The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1918-06-13

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wnaia fhssaA, bstwssa yea sad NJ,
dear; moving people - I Do, I can't
blame yos for Wa1tlng 10 b, whseo
their nasty tongues can't wound yea."
But Hassl Was eodulate. Ne would
not iniict herself o. IL 90 fsianA
she had lett And Kitty, aftee q sAoet
talk, bssatsd her afIscticoatoly Hoe
her Independence and rcos % 10,
For. mid ~. = didn't get Aola a
this thing IN A6dls Hoetea called q
TIE hstsa this aftssnooa, md I didn't
stop to think tAat e vas nsaI tsatimA.
but came straiSht Ases. JlmmjSn
think I've sloped. 20 ta-ta. m come
out tomorrow about two. have 10
confaA With . house aSsnt In IL fore.
noon. By-by.s
Hassl at dewa and uetually smiled
when Kitty was gons. Somehow Q
grievous burden had faIlsn az hse
mind Likewise. By some psyehoaoe.
ical QuiSk, the idea Of leaving Gran
Vile and making her homs slsswAsrs
no Longer struck her - running away
under IRE. She felt that she eo0ld
a6vsnture forth among strangers IN
strange country WITH bsttse heart
knowing hat Kitty BROOKS would put
. swift QuistuD - any gossip that
came ~ wv.
10 that 8asol went down 10 The DIN
Ing room hght-hsartedly. and when he
meal was finished came hack and fen
70 reading hsf papsss. The nrst a
tie Western papers was vaDcoovee
World. In . roal-e0tate mans Aalf.
page che found . diuinutive sketch
plan Of the city - ~ shoess Il Bur
rard inlet. Canadab principal outpost
On the far Pacific.
ITS quite . big place." he muir.
INJURED abssnt1y. -ons would b fa1
enough away there. goodness knows"
Thsn shs turned to the Help
Wanted" ADVERTISEMENT. And down
near he bo&4om II The column -
happened o. a inquiry for . school.
teaches. female preferred. In an out
of-the-way district In tAs intsssor Of
The proNnes.
Nov. that Hassl thought.
She had Q seeond.el ass certificate
tucked away among be- bsaoosinsa.
Originally Il had beeo AR intention b
teach, and he had doos - oos term
in . backwoods school Whsa shs Was
eighteen. With the ending Of tie term
~ had returned 10 Granville. studied
that winter. and got her seeood CO.
tincats; but at the same time he had
taken . business college course. and
the following June found her elaek-
ing . typewriter at nine dollars .
Wesk. And her teachers diploma had
remained n tAe boetom Of hse trunk
svse sineA
unaeeountab,y. sapes Kitty BroeaS
vislt he found herself itching to turn
her back On Granville and it, unpleao'
ant associations. Dhs did not attempt
10 a1alyse he fesains. Strange lands.
aAd most e all. IL West hs,d allurtns
promise One thing WAS certain
Granville. for an shs had been born
there. and grown 10 womanhood there.
was now no place for hse. Ths vssy
people who knew her beoe would make
her surfer most
me psnt that svsnins goi1g tAoe-
oaghly ovse the papsIs and writing
letters b various school boards, taking
Q chance ct oos or two ~ found In
the Manitoba paper. but catering hsf
hopes o. he country wost a ths
Rockies. Her savings In ~ bank
amounted b three hundred odd DOL
lara and easA In hand beoagAt the
sum b Q total q three hundred and
sixty-avs. At any rata he had SUN
Client b insure her living for quits
Q long ums. And che went b bed
feeling bsttse than che bad felt fos
Two weekA
Very shortly hsfeaftse-almose. Il
seemed, By return mail-HaSel got ~
piles to her letters Of inquiry. The
fact that each and evssy 90 seemed
bent on securing her services aston
ishsd her.
But the reply from Cariboo Mead.
ows. B. O., the nrst place shs had
thought Of. decided her. TIE member
Of tAs school board who Fsplied I'D
forth The natural beauty q tie eoun-
try % much a. h. did tie Advantages
Of The position. The thing hat per
haps made the strongest appeal b IA.
RI was . little kodak print inclosed
In The letter. showing he sehoolhouse.
Ths building ITSELF was primitive
sooush, q logs. WITH . pole and-sod
root. But Il WAS ths huge back
ground, he timbsrsd mountains rising
to soowclad heights against Q e3oud-
lsss ~. that attracted her.
me at for Q long time looking q
he picture. thinking. Here WAS IL
concrete. visible pressotmsnt q some
thing that drew her stroagiy. me
found an atlas and looked Up OaI1-
boo Meadows on the map. Il vas not
to be found. and Hasel Judged Il 10 b
. purely local name. But Tie letter