The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-18
co New People
. VICTOR R1Dclx111

U98 ID ckloc4lly tno pf0o00oot ox llQ ladlee vhe had 1us4 leef tho train St tho 1ittls station c& bolton.
 1hsy WY mother ana daushtse, pale oeeided at oncA Inc former had q ktnial matxenIy facA exhibiting sn- tirs centshtment with lifs. The latter VI lovely e1r1 of sightsen and uals Neked st her sdmiSinsiy twice. anA th1h hoped for some reasonable ex* spos for rspsatins tho psivilsga Dale Aad Ais automobile d the platform, having expected the arrival 5 t==ss Of favorits collsgs fsfsAd. Hs had not coma and the elderly lady made. . movement towards Dale as he started to rsturn e his GIT. Dale raised his enn and awaited her pleasure
 -fafdou me- spoke tha elder lady. but ars there no regular eonvsyancee for the convenience of xavelersf
 sThsrs is . notorious for the morn ine and evening traine.s sxpiained Dale, sbut during the day its owner drfves | delivery truck for tho local stores. Is your destination In the toWnr
 sYss. We were directed to Miss Annette Folsom. Do you know herr
 sshe is a distant relative of mine, answered Dale with . smile. ~and n I am driving directly past her home 1t pdll Do pleasurs to take you there"
 II nm Nrs. Willard Bruce" spoke
 -n<~- A~Snp hA~Ata tfnn unnA with my daughter. Dorothy, expect to make my permanent homo in Dolton. IT city attorney has made arrange msnts for our temporary stay with Mrs Folsom"
 T understand" bowed Dale. and understood, indeed. This then vas tho lady concerning whom the gossips of the village had been speculating for weeks past. Mrs. Arthur Smith. 70 clal leader and newly rich toady e style and fashion. had told how the Bruce family, of wealth and high city prestige, was to locate In the show mansion of the town which had been vacant for some time but. as Dale had noficed, was now undsr complste Fonovation.
 lars. Bruce accepted the proffsr of the young man with grecfous thanks, and Miss Dorothy found him interest tnk and obliging n b her casuAl in- auiries about tho vfilago- Dale de lvered his passengers and thsir be- longings at the home whore his spin ster half cousin took boarders of the hefter class when occasion required. The next day he drove by the place. but caught no sight of the winsome- faced girl who had considerably at- tracted him. Two afternoons later, however, he met Algie Smith. and con- sented to be bored by that shallow minded young flop because Algie talked about the newcomers.
 Ma says they are the people who have taken the big house." reported Algie. There's daughter. and they are some people, she understands. Look here, Silverton, she's pretty, they say, and rich. Can't you sort of bring me up against herr Ton could make an excuse to visit your aunt and I'll go with you-seew
 q don't" answered Dale tartly, flor I wouldn't think of intruding myself"
 All the same Dale, having real req son for seeing his aunt, drove up in front of the Folsom house the day following. He heard joyous voices in the rear yard and walked around the house. There was his divinity of the depot, the peerless Dorothy, Mrs. Bruce and his aunt. They were having a jolly time. Upon the grass lay clothes basket filled to the brim with clothes. Portly Mrs. Bruce was trying to lift it and panted at the task. Miss Folsom tried the experiment and her frail frame staggered under the load.
 "Oh, you poor. useless creaturesl" cried the sprightly Dorothy See I'll carry it over to the Browns with a1t any trouble" but her progress In sustaining the clumsy load caused Dale to step forward.
 "Can't I be of any assistancer he suggested.
 Yes. he could, and was. and min ute later he and Dorothy were one at each handle of the basket, conveying 1t across lots to dilapidated old cot tage threesblocks distant.
 You see," explained Dorothy, "yOur aunt told us of the destitution and misery of a poor family. There are four little children and. the mother is fll Mother and I brought their wash ing home and pitched in and laundered 1t, and we have quite adopted the fam fly. and-r
 "And you are real angels of mer- ~ i' enthused Dale sincerely.