Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-04
Copyright by Peter y. kyne'
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II was Oh tho day iaat John tardi'
gan received the telegram IRON
| Bryce saying that, GLOWING Iouj
years at Princeton and two years o
travel abroad. he Mas returning t'
Sequoia to tuse over the redwood
! heritage-that he discovered That
stranger and not the flesh of hi'
flesh and the blood OF this blood was
10 reap the reward Of his fifty year.
OF endeavor.
For long time he sat there
iethargic with misery. Eventually h'
reused himself, reached for the d. 81
telephone, and pressed a. button 4"
the office exchange station. Iii'
manager, one Thomas Sinclair
answered.
Thomas, he said calmly, "yoI
know OF course that Bryce IS coming
home. Tell George to take the ois
car and 20 over 10 Red Bluff! fol
him"
George Sea O'tor. son OF Bry &C
. Cardigan's old half breed nurse. Mas
/ a person in whose nature struggled
the whites prediction for advertise
ment and civic dpride and the red
mans instinct for adornment. For
three years he had been old mar
/ Cardigan's chauffeur and man-ot-au'
work about the latter's old-fashloned
home. and in the former capacity ne
drove John Cardigan's single evil
| denCe OF evtravHEance-a Napier car
which was very justly regarded oN
/ George Sea otter - the king O.
automobiles, since il was the only i'm
/ ported car in the country. Upon re-
I Ceipt of orders. therefore. from Sim
] clair. to drive the Napier over to Red
! Bluff and meet his future boss and
one-time playfellow. George Sea
/ Otter arrayed himself in pair OF
new corduroy trousers, yellow button
shoes. a blue wooden shirt with a
/ large scarlet silk handkerchief tied
around the neck. a pair OF beaded
! buckskin gloves with fringe depend
/ ent from the gauntlet, and broad
white beaver hat with a rattlesnahe'
skin band Across the Windshield OF
/ the Napier he fastened and orange
! the Napier he fastened an orange
green letters the iegand: MY CITY
-SEQUOIA. AS a safety-hrst pre-
! caution against man and beast en-
route. he buckled a gun-sCabbard u
/ the snare tires on the running board
and slipped a rifle into the scahharc
within quick and easy reach Of ms
hand: and arraycd thus. George de
scer'Ied upon Red Bluff at the helm
of the king Of automobiles.
When the overland train coasteC
into Red Bluff ard slid to a grindina
| halt. Bryce Cardigan saw that The
Highest Living Authority had ascend
! ed from the train also. He hat
elected to designate her thus in the
absence Of any information amen
her Christian and family names, an(
for the further reason that quite
obviously she was a very superior
! person.
Bryce could see that she was th'
man. The sparsity OF jewelry an
the rich simplicity of her attire prov
ed that, and moreover she was oc
companied by o French maid 4
whom she spoke in French in man
ner which testified that before &C
curing the French maid she hat
been in the custody of Frenci
nurse She possessed poise. For III
rest. she had wonderful jet-blacl
hair. violet eyes. and milk white skin
! a correct nose but somewhat gen
erous mouth. Bryce guessed she va:
twenty or twenty-one years old ans
that she had q temper susceptible
Of being aroused.
The fart that tNis young wo
man had also left the train a
RED Bluff "r~trc~ :oter"e.~a htn
for he knew Rnd Bluff and while Civ,
ing credit 70 the many lovely damsel'
Of that little ambitious city. Bryce
had a suspicion that 10 former Re-
Bluff girl would dare to invade tn
old home town with a French maid
He noted. as further evidence Of th'
correctness Of his assumption. thu
the youthful baggagr SIN" sher at tn
station failed TO recognize her an
was evidently 1nzzlAd when follow
ed by the maid struggling with twf
suit cases. she approached him AM
In pure tho alien Fnglish in
ruirnd the location NJ the hest hote
land the hour ard O"int Of depa~tIr
Of the autOmohi1" tage for San He'd
rim The Youth had answered he
first question and WIS about 10 an
swer the second when GEORGE Sc,
Otter, in all his harharic spIen dor
came pussyfooting around the oorne
of the station in old man Cardigan
regal touring car. ...
The Highest Living Authority. fol
lowing the "aze Of the baggage
smasher ned and beheld Geors'
Sea Otter Beyond doubt ne was o
the West westward. She noted tn
rifle stock projecting from the scah
bard. and o vision Of stage hold
up flashed across her mind. All yes
Of course--the express messenger.
weapon. no doubt And further II
clinch her instant assumption tina
here was the SeGuoa motor stage
there was the pennant adjoining tn,
wind shield,
Diminishing the bage, &c -srnashe
with a gracious smile, the Highes
Living Authority approached Geora,
i Sec, Gttr,, iivttiiir-,. the while, furtne
evidence that this car was a publ.
conveyance, for the youro man VIII:
had been her fellow passenger WI!
heading toward themutomobiIe also
She heard him say:
Hello, GEORGE YOU radiant rec
rnscai I'm mighty glad to see you