The Ordway new era., 1917-11-02
eleventh EPISODE
Lovers Leap.
THE SoRpERLAND.

THE SORDERIAND.
Ever since earliest dawn the train
had been alternately climbing with
stertorous respiration the Strengthened
passes and sweeping down in wild,
free flight through the widening val
leys of a great and spacious land Of
haggard beauty.
And since her eyes had first opened
to this new day 1t had not been possi-
BILE for long to distract Patria's atten-
ton from that endless panorama of
grim, stark hills, painted desert and
boundless plains.
And in Patria's eyes, while she
watched, gladness shone deep and
tender; and ever and again her young
bosom would lift and fall with gen
tie sigh of happiness.
For this, to her, was homecoming;
she was returning, after a long So
journ in a strange far country, to the
land which held first place in her
heart.
Toward mid-afternoon the train
pausel at q little station.
Here there was uncommon bustle of
life. In addition to the customary
groups Of idle Mexicans and half
breeds, sQuaws with crude pottery to
sell to the avid tourist. and assorted
loafers, company Of hard-riding cow
people had gathered, and a couple of
rough-coated motorcars stood wait
ing.
As Patria, with her little train of
IaSnarIaI
to the platform. high-spirited cheering
greeted her; the horsemen and women
yelled piercingly, and tossed aloft their
hats; and from one of the motorcars
a man whose heaviness of stature as
sorted oddly with his alertness of ges-
ture strobe forward sombrero in hand,
then paused, stared and said in
voice Of wonder:
"Patria Channing!"
The girl Identified him after a mo-
ment of perplexity, during which her
memory harked back to days a decade
ago. Her haracteristic little frown of
thought was dispelled by a smile and
laugh of joyful recognition.
"Rodman PillsburyI" she exclaimed
and gave him both her hands.
He took them awkwardly, shaking a
still bewildered head.
II don't know you at all, Pat" he
said. 81 was waiting for a little girl
"a freckled, long-legged tomboy who
could beat me riding and shooting and
most every way. And here you're
a woman grown Lord! how
antique you make me feeI r.
"You needn't she told him sayiy.
"You've grown up every whit ss much
as I-bur no more. not the IezE- BIT
When I went East you we're - sturdy
and husky as E-rngoezn sod Dlrw
you're as slim and Hszoos zs z Ez-sr-
meloni Hesss1s. cozs. sc-zz@ ~ Ot
having cAarzs1I Bz. torET=
s-ltffJ zzss .-a6s P.5zs.--y EooED
to !es c7s5..-sc z-s5 Ca5-&zu Par.
Il utz- gsTu - s,s z-eu- tr1so3s, sae
SAID rsza s.sr ta-s - e1-:ss---sssr-sssct
~ these Sass- <sz1-sS.e-c zszaaf- --2od-nsu
Doa-4-ss L.ecas11,s" she ssda-5 charm
ingiy 10 Ps-as4,--y. IL KY Lsst; we ere
enxsx~c
To her tz-aense yeiS< there was 10
trnce OF boesIl9tT 10 fAe greeting which
Rodmzn sccorced he. 5e-rothed
Mr.. PIisburJ had grown rp 10 more
than physique In the course u ten
year1. The ability 70 mask bis feel
inss with impenetrabie dissemination
was only one OF the Accomplishment
which he had acquired, and which u.
ted him 70 admirably to command al
once the friendship and respect Of The
small army Of employees who looked
up to him n the local representative
" the Claiming interests -as. In short
lsw1sat Rodman PiIlsbury really was
rAtr1a's vicerOy. ruling dominions oi
Z lAnd and menbf broader. II Iess popu
1ouss than many European principal
j ~.
MT exhiIarntion which had bse1
91i6n<1ng n Patria esef stsce hel
y nIE6u1ng fhat 1sofning srsv sttl
& & l1w 1i>lnss - ~ notsear Swunl
- 1xsgn ~ stat5oa ~ oysf 1
II loosA ~ - - -
y 4 ~ w q