The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1919-12-25

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She came seldom; this was but tAe
third time that year. and. when shs DID
come, George Was no; mentioned.
either By her hostess q By herself
oddly eontrived between the two
ladies without either a thsm realizing
how odd II was.
At other times Lucy's thouSAts ef
George were anything but eootiauous.
and weeks won't BY when b. was not
consciously her mind at all. Her
life was . busy one: shs had the big
house ITO keep ups" she had garden
10 keep up. too. Q large and beautiful
garden; she Represented her father ~
q director for half q dozen rublic char
ity organizations, and did private
charity work Of her own, being . proxy
mother Of several large families: and
she had -1anced down." - shs said.
groups from eight or nine classes Of
new graduates returned from the uni
versities. without marrying any Of
them, but she still danced-and still
did not marry.
Her father. observing this eircum-
stance happily, Jet with some hypo-
critical concern. spoke Of It to her one
day 40 they stood In her garden. II
suppose I'd want to shoot him." no
said. With attempted lightnesa .Bst I
mustn't be an old pig. I'd build you .
beautiful house close by-just over
youder."
mo. moi That would b like" sAe
began impulsively; then checked her
self. George Amberson's eompariso0
Of the Georgian house to tie AmbsFso9
mansion had come into her mind. and
she thought tina. anothsr nsw house,
built close BY for her: would b IKE
the house the Major bs1ft foe Isabel
Like wAatf'
"Nothing." She looked sseisus, no
when he reverted to his idsa a @soas
day" grudgingly surrsndssfng Asr -
10 . sutton. she invsoted Q leeen6
did you ever hear the Indian name
for that little grove Of bosch trees o..
the other side Il the hooser' shs
asked him.
"No-and you never did eitAsei" ~.
laughed.
Don't be % sursi read Q great
deal more than I used to-getting.
ready for my bookish days whsn III
have to do something solid In tAe eve
ninss and won't BE- asked to dance any
more. even BY the very youngest boys-
who think It's . sporting eveat b.
dance with the oldest Of IL older
girls.' The name Of the grove was
Toma-Nashah' and It means Thay.
Couldn't.Heip-It.'"
Doesn't sound like Il"
"Indian names don't. Thsrs WAS .
bad Indian chief lived In tie grove ~
fore the white settlers came. He vas
the worst Indian that ever lived. and.
his name vast was sveDdooah.''
That means Observation-Disclosures
II see." said Eugene thougAtf1lly.
He gave her q quick look and tAso-
nxsd his eyes upon The ed Il tie
garden path. "0o on.'
"vendonah was an unspeakable-
case" Lucy continued. He WAS -
proud that be wore Iron shose, ard ~
walked over peoples faces WITH thso.
He was always killing people that
way. and 20 at last the tribe dscidsA
that It wasn't Q good enough sxeuse
for him that he WAS young and iaex.
perienced-hs'd have to 60. They took
him down to tie rivsr. and pat hin -
. canoe. and pushsd him out from
shore: and then they ran along tie
bank and wouldn't let him land, until
at last the current carried ths canoe
out Into the middle. and then o. down
to the ocean. and he never ct hack.
They didn't want him back, ot eourse.
and Il he'd been able 10 manage Il,
they'd have put him Ia another caDoe
and showed him out into the river
again. But still. thsy didn't s,sct an
other chief In his place. Othee t1ibse
thought that was curious, and WOE
dered about It q lot, but anally tAay
came to the conclusion that he bescA
grove people were afraid Q Hsw chise
might turn out to b bad Indian. too,
and wear Iron shoes Nike vsadooaA.
But they were wro0g. because ~ real
reason was that The tribe had led sueA
an exciting life under vsndoaah Tat
thsy couldn't ssttis down to anything
tanner. He was awful, but b. always
kept things happsnins-tsfsible thine1,
Of course. Thay hated him, bot thsy
wersa't able 10 discover any eehse
warrior that thsy wanted 10 naks
CHIEF b his plaes. Thsy eeslda't help
feeling that way"
r ses." said D1gsns. 80 tAat.s WIZ
thsy named The place TAavOouSdat.
Hslp-ltr"
TT must have beon."
And - yoa'rs going 10 say hses b
youf ear6sa," 10 said nustngly. "Yeu
thiak it's better to kssp % valking
these sunshiny gravel patAs bstvsso
your 6owsf beds, and growing b leek
IKE Q psnsivs garden lady b Q w.
toslan sngfavtng."
Il suppose I'm IKE ~ tss>e lat
lived here. papa. I he'd too nveh q.
pleasant excitement. Il Was uae1eoe.
ant-but II was s1citsmsat. I 1oo'e