The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-15

| know. And II made her very tender
toward him that he was 20 quick to
understand. Most men would have
resented.
II want to stack few tons Of hay,"
he went on. disregarding her exclama.
ton. tn need It In the spring, IL not
this winter. Soon as that's done wen
hit the high spots. Wen take three
or four thousand dollars. apd while 1t
lasts wen be q couple of1of high
class trampa Huh3 Does Il sound
goodr
She nodded vigorously.
"Perk up, theu." he wheedled.
"Bill-boy," she murmured, syou
mustn't take me too seriously"
Il took You for better or for worse,"
- answered, With q Kiss. II don't
want 1t to turn out worse. want you
to be contented and happy here, where
I've planned to make our home.
know you love me quite . lot, little
person. Nature fitted NJ in Q good
many ways to be mates. But you've
gone through . pretty drastic siese Of
isolation in this rather grim country,
and I guess It doesn't seem such an
alluring place q 1t did at first I
don't want you to nurse that feeling
unttl It becomes chronic. Then We
would be out Of tune, and II would be
good-by happiness. But I think I know
the cure for your malady."
In the morning he began his hay
cutting. About eleven o'clock he threw
down his scythe and stalked to the
house.
Put on your hat, and let's 20 inves-
ugate . mystery" said he. II heard
COW bawl In the woods . minute
ago. A regular barnyard below"
"A COW bawlingr abe echoed.
''6ure1 What would cattle bs doing
away up heref'
that's what I want b knowr Bin
laughed. ''rve never seen q COW north
Of Fraser-not this side Of the Rockies,
anyway"
They saddled their horses, and rode
out In the direction from whence had
arisen the bovine complaint. The
sound was not repeated. and Hazel
had begun to chaff Bill about Q too
vivid Imagination. when within q half
mile Of the clearing he pulled bis horse
up short In The middle Of Q little
meadow.
''Lookr
Tho track Of q broad-tired wagon
had freshly crushed the thick grass.
Bill sQuinted at the trail, then his
gaze swept the timber beyond.
SOMEBODY has been cutting timber
over there" be enlightened. II can
sec the fresh II work. Looks like
they'd been hauling poles. Let's fol-
low this track Q waya"
The tiny meadow was fringed on
the north By grove Of poplars. Be-
yond that lay another clear space Of
level land. perhaps forty acres In q.
tent They broke through the belt Of
poplars pulled up again. On one
side Of the meadow stood q cabin, the
fresh-peeled log walls glaring yellow
In the sun. and lifting an earth-covered
roof to the autumn sky. Bill whistled
softly.
Along the west side Of The meadow
ran q brown streak Of sod, and down
one side Of this q man guided the ham
dies Of plow drawn BY the strangest
yokemates Hasei's eyes had seen for
many . day.
"For goodness saksr shs a.
claimed.
That's the true pioneer spirit for
you." Bill spoke absently. HE has
bucked his way into the heart of a
virgin country. and he's breaking sod
with . mule and COW. That's adap-
tation to environment with . venge-
ance-and grit"
'There'S / woman. too, Bill. And
see-she's carrying . baby" Hazel
pointed excitedly. "Oh, Bill"
The man halted his strangely assort-
ed team to watch them come. The
woman stood . step outdde the door.
a bnby In her arms, another toddler
holding fast to her skirt. A thick
bodied. short. square-shOuldered man
was this newcomer. with . round,
pleasant face.
"Hello. nelghbor I" Bill greeted.
The plowman lifted his old felt hat
courteously. His face lit up.
"Ach!" said he. "NciGhbor. Dot
iss goot word In diss country we're
dere iss no neighbor. But I am glat
TO meet you. vii you come do der
house und rest v'lle2"
"Sure!" Bill responded. "But we're
neIGhbors, all right. Did you notice
n cabin about half q mile west Of
hcrci That's our place-when we're
ut home."
"Sof" The word escaped with the
peculiar rising infection Of the Tcu.
ton. II half saw dot cabin ven We
come here. But I dink It vass aban.
don. Veil. let US to der house go.
Id Will rest der mule-und Gretchen,
der COW. Hnh!"
He rolled . blue eye on his incon.
gruous team. and Krinned widely.
"Come." he invited: ''mine wife be
glnt."
They found her . matron Of thirty.
odd: frcsh.checked. round.fnced like
her husband. typically German. with.
out his accent Of the Fathcrlnnd. Hn.
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