The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-01
THE DAILY
lori STORY

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Guardian of Prudence
1925. 44S2tats
sEa9s2Gpet SyndteateQ
~gsGuLKTING blythe caienae
BanS6n Nortair was not
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aud he WIS ,da.
Is INNS 6p9ye4rg tnaL m
t555n odd Tor hesWasB nor mQE
n EhtrSS ~ HAs oId " 20
bonn 0E f0y1ng Che world. eaLs
~ hsT6SGipI IN many lands, m9IA
~ money an6 losing 1t, lostn&
uSiga HndgT6B4lntug IT.
8ffffS BENSON had settled
do lnS me Wilu west, choosing
efm6nSIda1 q his permanen9
adG HefmonsIde was west geo
&kteanY 1t was not pes
cowboys ana paa5
Sf the dense torestssann
m6hntain7rtdge that tBolatedat az.
Hs1p66aStde consisted Of twenty
a86 efSfdaEframe dwellings No
80 oE8tofe9 that were little more
ffadingSposW, grouped sont g;
hope of Mount Kennedy The
t43nSfdP Industry was to blame
buf d6EId6hBfde'B coming into ex=
44edeS and was named after the
nan who found the colony
Hn the trapping industry wat
maastrlous, and q goyeEns
stopped In with gome laws
Etnde0F9t6spraVen the fur-bear-
animals from becoming 2s
Incl HetmonoBlde did not die,
hoSaEefs because It's population
consisted principally o. 4people who.
tnAY6f feltEGEdestre toSroYei or who,
Benson had roYed TO their.
content and were willing
pend&the remainder OF their
4 ots1ife far away from bright
- course there IS q girl in the.
6toEga Her name was prudence
M3ta4nRS and she was Bensonis
#afd{ madesso6bytthe last express
"a WfSh&of her father as he lay
o. Rsgdeathbed in hts Hermono-
4d8 shanty.
rhaWas four years ago, when
W8SEtWenty.st1 and looked ten
Prudence at the time was
Rensonls first act as guardian
10 arrange for a widow OF the.
nng toksserye as a companion
ID teacher The widow had once
Ndeht ina girls school in the
coming West on the adVlc9
fpt lisp phystcian. With the aid.
Hp6 Strong hands, a hammer,
nAi1s and$a saw, and some money
by Jake Wilding, Benson built
#afm comfortable dwelling and
1led Prudence and her COM
panton in IL.
ia the succeeding four years the
Wi1dinBsmoney gave outsand Benz
fon r5pleniHhedl Sit from his own
btoaght with him to Hermonoside.
S48 he earned q subsistence by
lining as twenty-five acres OF
"a those four years Benson.
tnged{ little, except that gray
became more plentiful and
developed moody spells and
tof gazing gloomlly out the
$3n6oW and gamokinE quantities OF
SdRrks smelly tobacco.
ErudeuceS ehange6 a. great deal.
FTom RFpromIstngt bud abe had de-
Veloped tntoEa rosy spring blossom
cAstng Shy ~appraistug glances in
her direction. Soon the glances be-
came 1esssshy and Benson became
H2SfE6nEwaA n. love with Rfs
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