The Dolores star., 1918-03-08
ROUTE 10 GLEN ROBIN
sy JOHN PHiLIe oRTH.

II the cook at The Elms" had beea
bribed TO give the route to Glen Rob-
In she would have said:
When you get out Of the front cate
you turn to the right"
yes"
You go down the road TIL you come
to creek You don't wade the sreek.
but cross ON . bridge. Then you 20
along till you come to . big elm tres.
There you turn to the right and 90
up into the woods. The creek starts
there. You have to cross II ON . plank
to get to the glen. There's heap Of
rocks there all jumbled together That's
why they call It = glen And right In
that glen. reading q book or thinking
Of love and romance. you will find Miss
Louise Harper. ward Of Grandma Pat.
ridge. who is the incest old lady In
the world, and II going to die some
| day and leave Louise 4 barrel of mon
ey. That's all, and now you 20 on
and let me get back to my kitchen"
That's what the cook would have
said had young Mr.. Sidney Stanley
come snooping around to make in
Tuiries. But he didn't come. He was
40 snooper. He had heard Of and
even seen the girl. but he had never
heard of or seen the glen.
What brought the young man to the
creek and the bridge that afternoon
was lonesomeness, q desire to get OF
by himself and think thinks.
Reaching the crest OF the hill, the
glen was discovered. There's nothing
r N ro NJ No, IL
sight OF an elephant beats II three to
one. Nevertheless. young Stanley NO
sooner ascertained that there was .
case Of rocky glen on hand than he
had desire to explore It. To do this
he must cross the plank that brtdged
= chasm, and the waters beneath got
up respectable roar and tumble.
MY stars!"
Miss Louise had been sitting on q
rock feeding half.tamed squirrel. She
had heard the rustic Of the bushes
and knew that an intruder ap-
preached.
Who could It be-? Had the cook or
the gardener been sent to call herl
No II they had they would have
halted rods away and whooped.
No whoops!
Most girls would have called out,
Back. back. brave youth. or youIl take
. tumble!" but she didn't.
Wish I hadn't tried IT," said the in.
truder to himself after making about
three feet OF progress aloag the plank
Mr.. Stanley dared not attempt to
20 back or 90 ahead. He just stood
still and shivered. He could feel the
plank giving beneath his weight and
held his breath. Miss Louise at last
opened her lips to say something. but
closed them again without uttering Q
sound.
There was . way out of the glen by
the rear. but It was . difncult one.
She took 1t, however. and was de-
scending at the peril of Q broken limb,
when she heard the breaking Of the
plank and the shout the young man
uttered as he went down.
Two hundred feet below the glen
the creek emerged on level ground:
Miss Louise was there when q human
body came driving down with not one
chance in ten that there was any life
left in 1t. She seized It and drew 1t
ashore. and after regarding It for .
moment. she ran for the house to
shout to the gardner.
Get out the auto a. quick ~ you
can, while telephone sor doctor!"
The doctors report when he had
made an examination was Half dog.
en- bad contusions. broken arm: two
ribs broken; knee-cap broken: scalp
wound. Who is he?"
IL don't know" replied Miss
Louise.
But he has had . fall. and 10 half.
drowned beside"
"Yes!"
Did you pun him out of the
crcek?"
Yes"
Then he must have fallen in
above?'
II think-think TO-"
And he's perfect stranger 70
your"
yes"
Girl" said the doctor. here IL the
| greatest piece Of luck that ever came
q girls way! A good-looking young
man drops from the clouds at your
feet. In dropping he hits the rocks
instead of soft spot It ought TO
have killed him. but 1t won't. He roll.
ed into the creek. and you were here
to pull him out. A he is . stranger
he must be taken to the house. He
will be there at least two months. and
you will be his nurse. Here are mys-
terry. tragedy. romance. love. mar
riage!"
The doctor didn't get thtt an Oh
while the patient was lying there.
but at intervals, and when he had
finally finished. Miss Louise looked ct
him coldly and replied:
"Dr. Gaines. you are about half.
fool!"
But he wasn't. He understood hu-
man nature ~ well ~ medicine. Sid.