for the first tins
In three years | called On her.
found beautiful woman OF TWEEN
-, In whom not a trace Of the rancl
remained. Since | was the only Ter
son In the world with whom she hal
the slightest connection she was nat
nraily much moved at meeting me. In
deed. Il seemed difficult for her to re
! strain herself from throwing her arm.
about me-
Meanwhile | had been getting oul
property into shape The herds has
grown from hundreds to thousands
and the necessary sales Of cattle bro
duced large income The most rea
sonable plan for me with one who
though not legally, had really become
my ward, was. II she was so disposed
to marry her.
7 her reception OF my proposal con
vinced me that former habits are liabl.
to crop out under strong emotion. My
declaration was preceded by a matter
OF fact statement OF our connectee
business interests and the fact that
was her only protector From this
dropped into vein more akin to my
feelings and ended by telling her that
| loved her and asked her to be my
wife.
You bet" she exclaimed, and threw
herself into my arms.
certainly had no objection to this
disposition Of her, but 1t did not seem
To me very honorable thing for me
to take girl who had seen no men a
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