The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-21

! married. and then only at first. Saw
! hard lines with that husband OF hers
! They went through the Forty Mil'
/ ttninc together"
! but can we break Il 80
"DUn't know. Perhaps long walks
| with her trainers will make the rifle
Anyway. they'll take it out some. won't
| they, Madeline"
The girl nodded assent. II Malemute
Kid. who knew all things. said so. why
it WAS SO That was all there was
about il.
She had come over 20 them. anxious
tn begin again. Harrington surveyed
her in quest OF her points. much in the
. same manner men do horses. 1t certain
~ was not disappointing. for he asked
with sudden interest. What did that
bcbbary uncle Of yours get anyway"
ION" rifle, one blanket, twenty bottles
nj honch. Rifle broke" She said this
list SrnrnLu!y, az though disguised AT
h"w low her nlaidcn-va!uc had been
ratrd
She spoke fair English. with many
prcuiiaritirs Of her husbands speech.
but there was Still perccptihle the In
dan accent. The traditional cropping af-
ter strange gutturals. Even this her IN
Sirurt0r$ had taken in hand. anu with
no small success, too.
At the nrXt intcrm1SSinn Prince dis
covered n new prcdcalnrnt.
Il say Kid" lie said. we're wrong,
all wrong. She can't learn in moccasins.
Put her feet into slippers. and then on
TO that waved flonr--phcw"'
Madeline raised foot and regarded
E"r shameless house moccaSins dubious
II. In previous winters. both at Circle
city and Forty Mile. she had danced
many Il night away with similar foot
gear, and there had been nothing the
matter. But now--welI. II there was
ANYTHING wrong il was for MIlemute
Kid 10 know. not her.
But Malcmute Kid did know. and he
had q good eye for measures: so he put
on his cap and mittcnS and went down
the hill To pay Mrs. EppinEwcll n call.
Her husband, Glove EppinEwcil. was
prominent in the community AS one oil
The great Government officials. the
Kid had noted her slender iittle foot one
night al the Governors Bail. And as
he also knew her to be as sensible as
She was pretty. II WAS no task 10 ask or
her ii certain small favor.
ON his return, Madeline withdrew for
= moment Ia the inner room. When she
rc-appearHnce Prime" was startled.
Ky Jovc," he gaspcd. Who'd a
thought il: The little witch! Why, my
sister
is an English girl" Interrupted
Malrmutc lid. with AN English foot.
This girl comes OF :, small. footed race.
Moccasins just broadened her feet
hcalthly. while she did not miSshapc
them by running with the dogs in he,
childhood"
But this explanation failed utterl'
10 ally Princes admiration. Harrtng-
toms commercial instinct was touched,
and as he looked upon the eXQuisitely
turned foot and ankle. there ran through
his mind The sorGid li&t-'One rifle. one
blanket. twenty bottles OF hnoch
Madeline was the wife Of 4 king. 4
king whose yellow treasure could buy
outright score Of fashions puppets:
vet in all her life her feet had known
no gear save red-tanned mooseilde. AT
first she looked in awe at the tiny white
satin sinners; hut she quickly under
stood the admiration which shone, man
like, 10 the eyes OF the men. Her face
flushed with pride. For the moment she
was drunken with her woman's loIcli-
ness: then she murmured' win m
,rnns cod sCorn. And one rifle broke,
So the training went on Every day
Malrmute Kid led tho ~-:i out on long
walks devoted 10 the correction or hcT