The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-05-05
THE LOVING LOU
BY HOPE AINsLIE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

W.
of definite success"
Those had been the words that ha
sent Ted Rogers West, determined
win out or die in the attempt. A
: Eleanor said, he had dallied on TO
years, expecting luck to perch on hi
shoulder and give him tips on all ere
alton. He had tried one thing afte
another when he left college, and ha
taken postgraduate course in min
ing engineering to be sure he WASH
missing anything he might need SOM
day.
To the family at large, he was {
perfect prince of indirection. All the
clocks in the world might run dow
and Ted would not have noticed it fol
several days. He disliked having cal
endars around-said they reminded
him Of times limitation. The really
great soul arose above such things
said Ted.
But when Eleanor Wilkes came to
live at Cedar Grove she brought with
her new spirit of endeavor.
But Ted had been her most difficult
enterprise. He loved her. This was
evident, and he had won her in a
| quick, ardent courtship that was char
acteristic Of him. He wanted her to
give up her work and marry him.
"On what, Ted?'
Il have good allowance from
father. Well get a nice, coy little
place along the shore and be mighty
snug"
No, we WON'T said Eleanor. 1--WE
won't take any little cozy place until
you are capable of swinging it your
self. Do you think I'd give up a good
income for such an uncertainty, Ted?
OF course, if you wish to make a sort
of business partnership, l will marry
you and keep up my work. Every
one would understand why"
So he had gone West, vaguely at
first, with no objective point, armed
with letters from his father to old
friends in the mining interests. And
even among them he rambled indefin-
itely, first in one place, then off to
another, until he struck Panther Peak, !
Nevada, and the Loving Lou nine
Therefore it happened that when |
Mrs. Chalmers heard from him the |
telegram read briefly: Busy, happy,
new interest loving Lou"
kilograms are strange things-dis-
connected, mispunctuated, without
proper capitals. But when Eleanor re-
ceived another similar one the same
day reading, "In luck at last located
loving Lou" she sat back at her desk,
looking perplexed at the sheet. Then
she called up Mrs. Chalmers and told
her all, and Grace, in return, gave her
her own blithe message. Il asked
Phil where Panther Peak was, and he'd
never heard of it. Maybe he'll wire
again."
Ted did. Even if Cedar Grove was
of the location of Panther
Peak, yet there was a single telephone
line down the mountain so you could
send your messages to the operator at
the railroad station, and Ted's mes
sages arrived daily and were full of !
;pontaneity and suggestive romance
'Tenderest thoughts engaged loving
Lou"
Chief advisory engineer stay definite
ly L. L."
Eleanor did not answer the tele-
,rams. Out on Panther Peak, Ted
waited yearningly. He was up to his
ars in work and enjoying it hugely y
he owner of the Loving Lou had T.
AIKEN fancy to him Then some
hing happened. One of the new cross
uts in the mine caved in, with sew
nty-two men behind the mass of rock
nd earth and Ted Rogers was with
hem.
They wired for help from the near =
st town and Tuck Hanson, the owner,
ct to work with a handful of seven
zen men to dig them out The second =
ay brought up more helpers, but the
'ck stood in their way and they were
raid to blast. And just as the morn
g Of the third day broke in glory,
anson, haggard and gaunt from his
gil, heard a shout far below the
imp. long faint halloo, and he saw
en- crawling out Of the ground like
its, led by Ted Rogers.
hhCW OFSiy IOCh STdu6 anu edTIQ
yer in that cross cut" said Ted
eakly, when they laid him down on
t in the big provision tent. 1--WE
uldnt get past the rock, but we bur- We
wed out the other way. Awfully
rry to have put you to so much trou-
,, Hanson, old man." F.
Hanson heard him and stared. Then VI
gripped the white hand ON the
lnket
Sorry! Why, you old idiot, you can
We the whole blame mine if you like
Don't you know when you're a
'o?"
Sack at Cedar Grove, Eleanor stared
a telegram that night:
Loving Lou caved in some hurt got eaI
interest in mine come as soon as
sible" RIO
Isn't it just like Ted" said Eleanor
en- she understood, smilingly, ito
ke failure of everything and turn
her6?" a
oyright. 1916. by the Mcclure Newspa- ~
per Syndicate.) ~