Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-03-14

original. dear people, Mrs. Paget re
piled. ITS small world, isn't It'll"
While he was dressing for dinner
later In the day. Elliot recalled early
memories of the Pagets. He hat
known Diane ever since they had beer
youngsters together at school. II,
remembered her as restless, wiry
little thing. keen as knlfe-blade. Al
ways popular socially, she had sur
prfsed everybody by refusing the catch
OF the town to marry young mining
engineer without a penny. Gordon was
In college at the time. but during the
next long vacation he had fraternized
good deal with the Peter Pagets. The
young married people had been very
much in love with each other. but not
too preoccupied to take the college boy
into their happiness as comrade.
Then the Arctic goldfields had claimed
Paget and his bride. That had been
more than ten years ago. and until
today Gordon had not seen them since.
Whiie Elliot was brushing his dinner
coat before the open window of the
room assigned to him az the hotel.
somebody came out TO the porch below
The voice OF woman floated family
to him.
"Seen DANES Irish beauty vet
Ned?"
Yes, man answered.
The woman laughed softly. Mrs
mallory came up on the same boat
with her" The infection suggested
that the words were meant not 10 tell
hct' but some less obvious infer
ence.
"she's wonderfully pretty. and Of
course Diane will make the most ~
her. But Mrs. Mallory is woman
among ten thousand"
I'D choose the girl If 1t were mo {,
said the man. e'
Wen see." VIM.
Ihey were moving up the street and
1ordon heard no more. What he had
nearu was not clear to him WV
should any Importance attach IN ~
tact that Mrs. Mallory and sheho
NELL mad come up the river an ,ho
same boat? Yet he was vagnaIv az
turDed by the insinuation that IN 60
way Diane was entering her cousIn as
rival Of the older woman. He 20
sented the idea that the fine vorna
personality Of the Irish girl was heIne,
cheapened by management ON tho no.,
Of Diane Paget. '"e part
Elliot was not the only d,nn
so .ne raget home that evening. He
,ounu Colby Macdonald sitting in tho
nVing room with Sheba. She 60
qu'ckiy forward to meet the nev,, a~
rived guest. e newly ar
Mr.. Macdonald has been te,,,n
~ my father. He knew him ON
rrencnman creek where tbev ho ~
"onheu ciaims," explained the girl
Dig mining man made no com,
aa,n una added nothing to what sho
'aiu' Ihere were times whom III on
was about as expressive 90 ne
wall. ''''e us a stone
me dinner went Off very VOL, n,..
anu refer had great MANY ouos.,a ne
~ ASK Gordon about old friends ~.
nc uine these had been answered NJ
una,u was chatting easily with sha,e
stronn LISTENED with glowing eyes 10 tbe
bas anse tales this man of maon,ecan.
lUriZons had to tell. Never before Saa
him. win anyone like
ee' was superintendent NJ .ho
hy strike, mine owned ru,
paiiy by Macdonald. Tho tura pl,nc'-
c,uars sss Tor few minutes over their
hr saas' put Diane interrupted oav, tn. ~
Iane tnem back into the o,so, ~
aone uy sne started Macdonald an .n
a. I'LL. Oh rescue Of two NOR , -.
~. ~ pnzzard the year before ~ los.
me eiIt OF dramatlzing his Ct nau
Su,ecllng only effective details ny, Vi
"as no suggestion of boast,n mere
stories ~ 70 De the hero of any Of b,s
20 too s,s the fact was Of no imnor =, ms
,,,.. mn IL was merely a deta,, 80 ."nce
p'S,ure ne was sketchipe. VI the
oruon interrupted with o
so s,oly ne was telling of a f,ebt ha so,
De'"een two bull moose ''"u
Dio you say that was u,.u
were on the way over 70 title nne you
timer Tor the FIRST
ouic no eye, eyes OF the young man wero
quick with interest. were
"Yes."
rour years ago last sprInow
Mhcdonald looked at hi,s
found ,"d dau,ness, Some doubt Ind
ho ao ,odgment in his mind pefo ~a
nc eoulo voice 1t, If, indeed be had
1 'u,,., sucn Intention, Elliot broke "a IN
,.r., :. answer that question T